2007 WSOP FINAL MOMENTS

Complete 2007 WSOP stats at the Poker Prof’s World Series of Poker 2007 Information Page. Poker from behind the WSOP Curtain from Dr Pauly of Tao of Poker.

The final moments of the 2007 World Series of Poker provided the expected excitement associated when a poker player receives $8.25 million in prize money. The turn of the final card for 2007 gave Jerry Yang the win and brought the crowd out of the stands and onto the ESPN stage. The moment the final card hit the table an unidentified man raced out of the darkness and leaped over the media table onto the stage in front of Yang with an outthrusted microphone and tape recorder. The ESPN crew tried to hang onto the intruder but he slipped away and ran into the stands with security in hot pursuit where they quickly surrounded and led him away from the area.

The guy had told some of us earlier that he was a reporter with ABC News but I never confirmed if this statement as fact. Photos follow after the jump…