Jerry Yang Wins World Series Of Poker

On June 18, Terry Semel stepped down from Yahoo and co-founder Jerry Yang became CEO. On July 17, yesterday, Yang delivered Yahoo’s first quarterly earnings report since taking over. That same day, Jerry Yang won the World Series of Poker, the biggest event in the sport, taking home the purse of $8.25 million.
How are the two connected? They’re not. Two different guys named Jerry Yang, both born the same year (1968), one in Taiwan, one in Laos, one a psychologist and social worker, one a CEO and the 432nd richest person on the planet. Of course, there’s no one who will argue this point: Poker player Jerry Yang had the better day yesterday.
Yang won his first tournament, and is the sixth straight rookie to win the main event. Is that a problem for poker, that anyone can win, or does it add to […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg