All three players check. The turn brings the
. Again, they all check. The river is the 
. Steven Garfinkle bets 300,000 and Jerry Yang calls. Watkinson folds and Yang shows 
. Garfinkle mucks and Yang wins the pot.
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 6
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Players Left 1 / 6,358
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All three players check. The turn brings the
. Again, they all check. The river is the . Steven Garfinkle bets 300,000 and Jerry Yang calls. Watkinson folds and Yang shows . Garfinkle mucks and Yang wins the pot.
The flop comes
, Henson checks, Nguyen bets 700,000, Henson moves all in, and Nguyen quickly calls with 
for two pair, kings and sixes. Henson shows 
for two pair, nines and sixes. The two players are nearly equal in chips, so if someone doesn't bust, he will be crippled. The turn card is the
, and Henson's railbirds give out a collective sigh at its resemblance to the nine. The river card is the
, and Scotty Nguyen wins the pot with two pair, kings and sixes. As most of the crowd explodes into a cheer, Scotty Nguyen lets out a very deep breath. Ray Henson walks over to Nguyen and they shake hands while the chip stacks are counted down. Scotty Nguyen had 6.22 million, and Ray Henson had 6.075 million. Ray Henson is eliminated in 12th place, earning $476,926.
Scotty Nguyen doubles up to about 15.5 million.
. Jon Kalmar checks. Garfinkle is all in for 2,780,000. Kalmar calls. Garfinkle has 
and Kalmar has 
. The turn is the and the river is 
. Garfinkle doubles up.
Scotty Nguyen walked by and high-fived Rahme.
"Life is good, baby!" he said.
Rahme, of course, is a South African native.
