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Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em Live Updates November 23, 2009
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Childs Spanked
2 years ago
Jerry Yang has just eliminated another player from this final table and is ballin' early on in this event. Here are the details from the recent goings-on from the last table standing in the Amazon Room:
Pot for Rahme
Jon Kalmer raises to $750,000 from the button and Ray Rahme makes the call in the big blind. The flop comes Q
9
6
and Rahme bets out. Kalmer lays the hand down and the pot goes to Rahme.
Another Pot for Rahme
Action folds to Raymond Rahme, who raises out of the small blind. Alex Kravchenko goes into the tank in the big blind and eventually lays it down. Rahme shows pocket nines as he rakes the pot.
Kravchenko Shoves
Alex Kravchenko moves all-in from the small blind for his last $4.9 million and Lee Childs folds in the big blind. Kravchenko wins the blinds and antes. Immediately afterwards, 2000 Main Event winner Chris "Jesus" Ferguson appears in the gallery and is introduced to a standing ovation from the final table.
Yang v. Childs
The action folds around to Lee Childs in the small blind, and Childs raises to $720,000 from the small blind. Jerry Yang ruminates for a few minutes before moving all-in over the top from the big blind. This sends Childs up and out of his chair as he ponders the situation. A hush falls over the crowd and Childs tanks for three or four minutes before eventually calling and showing K
J
for utter domination over Yang's J
8
.
Childs is in a great position to double-up and the crowd stands and cheers as both players await the flop. The flop comes 6
4
4
and Childs retains his advantage going to the turn. The turn card is the 8
and just like that, Yang takes a tenuous and unlikely lead. Childs has plenty of outs with the club-flush draw, but the river card is the 9
and Jerry Yang has eliminated yet another player from this final table!
Lee Childs finishes in seventh place and earns $705,229 for his time, while Yang adds another $5 million to his already dominating stack.
We're now on a twenty-minute break but action will resume shortly. In the meantime, check out the chip counts here .
- Blinds: $120,000/$240,000
- Ante: $30,000
- Average Stack: $21,193,333
- Players Left: 6
- Tables Left: 1
Interview With Lee Watkinson: 8th Place Finisher
2 years ago
The biggest name of today's final table - Lee Watkinson - was a hit with the media and was pretty much trampled as he exited the tournament, but I managed to work my way into the mosh pit and get a couple of words.
This animal-lover was playing for more than just the title - he was promised an additional $10 million if he won the title from Full Tilt.
Here's what he had to say:
How did you feel going in today as the favorite? You're the biggest name in this small field.
There was a little bit of pressure. Normally I would feel no pressure at all, being the short stack. But being the biggest name going in - that put some of the pressure back on.
What made you go all-in with A-7?
Just the fact that Jerry had played almost every hand - you know, 80% of the hands - and there was just the two of us, A-7 just figured to be the best hand. I didn't expect him to just throw the hand away and give me a walk, you know.
So when he makes a raise, I look down at A-7, and I'm like trying to guess if he hit a pair after the flop, and yeah it was possible that he woulda called me with a worse hand.
As well as the bracelet there was the $10,000,000 bonus I was gonna get from Full Tilt so the swing between cashing for a million and eighteen million is huge.
So I really felt like I had to go and hopefully win, and not be blinded and ante'd down. The $10,000,000 definitely had a factor in it, as well as the bracelet.
I hear you have monkeys.
Chimpanzees. Well we don't have them, we assist them. There are some here who we are very close to and we assist - but we don't own them.
Do you live with them?
No, they live in their own little uh, habitat, and we help with the money to build that, and I visit them regularly and make sure they're properly taken care of and fed, and stuff like that.
That's awesome, I love monkeys. Congratulations.
Thank you.
- Blinds: $120,000/$240,000
- Ante: $30,000
- Average Stack: $18,165,714
- Players Left: 7
- Tables Left: 1
Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em - Day 7, Reports by:

Owen Laukkanen
Arthur Crowson
Martin Derbyshire
Thomas Vedel
Matthew Showell
Event 55, World Championship...
- Buy-In: $10,000
- Entrants: 6,358
- Total Prize Money: $59,784,954
- Date: Jul 6, 2007
- Final Day Jul 17, 2007
Event Chip Leaders2 years ago
Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em
| Player | Chip Stack |
|---|---|
| Jerry Yang | $127,160,000 |
| Tuan Lam | Eliminated |
Blind Structure2 years ago
Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em
| Level | Ante | Blinds |
|---|
| Level 1 | $50/$100 | ||
| Level 2 | $100/$200 | ||
| Level 3 | $200/$400 | ||
| Level 4 | $50 | $200/$400 | |
| Level 5 | $75 | $300/$600 | |
| Level 6 | $100 | $400/$800 | |
| Level 7 | $100 | $500/$1,000 | |
| Level 8 | $200 | $600/$1,200 | |
| Level 9 | $200 | $800/$1,600 | |
| Level 10 | $300 | $1,000/$2,000 | |
| Level 11 | $300 | $1,200/$2,400 | |
| Level 12 | $400 | $1,500/$3,000 | |
| Level 13 | $500 | $2,000/$4,000 | |
| Level 14 | $500 | $2,500/$5,000 | |
| Level 15 | $1,000 | $3,000/$6,000 | |
| Level 16 | $1,000 | $4,000/$8,000 | |
| Level 17 | $1,000 | $5,000/$10,000 | |
| Level 18 | $2,000 | $6,000/$12,000 | |
| Level 19 | $2,000 | $8,000/$16,000 | |
| Level 20 | $3,000 | $10,000/$20,000 | |
| Level 21 | $3,000 | $12,000/$24,000 | |
| Level 22 | $4,000 | $15,000/$30,000 | |
| Level 23 | $5,000 | $20,000/$40,000 | |
| Level 24 | $5,000 | $25,000/$50,000 | |
| Level 25 | $10,000 | $30,000/$60,000 | |
| Level 26 | $10,000 | $40,000/$80,000 | |
| Level 27 | $15,000 | $60,000/$120,000 | |
| Level 28 | $20,000 | $80,000/$160,000 | |
| Level 29 | $30,000 | $100,000/$200,000 | |
| Level 30 | $30,000 | $120,000/$240,000 | |
| Level 31 | $40,000 | $150,000/$300,000 | |
| Level 32 | $50,000 | $200,000/$400,000 | |
| Level 33 | $50,000 | $250,000/$500,000 | |
| Level 34 | $75,000 | $300,000/$600,000 | |
| Level 35 | $100,000 | $400,000/$800,000 | |
| Level 36 | $150,000 | $500,000/$1,000,000 | |
| Level 37 | $200,000 | $600,000/$1,200,000 | |
| Level 38 | $200,000 | $800,000/$1,600,000 | |
| Level 39 | $300,000 | $1,000,000/$2,000,000 | |
| Level 40 | $300,000 | $1,200,000/$2,400,000 | |
| Level 41 | $400,000 | $1,500,000/$3,000,000 | |
| Level 42 | $500,000 | $2,000,000/$4,000,000 | |
| Level 43 | $500,000 | $2,500,000/$5,000,000 | |
| Level 44 | $1,000,000 | $3,000,000/$6,000,000 |
