Hand #15: David Pham raised to 65,000 and took down the pot.
Hand #16: Nikolai Sears opened to 65,000 from the button. Matt Berkey reraised all in from the small blind. Pham folded his big blind and with action back on Sears, he made the quick call.
Sears:
Berkey:
Berkey was behind but his rail exploded upon seeing the flop.
"Eight of spades!" they screamed. They screamed even louder when it was the on the turn. Berkey just needed to dodge a to score the elimination and secure himself fourth place pay.
"Deuce!" the rail screamed. And they got their wish as the came on the river securing Nikolai Sear's elimination in 5th place.
Hand #28: Martin Finger opened the action with a raise to 60,000 from under the gun. It folded around to David Pham who moved all in for 696,000 from the big blind. Finger took a moment before finally moving forward calling chips.
Pham:
Finger:
The two were flipping for Pham's tournament life and Finger picked up a several more outs when the flop brought . Finger made his flush when the hit the turn and suddenly Pham was fishing for a ten or a four to stay alive. Alas, the river brought the and Pham was eliminated in fourth place. He will take home $131,679 for his efforts.
Hand #29: Finger completed from the small blind and Matt Stout checked his big blind. The flop came and Finger bet 35,000. Stout called and the fell on the turn. Finger fired 85,000 and Stout mucked his cards.
Matt Stout shakes hands with Matt Berkey after elinating Berkey in 3rd. place.
Hand #58: Matt Stout raised to 90,000 from the button. Matt Berkey reraised to 275,000 from the small blind. Martin Finger folded. Stout moved all in, and Berkey quickly called.
Stout:
Berkey:
The flop came out putting Stout immediately in the lead. Many in the crowd thought the on the turn was the out Berkey needed at first glance, but quickly realized he was still seeking a nine to stay alive. Unfortunately for him the wasn't what he needed and he hit the rail in third place, taking with him the one of the largest and loudest rails of the series so far.
Hand #157: Matt Stout had the button. He raised to 160,000 and Martin Finger came over the top for 400,000. Stout replied by four-betting all in and Finger snapped him off.
Finger;
Stout:
Stout was behind and in need of help going to the community cards. He did not find it, however, as the board ran out , and Finger's queens were able to hold up and secure him his first WSOP champions. Stout was eliminated in 2nd place and will take home $313,370 in prize money.
2013 WSOP Event 21 Gold Braclet Winner Martin Finger
Another day, another tournament in the books here at the 2013 World Series of Poker. Three days ago, an astounding 806 entrants put up the $3,000 entrance fee to participate in one of the few short-handed no-limit hold'em events offered at the WSOP. After thirty 60-minute levels of poker, it was German professional Martin Finger to grab hold of the title, the bracelet, and the $506,764 in first-place prize money.
Final Table Results
Place
Player
Prize
1
Martin Finger
$506,764
2
Matt Stout
$313,370
3
Matt Berkey
$199,733
4
David "The Dragon" Pham
$131,679
5
Nikolai Sears
$89,402
6
Andrew Dean
$62,458
The third day of play began with just 13 players left vying for the title. Among them sat three accomplished professional players who ran into unfortunate enough circumstances to bust before the final table was reached. First, Dan Kelly was the name on everyone's lips as scored his sixth cash at the 2013 WSOP with his deep run in this event. Unfortunately for Kelly, he was unable to secure a spot at the ever-elusive final table. Kelly was eliminated when the inferior ace of Matt Berkey caught up on the flop. Next to hit the rail was eight-time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel. Finally, the field combined to the unofficial final table of seven when two-time WSOP bracelet winner Nick Schulman was eliminated from play in eighth place.
From here, eventual-winner Finger took the top stack into the unofficial final table. That quickly changed, however, when Matt Stout took most of Andrew Dean's stack in a pocket pair vs. pocket pair confrontation before the flop. Stout took hold of the position of table captain and Dean was eliminated soon after in sixth place. Next to fall was Nikolai Sears, who came into the final table as one of the shorter stacks. Despite a double up and getting it in as a favorite with pocket kings against Berkey's pocket tens, he was on the wrong side of lady luck and was eliminated in fifth place.
David "The Dragon" Pham became the next victim of the final table when he looked up Finger in a massive confrontation. Finger opened with a raise during four-handed play and it folded around to Pham's big blind. Pham moved in and Finger tanked before calling. The two were flipping for Pham's life and in the end it was Finger who came out on top. Berkey fell soon after in third place when he also put his tournament life on the line in a coin-flip situation. This time, it was Stout's ace-king that defeated Berkey's nines to score the knockout.
Stout had a huge chip lead going into heads up play but over the course of the 98-hand match, Finger was able to wear Stout down and overtake the top position. After dozens of raise and take situations, the match finally came to a head when Stout opened with a button raise. Finger came over the top with three-bet and Stout four-bet all in for his tournament life. Finger snapped him off.
Finger:
Stout:
The board ran out and Finger's ladies were able to hold as the best hand, securing himself as the next World Series of Poker champion. Stout was eliminated in second-place and had to wait until another day to attain his first WSOP bracelet.
That does it for our coverage of Event #21! Be sure to stay tuned to our Live Reporting page as we bring you updates from all of the latest events here at the 2013 World Series of Poker!
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flop.
on the turn. Berkey just needed to dodge a 
to score the elimination and secure himself fourth place pay.
came on the river securing Nikolai Sear's elimination in 5th place.
. Finger made his flush when the 
hit the turn and suddenly Pham was fishing for a ten or a four to stay alive. Alas, the river brought the 
and Pham was eliminated in fourth place. He will take home $131,679 for his efforts.
and Finger bet 35,000. Stout called and the 
putting Stout immediately in the lead. Many in the crowd thought the 
wasn't what he needed and he hit the rail in third place, taking with him the one of the largest and loudest rails of the series so far.
