2007 World Series of Poker

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

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
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

Last 10 Hands: 101-110

It appeared that Jerry Yang was going to add to his lead. He won three hands but then he lost a monster pot to Alex Kravchenko on Hand #108, when Kravchenko pushed with pocket Kings and Yang's A-10 could not improve. That hand pushed Kravchenko over 26M. Yang slipped to 47.7M.

Yang has won 43 out of 110 hands, but he's doubled up Kravchenko three times, with Hand #108 being the biggest hand since action became four-way.

Hand #108 - Alex Kravchenko Doubles Through Jerry Yang

Alex Kravchenko
Alex Kravchenko
Hand #108 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, he raises to 1.4 million, Jerry Yang reraises from the small blind to 4.9 million, and Kravchenko moves all in for 13.45 million.

Yang thinks for more than a minute before he calls with {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}. Kravchenko shows {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}, and he's in excellent position to double up here. Everyone in the crowd is up on their feet, with different people calling for different cards. "Ace!" "King!" And, for some reason, "Nine!"

The flop comes {8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, and Kravchenko retains the lead with his pocket kings.

The turn card is the {3-Spades}, and Yang needs an ace on the river (a "Greenstein") to bust Kravchenko here, and invoke the wrath of Mother Russia.

The river card is the {2-Hearts}, and about half the crowd cheers as Alex Kravchenko wins the pot with two pair, kings and sixes, doubling up to 27.6 million. Yang drops down to 47.725 million, and he's beginning to look mortal again.

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