2008 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
104
Prize
$831,462
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Entries
3,929
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Yang On the Rise

After a near elimination on the first hand, Jerry Yang is climbing his way back up when he was all in in the big blind with two other opponents. The board came {Q-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} with the two other players in the hand checking it down. Yang turned over pocket threes for a full house and he was back up to 150 in chips.

On the hand immediately after, Yang called a raise which put him all in preflop with {A-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. His opponent showed pocket jacks, but Yang's attempt to recover his chip stack continued as he flopped an ace. His opponent failed to improve and Yang was up to 325 chips after the hand.

Tags: Jerry Yang