Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:34:14 -0700
Hand #180 - Tuan Lam
Hand #180 - Tuan Lam has the button, he raises to 2.3 million, and Jerry Yang folds.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:32:06 -0700
Hand #179 - Jerry Yang
Hand #179 - Jerry Yang has the button, he limps for 600,000, and Tuan Lam checks. The flop comes
, and both players check. The turn card is the
, and they check again. The river card is the
, and they check again.
Yang shows 3-x for a pair of threes, and Lam mucks. Jerry Yang wins the pot.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:30:31 -0700
Updated Chip Counts
Jerry Yang - 106.925 million
Tuan Lam - 20.55 million
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:30:09 -0700
Hand #178 - Jerry Yang
Hand #178 - Tuan Lam has the button, he limps for 600,000, Jerry Yang raises to 2.6 million, and Lam calls. The flop comes
, Yang bets 5 million, and Lam folds. Jerry Yang takes the pot.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:29:19 -0700
Cat Calls for Gavin Smith
Gavin Smith tried to sneak out of the audience during a tense moment of a hand in progress. A few fans spotted him and started a series of cat calls and whistling. ESPN cameras caught Smith making an exit and he waved to everyone good-bye.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:27:49 -0700
Hand #177 - Jerry Yang
Hand #177 - Jerry Yang has the button, he limps for 600,000, and Lam checks. The flop comes
, Lam bets 1 million, and Yang calls. The turn card pairs the board with the
, Lam checks, Yang bets 6 million, and Lam folds. Jerry Yang takes the pot.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:24:37 -0700
Updated Chip Counts
After Hand #176, these are the current counts:
Jerry Yang - 102.575 million
Tuan Lam - 24.9 million
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:23:05 -0700
Hand #176 - Jerry Yang
Hand #176 - Tuan Lam has the button, and he folds.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:20:25 -0700
Hand #175 - Tuan Lam
Hand #175 - Jerry Yang has the button, he limps for 600,000, and Tuan Lam checks. The flop comes
, and both players check. The turn card pairs the board with the
, and they check again. The river card is the
, Lam checks, Yang bets 1 million, and Lam calls.
Yang shows 10-3 for ten high, but Lam shows
to win the pot with two pair, eights and sixes.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:17:54 -0700
Hand #174 - Jerry Yang
Hand #174 - Tuan Lam has the button, and he folds.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:16:18 -0700
Hand #173 - Jerry Yang
Hand #173 - Jerry Yang has the button, he limps for 600,000, and Tuan Lam checks his option. The flop comes
, Lam checks, Yang bets 1 million, and Lam folds. Yang takes the pot.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:14:13 -0700
Hand #172 - Jerry Yang
Hand #172 - Tuan Lam has the button, he limps for 600,000, Jerry Yang raises to 2.1 million, and Lam folds.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:12:20 -0700
Hand #171 - Jerry Yang
Hand #171 - Jerry Yang has the button, he raises to 2.6 million, and Lam folds.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:11:42 -0700
100 Million Man
Jerry Yang has become the first player in the history of the WSOP to hold 100 million in chips. However, he only holds a 4 to 1 lead over Tuan Lam. If Lam can double up twice against Yang, he will take command of the chiplead.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:10:34 -0700
Hand #170 - Tuan Lam
Hand #170 - Tuan Lam has the button, he limps for 600,000, and Jerry Yang checks. The flop comes
, and both players check. The turn card is the
, Yang bets 800,000, and Lam calls. The river card is the
, Yang bets 1.5 million, and Lam calls.
Yang shows Q-x for queen high, and Lam show 9-x for a pair of nines. Tuan Lam takes the first pot of heads-up play.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:08:36 -0700
Shuffle Up & Deal!
The final two players are reintroduced to the crowd, and everyone is ready to go. Time to shuffle up and deal!
Reminder: In heads-up play, the button has the small blind and acts first before the flop.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:08:34 -0700
Heads Up!
The 2004 WSOP heads up battle between Greg Raymer and David Williams lasted three hands.
The 2005 WSOP heads up match between Joe Hachem and Steve Dannenmann lasted six hands.
The 2006 WSOP heads up match between Jamie Gold and Paul Wasicka lasted seven hands.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:06:47 -0700
Official Chip Counts
Jerry Yang - 104.45 million
Tuan Lam - 23.025 million
And the final table payouts:
1st - ? - $8,250,000
2nd - ? - $4,840,981
3rd - Raymond Rahme - $3,048,025
4th - Alex Kravchenko - $1,852,721
5th - Jon Kalmar - $1,255,069
6th - Hevad 'Rain' Khan - $956,243
7th - Lee Childs - $705,229
8th - Lee Watkinson - $585,699
9th - Philip Hilm - $525,934
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:46:45 -0700
Last 9 Hands: 161-169
Jerry Yang busted two players inside of three hands. In case you were counting, three-handed play lasted two hands. Jerry Yang won both and busted Raymond Rahme in third place. Yang has won 67 out of 169 total hands. Yang also happens to hold 81% of the total chips in play. One last Yang stat... he has busted six out of the seven players who have been eliminated.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:45:49 -0700
20-Minute Break
Now that Raymond Rahme has finished his ESPN interview, the players take a 20-minute break. This will give ESPN time to prep the table for heads-up play.
