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

Hand #31 - Jon Kalmar

Hand #31 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 6, Jon Kalmar limps from the small blind for 300,000, and Hevad 'Rain' Khan checks his option. The flop comes {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{5-Spades}, and both players check. The turn card is the {2-Diamonds}, Kalmar bets 400,000, and Khan folds. Jon Kalmar takes the pot.

Tags: Hevad KhanJon Kalmar

Last 10 Hands: 21-30

Jerry Yang continued his rush when he busted Lee Watkinson on Hand #21. He picked up Hand #22 and #24 while he added to his big stack. Raymond Rahme's railbirds woke up after he won consecutive pots.

On Hand #28, Lee Childs thought he was about to double up when he was all in with {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs} against Jerry Yang's {J-Spades}{8-Spades}. Yang's good fortune continued when he turned a pair of 8s and avoided a four flush from Childs. That was the 12th hand that Yang won in the first 28 hands. Domination would be an appropriate word to describe Yang's early run.

"He's running over the table," mentioned WSOP media director Nolan Dalla.

On Hand #30, Jon Kalmar won his first hand of the day.

Tags: Jerry Yang

Hand #30 - Jon Kalmar

Hand #30 - Jerry Yang has the button in seat 4, he raises to 1.2 million, and Jon Kalmar calls from the big blind. The flop comes {Q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}, and both players check. The turn card is the {10-Hearts}, and they check again. The river card is the {3-Clubs}, and they check again. Yang shows an ace for ace high, but Kalmar shows {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades} to win the pot with two pair, eights and threes.

Tags: Jerry YangJon Kalmar

49%

Jerry Yang has over 49% of the total chips in play. He's still the chipleader and has almost 42 million more chips than Tuan Lam in second place.

Official Chip Counts

Seat 1 - Raymond Rahme - 17.105 million
Seat 2 - Alex Kravchenko - 4.2 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 62.49 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 20.025 million
Seat 8 - Jon Kalmar - 15.91 million
Seat 9 - Hevad 'Rain' Khan - 7.755 million

Level: 32

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 40,000

Players Take a Break

Staff during the color up
Staff during the color up
The Lee Childs bustout was the last hand at that level. After that hand, the staff conducted a quick color up and added 250,000 almond chips into play. Then, players went on a twenty-minute break.

Stay tuned for updated chip counts. Play should resume shortly.

Hand #28 - Lee Childs Eliminated in 7th Place ($705,229)

7th Place - Lee Childs
7th Place - Lee Childs
Hand #28 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, Lee Childs raises from the small blind to 720,000, Jerry Yang moves all in from the big blind, and Childs goes into the tank. He has 4.98 million left behind.

After about two minutes, Childs says, "I call." Yang shows {J-Spades}{8-Spades}, and Childs claps his hands and shows {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs}. Childs is in a dominant position to double up here.

The flop comes {6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}, and there is some slowly building applause from Lee's fans.

The turn card is the {8-Clubs}, and the crowd groans as Jerry Yang pumps his fist and jumps up and down as he takes the lead. Childs has picked up a club flush draw, and he can win the hand with a king or any club.

The river card is the {9-Diamonds}, and Jerry Yang throws his hands in the air before he runs to hug his family on the rail. Yang wins the pot with two pair, eights and fours.

Lee Childs is eliminated in seventh place, earning $705,229. The next player eliminated will receive $956,243 for sixth place.

Tags: Jerry YangLee Childs