World Champion 2007
Jerry Yang won the main event of the 2007 World Series of Poker. His salary for one week of hard work: The golden bracelet and $8,25 million!
6358 players payed the $10,000 buy-in and played for the title "World Champion of No Limit Texas Hold'em 2007". The total prize pool was $59,784,954 giving the winner $8,250,000!
The winner and World Champion 2007 is Jerry Yang!
Jerry Yang is 39 years old. He has a Masters Degree in psychology and lives in South California. He was born in Laos and came to the US as a refugee. He started playing poker two years ago and won his ticket in a $225 satellite tournament. Because he knows from his own life what it means to be poor he gives 10% of his winnings to the following charity organizations:
- Make-A-Wish-Foundation
- Feed the Children
- Ronald McDonald House.
The final hand was:
Tuan Lam (22,300,000 Chips)
Jerry Yang (105,175,000 Chips)
preflop: all-in by Tuan Lam, call by Jerry Yang
Tuan Lam: A
Q
Jerry Yang: 8
8
Flop: 5
Q9
Turn: 7 -> Yang needs a 6 or an 8 (=6 outs)
River: 6
Jerry Yang wins the World Series of Poker 2007 with a runner-runner-straight
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 |
| 9. | Philip Hilm | $ 525,934 |
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