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. As a WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners received a 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.
Seven-card stud is a poker variant wherein each player is dealt two hole card, followed by four face up cards, and then another hidden card, with betting after each round. Another poker variant played is 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”. Phil Hellmuth, a Poker Hall of Famer, set new records for the most WSOP career cashes (68) and most WSOP career final tables (41). Nikolay Evdakov led all players with a record 10 money finishes.{{cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/magazine/article/17785|title=Top 10 Moments of the 2008 World Series of Poker:No. 8: Nikolay Evdakov Sets the Record For Most Cashes at One WSOP With 10
Results
{{anchor|Event 1}} Event 1: $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 36Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Nenad Medic (1/1) $ 2nd Andy Bloch $ 3rd Kathy Liebert (0/1) $ 4th Mike Sexton (0/1) $ 5th Amit Makhija $ 6th Chris Bell $ 7th Patrik Antonius $ 8th Mike Sowers $ 9th Phil Laak $
{{anchor|Event 2}} Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 378Winning Hand: Other: Broke the record for largest field in a tournament that was not the WSOP main event.References
Place Name Prize 1st Grant Hinkle (1/1) $ 2nd James Akenhead $ 3rd Chris Ferguson (0/5) $ 4th Theo Tran $ 5th Mike Ngo $ 6th Aaron Coulthard $ 7th Melvin Jones $ 8th David Bach $ 9th Joe Rutledge $
{{anchor|Event 3}} Event 3: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st David Singer (1/1) $ 2nd Jacobo Fernandez $ 3rd Gregory Alston $ 4th Robert Lipkin $ 5th Russ Harriman $ 6th Joe Tehan $ 7th Zachary King $ 8th Al Barbieri $ 9th Glen Bean $
{{anchor|Event 4}} Event 4: $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)
Lindgren at the World Series of Poker
3-Day Event: Monday June 2, 2008 to Wednesday June 4, 2008Number of Entries: 332Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 36Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Erick Lindgren (1/1) $ 2nd Justin Bonomo $ 3rd Andrew Robl $ 4th Roland De Wolfe $ 5th David Rheem $ 6th Howard Lederer (0/2) $ 7th David Williams (0/1) $ 8th Pat Pezzin $ 9th Isaac Haxton $
{{anchor|Event 5}} Event 5: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with Rebuys
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: $Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Michael Banducci (1/1) $ 2nd Jeff Williams $ 3rd Peter Gould $ 4th Lyric Duveyoung $ 5th Alan Jaffray $ 6th Jonathan Aguiar $ 7th Michael Binger $ 8th Jamie Rosen $ 9th Steve Gross $
{{anchor|Event 6}} Event 6: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
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: $Number of Payouts: 81Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Thang Luu (1/1) $ 2nd Spencer Lawrence $ 3rd George Guzman $ 4th James Pritchard $ 5th Chris Falconer $ 6th Greg Jamison $ 7th Craig Sabel $ 8th Mark Wilds $ 9th Scott Clements (0/2) $
{{anchor|Event 7}} Event 7: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 153Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Matt Keikoan (1/1) $ 2nd Shannon Shorr $ 3rd Carter Gill $ 4th Theo Tran $ 5th Mihai Manole $ 6th Chris Björin (0/2) $ 7th J. C. Tran $ 8th Alex Bolotin $ 9th Mike Lisanti $
{{anchor|Event 8}} Event 8: $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event
3-Day Event: Wednesday June 4, 2008 to Friday June 6, 2008Number of Entries: 192Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 24Winning Hand: (No-Limit Hold'em)References
Place Name Prize 1st Anthony Rivera (1/1) $ 2nd James Mackey (0/1) $ 3rd Matt Glantz $ 4th Michael DeMichele $ 5th Eli Elezra (0/1) $ 6th Sam Farha (0/2) $ 7th Tom Dwan $ 8th Jeff Madsen (0/2) $
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.
{{anchor|Event 9}} Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed)
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: $Number of Payouts: 126Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Rep Porter (1/1) $ 2nd Nathan Templeton $ 3rd Devin Porter $ 4th John Conkright $ 5th Anatoly Shilyuk $ 6th Michiel Brummelhuis $
{{anchor|Event 10}} Event 10: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
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: $Number of Payouts: 40Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Freddy Rouhani (1/1) $ 2nd Tom Chambers $ 3rd John Cernuto (0/3) $ 4th Yueqi Zhu $ 5th Greg Pappas $ 6th John Racener $ 7th Daniel Mowczan $ 8th Michael Mizrachi $
{{anchor|Event 11}} Event 11: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
3-Day Event: Friday June 6, 2008 to Sunday June 8, 2008Number of Entries: 360Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 36Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Phil Tom (1/1) $ 2nd Greg Mueller $ 3rd Leo Wolpert $ 4th Sirous Jamshidi $ 5th Tim West $ 6th Thomas Roupe $
{{anchor|Event 12}} Event 12: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Friday June 6, 2008 to Sunday June 8, 2008Number of Entries: 881Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 81Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Jimmy Shultz (1/1) $ 2nd Zac Fellows $ 3rd Vinny Vinh $ 4th Brendan Taylor $ 5th Teddy Monroe $ 6th Markus Golser $ 7th Ali Eslami $ 8th Christoph Niesert $ 9th Chung Law $
{{anchor|Event 13}} Event 13: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Saturday June 7, 2008 to Monday June 9, 2008Number of Entries: 1,397Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 99Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Duncan Bell (1/1) $ 2nd Steve Merrifield $ 3rd Nathan Doudney $ 4th Shawn Buchanan $ 5th Brent Hanks $ 6th Jason Sanders $ 7th Ariel Soffer $ 8th Brent Ditzik $ 9th Nicolas Levi $
{{anchor|Event 14}} Event 14: $10,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud
3-Day Event: Saturday June 7, 2008 to Monday June 9, 2008Number of Entries: 158Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 16Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Eric Brooks (1/1) $ 2nd Fu Wong $ 3rd Alexander Kostritsyn $ 4th Minh Ly $ 5th Erik Seidel (0/8) $ 6th Jim Paluszek $ 7th David Oppenheim $ 8th Vassilios Lazarou $
{{anchor|Event 15}} Event 15: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em World Championship
3-Day Event: Sunday June 8, 2008 to Tuesday June 10, 2008Number of Entries: 1,190Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 99Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Svetlana Gromenkova (1/1) $ 2nd Anh Le $ 3rd Patty Till $ 4th Christine Priday $ 5th Marla Crumpler $ 6th Debbie Mitchell $ 7th Roslyn Quarto $ 8th Yesenia Garcia $ 9th Sue Porter $
{{anchor|Event 16}} Event 16: $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
3-Day Event: Sunday June 8, 2008 to Tuesday June 10, 2008Number of Entries: 553Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 54Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Andrew Brown (1/1) $ 2nd Ted Forrest (0/5) $ 3rd Jim Pechac $ 4th Soheil Shamseddin $ 5th Kia Hooshmand $ 6th Ralph Perry (0/1) $ 7th Scott Clements (0/2) $ 8th Allan Enciso $ 9th Jimmy Fricke $
{{anchor|Event 17}} Event 17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
2-Day Event: Monday June 9, 2008 to Tuesday June 10, 2008Number of Entries: 1,000Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 100Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Jason Young (1/1) $ 2nd Mike Schwartz $ 3rd John Strzemp III $ 4th Rory Monahan $ 5th Matthew Giannetti $ 6th Kyle Bowker $ 7th Sergey Rybachenko $ 8th Thomas West $ 9th Alexander Triner $ 10th Casey Coleman $
{{anchor|Event 18}} Event 18: $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball with Rebuys
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: $Number of Payouts: 14Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Mike Matusow (1/3) $ 2nd Jeff Lisandro (0/1) $ 3rd Barry Greenstein (0/2) $ 4th Erick Lindgren (1/1) $ 5th Tom Schneider (0/2) $ 6th Tony G $ 7th David Benyamine $
{{anchor|Event 19}} Event 19: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
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: $Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Vanessa Selbst (1/1) $ 2nd Jamie Pickering $ 3rd Stanley Statkiewicz $ 4th Thom Schultz $ 5th Eugene Todd $ 6th Craig Natte $ 7th Mel Randolph $ 8th Jamie Robbins $ 9th Ken Lairson $
{{anchor|Event 20}} Event 20: $2,000 Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 45Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Daniel Negreanu (1/4) $ 2nd Ugur Marangoz $ 3rd David Baker $ 4th Richard Li $ 5th Fu Wong $ 6th Jeremy Kottler $ 7th Greg Wohletz $ 8th Derek Lerner $ 9th Hien Tran $
{{anchor|Event 21}} Event 21: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Scott Seiver (1/1) $ 2nd Dave Seidman $ 3rd Ben Sprengers $ 4th Jacobo Fernandez $ 5th Rajesh Vohra $ 6th Chuck Sklar $ 7th Anders Henriksson $ 8th Adam Geyer $ 9th Scott Freeman $
{{anchor|Event 22}} Event 22: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
3-Day Event: Wednesday June 11, 2008 to Friday June 13, 2008Number of Entries: 414Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 40Winning Hand: (Stud)References
Place Name Prize 1st Jens Voertmann (1/1) $ 2nd Doug Ganger $ 3rd Marcel Lüske $ 4th Hoyt Corkins (0/2) $ 5th Jared Davis $ 6th Steve Zolotow (0/2) $ 7th Rostislav Tsodikov $ 8th Jennifer Harman (0/2) $
{{anchor|Event 23}} Event 23: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 99Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Blair Hinkle (1/1) $ 2nd Mark Brockington $ 3rd Daniel O'Brien $ 4th David Steicke $ 5th Dustin Dirksen $ 6th Chris Björin (0/2) $ 7th Dominik Kulicki $ 8th Andrew Jeffreys $ 9th Stephane Tayar $
{{anchor|Event 24}} Event 24: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha
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: $Number of Payouts: 45Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Max Pescatori (1/2) $ 2nd Kyle Kloeckner $ 3rd Greg Hurst $ 4th Allen Cunningham (0/5) $ 5th Kyle Hegeman $ 6th Jonathan Depa $ 7th Lennart Holtkamp $ 8th Minh Ly $ 9th J.P. Kelly $
{{anchor|Event 25}} Event 25: $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 64Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Kenny Tran (1/1) $ 2nd Alec Torelli $ SF Vanessa Selbst (1/1) $ SF Jonathan Jaffe $ QF Lyle Berman* (0/3) $ QF Brandon Adams $ QF Gavin Griffin (0/1) $ QF Robert Mizrachi (0/1) $
{{anchor|Event 26}} Event 26: $1,500 Razz
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: $Number of Payouts: 48Winning Hand: J-9-7-4-A-9-4References
Place Name Prize 1st Barry Greenstein (1/3) $ 2nd Chris Klodnicki $ 3rd Chris Viox $ 4th Mark Tenner $ 5th Brandon Leeds $ 6th Joseph Michael $ 7th Archie Karas $ 8th Mike Wattel $
{{anchor|Event 27}} Event 27: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Saturday June 14, 2008 to Monday June 16, 2008Number of Entries: 2,706Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 270Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Vitaly Lunkin (1/1) $ 2nd Brett Kimes $ 3rd Bobby Firestone $ 4th Kenneth Terrell $ 5th Trevor Donaldson $ 6th Richard Alm $ 7th Barry Schultz $ 8th Robert Brown $ 9th Phil Yeh $
{{anchor|Event 28}} Event 28: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys
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: $Number of Payouts: 18Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Phil Galfond (1/1) $ 2nd Adam Hourani $ 3rd David Benyamine $ 4th Johnny Chan* (0/10) $ 5th Kirill Gerasimov $ 6th John Juanda (0/3) $ 7th Daniel Negreanu (1/4) $ 8th Phil Hellmuth* (0/11) $ 9th Brian Rast $
{{anchor|Event 29}} Event 29: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st John Phan (1/1) $ 2nd Johnny Neckar $ 3rd Matthew Vengrin $ 4th Alex Bolotin $ 5th David Singer (1/1) $ 6th Stewart Newman $ 7th Thuyen Doan $ 8th Tony Dunst $ 9th Sebastian Segovia $
{{anchor|Event 30}} Event 30: $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 27Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Rob Hollink (1/1) $ 2nd Jerrod Ankenman $ 3rd Tommy Hang $ 4th Aaron Katz $ 5th J. C. Tran $ 6th Brock Parker $ 7th Andy Bloch $ 8th Cy Jassinowsky $ 9th Chris Vitch $
{{anchor|Event 31}} Event 31: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed)
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: $Number of Payouts: 108Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Dario Minieri (1/1) $ 2nd Seth Fischer $ 3rd Justin Filtz $ 4th Kevin Song (0/1) $ 5th John O'Shea $ 6th Stuart Marshak $
{{anchor|Event 32}} Event 32: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Tuesday June 17, 2008 to Thursday June 19, 2008Number of Entries: 2,304Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 198Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Luis Velador (1/1) $ 2nd Chris Signore $ 3rd Osmin Dardon $ 4th Jae Chung $ 5th Shane Stacey $ 6th Dean Bui $ 7th Dany Georges $ 8th Utsab Saha $ 9th Justin Hoffman $
{{anchor|Event 33}} Event 33: $5,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
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: $Number of Payouts: 24Winning Hand: (two-pair no low)References
Place Name Prize 1st Sebastian Ruthenberg (1/1) $ 2nd Chris Ferguson (0/5) $ 3rd Bob Lauria $ 4th Marcel Lüske $ 5th Annie Duke (0/1) $ 6th Alessio Isaia $ 7th Steve Sung $ 8th Bob Beveridge $
{{anchor|Event 34}} Event 34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys
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: $Number of Payouts: 36Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Layne Flack (1/6) $ 2nd Daniel Makowsky $ 3rd Jacobo Fernandez $ 4th Dario Alioto (0/1) $ 5th Ted Forrest (0/5) $ 6th Kyle Kloeckner $ 7th Michael Guzzardi $ 8th Tim West $ 9th Frank Vizza $
{{anchor|Event 35}} Event 35: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud
3-Day Event: Wednesday June 18, 2008 to Friday June 20, 2008Number of Entries: 381Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 40Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Mike Rocco (1/1) $ 2nd Al Barbieri $ 3rd Levon Torosyan $ 4th Max Troy $ 5th Giacomo D'Agostino $ 6th Danny Kalpakis $ 7th Andre Boyer (0/1) $ 8th Jeffrey Siegal $
{{anchor|Event 36}} Event 36: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 198Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Jesper Hougaard (1/1) $ 2nd Cody Slaubaugh $ 3rd Aaron Kanter $ 4th Danny Wong $ 5th Doug Middleton $ 6th Justin Wald $ 7th Rick Solis $ 8th Owen Crowe $ 9th John Shipley $
{{anchor|Event 37}} Event 37: $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
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: $Number of Payouts: 27Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st David Benyamine (1/1) $ 2nd Greg Jamison $ 3rd Jason Gray $ 4th Toto Leonidas (0/1) $ 5th Mike Matusow (1/3) $ 6th Eugene Katchalov $ 7th Ram Vaswani (0/1) $ 8th David Chiu (0/4) $ 9th Tony Ma (0/2) $
{{anchor|Event 38}} Event 38: $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 63Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Davidi Kitai (1/1) $ 2nd Chris Bell $ 3rd Keith Greer $ 4th Jan Von Halle $ 5th Lee Watkinson (0/1) $ 6th Robert Cheung (0/1) $ 7th Ayaz Mahmood $ 8th Ben Roberts $ 9th Michael Greco $
{{anchor|Event 39}} Event 39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Saturday June 21, 2008 to Monday June 23, 2008Number of Entries: 2,720Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 270Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st David Woo (1/1) $ 2nd Matt Wood $ 3rd Eric Beren $ 4th Habib Khanis $ 5th Thom Werthmann $ 6th Curtis Early $ 7th Thanh Dat Tran $ 8th Mike Glasser $ 9th Jim Paras $
{{anchor|Event 40}} Event 40: $2,500 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw
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: $Number of Payouts: 24Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st John Phan (2/2) $ 2nd Shun Uchida $ 3rd Gioi Luong $ 4th Robert Mizrachi (0/1) $ 5th Ben Ponzio (0/1) $ 6th David Sklansky (0/3) $
{{anchor|Event 41}} Event 41: $1,500 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)
3-Day Event: Sunday June 22, 2008 to Tuesday June 24, 2008Number of Entries: 731Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Frank Gary (1/1) $ 2nd Jonathan Tamayo $ 3rd Nick Binger $ 4th Chris Rentes $ 5th Alex Jalali $ 6th David Machowsky $ 7th Mats Gavatin $ 8th Michael Chu (0/1) $ 9th David Sorger $
{{anchor|Event 42}} Event 42: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship
3-Day Event: Monday June 23, 2008 to Wednesday June 25, 2008Number of Entries: 2,218Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 198Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Dan Lacourse (1/1) $ 2nd Dale Eberle $ 3rd Marc Fluss $ 4th Jerry Yamachika $ 5th Fred Berger $ 6th Charles Wood $ 7th Peter Silverstein $ 8th Ed Clark $ 9th Marty Wilson $
{{anchor|Event 43}} Event 43: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
3-Day Event: Tuesday June 24, 2008 to Thursday June 26, 2008Number of Entries: 720Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Martin Kläser (1/1) $ 2nd Casey Kastle $ 3rd Michael Fetter $ 4th Erik Seidel (0/8) $ 5th Jon Maren $ 6th Chad Burum $ 7th Joseph Haddad $ 8th Larry Wright $ 9th Tom Chambers $
{{anchor|Event 44}} Event 44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys
3-Day Event: Wednesday June 25, 2008 to Friday June 27, 2008Number of Entries: 879Number of Rebuys/Add-ons: 2,508Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 81Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Max Greenwood (1/1) $ 2nd Rene Mouritsen $ 3rd Albert Iversen $ 4th Scott Freeman $ 5th Jesse Chinni $ 6th Aliaksandr Dzianisau $ 7th Curtis Kohlberg $ 8th Phung Ngo $ 9th Alex Bolotin $
{{anchor|Event 45}} Event 45: $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
5-Day Event: Wednesday June 25, 2008 to Sunday June 29, 2008Number of Entries: 148Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 16Winning Hand: (Hold'em)References
Place Name Prize 1st Scotty Nguyen (1/5) $ 2nd Michael DeMichele $ 3rd Erick Lindgren (1/1) $ 4th Matt Glantz $ 5th Lyle Berman* (0/3) $ 6th Barry Greenstein (1/3) $ 7th Huck Seed (0/4) $ 8th Patrick Bueno $
{{anchor|Event 46}} Event 46: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed)
3-Day Event: Thursday June 26, 2008 to Saturday June 28, 2008Number of Entries: 805Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 78Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Joe Commisso $ 2nd Richard Lyndaker $ 3rd Edward Ochana $ 4th Sam Trickett $ 5th Tom Lutz $ 6th Davidi Kitai (1/1) $
{{anchor|Event 47}} Event 47: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
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: $Number of Payouts: 56Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Ryan Hughes (1/2) $ 2nd Ron Long $ 3rd Thomas Hunt III $ 4th Alessio Isaia $ 5th Jonas Klausen $ 6th Tim D'Alessandro $ 7th Joshua Feldman $ 8th David Sklansky (0/3) $
{{anchor|Event 48}} Event 48: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 198Winning Hand: 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
Place Name Prize 1st Alexandre Gomes (1/1) $ 2nd Marco Johnson $ 3rd Ryan D'Angelo $ 4th Robert Brewer $ 5th Alan Cutler $ 6th Kirill Gerasimov $ 7th Sverre Sundbo $ 8th Gabe Costner $ 9th Dan Rome $
{{anchor|Event 49}} Event 49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 270Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st J. C. Tran (1/1) $ 2nd Rasmus Nielsen $ 3rd John Conroy $ 4th Peter Nguyen $ 5th Joe Pelton $ 6th Chad Siu $ 7th Jesper Hoog $ 8th Robert Kalb $ 9th Christoph Kohnen $
{{anchor|Event 50}} Event 50: $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha
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: $Number of Payouts: 36Winning Hand: Other: Nikolay Evdakov extends his single-year record for WSOP cashes with 10.References
Place Name Prize 1st Marty Smyth (1/1) $ 2nd Peter Jetten $ 3rd Michael Mizrachi $ 4th Billy Argyros $ 5th Richard Harroch $ 6th Kido Pham $ 7th Tom Hanlon $ 8th Brandon Moran $ 9th Greg Hurst $
{{anchor|Event 51}} Event 51: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
3-Day Event: Sunday June 29, 2008 to Tuesday July 1, 2008Number of Entries: 803Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 80Winning Hand: (Stud-8)References
Place Name Prize 1st James Schaaf (1/1) $ 2nd Tommy Hang $ 3rd Phil Hellmuth* (0/11) $ 4th Esther Rossi $ 5th Jason Dollinger $ 6th Sam Silverman $ 7th Victor Ramdin $ 8th Matt Grapenthein $
{{anchor|Event 52}} Event 52: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Monday June 30, 2008 to Wednesday July 2, 2008Number of Entries: 2,693Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 270Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st David Daneshgar (1/1) $ 2nd Scott Sitron $ 3rd Dan Heimiller (0/1) $ 4th Freddy Rouhani (1/1) $ 5th Corwin Cole $ 6th Matt Matros $ 7th Andrey Zaichenko $ 8th Jeff Courtney $ 9th Voitto Rintala $
{{anchor|Event 53}} Event 53: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
2-Day Event: Tuesday July 1, 2008 to Wednesday July 2, 2008Number of Entries: 823Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 90Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Matt Graham (1/1) $ 2nd Jean-Robert Bellande $ 3rd Joe Deniro $ 4th Brandon Wong $ 5th Danny Wong $ 6th Spencer Lawrence $ 7th John Kranyak $ 8th Andrew Prock $ 9th Michael Kachan $
{{anchor|Event 54}} Event 54: $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em
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: $Number of Payouts: 666Winning Hand: References
Place Name Prize 1st Peter Eastgate (1/1) $ 2nd Ivan Demidov $ 3rd Dennis Phillips $ 4th Ylon Schwartz $ 5th Scott Montgomery $ 6th Darus Suharto $ 7th David Rheem $ 8th Kelly Kim $ 9th Craig Marquis $
{{anchor|Event 55}} Event 55: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
2-Day Event: Monday July 7, 2008 to Tuesday July 8, 2008Number of Entries: 930Total Prize Pool: $Number of Payouts: 90Winning Hand: unknownReferences The results from the 2008 WSOP can be found on numerous websites. The ones used in compiling this list are:
Place Name Prize 1st Jonathan Kotula (1/1) $ 2nd Kevin O'Harra $ 3rd Glenda Harrell $ 4th Daniel Kohnen $ 5th Andrew Brock $ 6th Michael Anderson $ 7th Elaine Graham $ 8th David Dietrich $ 9th Monica Conrad $
References
"2008 World Series of Poker Set for May 30 through July 15 in Las Vegas" . WorldSeriesofPoker.com .Bradley, Reese. (2008-07-05). "Lindgren Honors Reese with POY Win" . Harrah's Entertainment .
"Poker Hall of Fame" . Advanced Global Applications, LLC ."ESPN to Televise Seventeen Consecutive Tuesday-Night Shows..." . pokerpages.com ."World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em (Event 1)" . Harrah’s Entertainment ."Congratulations to Nenad Medic, Event #1 Champion!" . Poker News ."No-Limit Hold'em (Event 2)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(4 June 2008). "Congratulations to Grant Hinkle, Champion of Event #2 ($ 831,462)" . Poker News .
"Pot-Limit Hold'em (Event 3)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(12 July 2009). "Event 3, Pot-Limit Hold'em" . Poker Listing .
"Event 3, Pot-Limit Hold'em" . Poker News ."Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) (Event 4)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(5 June 2008). "Congratulations to Erick Lindgren, Champion of Event No. 4 ($374,505)" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em w/ReBuys (Event 5)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(6 June 2008). "Hand #184-- Michael Banducci Wins the $1,000 No-Limit Hold-em W/Rebuys Event" . Poker News .
"Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 6)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(5 June 2008). "So Long From Event 6!" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em (Event 7)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(6 June 2008). "Matt Keikoan Wins the Bracelet!" . Poker News .
"World Championship Mixed Event (Event 8)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(6 June 2008). "Congratulations to Anthony Rivera, Event # 8 Champion!" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (Event 9)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(7 June 2008). "Congratulations to Rep Porter, Champion of Event #9 ($372,929)" . Poker News .
"Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (Event 10)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(7 June 2008). "Farzad Rouhani Wins Event 10" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event 11)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(8 June 2008). "Congratulations to Phil Tom, Champion of Event #11, $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout" . Poker News .
"Limit Hold'em (Event 12)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(June 2016). "And It's All Over -- Jimmy Shultz is the Champion of Event 12 ($257,105)" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em (Event 13)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(9 June 2008). "Hand #73-- Duncan Bell Wins the $2,500 No-Limit Hold-em Tournament." . Poker News .
"World World Championship Seven Card Stud (Event 14)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(9 June 2008). "Event #14 Is In the Books!" . Poker News .
"Ladies No-Limit Hold'em World Championship (Event 15)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(10 June 2008). "Congratulations to Svetlana Gromenkova, Event #15 Champion!" . Poker News .
"Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 16)" . Harrah’s Entertainment ."Andrew Brown Wins Event #16: $2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo ($226,483)" . Poker News ."No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event 17)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(11 June 2008). "Jason Young Wins Event 17 ($335,565)" . Poker News .
"No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ReBuys (Event 18)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(12 June 2008). "Congratulations to Mike Matusow, Champion of Event #18 ($537,862)" . Poker News .
"Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 19)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(12 June 2008). "Congratulations to Vanessa Selbst, Event No. 19 Champion ($227,905)" . Poker News .
"Limit Hold'em (Event 20)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(12 June 2008). "Congratulations to Daniel Negreanu, Event #20 Champion!" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em (Event 21)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(13 June 2008). "Hand #179-- Scott Seiver Eliminates Dave Seidman to Win the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event" . Poker News .
"H.O.R.S.E. (Event 22)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(June 2016). "Event #22 Concludes" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em (Event 23)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(14 June 2008). "Blair Hinkle Wins Event 23 ($507,563)" . Poker News .
"Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha (Event 24)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(14 June 2008). "Event 24 - $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em" . Poker News .
"World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em (Event 25)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(15 June 2008). "Congratulations to Kenny Tran, Champion of Event #25 ($539,056)" . Poker News .
"Seven Card Razz (Event 26)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(16 June 2008). "Congratulations to Barry Greenstein, Winner of Event #26 - $1,500 Razz ($157,619)" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em (Event 27)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(17 June 2008). "Congratulations to Vitaly Lunkin, Champion of Event #27 ($628,417)" . Poker News .
"Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys (Event 28)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(17 June 2008). "Congratulations to Phil Galfond, Champion of Event No. 28 ($817,781)" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em (Event 29)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(18 June 2008). "Event #29 is Now History" . Poker News .
"World Championship Limit Hold'em (Event 30)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(17 June 2008). "Hand #242-- Rob Hollink Wins the $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (Event 31)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(18 June 2008). "Dario Minieri Wins Event 31 ($528, 418)" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em (Event 32)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(19 June 2008). "Congratulations to Luis Velador, Event #32 Champion!" . Poker News .
"World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 33)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(20 June 2008). "Congratulations to Sebastian Ruthenberg, Event #33 Champion! ($328,756)" . Poker News .
"Pot-Limit Omaha W/ReBuys (Event 34)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(20 June 2008). "Congratulations to Layne Flack, Champion of Event No. 34 ($577,725)" . Poker News .
"Seven Card Stud (Event 35)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(20 June 2008). "Congratulations to Mike Rocco, Champion of Event #35 ($135,753)" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em (Event 36)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(21 June 2008). "Jesper Hougaard Eliminates Jeremy Schofer" . Poker News .
"World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 37)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(22 June 2008). "Event 37 - $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low World Championship" . Poker News .
"Pot-Limit Hold'em (Event 38)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(22 June 2008). "Davidi Kitai Wins Event 38 ($244,546)" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em (Event 39)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(23 June 2008). "Congratulations to David Woo, Event #39 Champion!" . Poker News .
"2-7 Triple Draw Lowball - Limit (Event 40)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(24 June 2008). "Congratulations to John Phan, Winner of Event #40 ($151,896)" . Poker News .
"Mixed Hold'em - limit/no-limit (Event 41)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(25 June 2008). "Congratulations to Frank Gary, Event #41 Champion! ($219,508)" . Poker News .
"Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship (Event 42)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(25 June 2008). "Event #42 Concludes" . Poker News .
"Event 43, Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight-or-Better" . Poker Listing .(26 June 2008). "Event #43 is History!" . Poker News .
"Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (Event 43)" . Harrah’s Entertainment ."World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (Event 45)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(30 June 2008). "Congratulations to Scotty Nguyen, 2008 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Champion." . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (Event 46)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(28 June 2008). "Congratulations to Joe Commisso, Champion of Event No. 46 ($911,855)" . Poker News .
"Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (Event 47)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(28 June 2008). "Congratulations to Ryan Hughes, Champion of Event #47 ($183,368)" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em (Event 48)" . Harrah’s Entertainment}}{{cite web .(29 June 2008). "Event #48 is History!" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em (Event 49)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(30 June 2008). "Congratulations to J. C. Tran - Champion of Event #49 ($631,170)" . Poker News .
"World Championship Pot Limit Omaha (Event 50)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(2 July 2008). "Congratulations to Marty Smyth, Champion of Event #50 ($859,532)" . Poker News .
"H.O.R.S.E. (Event 51)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(2 July 2008). "Congratulations to James Schaaf, Champion of Event #51 ($256,412)" . Poker News .
"No-Limit Hold'em (Event 52)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .(2 July 2008). "Congratulations to David Daneshgar, Event No. 52 Champion ($625,443)" . Poker News .
"Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event 53)" . Harrah’s Entertainment ."World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em (Event 54)" . Harrah’s Entertainment .
