2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 7
Event Info
Yang has won 30 out of the first 80 hands.
But did you know that in the last ten years, T.J. Cloutier also made the Final Four twice?
Here's a list of previous Final Four players at the WSOP main event:
2006: Jamie Gold, Paul Wasicka, Mike Binger, and Allen Cunningham
2005: Joe Hachem, Steven Dannenmann, John Barch, and Aaron Kanter
2004: Greg Raymer, David Williams, Josh Arieh, and Dan Harrington
2003: Chris Moneymaker, Sam Farha, Dan Harrington, and Jason Lester
2002: Robert Varkonyi, Julian Gardner, Ralph Perry, and Scott Gray
2001: Carlos Mortensen, Dewey Tomko, Stan Schrier, and Phil Gordon
2000: Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, T.J. Cloutier, Steve Kaufman, and Hasan Habib
1999: Noel Furlong, Alan Goehring, Padraig Parkinson, and Erik Seidel
1998: Scotty Nguyen, Kevin McBride, T.J. Cloutier, and Dewey Weum
1997: Stu Ungar, John Strzemp, Mel 'Silver Fox' Judah, and Ron Stanley
1996: Huck Seed, Bruce Van Horn, John Bonetti, and Men 'The Master' Nguyen
1995: Dan Harrington, Howard Goldfarb, Brent Carter, and Hamid Dastmalchi
When the count is finished, Yang stands up and stares at Kravchenko. You can really see a different in their heights right now, and Kravchenko definitely has a menacing stare, and he seems to be about a foot and a half taller than Yang.
After about two minutes, Yang calls, showing . Kravchenko flips over , and he needs it to hold up to stay alive.
In the crowd, Tuan Lam walks over to the rail, and his wife is extremely excited, even though her husband is not in the hand. She's clearly hoping that he'll move up one more spot in the money here.
The flop comes , and the entire room erupts in applause as Kravchenko flops a set -- but Kravchenko himself stands motionless.
The meaningless last two cards are -- and Yang rivers a pair of kings, but it's too little, too late. Alex Kravchenko wins the pot with a set of threes, doubling up to 18.5 million. Jerry Yang drops down to 65.875 million.
David 'Devilfish' Ulliott shows up on stage, and he shakes Kravchenko's hand after the double up.