After the shortest final table in WPT history, Seattle native Vivek Rajkumar emerged as the winner of the 2008 Borgata Poker Open Main Event sending him home with a fantastic payday worth $1,424,500.

Rajkumar began the final table of 6 as the chip leader actually possessing 30% more chips than the next person down. It took only 3 hours for Rajkumar to take the title, and after a little luck from the gods, we has able to eliminate almost every player at the final table.

Rajkumar had this to say about his big win in Atlantic City,

The final table was tough. I got so lucky. I had tens against aces and A-J against A-Q and sucked out. I picked up good spots to move all in or raise, so I think it was a tough table.”

Here is how the final table payed out:

1st: Vivek Rajkumer - $1,424,500
2nd: Sang Kim - $750,000
3rd: Dan Heimiller - $387,500
4th: Jason Strochak - $337,500
5th: Mark Seif - $287,500
6th: Andrew Knee - $237,500