Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-17-2007 22:46 UTC-8

Hand #143 - Jerry Yang

Hand #143 - 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 {K-Clubs}

, and both players check. The turn card is the {7-Hearts}

, Kravchenko checks, Yang bets 1 million, and Kravchenko folds. Jerry Yang takes the pot.

Tags: Alex Kravchenko Jerry Yang

07-17-2007 22:45 UTC-8

Hand #142 - Raymond Rahme

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Hand #142 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 6, and Raymond Rahme raises from the small blind to 2 million, winning the blinds and antes.

07-17-2007 22:44 UTC-8

Hand #141 - Alex Kravchenko

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Hand #141 - Jerry Yang has the button in seat 4, Alex Kravchenko raises under the gun to 1.4 million, winning the blinds and antes.

07-17-2007 22:41 UTC-8

Tuan Lam took over second place in chips on Hand #136. He was in last place just seven hands earlier. Raymond Rahme is trying to chip away at his deficit. As of Hand #139, he moved out of the basement and leapfrogged over Alex Kravchenko into third place. He won five hands over the last ten. Jerry Yang picked up two more pots to bring his overall total to 53. He is still the chipleader.

07-17-2007 22:39 UTC-8

Hand #140 - Tuan Lam

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Hand #140 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, he limps for 500,000, and Tuan Lam checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes {K-Spades}

, Lam checks, Kravchenko bets 750,000, and Lam calls.

The turn card is the {10-Spades}

, and both players check. The river card pairs the board with the {Q-Hearts}

, Lam bets 1.25 million, and Kravchenko folds. Tuan Lam takes the pot.

Tags: Alex Kravchenko Tuan Lam

07-17-2007 22:38 UTC-8

TD Jack Effel Thanks the Staff

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Tournament Director Jack Effel takes a moment to recognize the hard work of the WSOP staff, including all of the assistant tournament directors and everyone else who has helped keep the WSOP running through all 55 events, with a record number of entrants this year (not in this one event, obviously, but throughout the past seven weeks).

There have been a few problems along the way that have been well reported (crazy cards, similar chip colors, bad conditions in the poker tent), but for the most part this World Series has been run very smoothly.

07-17-2007 22:33 UTC-8

Hand #139 - Raymond Rahme

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Hand #139 - Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 1, and he raises to 3.75 million, winning the blinds and antes.

Tags: Raymond Rahme

07-17-2007 22:32 UTC-8

Hand #138 - Tuan Lam

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Hand #138 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 6, and he raises to 1.5 million, winning the blinds and antes.

Tags: Tuan Lam

07-17-2007 22:30 UTC-8

Hand #137 - Raymond Rahme

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Hand #137 - Jerry Yang has the button in seat 4, Alex Kravchenko raises under the gun to 1.4 million, and Raymond Rahme calls from the big blind. The flop comes {10-Hearts}