Jerry Yang entered the final table of the Main Event with the second least amount of chips. He ended up with all of them. He was definitely the aggressor at the final table knocking out 7 of the other players.
Yang won the tournament in a dramatic last hand against Tuan Lam. Tuan Lam went all-in with AQ suited and Yang made the call with pocket 8's. Lam hit a queen on the flop and began to celebrate. Then Yang went runner runner to hit an inside draw as he won on the river. Yang, 39, who has only been playing poker for two years takes home $8.25 million for the victory, the coveted World Series of Poker bracelet and the title of 2007 world champion. He is donating 10% of his winnings to charity.
Here are the final table finishes.
1st - Jerry Yang - $8,250,000
2nd - Tuan Lam - $4,840,981
3rd - Raymond Rahme - $3,048,025
4th - Alex Kravchenko - $1,852,721
5th - Jon Kalmar - $1,255,069
6th - Hevad Khan - $956,243
7th - Lee Childs - $705,229
8th - Lee Watkinson - $585,699
9th - Philip Hilm - $525,934
1 comment:
He kept thanking Jesus, but he should thank Childs whose tight laydown of QQ vs Yang's JJ early on, would have changed the whole thing.
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