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

07-17-2007 23:44 UTC-8

Hand #162 - Raymond Rahme

Hand #162 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 6, and Raymond Rahme raises from the small blind to 2.7 million, winning the blinds and antes.

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07-17-2007 23:46 UTC-8

Hand #163 - Raymond Rahme

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Hand #163 - Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 1, and he raises to 3.35 million, winning the blinds and antes.

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07-17-2007 23:47 UTC-8

Hand #164 - Tuan Lam

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Hand #164 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, and everyone folds to Tuan Lam, giving him a walk in the big blind.

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07-17-2007 23:48 UTC-8

Hand #165 - Alex Kravchenko

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Hand #165 - Jerry Yang has the button in seat 4, and Alex Kravchenko raises under the gun to 1.75 million, winning the blinds and antes.

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07-17-2007 23:50 UTC-8

Hand #166 - Alex Kravchenko

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Hand #166 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 6, he raises to 2 million, Alex Kravchenko stands up and moves all in from the big blind for 17.3 million, and Tuan Lam folds. Kravchenko takes the pot.

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07-17-2007 23:53 UTC-8

World Series of Poker Flashback: 1980 Main Event

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Here's the WSOP main event final table money winners from 1980:

1st - Stu Ungar - $365,000
2nd - Doyle Brunson - $146,000
3rd - Jay Heimowitz - $109,500
4th - Johnny Moss - $73,000
5th - Charles Dunwoody - $36,500

There were 73 players in the 1980 WSOP main event. The top 5 players won prize money. At the time, actor Gabe Kaplan from Welcome Back, Kotter fame was the bubble boy finishing in 6th place. Stu Ungar won his first ever WSOP world championship beating Doyle Brunson heads up.

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07-17-2007 23:56 UTC-8

Hand #167 - Alex Kravchenko Eliminated in 4th Place ($1,852,721)

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Hand #167 - Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 1, Alex Kravchenko raises from the small blind to 2.1 million, Jerry Yang pushes from the big blind, and Kravchenko quickly calls all in for 19.825 million.

Yang shows {8-Clubs}

, and Kravchenko shows {A-Spades}

. It's a race situation, and Kravchenko needs to improve to stay alive.

The flop comes {Q-Diamonds}

, and Yang's fans go crazy as he flops a set of eights. Kravchenko needs a runner-runner straight to stay alive here.

The turn card is the {4-Clubs}

, and Kravchenko is drawing dead. The meaningless river card is the {3-Spades}

, and Jerry Yang wins the pot with a set of eights.

Alex Kravchenko is eliminated in fourth place, earning $1,852,721. The next player eliminated will receive $3,048,025 for third place.

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07-17-2007 23:57 UTC-8

20-Minute Break

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The players take a 20-minute break. Triple-checked chip counts are coming soon, but the numbers on our "Chip Counts" page should be accurate.

07-18-2007 00:22 UTC-8

Shuffle Up & Deal!

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The players return from their break to play one more hour at the current blinds of 300,000-600,000, with a 75,000 ante.

Shuffle up and deal!

07-18-2007 00:24 UTC-8

Official Chip Counts

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Once again, these counts have been triple-checked to provide you with 100% absolute accuracy, and once again, they match the chip counts as they are being tracked by our own Garry Gates after each and every hand.

Seat 1 - Raymond Rahme - 36.1 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 67.3 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 24.075 million