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Jerry Yang
Hand #8 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, Lee Childs raises from the small blind to 600,000, and Jerry Yang calls from the big blind. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card is the , Childs bets 800,000, and Yang thinks for a bit before he calls. There is now 3.1 million in the pot.
The river card is the , Childs thinks for a bit before he bets 1.5 million, and Yang thinks for more than two minutes before he calls with for a pair of sixes. Childs mucks, and Jerry Yang wins the pot worth 6.1 million.
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Tuan Lam
Tuan Lam has a few railbirds sitting in the audience. They have been here since they started play. If you have ever attended a live poker tournament, you know that it can be an extremely boring experience. Tuan Lam's railbirds have easily adapted. They're playing hand-held video games. Whenever the announcer mentions that Tuan Lam is in a pot, they quickly shut off their Gameboys and scream, "Tuan! Go Tuan!"
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Hand #7 - Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 1, Steven Garfinkle raises from middle position to 600,000, Tuan Lam reraises behind him to 1.85 million, and Garfinkle folds. Tuan Lam takes the pot.
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Hand #6 - Hevad 'Rain' Khan has the button in seat 10, he raises to 600,000, Kravchenko moves all in from the big blind for 2.68 million, and the crowd rises to their feet. Khan thinks for about a minute before he folds, and Kravchenko takes the pot.
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By the way, we are currently updating the chip counts after every hand. Click on the chip count link to the right to see real time chip counts.
Here are the current chip counts:
Jon Kalmar - 20,750,000
Tuan Lam - 20,520,000
Philip Hilm - 18,690,000
Lee Childs - 17,950,000
Raymond Rahme - 12,615,000
Hevad "Rain" Khan - 11,935,000
Lee Watkinson - 11,205,000
Jerry Yang - 6,030,000
Steven Garfinkle - 4,745,000
Alex Kravchenko - 2,710,000
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Hand #5 - Jon Kalmar has the button in seat 9, Watkinson raises from middle position to 400,000, Philip Hilm calls from the cutoff, Hevad 'Rain' Khan reraises from the small blind to 1.43 million, Watkinson folds, and Hilm folds. Khan takes the pot.
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After Jon Kalmar won Hand #3, one allegedly inebriated railbird shouted something that included an F-bomb. The final table announcer told the person to settle down. Which made us wonder . . . can a railbird get a ten-minute time out for improper usage of the F-bomb? The answer was . . . no. However, if any of the audience members acts in an inappropriate manner, they will be escorted out of the final table area.
Kalmar walked over to his friends after that hand and told them to chill out. He explained to them the seriousness of the final table to which one of them yelled out, "But we love you, Jon!"
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PokerNews grabbed Scotty Nguyen just after busting in 11th place from the 2007 Main Event. Scotty, despite being dejected and disappointed, was optimistic about coming back and continuing to leave his mark on tournament poker – or as he puts it “Scotty be back, baby.”
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, and both players check. The turn card is the 
, Childs bets 800,000, and Yang thinks for a bit before he calls. There is now 3.1 million in the pot. 
, Childs thinks for a bit before he bets 1.5 million, and Yang thinks for more than two minutes before he calls with 
for a pair of sixes. Childs mucks, and Jerry Yang wins the pot worth 6.1 million.
