Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:24:39 -0700
Hand #123 - Alex Kravchenko
Hand #123 - Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 1, Alex Kravchenko raises from the small blind to 1.7 million, winning the blinds and antes.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:24:13 -0700
Hand #122 - Alex Kravchenko
Hand #122 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 6, Raymond Rahme limps from the small blind for 500,000, and Alex Kravchenko checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes
, Rahme checks, Kravchenko bets 750,000, and Rahme folds. Kravchenko takes the pot.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:21:09 -0700
Hand #121 - Alex Kravchenko
Hand #121 - Jerry Yang has the button in seat 4, Alex Kravchenko limps under the gun for 500,000, Tuan Lam limps from the small blind, and Raymond Rahme checks his option. The flop comes
, Lam checks, Rahme bets 1 million, Kravchenko calls, and Lam folds.
The turn card pairs the board with the
, and both players check. The river card is the
, and they check again.
Rahme shows
for a pair of threes, but Kravchenko shows
to win the pot with a pair of tens.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:20:14 -0700
Last 10 Hands: 111-120
Jerry Yang went back to work and picked up a few more pots. After doubling up Alex Kravchenko on Hand #108, he's added almost 10 million to his stack. Yang dragged 5 pots over the last 10 hands and has now won 47 total pots since the final table began. Yang is still the chipleader.
Tuan Lam did not win a single pot since Hand #100 and he's slipped into last place in the chiplead. He's down to 13.85M.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:17:34 -0700
Hand #120 - Jerry Yang
Hand #120 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, and Jerry Yang raises from the small blind to 2 million, winning the blinds and antes.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:15:13 -0700
Hand #119 - Alex Kravchenko
Hand #119 - Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 1, Alex Kravchenko limps from the small blind for 500,000, and Jerry Yang checks his option in the big blind. 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
for a pair of fives, but Alex Kravchenko shows
for a pair of tens to win the pot.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:12:40 -0700
Hand #118 - Jerry Yang
Hand #118 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 6, Yang limps under the gun for 500,000, and Alex Kravchenko checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes
, Kravchenko checks, Yang bets 1 million, and Kravchenko folds. Jerry Yang takes the pot.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:12:27 -0700
Updated Chip Counts
Seat 1 - Raymond Rahme - 32.35 million
Seat 2 - Alex Kravchenko - 24.90 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 55.725 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 14.5 million
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:09:17 -0700
Hand #117 - Raymond Rahme
Hand #117 - Jerry Yang has the button in seat 4, Tuan Lam limps from the small blind for 500,000, and Raymond Rahme checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes
, Lam checks, Rahme bets 750,000, and Lam folds. Rahme takes the pot.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:07:25 -0700
Hand #116 - Jerry Yang
Hand #116 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, he raises to 1.4 million, Jerry Yang raises from the small blind to 5 million, and Kravchenko thinks for more than a minute before he folds. Yang takes the pot.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:03:09 -0700
Pros on the Rail
Tournament Director Jack Effel introduced Marcel Luske as "the most well dressed man from Belgium." Marcel Luske is a snazzy dresser except that he's from Amsterdam in the Netherlands, not from Belgium.
Also in the crowd was Gavin Smith, who wandered around clutching a cocktail.
2002 WSOP bracelet winner Perry Friedman has been in the stands on and off over the last few hours. My favorite Perry Friedman story was when he ate a Keno crayon for $1.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:02:16 -0700
Hand #115 - Raymond Rahme
Hand #115 - Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 1, he raises to 1.5 million, and Alex Kravchenko calls from the small blind. The flop comes
, Kravchenko checks, Rahme bets 1 million, and Kravchenko folds. Rahme takes the pot.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:59:53 -0700
Hand #114 - Raymond Rahme
Hand #114 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 6, Raymond Rahme limps from the small blind for 500,000, and Alex Kravchenko checks his option. The flop comes
, Rahme bets 1 million, and Kravchenko folds. Rahme takes the pot.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:59:01 -0700
Hand #113 - Jerry Yang
Hand #113 - Jerry Yang has the button in seat 4, he raises to 2 million, and Tuan Lam calls from the small blind. The flop comes
, Lam bets 3 million, Yang raises to 9 million, and Lam thinks for about two minutes before he folds. Jerry Yang wins the pot, and a few fans in the crowd start weakly cheering "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!"
The chant seems to be more about good-natured fun than anything else, because the foreigners still alive at the final table (representing South Africa, Russia, and Canada) have such strong national support in the crowd.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:54:29 -0700
Updated Chip Count
Seat 1 - Raymond Rahme - 29.5 million
Seat 2 - Alex Kravchenko - 28.55 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 48.675 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 20.75 million
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:53:21 -0700
Hand #112 - Alex Kravchenko
Hand #112 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, and he raises to 1.4 million, winning the blinds and antes.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:51:44 -0700
Hand #111 - Jerry Yang
Hand #111 - Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 1, and everyone folds to Jerry Yang, giving him a walk in the big blind.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:50:05 -0700
Last 10 Hands: 101-110
It appeared that Jerry Yang was going to add to his lead. He won three hands but then he lost a monster pot to Alex Kravchenko on Hand #108, when Kravchenko pushed with pocket Kings and Yang's A-10 could not improve. That hand pushed Kravchenko over 26M. Yang slipped to 47.7M.
Yang has won 43 out of 110 hands, but he's doubled up Kravchenko three times, with Hand #108 being the biggest hand since action became four-way.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:47:32 -0700
Hand #110 - Jerry Yang
Hand #110 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 6, and Jerry Yang raises under the gun to 1.5 million, winning the blinds and antes.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:46:16 -0700
Hand #109 - Alex Kravchenko
Hand #109 - Jerry Yang has the button in seat 4, Alex Kravchenko raises under the gun to 1.4 million, winning the blinds and antes.
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:45:56 -0700
Updated Chip Counts
Seat 1 - Raymond Rahme - 30.45 million
Seat 2 - Alex Kravchenko - 27.6 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 47.725 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 21.7 million
