Vivek Rajkumar
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Vivek Rajkumar is an Indian American
poker
player from Las Vegas, Nevada
.
In 2008, he won the World Poker Tour
Borgata Poker Open Main Event, securing a cash prize of $1,424,500. He defeated a final table that included tournament veterans Dan Heimiller
and Mark Seif
to win the title.
Rajkumar has also had notable success at the LA Poker Classic tournaments. In 2008 he placed 1st out of 167 entrants in the $2,500 No Limit Hold'em for a prize of $113,425. In the 2009 L.A. Poker Classic $9,900 Heads Up Championship - No Limit Hold'em Rajkumar placed first from a field of 111 entrants for a prize of $350,000.
As of 2010, Rajkumar has total tournament winnings in excess of $3,582,000.
Indian American
Indian Americans are Americans whose ancestral roots lie in India. The U.S. Census Bureau popularized the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with Indigenous peoples of the Americas who are commonly referred to as American Indians.-The term: Indian:...
poker
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player from Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
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In 2008, he won the World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting the final table of each tournament. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who served as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that...
Borgata Poker Open Main Event, securing a cash prize of $1,424,500. He defeated a final table that included tournament veterans Dan Heimiller
Dan Heimiller
Daniel Heimiller in is an American professional poker player who won the ½ Hold'em - ½ Seven-Card Stud event at the 2002 World Series of Poker. His total live tournament winnings exceed $2.2 million....
and Mark Seif
Mark Seif
Mark Seif is an Egyptian American attorney and professional poker player.-Personal life:Seif was born in Cairo, Egypt before moving with his family at the age of two, to Southern California...
to win the title.
Rajkumar has also had notable success at the LA Poker Classic tournaments. In 2008 he placed 1st out of 167 entrants in the $2,500 No Limit Hold'em for a prize of $113,425. In the 2009 L.A. Poker Classic $9,900 Heads Up Championship - No Limit Hold'em Rajkumar placed first from a field of 111 entrants for a prize of $350,000.
As of 2010, Rajkumar has total tournament winnings in excess of $3,582,000.