Main Event Day 1A crowds fill the poker tables in the Rio's Pavilion
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...
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Second place finisher Tuan Lam visibly slumps when a Six spikes to give Jerry Yang the nut straight and the win
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An unidentified mohawked person leaped over the media table and charged across the stage when the final card hit the board
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Held back by the ESPN crew he broke away and tried to corner winner Jerry Yand
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Security quickly mobbed the scene and chased the man into the stands
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Security collared the mohawked, kung fu beaded man that claimed to be a reporter with ABC News (never verified) and removed him from the area
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Crowds of fans, family members and players gang the final table at the conclusion of the 2007 World Series of Poker
