Yang is Aggressive as Always
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Jerry Yang and an opponent were heads up on a board of 
. Yang's opponent led out for a bet of what looked like 1,000, and Yang put in a large raise. Yang's opponent tanked for a bit, then mucked his cards.
Yang showed only the 
.
En route to winning the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, Yang applied nonstop aggression against his opponents. At the final table, he quickly snatched the chip lead from Phillip Hilm, who went from chip leader to out in ninth place. Once Yang ascended to the top of the counts, he was in every hand, forcing his opponents to make tough decisions for their tournament lives nearly every orbit.
After winning poker's largest prize and pocketing $8.25 million, Yang's poker career fell off. The world champion played in very few events, and his largest cash was for $75,000, which he earned for finishing fifth in the 2010 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship.
It's very nice to see the Main Event champion in the field today, and we'll keep an eye on him as he tries to add a WSOP Circuit gold ring to the mantle place.