Regarding Poker

Here’s a video interview of Jerry Yang on winning the 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event:

This video includes some final table highlights and a post-winning speech from Jerry Yang; the 2007 World Series of Poker World Champion.

Jerry Yang, a 39-year-old psychologist who amazingly only started playing poker two years ago is now the 2007 Poker World Champion!

Along with having the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event World Champion title and a custom made gold and diamond bracelet, Jerry Yang took a massive 1st place cash price of $8,250,000.

“I’ve seen the miracles of God with my own eyes. I did a lot of bluffing also,” Yang said.

Jerry Yang won his 10K Main Event seat by winning a $225.00 satellite tournament. Jerry Yang is from Temecula, and is married and has six children. He says that ten percent of his winnings will go to charity, including charities Ronald McDonald House, Make A Wish Foundation and Feed The Children. “I am in a great position to do that,” he said.

Jerry Yang says he will give two weeks notice to his boss and his first purchase will be a new car for his wife.

Final Table Results:

1. Jerry Yang $8,250,000
2. Tuan Lam $4,840,981
3. Raymond Rahme $3,048,025
4. Alexander Kravchenko $1,852,721
5. Jon Kalmar $1,255,069
6. Hevad (RainKhan) Khan $956,243
7. Lee Childs $705,229
8. Lee Watkinson $585,699
9. Phillip Hilm $525,934

Raymond Rahme - 3rd Place Finisher

Alex Kravchenko - 4th Place Finisher

Jerry Yang has proven again that winning the WSOP Main Event can be won by almost anyone… congratulations Jerry!

Jon Kalmar - 5th Place Finisher

Hevad ‘Rain’ Khan - 6th Place Finisher

Lee Childs - 7th Place Finisher

Lee Watkinson - 8th Place Finisher

Philip Hilm- 9th Place Finisher

Main Event Final Table Update:

Jerry Yang 54,675,000

Alex Kravchenko 32,300,000

Raymond Rahme 28,800,000

Tuan Lam 11,700,000

The 2007 WSOP Main Event Final Table is now down to five players. Each of these players is now guaranteed to walk home with no less than 1.2 million dollars.

Two PokerStars players: Tuan Lam and Raymond Rahme are still in the hunt to give PokerStars their 4th World Champion in five years.

Players remaining and their chip counts:

Seat 1 - Raymond Rahme - 15.955 million
Seat 2 - Alex Kravchenko - 5.17 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 73.04 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 19.915 million
Seat 8 - Jon Kalmar - 13.405 million

Final table knockouts and their winnings:

6th Place: Hevad Khan - $956,243
7th Place: Lee Childs - $705,229
8th Place: Lee Watkinson - $585,934
9th Place: Philip Hilm - $525,934

PokerStars has three players remaining at this year’s Main Event Final Table all vying for the World Championship Title and Gold Bracelet, along with the $8,250,000 that is awarded for 1st place.

PokerStars players have won the Main Event three out of the last four years: In 2003 - Chris Moneymaker ($2,500,000), 2004 - Greg Raymer ($5,000,000), and in 2005 - Joe Hachem ($7,500,000).

This year’s PokerStars hopeful’s are:

Tuan Lam - 40-year-old online high-limit cash player and former poker dealer from Ontario, Canada. He currently sits in second place in chips with 21,315,000. You can find Tuan Lam on PokerStars playing under the name BABYHAN.

Raymond Rahme - 62-year-old Seven Card Stud player from South Africa that has only been playing No-Limit Hold’em for two years currently sits in 4th place in chips with 16,320,000.

Hevad Khan - Once accused of being a pokerbot on PokerStars; Hevad Khan has a talent for being able to multi-play dozens of sit & gos at the same time on a single 17″ monitor! Hevad Khan is currently in 7th place with 9,205,000 in chips and this PokerStars VIP Club Supernova player can be found playing at PokerStars under the name of RaiNKhaN.

Even if these players don’t win the event, they and PokerStars should be very proud of their achievement in getting this far!

For $19.95 you can catch all the action of this year’s Main Event Final Table live on pay-per-view (PPV) with ESPN.

What is different with this poker show is that they won’t be showing the hole cards. This in my opinion will make for excellent poker on TV and will allow the viewers and the hosts to speculate what the players are doing and with what cards. Live final table analysis and commentating will come from hosts Ali Nejad and Phil Gordon.

Ali Nejad: PPV Host

Click here for more information about this live PPV event.

The final table is set for the Main Event with nine players remaining. Today will be a day of rest and play will continue tomorrow. Scotty Nguyen, “The Prince of Poker,” busted out only two spots away from making the final table himself. At one point he had 15.5 million in chips and it only took three huge losing pots to end his amazing run.

“When you’re playing good, you get too cocky and too confident and you give players no credit,” he said. “That’s what happened. That’s taking nothing away from all these players. They’re great players. That’s the reason they’re here.”

Scotty Nguyen the 1998 main event champion and fan favorite still took a cash prize of $476,926 for his remarkable effort.

The Main Event Final Table:

Philip Hilm 22,070,000
Tuan Lam 21,315,000
Jon Kalmar 20,320,000
Raymond Rahme 16,320,000
Lee Childs 13,240,000
Lee Watkinson 9,925,000
Hevad Khan 9,205,000
Jerry Yang 8,450,000
Alex Kravchenko 6,570,000

Final Table Payouts:

1st - $8,250,000
2nd - $4,840,981
3rd - $3,048,025
4th - $1,852,721
5th - $1,255,069
6th - $956,243
7th - $705,229
8th - $585,934
9th - $525,934

The 2007 Main Event field of players is down to 37 players. One World Champion, Scotty Nguyen, is still in the hunt for poker’s most coveted title.

Current positions and chip counts:

David Tran 10,280,000
Philip Hilm 9,950,000
Ray Henson 8,250,000
Hevad “Rain” Khan 7,585,000
Kevin Farry 7,400,000
Scott Freeman 7,360,000
Lee Childs 6,520,000
Jerry Yang 5,090,000
Kenny Tran 4,955,000
William Spadea 4,575,000
Tuan Lam 3,600,000
Lee Watkinson 3,500,000
Stefan Mattsson 3,260,000
Raymond Rahme 3,100,000
Bill Edler 2,680,000
Ron Kluber 2,675,000
Jon Kalmar 2,665,000
John Armbrust 2,600,000
Peter Darvill 2,430,000
Hoa Nguyen 2,205,000
Jason Welch 2,115,000
Steven Garfinkle 2,115,000
Bob Slezak 2,115,000
Jeff Bryan 2,100,000
Mikkel Madsen 2,080,000
Christian Togsverd 2,030,000
Daniel Alaei 1,995,800
Scotty Nguyen 1,960,000
Ryan Elson 1,785,000
Paulo Loureiro 1,645,000
Alex Kravchenko 1,555,000
Jason Koshi 1,175,000
Allan W. King 1,080,000
Roy Winston 1,071,000
Allan King 1,000,000
Kevin Kim 610,000
Robin Bergren 520,000

Scotty Nguyen Interview:

Day 4 of the 2007 World Series of Poker is resuming today at 12:00 PDT. There are 337 players returning to play, and although many top poker professionals busted out, fan favorite Gus Hansen is a major threat currently sitting 11th in chips with 1,044,000.

Top fifteen remaining players and their chips stacks:

Dario Minieri 2,398,000
Jeff Weiss 1,533,000
Jon Kalmar 1,410,000
Hevad Khan 1,319,000
Kenny Tran 1,175,000
Steven Jacobs 1,127,000
Brock Parker 1,089,000
Robert Neitrayan 1,058,000
William Spadea 1,057,000
Nicolas Atlan 1,057,000
Gus Hansen 1,044,000
Phillip Liou 975,000
Rep Porter 974,000
Senovio Ramirez, III 947,000
Clint Schafer 940,000

Main Event Video Interviews:

Carlos Mortensen

Huck Seed

Humberto Brenes