The last table of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event features Jerry Yang, Philip Hilm, Lee Childs, Lee Watkinson, Hevad Khan, Jonathon Kalmar, Alexander Kravchenko, Raymond Rahme, and Tuan Lam.
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World Series of Poker Main Event 2007 Final Table #WSOP
Childs folding QQ there to a hyper aggressive Yang was a blunder of epic proportions.
So badddddd
If you think he has aces or kings betting 3 mil was terrible. At that point you have to go with it. It’s like calling with 10 9 preflop and on a 10 7 2 flop folding to a bet. Why call if you’re gonna fold to some aggression.
Jerry was smart not to show it though.. even though a “semi bluff” or bluff is fun to show, he knew he had to keep a reputation.. unfortunately that backfired big time with Kravchenko 😂😂
“I’m gonna show you some respect Jerry.”
LMAO, Why? Dude played out of control, if you think queens are no good why bet 3 million then fold? Pressure must have gotten to him…
He folded KK to Yang earlier when Yang only had a straight draw too.
Khan in the background with Hilm and Yang all in is hilarious 😂😂😂😂
disgusting not hilarious bro….
That kid was on the short bus to school for sure.
It is hilarious 🤣 16:11
Khan was Fing obnoxious
@@SobotenbergFAV 😪
This is the most funniest final table in recent history. So theatrical, all the prayer offs and just overall bad plays since the start. Considering there are no more characters in poker, this is kind of refreshing
Poker suffers from what a lotta “sports” suffer from. The skill level got “too” high. Pushed out a lot of the sloppy amusing play, the characters and the entertainment factor. It was awesome to see the small group of pros collide with amateurs and rising internet talent.
Kinda like the UFC. It was much more entertaining when BJJ wasn’t as dominant, it wasn’t as technical, when guys were brawling out there, and characters were everywhere.
Favorite forever. And he actually asked for nothing funny. So something went wrong.
Jesus on Jesus violence.
It really is. The necessity in live play(or at least the perception) of avoiding giving off tells against increasingly good players makes for boring television unless you’re into the technical side. Always nice to see how everything depends on how your table is playing. I love players like this on my table. More entertaining, and much more profitable for me in the long run…
I’d watch this over what’s on tv right now for sure lol, so funny with the praying
Yeeeaaaaaa!!! Yeeaaaassss! Yeeiiiiiaaaaaahhhh!
-Jerry Yang
jerry yang is cringe
the amount of times Ace low card beat a huge pocket pair is just criminal….its like there are 8 aces in the deck
PokerStars dealer lol
Eh people seem to forget Ax is 30%+ against everything besides a better Ace. That’s a huge part of why A5 is such a great standard bluff – you block AA, AK, AQ, etc., many of their monsters aren’t THAT far ahead of you and you’re ahead of plenty of “better” hands like KQ suited. Also, remember, this is a highlight reel. If someone raised with 99, gets called by A6 suited, the flop is 8 high and it goes bet fold, it likely didn’t get shown.
This final table was not ready for Yang, what a run.
yang & pocket 8s, whata combo
What a weird year for the main event… Divine intervention?
wow thats a big Punty FT from Hilm, insane 10 BB call with KQoff , OOP in his BB, and then next hand 5 BB call with 85 OOP in SB, in 2007 seems like ICM didnt exist, punted the whole FT in 2 hands
YEah the KQ was a huge waste of chips
2.5 million at 120/240k?? This guy was insane and somehow won?? He should have been out in 9th if LEE CHILDS JUST CLICKS THE CALL BUTTON
depends if you believe in destiny like Yang. probs the J was comin lol
He was so lucky that tourney he would have spiked a J on the turn or river.
It looks like those people even didn’t read some poker book before the final table, considering November Nine has a break for 3 monts after general ME tournament…
November Nine was NOT a thing in 2007@@ivanm4488
@@ivanm4488they didn’t break back then
The craziest thing in this is havad kahn being 22
I just read after this year they made a “havad Khan rule” in the WSOP to ban excessive celebrations
Dudes at least 40
@@hupacmoneybags
What about Yang screaming “YES, YEEESS …” at the top of his lungs every time he wins a pot?
@@HopyHop1he’s Asian. He gets a pass.
@@HopyHop1 I mean, I think that is understandable at the final table or towards the end of a tournament. While loud, he ends it pretty fast and it’s not out of the “norm” of what you’d find or hear. I think Kahn… was a little more disruptive at times. And while I don’t find it overly obnoxious just watching, I could see his antics getting on the nerves of other players there.
Hilm’s ICM punts are stuff of legend
Hilm gets all the blunder hate BUT man I think Scotty’s implosion was way worse
Surely Rahme CRAI with KK on Axx 3 handed is the ICM suicide king.
@@usernamesrlamo yeah i watched that one yesterday, Scotty just handed his chips to Hilm
It seems like Hilm wanted to punish Yang to Hilm’s own detriment.
Hilm had played so well throughout the previous days too, I thought at the time he was the best player going into the final table (still do) but trying to get a fish who cant fold like Yang off his hand with a semi bluff with their stacks was beyond stupid. Rahme’s shove with KK on an ace high board and Watkinson’s shove with a7 pre after witnessing the previous hands at this table vs said fish who cant fold are even worse plays however. You’ve been shown time and time again that he wont fold and you still did it. MORONS. Kravchenko had the right idea vs Yang, employing the let him hang himself strategy. If he wins the AK vs 88 flip im sure he wins the tournament.
Lee Watkinson’s A7 all in for a pro with that many chips was a disgrace, in what’s best known as the “Make Lee a believer” hand😂
Agree. Jerry forced the FT into a preflop game because it’s perhaps the best chance for him given his lack of experience. Lee was probably the one guy who didn’t need to fall into that, and he still had some wiggle room before taking a stand with a weak ace.
@@6thwilbury2331it’s always easier from the sidelines but that was an amateur move.
@@loudorchen9897 💯
donk folding QQ getting 5 to 1 is hilarious
Rahme trying to get yangs picture to kiss when hes allin against kalmar was funny lol
50:40 if anyone wants to see
We’ll never know but I’d love to see an alternate universe of this table where Rahme doesn’t say anything during his final hand. I get a feeling his speech made Yang call.
Love the way Lee Childs went out…held held up high and showing love to his supporters 28:27
It’s so crazy how poker has changed. The game theory now is completely on a different level
“It’s the movie I hate, Lon, moving all-in on a draw…” is just such an example.
Even in 2007, the play at this table was pretty terrible.
@@6thwilbury2331
Indeed, not all draws are equal.
Rahme’s mistake was opening his mouth during the all-in. You could hear the nervous energy in his voice. If he had kept quiet, maybe Yang folds.
Just play tight against calling station Yang
Tuan Lam with an ICM master class. Came in short, played it tight, ended up maxing out at 2nd instead of somewhere 6th-9th like the initial stacks said he should.
hekped that yang lucksacked himself and others out
Came in short?? he’s basically tied for chip lead at the start of the FT
haha yup he was 2nd in chips and finished 2nd@@snowboardinglegend
He started 2nd in chips…
That final Rahme vs Yang hand is such a disaster across the board, I love it. Yang’s preflop call, Yang betting the flop, Rahme’s check jam, the talking… it’s all horrific and I love every second of it.