Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem Day 6 | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-15-2007 23:56 UTC-8

Outer Table: Jerry Yang Takes the Blinds & Antes

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Action folds around to Jerry Yang on the button. He raises to 500,000, taking the blinds and antes.

07-15-2007 23:54 UTC-8

Outer Table: Kalmar Takes Blinds and Antes

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Steven Garfinkle is the button. Jon Kalmar raises to 500,000 in late position and everyone folds.

Tags: Jon Kalmar

07-15-2007 23:51 UTC-8

Outer Table: Jon Kalmar and Jerry Yang Tangle . . . Again

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Lee Watkinson is on the button. Jon Kalmar raises to 450,000 from the cutoff seat. Jerry Yang reraises to 950,000 from the big blind. Kalmar makes the call. It's heads up to the flop and both players check it down all the way. By showdown, the board reads...

{9-Spades}

The players turn up their hands. It's {A-Diamonds}

for Jerry Yang and {9-Clubs}

for Jon Kalmar. Kalmar has a pair of nines and wins the pot.

Tags: Jerry Yang Jon Kalmar

07-15-2007 23:50 UTC-8

Featured Table: Tuan Lam Wins a 11.46 Million Pot Against Scotty Nguyen

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Lee Childs has the button in seat 9, Tuan Lam raises from the small blind to 480,000, Scotty Nguyen reraises from the big blind to 1.48 million, and Lam thinks for about a minute before he calls. There is already 3.06 million in the pot.

The flop comes {K-Hearts}

, Lam checks, Nguyen bets 700,000, and Lam calls. There is now 4.46 million in the pot.

The turn card pairs the board with the {K-Diamonds}

, and both players check.

The river card is the {J-Diamonds}

, Lam bets 1 million, Nguyen raises to 3.5 million, and Lam goes into the tank for about five minutes before he eventually calls. Nguyen shows {4-Diamonds}

for two pair, kings and fours, and Lam shows {10-Hearts}

for a higher two pair, kings and tens.

Tuan Lam wins the pot worth 11.46 million.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen Tuan Lam

07-15-2007 23:48 UTC-8

Outer Table: Hevad "Rain" Khan Takes the Blinds & Antes

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Jon Kalmar has the button. Hevad "Rain" Khan raises to 450,000 from early position, picking up the blinds and antes.

07-15-2007 23:46 UTC-8

Outer Table: Alex Kravchenko Doubles Up

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Alex Kravchenko is the button. Jerry Yang raises to 500,000 in middle position and Kravchenko re-raises all in for 1,450,000. Yang calls. Yang has {K-Clubs}

and Kravchenko has {10-Hearts}

. The board comes {Q-Spades}

and Kravchenko doubles up to 3,250,000. Yang is down to 4,100,000.

Tags: Alex Kravchenko Jerry Yang

07-15-2007 23:41 UTC-8

Outer Table: Lee Watkinson Picks up Blinds

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Rain Khan is the button. Lee Watkinson raises to 500,000 under the gun and everyone folds.

Tags: Lee Watkinson

07-15-2007 23:38 UTC-8

Outer Table: Jerry Yang Doubles Through Alex Kravchenko

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Action folds around to Jerry Yang on the button. He moves all in for 2,700,000. Alex Kravchenko, playing from the big blind, thinks for a bit, then finally calls. The players show...

Yang: {8-Hearts}

Kravchenko: {K-Diamonds}

The board fills out {9-Spades}

and Yang's pair of eights is best. He doubles up to 5,700,000 and leaves Kravchenko on a short stack of about 1,300,000.

07-15-2007 23:37 UTC-8

Featured Table: Tuan Lam Wins a Three-Way Pot Worth 1.54 Million

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Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 7, Philip Hilm raises from the cutoff to 480,000, Lee Childs calls from the small blind, and Tuan Lam calls from the big blind. There is already 1.54 million in the pot.

The flop comes {A-Spades}