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As the 2007 World Series of Poker main event approached, there was some concern among poker aficionados as to how the event would be received. The Republican U.S. Congress had recently enacted legislation that seemed to outlaw online poker in the U.S., or at least, set the groundwork for outlawing it. Many online sites withdrew from the U.S. market. Those that didn't withdraw from the U.S. found that U.S. players had a very hard time getting funds into the sites.

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Fears Surrounding the 2007 WSOP

The result of this was a serious decline in the number of online satellites to the main event being run, and the speculation that the poker boom was on its way out. Pundits predicted unprecedented lows in turnout.

The Facts: Good News and Bad News for the 2007 WSOP

In one respect, the doomsayers were right. The 2007 main event experienced the first drop in attendance in the event's history. However, even with the drop, the event drew the second most players in the history of the event, at 6,358, generating the second largest first prize at $8,250,000.

The Final Table of the 2007 WSOP

The 2007 WSOP main event was also unique in that it featured one of the most international final tables in history, making it a true World Series event. At the table were Alex Kravchenko from Russia, Tuan Lam from Canada, Raymond Rahme from South Africa, Dane Philip Hilm and Jon Kalmar of England.

The Winner of the 2007 WSOP

The 2007 World Series main event champion was Jerry Yang, who defeated Tuan Lam when his pocket 8s held up against Lam's AQ suited. A queen came on the flop but the river made a straight for Yang. The final battle took 16 hours and Lam pocketed over $4.8 million for his second place finish.

2007 WSOP Tournaments and Winners

Event	Winner	Prize	Entrants
$10,000 Championship Event	Jerry Yang	$8,250,000	6,358
$500 Casino Employess No-Limit Hold'em	Frederick Narciso	$104,701	1,039
$5,000 World Championship Mixed Hold'em	Steve Billirakis	$536,287	451
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	Ciaran O'Leary	$727,012	2,998
$1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em	Michael Spegal	$251,957	781
$2,500 Omaha/7-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Tom Schneider	$214,347	327
$5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	Burt Boutin	$825,956	145
$1,500 Limit Hold'em	Gary Styczynski	$280,715	910
$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with rebuys	Michael Chu	$585,774	844 (1,814)
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo	Alexander Kravchenko	$228,446	690
$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em	William Durkee	$566,916	1,531
$5,000 World Championship 7-Card Stud	Chris Reslock	$258,453	180
$1,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	Jason Warner	$481,698	1,427
$1,500 Seven-Card Stud	Michael Keiner	$146,987	385
$5,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em	Allen Cunningham	$487,287	398
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	Phil Hellmuth	$637,254	2,628
$2,500 H.O.R.S.E.	James Richburg	$238,881	382
$1,000 World Championship Ladies No-Limit Hold'em	Sally Anne Boyer	$262,077	1,286
$5,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em	Saro Getzoyan	$333,379	257
$2,000 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Ryan Hughes	$176,358	340
$2,500 No-Limit Hold'em	Francois Safieddine	$521,785	1,013
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	Donald Baruch	$264,107	900
$5,000 No-Limit Hold'em	James Mackey	$730,740	640
$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha	Scott Clements	$194,206	576
$3,000 World Champíonship 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Eli Elezra	$198,984	236
$5,000 H.O.R.S.E.	Ralph Schwarz	$275,683	192
$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em	Ben Ponzio	$599,109	1,619
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	David Stucke	$603,069	2,315
$1,500 Razz	Katja Thater	$132,653	341
$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em	Shankar Pillai	$527,829	827
$2,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	Hoyt Corkins	$515,065	847
$2,000 Seven-Card Stud	Jeff Lisandro	$118,426	213
$5,000 World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em	Daniel Schreiber	$425,594	392
$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys	Alan Smurfit	$464,867	293 (880)
$3,000 Limit Hold'em	Alexander Borteh	$225,483	296
$5,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Lo	John Guth	$363,216	280
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	Ryan Young	$615,955	2,541
$2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em	Greg Hopkins	$269,274	599
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	Robert Cheung	$673,628	2,778
$1,500 Mixed Hold'em	Fred Goldberg	$204,935	620
$50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.	Freddy Deeb	$2,276,832	148
$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	Lukasz Dumanski	$227,454	687
$1,000 World Championship Seniors No-Limit Hold'em	Ernest Bennett	$348,423	1,882
$2,000 Limit Hold'em	Saifuddin Ahmad	$217,329	472
$2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo	Frankie O'Dell	$240,057	534
$1,000 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Tom Schneider	$147,713	668
$5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	Bill Edler	$904,672	738
$1,000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball	Rafi Amit	$227,005	209
$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em	Blair Rodman	$707,898	2,038
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	Chandrasekhar Billavara	$722,914	3,151
$1,000 S.H.O.E.	Dao Kim Bac	$157,975	730
$10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha	Robert Mizrachi	$768,889	314
$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with rebuys	Michael Graves	$742,121	1,048 (2,336)
$1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout	Ram Vaswani	$217,438	782
$5,000 World Championship 2-7 Draw with rebuys	Erik Seidel	$538,835	78 (226)

WSOP Year By Year

2000's	1990's	1980's	1970's
2007 WSOP	1999 WSOP	1989 WSOP	1979 WSOP
2006 WSOP	1998 WSOP	1988 WSOP	1978 WSOP
2005 WSOP	1997 WSOP	1987 WSOP	1977 WSOP
2004 WSOP	1996 WSOP	1986 WSOP	1976 WSOP
2003 WSOP	1995 WSOP	1985 WSOP	1975 WSOP
2002 WSOP	1994 WSOP	1984 WSOP	1974 WSOP
2001 WSOP	1993 WSOP	1983 WSOP	1973 WSOP
2000 WSOP	1992 WSOP	1982 WSOP	1972 WSOP
	1991 WSOP	1981 WSOP	1971 WSOP
	1990 WSOP	1980 WSOP	1970 WSOP