Childs folding QQ there to a hyper aggressive Yang was a blunder of epic proportions.

@pimpylongjohnson1165

5 ай бұрын

So badddddd

@pimpylongjohnson1165

5 ай бұрын

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.

@PokerJunkie83

5 ай бұрын

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 😂😂

@randylahey8207

5 ай бұрын

"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...

@HopyHop1

5 ай бұрын

He folded KK to Yang earlier when Yang only had a straight draw too.

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.

@ivanm4488

3 ай бұрын

Just play tight against calling station Yang

@jeffreyyoungblood7438

2 ай бұрын

He also had his mouth covered like he was afraid or hiding something. I would have called too.

@philip-op6de

27 күн бұрын

I don’t see Yang folding, bro was catching too many cards and every hand prices you in at those blinds

Rahme trying to get yangs picture to kiss when hes allin against kalmar was funny lol

@samnjoefiddler2565

5 ай бұрын

50:40 if anyone wants to see

@Dimera09

Ай бұрын

​@@samnjoefiddler2565nicely done

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

@antzooma

5 ай бұрын

depends if you believe in destiny like Yang. probs the J was comin lol

@JBT42884

5 ай бұрын

He was so lucky that tourney he would have spiked a J on the turn or river.

@ivanm4488

4 ай бұрын

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...

@videoluvr4204

4 ай бұрын

November Nine was NOT a thing in 2007@@ivanm4488

@markstepanekii388

4 ай бұрын

​@@ivanm4488they didn't break back then

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

@dapper892

5 ай бұрын

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.

@aheroictaxidriver3180

5 ай бұрын

Favorite forever. And he actually asked for nothing funny. So something went wrong.

@ManicMindTrick

5 ай бұрын

Jesus on Jesus violence.

@randylahey8207

5 ай бұрын

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...

@letsgomets07

5 ай бұрын

I’d watch this over what’s on tv right now for sure lol, so funny with the praying

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.

@robnolleemteegee9536

5 ай бұрын

hekped that yang lucksacked himself and others out

@snowboardinglegend

5 ай бұрын

Came in short?? he's basically tied for chip lead at the start of the FT

@videoluvr4204

4 ай бұрын

haha yup he was 2nd in chips and finished 2nd@@snowboardinglegend

@symeonalexandridis9081

3 ай бұрын

He started 2nd in chips...

The craziest thing in this is havad kahn being 22

@hupacmoneybags

5 ай бұрын

I just read after this year they made a “havad Khan rule” in the WSOP to ban excessive celebrations

@einszwo3749

5 ай бұрын

Dudes at least 40

@HopyHop1

5 ай бұрын

@@hupacmoneybags What about Yang screaming "YES, YEEESS ..." at the top of his lungs every time he wins a pot?

@dm6187

5 ай бұрын

​@@HopyHop1he's Asian. He gets a pass.

@CrazeeAdam

5 ай бұрын

@@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.

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.

Jerry Yang and Jamie gold are the two biggest jokes to ever grace the WSOP and Win - but let’s face it we love to see it and these were the best days of poker.

@anthonydesarno7432

4 ай бұрын

The event sponsors and espn couldn’t ask for more. Made so many people think it was that easy to win. Just put your money in when you’re behind and you can’t lose, yang made so many atrocious calls it’s hard to count.

@tbbb8439

4 ай бұрын

Both of them were so entertaining though, I know we only see the edited hands so it looks like it's purely luck but they both played the big stacks to perfection and you don't beat out 8,000 players without being a great player.

@ThatsTheWun

4 ай бұрын

@@tbbb8439 Jamie gold proved your last point wrong, he’s an absolute wash out and is broke now as a result

Bunch of experts in the chat log

It's so crazy how poker has changed. The game theory now is completely on a different level

@6thwilbury2331

5 ай бұрын

"It's the movie I hate, Lon, moving all-in on a draw..." is just such an example.

@agoo7581

5 ай бұрын

Even in 2007, the play at this table was pretty terrible.

@HopyHop1

5 ай бұрын

@@6thwilbury2331 Indeed, not all draws are equal.

Hilm's ICM punts are stuff of legend

@usernamesrlamo

5 ай бұрын

Hilm gets all the blunder hate BUT man I think Scotty’s implosion was way worse

@RobOConnor108

5 ай бұрын

Surely Rahme CRAI with KK on Axx 3 handed is the ICM suicide king.

@loudorchen9897

5 ай бұрын

@@usernamesrlamo yeah i watched that one yesterday, Scotty just handed his chips to Hilm

@HopyHop1

5 ай бұрын

It seems like Hilm wanted to punish Yang to Hilm's own detriment.

@nathjohn3158

5 ай бұрын

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.

This final table was not ready for Yang, what a run.

@twoforone241

5 ай бұрын

yang & pocket 8s, whata combo

@santaclause3487

Ай бұрын

Do u berief in miracres. Prease jesus

Yeeeaaaaaa!!! Yeeaaaassss! Yeeiiiiiaaaaaahhhh! -Jerry Yang

@pushthepot

5 ай бұрын

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

@Y2jakeSnake

5 ай бұрын

PokerStars dealer lol

@Jermo484

4 ай бұрын

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.

“Penthouse to outhouse in two hands” A feeling we know all too well

Casual 10Bb+ open with 88

Love the way Lee Childs went out...held held up high and showing love to his supporters 28:27

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.

@ivanm4488

Ай бұрын

Rahme should bet 30% conbet, Yang calls/raise and you just play check/fold...

Child's QQ fold let Jerry win. Worst play in poker history. Jerry was truly blessed.

Khan in the background with Hilm and Yang all in is hilarious 😂😂😂😂

@SobotenbergFAV

5 ай бұрын

disgusting not hilarious bro....

@DaveDepilot-KFRG

5 ай бұрын

That kid was on the short bus to school for sure.

@daveclark6324

5 ай бұрын

It is hilarious 🤣 16:11

@dlwmkc

5 ай бұрын

Khan was Fing obnoxious

@DonTrump-sv1si

5 ай бұрын

@@SobotenbergFAV 😪

How do you fold pocket queens there? Easy to say from the sideline, but you gotta call that and if you're beat you're beat

@saljablo2767

5 ай бұрын

ICM

@andrewptob

5 ай бұрын

@@saljablo2767 Two short stacks there. Cmon

@vasilgeorgiev4165

5 ай бұрын

@@saljablo2767ye but he put almost all his chips already

@twoforone241

5 ай бұрын

he was toast after the Fold later shoving dominated

@loudorchen9897

5 ай бұрын

I know why he folded it exactly, when you make a big final table like that you have millions going through your mind and a ton of pressure on you, now all of a sudden you're making a choice that could put you out in 9th which would be the ultimate embarrassment so he decided to play safe and stay incase Yang had kk or AA, the problem with this generally is you'll end up blinding down and end up regretting this fold later as usually you will just move up a couple spots and bust later with an even worse hand than the QQ which is what happened, But I actually understand the fold, with that much pressure it's very easy to start putting people on KK and AA and not wanting to risk it on a mistake decision, but yeah once he leads the 3 million on a safe board that held vs Ak you have to go with it.

What a weird year for the main event... Divine intervention?

The main event is magical. If you were ever on the fence about playing it you should do it.

donk folding QQ getting 5 to 1 is hilarious

@jeffreyyoungblood7438

2 ай бұрын

Only way I do that is if I am absolutely confident dude has a set but I'd have to spend more time to get a read. He folded too quickly. But when surviving can literally be a difference between 200k to millions its hard to say what I'd do.

@damehal

Ай бұрын

​@@jeffreyyoungblood7438besides, if somebody wanted to dance by re-raising my queens pre-flop he would never have to make that choice. Those chips would have been in the middle before the flop.

How did Hilm miss so much money...huge money steps and 8-5 ..wow thats gone hunt him forever 😢

Folding QQs against a rookie with that board… wow major biff.. at a finals table… changed the whole outcome

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😂

@6thwilbury2331

5 ай бұрын

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.

@loudorchen9897

5 ай бұрын

​@@6thwilbury2331it's always easier from the sidelines but that was an amateur move.

@6thwilbury2331

5 ай бұрын

@@loudorchen9897 💯

Havad Khan is easily the GOAT

In the running for the most annoying Main Event final table of all time.

Kalmar looks like Dannenmann.

Man I do not remember Jerry knocking out pretty much everyone XD dang was he on fire for the most part. He took some lumps at times, but for the most part just knocked everyone out

the craziest part of this final table is how 3 different denominations of chips (Orange $5k, Peach $25k, and Pink $100k) are all so similar in color...makes zero sense to have them all a different shade of orange/red

LOL @ them saying please God make me a believer, God isn’t a Genie

Yang was an Ace or 4 from going home on day 4. Crazy

@El.Espartano

5 ай бұрын

And they say it is mainly “skill”

@HopyHop1

5 ай бұрын

@@El.Espartano I don't think anyone denies that you must have some luck to win the main event.

Blinds 150k/300k and he raises 2,7 million, and another guy pushes 16 mln allin, that is poker in 2000x...

Khan would drive me nuts. So cringe.

@ThatsTheWun

5 ай бұрын

I’m guessing you’re one of these no personality robots that sits on tables with a mean face the entire time talking about inverted pot odds? NERD

@FacundoCampazzo123

5 ай бұрын

Agreed. The definition of "try-hard"

@ManicMindTrick

5 ай бұрын

I rather have him at a table than some loud douche like Kabrhel, Kassouf of Tony G. Nothing malicious about being overly excited.

Watching Jerry Yang is just so tilting

I can’t believe he folded QQ and sounded like he was about to cry…that’s wild. I mean I get it, it’s huge stakes and life changing money but…you just have to call there

That was Alan Keating in the intro wearing the white and green striped button down!

“From penthouse to outhouse” 😂

Hilm self-imploded... ouch

Lee Childs: I dunno, things could beat me. Lol, first day?

88 was Yangs hand he kept winning with it my goodness

his praying for Gods blessing during a poker game is hell worthy

@kernadan000

3 ай бұрын

I wouldn't go that far, but it's definitely using the name in vain.

Philip Hilm had to be the biggest final table punt of all time, but if child’s just finds a call with those queens then history would be so different.

@steve007lax

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Lol him up. He quit poker afterwards

"Big raise Jerry" How do I punt like Phillip Hilm?

Worst fold ever...QQ vs JJ...This is a MUST CALL! And historiy is changed.

@jeffreyyoungblood7438

2 ай бұрын

Like he knew he had JJ 😂 could have easily been a set with that move.

I remember Jerry steamrolling the FT. I did not remember that he was a huge coinflip away from giving the chip lead to Kravchenko.

Ill never understand why Lee Watkinson did that

Yang is a Legendary of luck ❤A miracle champ 🎉

The most overwhelming final table performance of all time

Epic run

LOL Watkinson's fiance praying "Come on, No weapon formed against him shall prosper" is so funny because he is playing poker and gambling there aren't really any spiritual weapons or dangers involved its not what is meant by that Bible verse...and then she says "Jesus, let him win, make me a believer" is so blasphemous

@jeffreyyoungblood7438

2 ай бұрын

Pretty sure that was yangs wife

incredible punt clinic this

Yang actually played terrible, just shows how much luck is involved in these tournaments 😀

@andrewptob

5 ай бұрын

He played great at the final table. Not his fault someone folded queens and no reason to think jacks weren’t good there. Other than that, he did make some over bets, but they worked.

@DaveDepilot-KFRG

5 ай бұрын

luck in gambling.... no wayyy. Poker is 90% luck

@Wes36Man

5 ай бұрын

@@DaveDepilot-KFRGit’s 100% luck once your money is in the middle. But if there was no skill we wouldn’t have professional players

@colintimp1372

5 ай бұрын

A final table is far more about luck than the rest of the tournament. The blinds/antes are generally a much bigger proportion of the stacks; and as players are eliminated, they come around faster and faster. You can't wait around for great hands.

@CrazeeAdam

5 ай бұрын

"Terrible" not necessarily. He was VERY aggressive. Which is something you probably should be at a final table when you have that many chips. Maybe he over bet sometimes, maybe he was a bit rash other times, but aggressive play style will be rewarded that deep in a tournament more often than not, especially when you start getting a lot of chips

Hilm called a 10x open with KQ then a 13BB c bet on a gutshot. How did he even make it to the FT?

@colintimp1372

5 ай бұрын

I don't really blame the preflop call, but the flop call is terrible. With just a gutshot, Jerry doesn't have enough chips to justify that call for implied odds.

@jonnyhicks2076

5 ай бұрын

@@colintimp1372 would love to see your poker results if you think calling a 10x open with KQ is ok

Still Amazing when I watch it all again how unlucky scotty was and absolutely lucky Jerry was. he got his money in bad like 6 times when down to 12 players and always hit. But you have to be lucky!!

Why would Rahme talk right there. Yang was actually thinking about folding his top pair

Yang’s pre flop all in calls were comedy, just call any two cards, he was behind almost every time lol

Yang tried his best to punt

Folding with pocket QQ...Lee Childs was a real chicken.

What was wrong with Hevad Khan?

Where is Mr. Yang now days?

The prayer offs were so tilting.

Call him lucky, or whatever, Jerry is pretty likeable at least. how did Kravchenko even see some of his whole cards? lol... dude was taking the baby peeks at those cards Also the last main event I watched pretty much from start to finish. So maybe the ones after this will be a nice surprise?

@AaroInTheKnee

5 ай бұрын

2008 is my favourite can't wait to see it through again.

@CrazeeAdam

5 ай бұрын

​@@AaroInTheKneeMm. Can't wait to watch it through fully. I watched it here and there but just didn't find the time. Will be easier now

@adrianislas5755

5 ай бұрын

He’s probably the least likable champion aside from Jaime Gold.

Very different time. Maybe the last final table with some sort of family spirit; apologies if someone took time to think about a fold in an all-in situation, with no fixation on air-time or exaggerated marketing.

The amount of people praying to Jesus about poker where they are already millionaires is one of the wildest things I’ve ever seen, the audacity to think that is worthy of any godly consideration is cray cray lol

Fck this shi will always be awesome, must be great times

Yang invoking God and Jesus in order to beat people at cards is embarrassing…

Whenever I manage to punt off my chips in a

history changed layin down QQ

What was Watkinson thinking? A rag o/s and you put your tournament on the line for that? I don't think Yang's superpower is uncanny luck or massive hole card & flop advantages........no it's the power of persuasion. He somehow gets these pros to make very marginal all-in calls.

Yang was just like Raymer and Gold…….Plain lucky.

Yang and his wife praying to Jesus Christ in the middle of hands is the cringiest crap I’ve ever seen.

@aheroictaxidriver3180

5 ай бұрын

Peak poker boom.

@antzooma

5 ай бұрын

that was Yang and Lee Watkinson's wife

@johnmckenzie4639

5 ай бұрын

Quite obscene really.

WTF Philip Hilm going from Chip Leader 1st to busting in 9th wow

Rahme had to open his mouth , Yang was going to fold 😂😂

18:47 rofllll Khan just being Khan

USA?

Hilm blew up lmao

What an awful gold of queens. “Things can beat me” wtf.

I wish Khan would have won and danced and grunted the whole way, just to make all these squares in the comments squeak about how uncivilized he is.

Worst played final table in WSOP history

22:04 - I say this a lot while playing...

I love rewatching these episodes, but I still after all these years can't stand watching Gold and Yang. How did two unlikeable people end up winning back to back.

There was a surprising amount of weird religious energy at this final table.....So much so that it almost distracted me from the fact that we are supposed to believe Hevad Khan was 22 here!

Yang super lucky donk

Childs played scared and paid the price. Terrible laydowns all around.

Yang set Christianity back like 1000 years

Milwaukee Best is the worst beer on the planet

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

@loudorchen9897

5 ай бұрын

YEah the KQ was a huge waste of chips

@Charles.Wright

3 ай бұрын

You are so impressive with all of your abbreviations!

It's not surprising that the europeans and the asians were the most normal people at the last two tables.

Pub poker final table

Hilm one of the worst blow ups in Main Event history.

who's ready for 08'

You guys do know that Hilm can look at this comment section?

@yuhyuhtheindigo7085

4 ай бұрын

This happened 7 years ago, I’d really hope he’d be over it by now

I will stand by this, Jerry Yang is the most deserving winner in WSOP history!

@andrewptob

5 ай бұрын

He played to win and the other players donked off chips. Credit to Jerry for playing the way he did.

@aheroictaxidriver3180

5 ай бұрын

God thought so.

@OhKi11a

5 ай бұрын

It shows that you don’t have to be good at poker….just lucky

@HopyHop1

5 ай бұрын

@@andrewptob Jerry was getting lucky. His J8 sucked out against Childs KJ. Hilm missed making trips, two pair, or a flush. Jerry's jacks held against Khan's AQ ...

@andrewptob

5 ай бұрын

@@HopyHop1 He got lucky against Childs but he put pressure on him by moving all in. For the other hands, winning races isn’t “getting lucky”.

can’t donk 3 mil then not call for 4 more lol

I love the commentators getting annoyed at not seeing Kravchenko's cards. I thought this was the game of the unknowns, so commentate noobs.

Childs butchered QQ so bad. Yang should have been out early he got lucky in more ways than one