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2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 7
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Click here to see the interview with Alex, along with all the other videos from the Main Event.
Even in the face of an elimination, the South African railbirds chanted a farewell song for Rahme as he slowly walked over to them to be consoled. The entire crowd rose to its feet and gave him a standing ovation, the loudest by far out of the other seven eliminations.
Before he left the stage to be interviewed by ESPN, one of Rahme's friends tied a South African flag around his neck. Rahme held his head high as he headed towards the spot where they taped his exit interview.
The flop comes
, Rahme checks, Yang bets 10 million, and Rahme moves all in for 27.35 million. Yang clearly isn't pleased, but he waits for a count of Rahme's stack. It's another 17.35 million for Yang to call. Yang goes into the tank for several minutes, and the crowd is silent, with just whispers heard as people guess what the hands might be.
After about four minutes, Jerry Yang quietly says, "Alright, I call." The crowd applauds, and then it gets silent again as they wait to see the cards. When Rahme flips over his cards, Yang throws his hands in the air and yells, "Yes! Yes!"
Rahme has
, but Yang shows 
for a pair of aces. Rahme is behind, and he'll need a king or something runner-runner to stay alive. The turn card is the
, and Rahme needs a king to survive. The river card is the
, and Yang jumps for joy off the stage and into the crowd to celebrate with his friends and family. Tuan Lam walks over to Raymond Rahme to shake hands and offer congratulations. Yang leaves his fans on the rail to give Rahme a hug, and then the crowd breaks into applause for Raymond Rahme. Raymond Rahme is eliminated in third place, earning $3,048,025.
There will be a short break before heads-up play begins.
Jack replied, "No I don't, what is it?"
"Do you know who Nelson Mandela is?" Ray asked.
"Yes I do," Jack said.
"This is going to be broadcast on ESPN, yeah?"
Jack nodded his head.
"Well you send him a message and let him know that I'm going to bring the bracelet home to Africa!" Raymond said with confidence and a smile.
When play resumed, Jack granted Ray's wish and lead the crowd in wishing Mandela a happy 89th birthday.
Who discovered the error? PokerNews. With Garry Gates tracking each and every bet, and BJ Nemeth (me) and Jen Creason double-checking the physical chips during the breaks, we realized the counts were off after the color up. That's when Gates pointed out that they still need the 25,000s for another hour.
We quickly contacted Jack Effel, and he immediately corrected the error. By the time the players were back and ready to play, a few stacks of 25,000s were back on the table, and we re-counted all of the stacks to make sure everything was right.
After another hour, the peach (25,000) chips will completely disappear, as the antes will increase to 100,000.
Philip Hilm - eliminated on Hand #15 by Jerry Yang.
Lee Watkinson - eliminated on Hand #21 by Jerry Yang
Lee Childs - eliminated om Hand #28 by Jerry Yang
Hevad 'Rain' Khan - eliminated on Hand #56 by Jerry Yang
John Kalmar - eliminated on Hand #60 by Raymond Rahme
Alex Kravchenko - eliminated on Hand #167 by Jerry Yang