Jerry Yang Is 2007 WSOP Champion!
Out of the 6,358 players who started the $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold’em Main Event of the 2007 World Series of Poker on July 6th at the Rio in Las Vegas, Jerry Yang came out victorious. Nine men from Denmark, Russia, Canada, England, South Africa and the U.S. played at the final table for a first prize of $8.25 million and the most coveted of WSOP bracelets.
The final table started with favorite Philip Hilm, from Denmark who plays poker professionally in England, as chip leader with 22,070,000 in chips. Ironically, he was first to be eliminated and it was Yang who sent him packing and settling for 9th place. The most well-known player at the table, Lee Watkinson, was eliminated in eighth place.
Yang qualified for the Main Event in a live $225 satellite at the Pechanga $1,000,000 freeroll and played under Team Full Tilt Poker. It took over 200 hands for Yang to claim the title.
Runner-up Tuan Lam went all in with Ad Qd and Yang called with 8c 8d. The flop brought another Queen for Lam, but Yang completed his straight on the river and became the 2007 WSOP World Poker Champion.
The new champion picked up the gold WSOP bracelet, a Corum watch, and $8.25 million in prize money. Yang said he will donate 10% of his winnings to the Make a Wish Foundation, Feed the Children, and the Ronald McDonald House.
2007 WSOP Main Event Final Table Results:
1 Jerry Yang $8,250,000
2 Tuan Lam $4,840,981
3 Raymond Rahme $3,048,025
4 Alex Kravchenko $1,852,721
5 Jon Kalmar $1,255,069
6 Hevad “Rain” Khan $956,243
7 Lee Childs $705,229
8 Lee Watkinson $585,699
8 Philip Hilm $525,934
Tags: Jerry Yang, 2007 WSOP Champion, WSOP Winners
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