Jerry Yang

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Jerry Yang (born 1968 in Laos), an amateur poker player from Temecula, California, is the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion. Yang holds a Masters Degree in health psychology and works as a psychologist and social worker. He is married with six children.

Yang started playing poker two years ago. He entered the 2007 World Series of Poker after winning a $225 satellite at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula. Yang survived a field of 6,358 in the Main Event to make the final table for his first career money finish in a poker tournament, winning $8,250,000 with pocket 8s against Tuan Lam's Ace Queen of diamonds, hitting a miracle 6 on the river getting a four card straight, after Lam had spiked the Queen on the flop. Yang has pledged 10% percent of his winnings from the tournament to three charities: the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Feed the Children, and the Ronald McDonald House.