The 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino , the 2008 series began on May 30 and featured 55 poker championships in several variants . All events but the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas hold 'em Main Event, the most prestigious of the WSOP events, ended by July 15. The final table, known as the November Nine , of the Main Event was suspended until November, to allow for better television coverage.[1] championship bracelet in addition to that event's prize money ranging from US$87,929 for the $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em to US$9,119,517 for the Main Event.
Most of the tournaments played at the WSOP are variants of Texas Hold 'em . Hold 'em is a community card game where each player may use any combination of the five community cards and the player's own two hole cards to make a poker hand, in contrast to poker variants such as stud or draw in which each player holds a separate individual hand. Between 2000 and 2009, hold'em has surpassed seven-card stud as the most common game in U.S. casinos, almost totally eclipsing the once popular game.[2] Omaha. Omaha is a version of poker wherein each player is dealt four hole cards and must use two of them in conjunction with three community cards to make the best possible five card hand. Other games played at the 2008 tournament included Razz , HORSE , and Deuce-to-Seven.
Within each of these poker variants a myriad of options exist. For example, depending on the betting structure, a tournament might be described as no limit , limit or pot-limit . Games may also include other variations on the rules governing the execution of the specific game such as shootout , eight or better , or heads up.
Highlights of the 2008 series include the selection of Erick Lindgren as the Player of the Year. Before the 2008 WSOP, Lindgren, who won a bracelet and made three final tables, was widely considered to be the "best player to never win a WSOP bracelet”.[3] Phil Hellmuth , a Poker Hall of Famer , set new records for the most WSOP career cashes (68) and most WSOP career final tables (41).[4] [5] 2006 event ), was suspended once the event was down to the nine players needed for the final table; the Main Event was resumed on November 9 and concluded with the heads-up final between Peter Eastgate and Ivan Demidov the next day. This year was the first in which the Main Event was suspended in this fashion, a change introduced at ESPN 's request to allow the television network to do a same-day Main Event broadcast.[6]
Contents Key Results Event 1: $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event 3: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em Event 4: $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) Event 5: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with Rebuys Event 6: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Event 7: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event 8: $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed) Event 10: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Event 11: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout Event 12: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Event 13: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event 14: $10,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Event 15: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em World Championship Event 16: $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Event 17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout Event 18: $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball with Rebuys Event 19: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Event 20: $2,000 Limit Hold'em Event 21: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event 22: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. Event 23: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event 24: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha Event 25: $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Event 26: $1,500 Razz Event 27: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event 28: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys Event 29: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event 30: $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em Event 31: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed) Event 32: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event 33: $5,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Event 34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys Event 35: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Event 36: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event 37: $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Event 38: $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Event 39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event 40: $2,500 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Event 41: $1,500 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) Event 42: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship Event 43: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Event 44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys Event 45: $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. Event 46: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed) Event 47: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Event 48: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event 49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event 50: $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha Event 51: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Event 52: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event 53: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout Event 54: $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em Event 55: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em References Key * Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame (#/#) This denotes a bracelet winner. The first number is the number of bracelets won in the 2008 WSOP. The second number is the total number of bracelets won. Both numbers represent totals as of that point during the tournament. Place What place each player at the final table finished Name The player who made it to the final table Prize (US$) The amount of money awarded for each finish at the event's final table
Results Medic after winning the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship 3-Day Event: Friday May 30, 2008 to Sunday June 1, 2008Number of Entries: 352Total Prize Pool: $3,308,800 Number of Payouts: 36Winning Hand: 7 ♥ 5 ♥ References [7] [8] Hinkle after winning the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 4-Day Event: Saturday May 31, 2008 to Tuesday June 3, 2008Number of Entries: 3929Total Prize Pool: $5,363,085 Number of Payouts: 378Winning Hand: 10 ♦ 4 ♦ Other: Broke the record for largest field in a tournament that was not the WSOP main event.References [9] [10] Singer at the $15,000 buy-in National Poker League Vegas Open Championship in 2007 3-Day Event: Monday June 2, 2008 to Wednesday June 4, 2008Number of Entries: 714Total Prize Pool: $973,245 Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: Q ♠ 4 ♠ References [11] [12] [13] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st David Singer (1/1)$214,131 2nd Jacobo Fernandez $136,643 3rd Gregory Alston $82,725 4th Robert Lipkin $67,640 5th Russ Harriman $55,474 6th Joe Tehan $43,796 7th Zachary King $34,063 8th Al Barbieri $26,764 9th Glen Bean $19,464
Lindgren at the World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Monday June 2, 2008 to Wednesday June 4, 2008Number of Entries: 332Total Prize Pool: $1,560,400 Number of Payouts: 36Winning Hand: A ♥ 2 ♦ References [14] [15] Banducci after winning the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 3-Day Event: Tuesday June 3, 2008 to Thursday June 5, 2008Number of Entries: 766Number of Rebuys/Add-ons: 2,258Total Prize Pool: $2,894,094 Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: A ♦ J ♣ References [16] [17] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Michael Banducci (1/1)$636,736 2nd Jeff Williams $406,330 3rd Peter Gould $245,997 4th Lyric Duveyoung $201,139 5th Alan Jaffray $164,963 6th Jonathan Aguiar $130,234 7th Michael Binger $101,293 8th Jamie Rosen $79,587 9th Steve Gross $57,881
Luu after winning the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 3-Day Event: Tuesday June 3, 2008 to Thursday June 5, 2008Number of Entries: 833Total Prize Pool: $1,249,500 Number of Payouts: 81Winning Hand: K ♦ 4 ♦ 7 ♥ 3 ♠ References [18] [19] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Thang Luu (1/1)$243,356 2nd Spencer Lawrence $156,343 3rd George Guzman $93,806 4th James Pritchard $78,456 5th Chris Falconer $64,243 6th Greg Jamison $50,598 7th Craig Sabel $39,228 8th Mark Wilds $30,700 9th Scott Clements (0/2)$22,172
Keikoan after winning the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em 3-Day Event: Wednesday June 4, 2008 to Friday June 6, 2008Number of Entries: 1592Total Prize Pool: $2,897,440 Number of Payouts: 153Winning Hand: 10 ♠ 6 ♥ References [20] [21] 3-Day Event: Wednesday June 4, 2008 to Friday June 6, 2008Number of Entries: 192Total Prize Pool: $1,804,800 Number of Payouts: 24Winning Hand: A ♠ K ♥ References [22] [23] Note: This event comprised eight poker variants played on a rotating format with one-hour long levels. Every eight hands the game alternated in the following order: Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw, Limit Hold'em, Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, Seven-Card Stud-8 or Better, No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit Omaha.
Porter after winning the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed 3-Day Event: Thursday June 5, 2008 to Saturday June 7, 2008Number of Entries: 1,236Total Prize Pool: $1,687,410 Number of Payouts: 126Winning Hand: K ♣ Q ♠ References [24] [25] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Rep Porter (1/1)$372,929 2nd Nathan Templeton $231,981 3rd Devin Porter $151,842 4th John Conkright $101,228 5th Anatoly Shilyuk $70,859 6th Michiel Brummelhuis $53,313
Rouhani after winning the $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 3-Day Event: Thursday June 5, 2008 to Saturday June 7, 2008Number of Entries: 388Total Prize Pool: $892,400 Number of Payouts: 40Winning Hand: 3 ♦ 8 ♣ 2 ♥ 9 ♠ References [26] [27] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Freddy Rouhani (1/1)$232,911 2nd Tom Chambers $142,784 3rd John Cernuto (0/3)$86,117 4th Yueqi Zhu $63,807 5th Greg Pappas $48,190 6th John Racener $37,481 7th Daniel Mowczan $28,557 8th Michael Mizrachi $24,095
3-Day Event: Friday June 6, 2008 to Sunday June 8, 2008Number of Entries: 360Total Prize Pool: $1,692,000 Number of Payouts: 36Winning Hand: A ♦ J ♣ References [28] [29] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Phil Tom (1/1) $477,990 2nd Greg Mueller $298,638 3rd Leo Wolpert $187,812 4th Sirous Jamshidi $118,440 5th Tim West $63,450 6th Thomas Roupe $38,070
3-Day Event: Friday June 6, 2008 to Sunday June 8, 2008Number of Entries: 881Total Prize Pool: $1,201,200 Number of Payouts: 81Winning Hand: 10 ♥ 3 ♥ References [30] [31] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Jimmy Shultz (1/1) $257,105 2nd Zac Fellows $165,165 3rd Vinny Vinh $99,099 4th Brendan Taylor $82,882 5th Teddy Monroe $67,867 6th Markus Golser $53,453 7th Ali Eslami $41,441 8th Christoph Niesert $32,432 9th Chung Law $23,423
3-Day Event: Saturday June 7, 2008 to Monday June 9, 2008Number of Entries: 1,397Total Prize Pool: $3,213,100 Number of Payouts: 99Winning Hand: A ♠ A ♣ References [32] [33] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Duncan Bell (1/1) $666,777 2nd Steve Merrifield $428,948 3rd Nathan Doudney $260,261 4th Shawn Buchanan $218,490 5th Brent Hanks $178,327 6th Jason Sanders $139,769 7th Ariel Soffer $107,638 8th Brent Ditzik $83,540 9th Nicolas Levi $59,442
3-Day Event: Saturday June 7, 2008 to Monday June 9, 2008Number of Entries: 158Total Prize Pool: $1,485,200 Number of Payouts: 16Winning Hand: A ♥ 5 ♠ 5 ♦ 3 ♦ A ♦ 7 ♦ Q ♦ References [34] [35] 3-Day Event: Sunday June 8, 2008 to Tuesday June 10, 2008Number of Entries: 1,190Total Prize Pool: $1,082,900 Number of Payouts: 99Winning Hand: K ♠ K ♣ References [36] [37] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Svetlana Gromenkova (1/1) $244,702 2nd Anh Le $144,567 3rd Patty Till $87,715 4th Christine Priday $73,637 5th Marla Crumpler $60,101 6th Debbie Mitchell $47,106 7th Roslyn Quarto $36,277 8th Yesenia Garcia $28,155 9th Sue Porter $20,034
3-Day Event: Sunday June 8, 2008 to Tuesday June 10, 2008Number of Entries: 553Total Prize Pool: $1,002,820 Number of Payouts: 54Winning Hand: 4 ♠ 5 ♦ J ♥ 2 ♥ References [38] [39] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Andrew Brown (1/1) $226,483 2nd Ted Forrest (0/5)$143,420 3rd Jim Pechac $88,065 4th Soheil Shamseddin $71,961 5th Kia Hooshmand $58,877 6th Ralph Perry (0/1)$46,297 7th Scott Clements (0/2)$36,232 8th Allan Enciso $28,684 9th Jimmy Fricke $21,135
2-Day Event: Monday June 9, 2008 to Tuesday June 10, 2008Number of Entries: 1,000Total Prize Pool: $1,370,596 Number of Payouts: 100Winning Hand: A ♣ J ♦ References [40] [41] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Jason Young (1/1) $335,565 2nd Mike Schwartz $209,527 3rd John Strzemp III $129,675 4th Rory Monahan $82,582 5th Matthew Giannetti $40,267 6th Kyle Bowker $23,887 7th Sergey Rybachenko $15,697 8th Thomas West $12,421 9th Alexander Triner $9,828 10th Casey Coleman $7,507
Mike Matusow at the 2008 World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Monday June 9, 2008 to Wednesday June 11, 2008Number of Entries: 85Number of Rebuys/Add-ons: 272Total Prize Pool: $1,735,020 Number of Payouts: 14Winning Hand: Q ♥ 8 ♥ 7 ♣ 4 ♠ 3 ♦ References [42] [43] Selbst after winning the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 3-Day Event: Tuesday June 10, 2008 to Thursday June 12, 2008Number of Entries: 759Total Prize Pool: $1,036,035 Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: 9 ♦ 2 ♣ J ♠ J ♣ References [44] [45] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Vanessa Selbst (1/1)$227,965 2nd Jamie Pickering $145,459 3rd Stanley Statkiewicz $88,062 4th Thom Schultz $72,004 5th Eugene Todd $59,053 6th Craig Natte $46,621 7th Mel Randolph $36,261 8th Jamie Robbins $28,490 9th Ken Lairson $20,720
Negreanu at the 2007 World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Tuesday June 10, 2008 to Thursday June 12, 2008Number of Entries: 480Total Prize Pool: $873,600 Number of Payouts: 45Winning Hand: 9 ♠ 5 ♥ References [46] [47] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Daniel Negreanu (1/4)$204,874 2nd Ugur Marangoz $126,671 3rd David Baker $78,624 4th Richard Li $63,335 5th Fu Wong $51,542 6th Jeremy Kottler $40,622 7th Greg Wohletz $31,886 8th Derek Lerner $25,334 9th Hien Tran $18,782
Seiver at the 2008 World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Wednesday June 11, 2008 to Friday June 13, 2008Number of Entries: 731Total Prize Pool: $3,435,700 Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: K ♠ 9 ♣ References [48] [49] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Scott Seiver (1/1)$755,891 2nd Dave Seidman $482,372 3rd Ben Sprengers $292,034 4th Jacobo Fernandez $238,781 5th Rajesh Vohra $195,834 6th Chuck Sklar $154,606 7th Anders Henriksson $120,249 8th Adam Geyer $94,481 9th Scott Freeman $68,714
3-Day Event: Wednesday June 11, 2008 to Friday June 13, 2008Number of Entries: 414Total Prize Pool: $1,142,640 Number of Payouts: 40Winning Hand: 5 ♦ 5 ♣ 7 ♣ A ♣ J ♥ J ♦ References [50] [51] Blair Hinkle after he won the $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em 3-Day Event: Thursday June 12, 2008 to Saturday June 14, 2008Number of Entries: 1,344Total Prize Pool: $2,446,080 Number of Payouts: 99Winning Hand: 6 ♥ 6 ♣ References [52] [53] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Blair Hinkle (1/1)$507,563 2nd Mark Brockington $326,552 3rd Daniel O'Brien $198,132 4th David Steicke $166,333 5th Dustin Dirksen $135,757 6th Chris Björin (0/2)$106,404 7th Dominik Kulicki $81,944 8th Andrew Jeffreys $63,598 9th Stephane Tayar $45,252
Max Pescatori at the 2006 World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Thursday June 12, 2008 to Saturday June 14, 2008Number of Entries: 457Total Prize Pool: $1,051,100 Number of Payouts: 45Winning Hand: K ♥ J ♥ 8 ♣ 7 ♠ References [54] [55] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Max Pescatori (1/2)$246,471 2nd Kyle Kloeckner $152,410 3rd Greg Hurst $94,599 4th Allen Cunningham (0/5)$76,205 5th Kyle Hegeman $62,015 6th Jonathan Depa $48,876 7th Lennart Holtkamp $38,365 8th Minh Ly $30,482 9th J.P. Kelly $22,599
Kenny Tran at the 2007 World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Friday June 13, 2008 to Sunday June 15, 2008Number of Entries: 256Total Prize Pool: $2,406,400 Number of Payouts: 64Winning Hand: A ♣ 8 ♣ References [56] [57] Barry Greenstein in the 2006 World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Friday June 13, 2008 to Sunday June 15, 2008Number of Entries: 453Total Prize Pool: $618,345 Number of Payouts: 48Winning Hand: J-9-7-4-A-9-4References [58] [59] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Barry Greenstein (1/3)$157,619 2nd Chris Klodnicki $97,389 3rd Chris Viox $58,743 4th Mark Tenner $43,284 5th Brandon Leeds $33,081 6th Joseph Michael $25,661 7th Archie Karas $19,478 8th Mike Wattel $16,386
3-Day Event: Saturday June 14, 2008 to Monday June 16, 2008Number of Entries: 2,706Total Prize Pool: $3,693,690 Number of Payouts: 270Winning Hand: A ♠ J ♣ References [60] [61] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Vitaly Lunkin (1/1)$628,417 2nd Brett Kimes $387,837 3rd Bobby Firestone $277,026 4th Kenneth Terrell $232,702 5th Trevor Donaldson $190,225 6th Richard Alm $149,594 7th Barry Schultz $112,657 8th Robert Brown $84,954 9th Phil Yeh $57,990
Galfond after winning the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys 3-Day Event: Saturday June 14, 2008 to Monday June 16, 2008Number of Entries: 152Number of Rebuys/Add-ons: 483Total Prize Pool: $3,085,930 Number of Payouts: 18Winning Hand: A ♥ 7 ♥ 6 ♣ 5 ♣ References [62] [63] Phan at the 2008 World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Sunday June 15, 2008 to Tuesday June 17, 2008Number of Entries: 716Total Prize Pool: $1,976,160 Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: A ♥ 9 ♠ References [64] [65] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st John Phan (1/1)$434,789 2nd Johnny Neckar $277,452 3rd Matthew Vengrin $167,973 4th Alex Bolotin $137,343 5th David Singer (1/1)$112,641 6th Stewart Newman $88,927 7th Thuyen Doan $69,165 8th Tony Dunst $54,344 9th Sebastian Segovia $39,523
Hollink after winning the $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship 3-Day Event: Sunday June 15, 2008 to Tuesday June 17, 2008Number of Entries: 218Total Prize Pool: $2,049,200 Number of Payouts: 27Winning Hand: A ♣ 5 ♦ References [66] [67] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Rob Hollink (1/1)$496,931 2nd Jerrod Ankenman $307,380 3rd Tommy Hang $194,674 4th Aaron Katz $158,813 5th J. C. Tran $128,075 6th Brock Parker $102,460 7th Andy Bloch $81,968 8th Cy Jassinowsky $66,599 9th Chris Vitch $51,230
Minieri at the 2007 World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Monday June 16, 2008 to Wednesday June 18, 2008Number of Entries: 1,012Total Prize Pool: $2,327,600 Number of Payouts: 108Winning Hand: Q ♦ Q ♠ References [68] [69] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Dario Minieri (1/1)$528,418 2nd Seth Fischer $330,519 3rd Justin Filtz $214,139 4th Kevin Song (0/1)$141,983 5th John O'Shea $98,923 6th Stuart Marshak $73,784
3-Day Event: Tuesday June 17, 2008 to Thursday June 19, 2008Number of Entries: 2,304Total Prize Pool: $3,144,960 Number of Payouts: 198Winning Hand: A ♦ 7 ♥ References [70] [71] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Luis Velador (1/1)$573,734 2nd Chris Signore $366,387 3rd Osmin Dardon $243,734 4th Jae Chung $204,422 5th Shane Stacey $166,682 6th Dean Bui $132,088 7th Dany Georges $100,638 8th Utsab Saha $77,051 9th Justin Hoffman $53,464
Ruthenberg after winning the $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship 3-Day Event: Tuesday June 17, 2008 to Thursday June 19, 2008Number of Entries: 261Total Prize Pool: $1,226,700 Number of Payouts: 24Winning Hand: 6 ♥ 2 ♦ 7 ♣ 4 ♠ Q ♠ 4 ♦ 7 ♦ References [72] [73] Layne Flack at the 2005 World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Wednesday June 18, 2008 to Friday June 20, 2008Number of Entries: 320Number of Rebuys/Add-ons: 1,350Total Prize Pool: $2,407,125 Number of Payouts: 36Winning Hand: K ♣ K ♥ J ♥ 2 ♠ References [74] [75] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Layne Flack (1/6)$577,725 2nd Daniel Makowsky $355,050 3rd Jacobo Fernandez $222,659 4th Dario Alioto (0/1)$180,534 5th Ted Forrest (0/5)$144,427 6th Kyle Kloeckner $114,338 7th Michael Guzzardi $90,267 8th Tim West $72,213 9th Frank Vizza $54,160
3-Day Event: Wednesday June 18, 2008 to Friday June 20, 2008Number of Entries: 381Total Prize Pool: $510,705 Number of Payouts: 40Winning Hand: K ♦ K ♥ Q ♥ 8 ♠ 7 ♥ 2 ♣ A ♦ References [76] [77] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Mike Rocco (1/1) $135,753 2nd Al Barbieri $83,210 3rd Levon Torosyan $50,186 4th Max Troy $37,184 5th Giacomo D'Agostino $28,083 6th Danny Kalpakis $21,842 7th Andre Boyer (0/1)$16,642 8th Jeffrey Siegal $14,041
Hougaard after winning the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 3-Day Event: Thursday June 19, 2008 to Saturday June 21, 2008Number of Entries: 2,447Total Prize Pool: $3,340,155 Number of Payouts: 198Winning Hand: Q ♠ Q ♦ References [78] [79] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Jesper Hougaard (1/1)$610,304 2nd Cody Slaubaugh $389,128 3rd Aaron Kanter $258,862 4th Danny Wong $217,110 5th Doug Middleton $177,028 6th Justin Wald $140,286 7th Rick Solis $106,884 8th Owen Crowe $81,833 9th John Shipley $56,782
David Benyamine at the 2008 World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Thursday June 19, 2008 to Saturday June 21, 2008Number of Entries: 235Total Prize Pool: $2,209,000 Number of Payouts: 27Winning Hand: 10 ♣ 10 ♥ Q ♣ 3 ♥ References [80] [81] Davidi Kitai after his win at the 2008 World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Friday June 20, 2008 to Sunday June 22, 2008Number of Entries: 605Total Prize Pool: $1,101,100 Number of Payouts: 63Winning Hand: A ♦ Q ♠ References [82] [83] 3-Day Event: Saturday June 21, 2008 to Monday June 23, 2008Number of Entries: 2,720Total Prize Pool: $3,712,800 Number of Payouts: 270Winning Hand: 10 ♥ 10 ♦ References [84] [85] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st David Woo (1/1) $631,656 2nd Matt Wood $389,844 3rd Eric Beren $278,460 4th Habib Khanis $233,906 5th Thom Werthmann $191,209 6th Curtis Early $150,368 7th Thanh Dat Tran $113,240 8th Mike Glasser $85,394 9th Jim Paras $58,290
Phan at the 2008 World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Sunday June 22, 2008 to Tuesday June 24, 2008Number of Entries: 238Total Prize Pool: $547,400 Number of Payouts: 24Winning Hand: 7 ♦ 6 ♥ 4 ♠ 3 ♥ 2 ♠ References [86] [87] 3-Day Event: Sunday June 22, 2008 to Tuesday June 24, 2008Number of Entries: 731Total Prize Pool: $996,450 Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: A ♠ 3 ♥ References [88] [89] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Frank Gary (1/1) $219,508 2nd Jonathan Tamayo $140,093 3rd Nick Binger $84,814 4th Chris Rentes $69,348 5th Alex Jalali $56,875 6th David Machowsky $44,902 7th Mats Gavatin $34,924 8th Michael Chu (0/1)$27,440 9th David Sorger $19,956
3-Day Event: Monday June 23, 2008 to Wednesday June 25, 2008Number of Entries: 2,218Total Prize Pool: $2,018,380 Number of Payouts: 198Winning Hand: 9 ♦ 7 ♥ References [90] [91] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Dan Lacourse (1/1) $368,832 2nd Dale Eberle $235,141 3rd Marc Fluss $156,424 4th Jerry Yamachika $131,194 5th Fred Berger $106,974 6th Charles Wood $84,771 7th Peter Silverstein $64,588 8th Ed Clark $49,450 9th Marty Wilson $34,312
3-Day Event: Tuesday June 24, 2008 to Thursday June 26, 2008Number of Entries: 720Total Prize Pool: $982,800 Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: A ♠ 3 ♠ Q ♣ Q ♥ References [92] [93] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Martin Kläser (1/1) $216,249 2nd Casey Kastle $137,985 3rd Michael Fetter $83,538 4th Erik Seidel (0/8)$68,304 5th Jon Maren $56,019 6th Chad Burum $44,226 7th Joseph Haddad $34,389 8th Larry Wright $27,027 9th Tom Chambers $19,656
3-Day Event: Wednesday June 25, 2008 to Friday June 27, 2008Number of Entries: 879Number of Rebuys/Add-ons: 2,508Total Prize Pool: $3,240,174 Number of Payouts: 81Winning Hand: A ♥ J ♦ References [94] [93] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Max Greenwood (1/1) $693,444 2nd Rene Mouritsen $445,523 3rd Albert Iversen $267,314 4th Scott Freeman $223,572 5th Jesse Chinni $183,069 6th Aliaksandr Dzianisau $144,187 7th Curtis Kohlberg $111,786 8th Phung Ngo $87,484 9th Alex Bolotin $63,183
5-Day Event: Wednesday June 25, 2008 to Sunday June 29, 2008Number of Entries: 148Total Prize Pool: $7,104,000 Number of Payouts: 16Winning Hand: A ♦ 10 ♥ References [95] [96] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Scotty Nguyen (1/5)$1,989,120 2nd Michael DeMichele $1,243,200 3rd Erick Lindgren (1/1)$781,440 4th Matt Glantz $568,320 5th Lyle Berman * (0/3)$444,000 6th Barry Greenstein (1/3)$355,200 7th Huck Seed (0/4)$284,160 8th Patrick Bueno $230,880
3-Day Event: Thursday June 26, 2008 to Saturday June 28, 2008Number of Entries: 805Total Prize Pool: $3,783,500 Number of Payouts: 78Winning Hand: A ♦ Q ♠ References [97] [98] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Joe Commisso $911,855 2nd Richard Lyndaker $570,551 3rd Edward Ochana $368,891 4th Sam Trickett $245,927 5th Tom Lutz $174,041 6th Davidi Kitai (1/1)$120,693
Ryan Hughes after winning his first bracelet in the 2007 World Series of Poker 3-Day Event: Thursday June 26, 2008 to Saturday June 28, 2008Number of Entries: 544Total Prize Pool: $742,560 Number of Payouts: 56Winning Hand: 7 ♣ 7 ♥ 3 ♠ K ♥ 4 ♥ 3 ♦ 7 ♠ References [99] [100] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Ryan Hughes (1/2)$183,368 2nd Ron Long $113,240 3rd Thomas Hunt III $68,686 4th Alessio Isaia $50,122 5th Jonas Klausen $39,355 6th Tim D'Alessandro $30,444 7th Joshua Feldman $23,019 8th David Sklansky (0/3)$19,306
Gomes after winning the $2000 No Limit Hold'em event 3-Day Event: Friday June 27, 2008 to Sunday June 29, 2008Number of Entries: 2,317Total Prize Pool: $4,216,940 Number of Payouts: 198Winning Hand: A ♠ K ♠ Other: Nikolay Evdakov sets new record for most WSOP cashes in a single year with nine.Other: Alexandre Gomes becomes the first WSOP bracelet winner from South America.References [101] [102] J. C. Tran in a World Series of Poker Circuit event 3-Day Event: Saturday June 28, 2008 to Monday June 30, 2008Number of Entries: 2,718Total Prize Pool: $3,710,070 Number of Payouts: 270Winning Hand: K ♣ Q ♣ References [103] [104] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st J. C. Tran (1/1)$631,170 2nd Rasmus Nielsen $389,557 3rd John Conroy $278,255 4th Peter Nguyen $233,734 5th Joe Pelton $191,068 6th Chad Siu $150,257 7th Jesper Hoog $113,157 8th Robert Kalb $85,331 9th Christoph Kohnen $58,248
Smyth after winning the 2008 WSOP $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Champion 3-Day Event: Sunday June 29, 2008 to Tuesday July 1, 2008Number of Entries: 381Total Prize Pool: $3,581,400 Number of Payouts: 36Winning Hand: K ♣ Q ♦ J ♣ J ♠ Other: Nikolay Evdakov extends his single-year record for WSOP cashes with 10.References [105] [106] 3-Day Event: Sunday June 29, 2008 to Tuesday July 1, 2008Number of Entries: 803Total Prize Pool: $1,096,095 Number of Payouts: 80Winning Hand: 10 ♣ 8 ♠ 6 ♥ 8 ♣ 9 ♥ 8 ♥ A ♣ References [107] [108] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st James Schaaf (1/1) $256,412 2nd Tommy Hang $158,933 3rd Phil Hellmuth * (0/11)$93,168 4th Esther Rossi $68,505 5th Jason Dollinger $54,804 6th Sam Silverman $42,966 7th Victor Ramdin $32,992 8th Matt Grapenthein $27,511
3-Day Event: Monday June 30, 2008 to Wednesday July 2, 2008Number of Entries: 2,693Total Prize Pool: $3,675,945 Number of Payouts: 270Winning Hand: 10 ♥ 10 ♣ References [109] [110] 2-Day Event: Tuesday July 1, 2008 to Wednesday July 2, 2008Number of Entries: 823Total Prize Pool: $1,123,395 Number of Payouts: 90Winning Hand: A ♦ J ♦ References [111] [112] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Matt Graham (1/1)$278,180 2nd Jean-Robert Bellande $173,564 3rd Joe Deniro $107,845 4th Brandon Wong $69,088 5th Danny Wong $33,701 6th Spencer Lawrence $20,221 7th John Kranyak $13,480 8th Andrew Prock $10,335 9th Michael Kachan $7,526
12-Day Event: Thursday July 3, 2008 to Monday July 14, 2008Final Table: Sunday November 9, 2008 to Monday November 10, 2008Number of Entries: 6,844Total Prize Pool: $64,333,600 Number of Payouts: 666Winning Hand: A ♦ 5 ♠ References [113] [114] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Peter Eastgate (1/1)$9,152,416 2nd Ivan Demidov $5,809,595 3rd Dennis Phillips $4,517,773 4th Ylon Schwartz $3,774,974 5th Scott Montgomery $3,096,768 6th Darus Suharto $2,418,562 7th David Rheem $1,772,650 8th Kelly Kim $1,288,217 9th Craig Marquis $900,670
2-Day Event: Monday July 7, 2008 to Tuesday July 8, 2008Number of Entries: 930Total Prize Pool: $418,500 Number of Payouts: 90Winning Hand: unknownReferences [115] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Jonathan Kotula (1/1) $87,929 2nd Kevin O'Harra $56,748 3rd Glenda Harrell $34,107 4th Daniel Kohnen $28,667 5th Andrew Brock $23,435 6th Michael Anderson $18,414 7th Elaine Graham $14,229 8th David Dietrich $11,090 9th Monica Conrad $7,951
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