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Seat 1 - Raymond Rahme - 15.74 million
Seat 2 - Alex Kravchenko - 4.95 million
Seat 3 - Lee Childs - 6.15 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 55.015 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 20.595 million
Seat 8 - Jon Kalmar - 17.21 million
Seat 9 - Hevad 'Rain' Khan - 7.755 million
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Hand #21 - Lee Childs has the button in seat 3, Jerry Yang raises from the small blind to 1 million, Lee Watkinson moves all in from the big blind for 9.715 million, and Yang asks for a count.
Lee Watkinson gets up from the table, and pulls his Full Tilt hood over his head. He stands back a few steps from the table while Tournament Director Jack Effel and the dealer count out his chips for an exact count. Yang is watching closely, apparently double-checking their count. It's taking several minutes to get a proper count on Watkinson's stack.
They eventually arrive at 9.715 million, which is exactly the number we had here at PokerNews.com. (We're tracking the chip counts after every single hand, thanks to Garry Gates.)
Now that he has the count, Yang takes another 20 seconds or so before he says, "Call," and the crowd leaps to their feet in applause.
Yang shows , and Watkinson shows . Lee Watkinson is dominated here, and he'll need to improve to survive. (There is also the possibility of a chopped pot if the board double-pairs or brings a lot of high cards.)
The flop comes , and Yang retains the lead with his nine kicker. Watkinson needs a seven or a runner-runner straight to win, or a double-paired board to chop.
The turn card is the , and Watkinson is down to three outs.
The river card is the -- . Jerry Yang cheers as he runs to his friends in the crowd for a hug, and he wins the pot with ace high and his nine kicker. Yang returns to the table to shake Watkinson's hand, and he looks like he's almost apologizing for the call.
Lee Watkinson is eliminated in eighth place, earning $585,699. The next player eliminated will receive $705,229 for seventh place.
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Seat 1 - Raymond Rahme - 15.77 million
Seat 2 - Alex Kravchenko - 4.98 million
Seat 3 - Lee Childs - 6.18 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 45.09 million
Seat 5 - Lee Watkinson - 9.745 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 20.625 million
Seat 8 - Jon Kalmar - 17.24 million
Seat 9 - Hevad 'Rain' Khan - 7.785 million
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Philip Hilm won Hands #11 and #13, but Jerry Yang took over the chiplead on Hand #14 after he won a 11.39 million pot off of Hilm. On the very next hand, Hilm busted out after he missed a flush draw. That was the first time today where two players were all in. It was also the first time in 15 hands that a hand went to the river. Yang added to his big stack and jumped out to a tremendous lead. He had almost 1/3 of the total chips in play.
Hilm entered the final table as the chipleader and busted out 15 hands later. After losing Hand #14 to Yang, Hilm made an interesting call from the small blind with after Yang raised 1 million. Hilm flopped bottom pair and a flush draw and waited until the turn to make a move. After Jerry Yang bet 4 million on the turn, Hilm shoved all in on a semi-bluff. Yang had been taking a long time to make decisions over the last few days. That instance, he called rather quickly with top pair and top kicker. Hilm did not improve his hand and he busted out of the WSOP main event on a failed semi-bluff. Hilm's overaggressiveness cost him a shot at $8.25 million.
Rain Khan woke up and won consecutive hands before Yang won another one on Hand #19.
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Hand #20 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, he moves all in for 4.38 million, and Yang thinks for more than a minute before he folds from the big blind. Kravchenko takes the blinds and antes.
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, and Watkinson shows 
. Lee Watkinson is dominated here, and he'll need to improve to survive. (There is also the possibility of a chopped pot if the board double-pairs or brings a lot of high cards.) 
, and Yang retains the lead with his nine kicker. Watkinson needs a seven or a runner-runner straight to win, or a double-paired board to chop. 
, and Watkinson is down to three outs. 
. Jerry Yang cheers as he runs to his friends in the crowd for a hug, and he wins the pot with ace high and his nine kicker. Yang returns to the table to shake Watkinson's hand, and he looks like he's almost apologizing for the call. 
after Yang raised 1 million. Hilm flopped bottom pair and a flush draw and waited until the turn to make a move. After Jerry Yang bet 4 million on the turn, Hilm shoved all in on a semi-bluff. Yang had been taking a long time to make decisions over the last few days. That instance, he called rather quickly with top pair and top kicker. Hilm did not improve his hand and he busted out of the WSOP main event on a failed semi-bluff. Hilm's overaggressiveness cost him a shot at $8.25 million.
