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

Official Chip Counts

Once again, these counts have been triple-checked to provide you with 100% absolute accuracy, and once again, they match the chip counts as they are being tracked by our own Garry Gates after each and every hand.

Seat 1 - Raymond Rahme - 36.1 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 67.3 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 24.075 million

Hand #167 - Alex Kravchenko Eliminated in 4th Place ($1,852,721)

Alex Kravchenko & Jerry Yang all in
Alex Kravchenko & Jerry Yang all in
Hand #167 - Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 1, Alex Kravchenko raises from the small blind to 2.1 million, Jerry Yang pushes from the big blind, and Kravchenko quickly calls all in for 19.825 million.

Yang shows {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}, and Kravchenko shows {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}. It's a race situation, and Kravchenko needs to improve to stay alive.

The flop comes {Q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Spades}, and Yang's fans go crazy as he flops a set of eights. Kravchenko needs a runner-runner straight to stay alive here.

The turn card is the {4-Clubs}, and Kravchenko is drawing dead. The meaningless river card is the {3-Spades}, and Jerry Yang wins the pot with a set of eights.

Alex Kravchenko is eliminated in fourth place, earning $1,852,721. The next player eliminated will receive $3,048,025 for third place.

Tags: Alex KravchenkoJerry Yang

World Series of Poker Flashback: 1980 Main Event

Doyle Brunson playing in Event #35
Doyle Brunson playing in Event #35
Here's the WSOP main event final table money winners from 1980:

1st - Stu Ungar - $365,000
2nd - Doyle Brunson - $146,000
3rd - Jay Heimowitz - $109,500
4th - Johnny Moss - $73,000
5th - Charles Dunwoody - $36,500

There were 73 players in the 1980 WSOP main event. The top 5 players won prize money. At the time, actor Gabe Kaplan from Welcome Back, Kotter fame was the bubble boy finishing in 6th place. Stu Ungar won his first ever WSOP world championship beating Doyle Brunson heads up.

Tags: Doyke Brunson