2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe

$5,150 Championship Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9
Prize
$181,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$640,200
Entries
132
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000

Second

Jerry Yang all smiles.
Jerry Yang all smiles.
When asked, the collective brains at table 31, led by Tim Vance, tried to piece together Jerry Yang's elimination hand. This is the result:

Jerry Yang picked up queens in the blinds, and had a couple of limpers come along, before raising an additional 1,000. The bet was enough to eliminate one limper. The flop spread {8-?} {9-?} {10-?} and the former Main Event Champion shoved his remaining short stack towards the middle. Unfortunately for him, the remaining limper, Neal Cooke of Loveland, Colorado hit the flop as he held {9-?} {10-?} in the hole. The board ran out with no help to Yang and ended his day.

At the start of the day Yang gave the ceremonious call of, "Shuffle up and deal". In his address to the field, he remarked that he had never been to Lake Tahoe, but loved the city based on his trip so far. He now has more time to explore the beautiful piece of country that is known for it's skiing and many other leisure activities.

The eliminations of both Johnny Chan and Jerry Yang leaves Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson as the lone remaining world champion left in the field.

Tags: Jerry Yang