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Jerry Yang Busts Player After Player


Author: Jeremiah Smith Tournament: 2007 WSOP
Published on: 17:51:33 on Jul 17, 2007

It's tough to make this writer speechless, but I'm close.

Yesterday we interviewed Lee Watkinson on the radio show he talked about making a mistake by moving all in with AK versus an opponent he knew would call.  History repeated itself as Jerry Yang raised to 1m and Lee moved all in for 9m.  Jerry called with A9 and Lee showed A7.  Lee's hand didn't improve and he was sent to the rail in a very disappointing 8th place. Jerry paid no attention to Lee's table image; Lee gave no mind to the reckless abandon Jerry has displayed.

A few hands later, Lee Childs raised from the small blind to 720k and Jerry Yang shoved from the big blind.  Childs tanked--then decided to call his remaing 5m with KhJc.  Results aside, I have to ask,"What are you hoping for?"  A race?  It's tough to have someone dominated with Childs' hand, but he was actually in a great spot to double up when Jerry turned over Js8s.  But, Yang crushed another player's dreams when and 8 hit and Childs was sent to the rail.

Yang's push not a bad play--he has so many chips that losing 5m wouldn't hurt very much.  More importantly, Childs had showed a reluctance to gamble that Yang hoped to take advantage of. 

Yang now has over 60m chips. 

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Final Table Player Bio: Lee Childs


Author: Team Pokerwire Tournament: 2007 WSOP
Published on: 14:42:06 on Jul 17, 2007

Seat 2:  Lee Childs
Hometown:  Reston, VA
Chip Count:  13,240,000
Lee Childs is a 35-year-old aspiring poker professional from suburban Washington, DC.  He is married with no children.  Childs holds a BBA in computer information systems from James Madison University, in Virginia.  Just two months ago, he voluntarily took some time off from a high-tech position with a firm affiliated with the National Geographic Society.  He worked on “The JASON Project,” which is an educational foundation for students dedicated to scientific expeditions and research founded by the person who first located the Titantic.  Childs has been on his own for a few months – and is pursuing one of his dreams which is to play in the World Series of Poker.  He says that he would not be here without the love of his incredible wife, dad, and all the support of his family and friends.  His is currently fifth in the chip count.   

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