Jerry Yang Wins 2007 WSOP Main Event
Final table in action (deleted pic of wrong player winning)
Jerry Yang was the sole survivor of the field of 6,358 players in this year's World Series of Poker Main Event, a poker phenomenon that stretched eleven days and made five people millionaires. 39-year-old psychologist and father of six Yang was one of nine players that started the final table, filmed for later broadcast and also simulcast on Pay Per View by ESPN. There were plenty of low profile players at the table, but most of them take poker very seriously and consider themselves professional players in their respective countries.
The final table started with Philip Hilm, a Dane who plays poker professionally in England, as a leader with 22,070,000 in chips. Ironically enough, Philip was eliminated first. And it was Jerry Yang who sent Hilm to the rail. Starting his final table play Yang had 8,450,000 in chips - only Russian poker pro Alex Kravchenko had less chips than him. By the way, Alex showed a more than decent play by finishing fourth. Yang got a chip lead early in the game - approximately an hour after the final table started - and when it came down to a heads-up match between him and Canadian pro Tuan Lam, Jerry had an almost 5 to 1 advantage over Tuan.
The most well-known player at the table, Lee Watkinson, was eliminated in eighth place.
Californian Jerry Yang claimed over $8 million as his first prize victory, as well as the coveted WSOP Main Event gold bracelet.
The final standings and payouts are as follows:
<TABLE cellSpacing=10 cellPadding=0 width=375 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=36>Place</TD><TD width=133>Player</TD><TD width=196>Prize</TD></TR><TR><TD>1</TD><TD>Jerry Yang</TD><TD>$8,250,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2</TD><TD>Tuan Lam</TD><TD>$4,840,981</TD></TR><TR><TD>3</TD><TD>Raymond Rahme</TD><TD>$3,048,025</TD></TR><TR><TD>4</TD><TD>Alex Kravchenko</TD><TD>$1,852,721</TD></TR><TR><TD>5</TD><TD>Jon Kalmar</TD><TD>$1,255,069</TD></TR><TR><TD>6</TD><TD>Hevad "Rain" Khan</TD><TD>$956,243</TD></TR><TR><TD>7</TD><TD>Lee Childs</TD><TD>$705,229</TD></TR><TR><TD>8</TD><TD>Lee Watkinson</TD><TD>$585,699</TD></TR><TR><TD>8</TD><TD>Philip Hilm</TD><TD>$525,934</TD></TR><TR></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Final table in action (deleted pic of wrong player winning)
Jerry Yang was the sole survivor of the field of 6,358 players in this year's World Series of Poker Main Event, a poker phenomenon that stretched eleven days and made five people millionaires. 39-year-old psychologist and father of six Yang was one of nine players that started the final table, filmed for later broadcast and also simulcast on Pay Per View by ESPN. There were plenty of low profile players at the table, but most of them take poker very seriously and consider themselves professional players in their respective countries.
The final table started with Philip Hilm, a Dane who plays poker professionally in England, as a leader with 22,070,000 in chips. Ironically enough, Philip was eliminated first. And it was Jerry Yang who sent Hilm to the rail. Starting his final table play Yang had 8,450,000 in chips - only Russian poker pro Alex Kravchenko had less chips than him. By the way, Alex showed a more than decent play by finishing fourth. Yang got a chip lead early in the game - approximately an hour after the final table started - and when it came down to a heads-up match between him and Canadian pro Tuan Lam, Jerry had an almost 5 to 1 advantage over Tuan.
The most well-known player at the table, Lee Watkinson, was eliminated in eighth place.
Californian Jerry Yang claimed over $8 million as his first prize victory, as well as the coveted WSOP Main Event gold bracelet.
The final standings and payouts are as follows:
<TABLE cellSpacing=10 cellPadding=0 width=375 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=36>Place</TD><TD width=133>Player</TD><TD width=196>Prize</TD></TR><TR><TD>1</TD><TD>Jerry Yang</TD><TD>$8,250,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2</TD><TD>Tuan Lam</TD><TD>$4,840,981</TD></TR><TR><TD>3</TD><TD>Raymond Rahme</TD><TD>$3,048,025</TD></TR><TR><TD>4</TD><TD>Alex Kravchenko</TD><TD>$1,852,721</TD></TR><TR><TD>5</TD><TD>Jon Kalmar</TD><TD>$1,255,069</TD></TR><TR><TD>6</TD><TD>Hevad "Rain" Khan</TD><TD>$956,243</TD></TR><TR><TD>7</TD><TD>Lee Childs</TD><TD>$705,229</TD></TR><TR><TD>8</TD><TD>Lee Watkinson</TD><TD>$585,699</TD></TR><TR><TD>8</TD><TD>Philip Hilm</TD><TD>$525,934</TD></TR><TR></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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Sorry about that got it off Metro News of Toronto.
http://www.metronews.ca/storyCP.aspx?pg=./s0717111A.xml
I changed it to shot of final table.
Thanks, wil..
http://www.metronews.ca/storyCP.aspx?pg=./s0717111A.xml
I changed it to shot of final table.
Thanks, wil..
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