2007 World Series of Poker

Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 7
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Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8♣8♦
Prize
$8,250,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
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Last 10 Hands: 141-150

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The players concluded their 90th hand of four-handed play. Jerry Yang is still the chipleader. Tuan Lam started to pull away from the pack and was chasing down Jerry Yang in second place. By Hand #148, Alex Kravchenko and Raymond Rahme were in a deadlock for third place at 22.1 million a piece. By Hand #150, Raymond Rahme doubled through Tuan Lam. He went from last place to second in chips.

South Africa Wakes Up

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The South African contingency celebrates
The South African contingency celebrates
I almost spoke too soon. Raymond Rahme's railbirds woke up from a deep slumber after he doubled through Jerry Yang. The jumped up in celebration and began waving flags, singing in unison, and swaying back and forth. One of them even shouted out the intro music to ESPN's Sportscenter.

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Hand #149 - Raymond Rahme Doubles Through Jerry Yang

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Raymond Rahme
Raymond Rahme
Hand #149 - Jerry Yang has the button in seat 4, Alex Kravchenko raises under the gun to 1.75 million, Yang reraises from the button to 6.25 million, and Raymond Rahme moves all in from the big blind for 17.125 million. The crowd rises to their feet, and the South African cheering section start shouting words of encouragement to Rahme.

Kravchenko folds, and Yang goes into the pot for about two minutes before he calls.

Rahme shows {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}, and Yang shows {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}. Rahme needs to improve to stay alive.

The flop comes {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, and the ace is in the window. Before the flop is even spread out, Rahme's cheering section cheers, with several of his friends literally leaping into the air with excitement. Rahme takes a dominating lead with a pair of aces, as Yang has just one queen left in the deck to give him this hand.

The turn card is the {3-Hearts}, the river card is the {5-Spades}, and Rahme goes to the rail hug his friends as they burst into celebratory song.

Raymond Rahme doubles up to 36.6 million, while Jerry Yang drops down to 41.625 million. Yang still has the chip lead, but he's much less invincible than he seemed a little while ago.

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The Slow Down

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Over the last couple of orbits, the players had to overcome a cold deck, bad jokes from tournament director Jack Effel, and an audience that was growing restless. The background conversations began to increase in volume as the spectators found more interest in chatting it up instead of following the subdued action. Jerry Yang's railbirds didn't have too much to cheer about. He's won a couple of smaller post, but he lost the last few big pots he played. The South Africa crew's spirit had definitely tapered off. They were noticeably silent ever since he lost that massive pot to Tuan Lam.
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