Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:37:13 -0700
Hand #160 - Jerry Yang
Hand #160 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, and Jerry Yang raises from the small blind to 2.6 million, winning the blinds and antes.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:36:51 -0700
Updated Chip Counts
Seat 1 - Raymond Rahme - 36.1 million
Seat 2 - Alex Kravchenko - 17.525 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 46.575 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 27.275 million
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:34:36 -0700
Hand #159 - Jerry Yang
Hand #159 - Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 1, he limps for 600,000, and Jerry Yang checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes
, Yang bets 1 million, and Rahme folds. Yang takes the pot.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:32:22 -0700
Hand #158 - Alex Kravchenko
Hand #158 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 6, and everyone folds to Alex Kravchenko, giving him a walk in the big blind.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:31:07 -0700
Hand #157 - Raymond Rahme
Hand #157 - Jerry Yang has the button in seat 4, Alex Kravchenko raises under the gun to 1.75 million, Raymond Rahme reraises from the big blind to 5 million, and Kravchenko folds. Rahme takes the pot.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:28:37 -0700
Hand #156 - Jerry Yang
Hand #156 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, Jerry Yang raises from the small blind to 2.1 million, and Tuan Lam calls from the big blind. The flop comes
, Yang bets 3 million, and Lam folds. Yang takes the pot.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:25:43 -0700
Hand #155 - Tuan Lam
Hand #155 - Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 1, and Tuan Lam raises under the gun to 2 million, winning the blinds and antes.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:22:54 -0700
Hand #154 - Alex Kravchenko
Hand #154 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 6, and everyone folds to Alex Kravchenko, giving him a walk in the big blind.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:22:22 -0700
Yang's 60th Pot
Jerry Yang just won his 60th pot in 153 hands. He's now onlt holding 33% of the total chips in play.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:21:38 -0700
Hand #153 - Jerry Yang
Hand #153 - Jerry Yang has the button in seat 4, and he raises to 2.5 million, winning the blinds and antes for the third hand in a row.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:19:30 -0700
Hand #152 - Jerry Yang
Hand #152 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, Jerry Yang raises from the small blind to 2.35 million, winning the blinds and antes.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:18:48 -0700
Hand #151 - Jerry Yang
Hand #151 - Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 1, and everyone folds to Jerry Yang, giving him a walk in the big blind.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:16:37 -0700
Last 10 Hands: 141-150
The players concluded their 90th hand of four-handed play. Jerry Yang is still the chipleader. Tuan Lam started to pull away from the pack and was chasing down Jerry Yang in second place. By Hand #148, Alex Kravchenko and Raymond Rahme were in a deadlock for third place at 22.1 million a piece. By Hand #150, Raymond Rahme doubled through Tuan Lam. He went from last place to second in chips.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:15:57 -0700
South Africa Wakes Up
I almost spoke too soon. Raymond Rahme's railbirds woke up from a deep slumber after he doubled through Jerry Yang. The jumped up in celebration and began waving flags, singing in unison, and swaying back and forth. One of them even shouted out the intro music to ESPN's Sportscenter.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:15:52 -0700
Hand #150 - Tuan Lam
Hand #150 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 6, and he raises to 2 million, winning the blinds and antes.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:15:12 -0700
Updated Chip Counts
Seat 1 - Raymond Rahme - 36.6 million
Seat 2 - Alex Kravchenko - 20.325 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 41.625 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 28.925 million
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:14:17 -0700
Hand #149 - Raymond Rahme Doubles Through Jerry Yang
Hand #149 - Jerry Yang has the button in seat 4, Alex Kravchenko raises under the gun to 1.75 million, Yang reraises from the button to 6.25 million, and Raymond Rahme moves all in from the big blind for 17.125 million. The crowd rises to their feet, and the South African cheering section start shouting words of encouragement to Rahme.
Kravchenko folds, and Yang goes into the pot for about two minutes before he calls.
Rahme shows
, and Yang shows
. Rahme needs to improve to stay alive.
The flop comes
, and the ace is in the window. Before the flop is even spread out, Rahme's cheering section cheers, with several of his friends literally leaping into the air with excitement. Rahme takes a dominating lead with a pair of aces, as Yang has just one queen left in the deck to give him this hand.
The turn card is the
, the river card is the
, and Rahme goes to the rail hug his friends as they burst into celebratory song.
Raymond Rahme doubles up to 36.6 million, while Jerry Yang drops down to 41.625 million. Yang still has the chip lead, but he's much less invincible than he seemed a little while ago.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:11:00 -0700
The Slow Down
Over the last couple of orbits, the players had to overcome a cold deck, bad jokes from tournament director Jack Effel, and an audience that was growing restless. The background conversations began to increase in volume as the spectators found more interest in chatting it up instead of following the subdued action. Jerry Yang's railbirds didn't have too much to cheer about. He's won a couple of smaller post, but he lost the last few big pots he played. The South Africa crew's spirit had definitely tapered off. They were noticeably silent ever since he lost that massive pot to Tuan Lam.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:04:44 -0700
Hand #148 - Jerry Yang
Hand #148 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, Raymond Rahme raises under the gun to 2.25 million, and Jerry Yang calls from the small blind. The flop comes
, Yang checks, Rahme bets 2 million, and Yang calls. The turn card is the
, and both players check. The river card is the
, and both players check.
Yang shows
, and Rahme mucks. Jerry Yang wins the pot.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:59:34 -0700
Hand #147 - Jerry Yang
Hand #147 - Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 1, Tuan Lam raises under the gun to 2 million, Jerry Yang reraises to 5 million, and Lam folds. Yang takes the pot.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:59:07 -0700
What's a 2 Million Raise?
Right now, an opening raise of 2 million might become standard among the final four players. That represents 100 starting stacks or 100 entries. Players started on Day 1 with 20,000 in chips.
