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] 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. [2] 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”. [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] Nikolay Evdakov led all players with a record 10 money finishes. [5] The Main Event, which began with 6,844 participants (a level exceeded only by the number of participants at the 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]
* | 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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Nenad Medic (1/1) | $794,112 |
2nd | Andy Bloch | $488,048 |
3rd | Kathy Liebert (0/1) | $306,064 |
4th | Mike Sexton (0/1) | $248,160 |
5th | Amit Makhija | $198,528 |
6th | Chris Bell | $157,168 |
7th | Patrik Antonius | $124,080 |
8th | Mike Sowers | $99,264 |
9th | Phil Laak | $74,448 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Grant Hinkle (1/1) | $831,462 |
2nd | James Akenhead | $520,219 |
3rd | Chris Ferguson (0/5) | $388,287 |
4th | Theo Tran | $327,148 |
5th | Mike Ngo | $268,154 |
6th | Aaron Coulthard | $211,841 |
7th | Melvin Jones | $158,211 |
8th | David Bach | $117,987 |
9th | Joe Rutledge | $83,127 |
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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Erick Lindgren (1/1) | $374,505 |
2nd | Justin Bonomo | $230,159 |
3rd | Andrew Robl | $144,337 |
4th | Roland De Wolfe | $117,030 |
5th | David Rheem | $93,624 |
6th | Howard Lederer (0/2) | $74,119 |
7th | David Williams (0/1) | $58,515 |
8th | Pat Pezzin | $46,812 |
9th | Isaac Haxton | $35,109 |
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 |
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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Matt Keikoan (1/1) | $550,601 |
2nd | Shannon Shorr | $349,141 |
3rd | Carter Gill | $228,897 |
4th | Theo Tran | $191,231 |
5th | Mihai Manole | $155,013 |
6th | Chris Björin (0/2) | $123,141 |
7th | J. C. Tran | $94,166 |
8th | Alex Bolotin | $72,436 |
9th | Mike Lisanti | $50,705 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Anthony Rivera (1/1) | $483,688 |
2nd | James Mackey (0/1) | $297,792 |
3rd | Matt Glantz | $184,992 |
4th | Michael DeMichele | $139,872 |
5th | Eli Elezra (0/1) | $108,288 |
6th | Sam Farha (0/2) | $85,728 |
7th | Tom Dwan | $67,680 |
8th | Jeff Madsen (0/2) | $54,144 |
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Eric Brooks (1/1) | $415,856 |
2nd | Fu Wong | $259,910 |
3rd | Alexander Kostritsyn | $163,372 |
4th | Minh Ly | $118,816 |
5th | Erik Seidel (0/8) | $92,825 |
6th | Jim Paluszek | $74,260 |
7th | David Oppenheim | $59,408 |
8th | Vassilios Lazarou | $48,269 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Mike Matusow (1/3) | $537,862 |
2nd | Jeff Lisandro (0/1) | $347,004 |
3rd | Barry Greenstein (0/2) | $225,552 |
4th | Erick Lindgren (1/1) | $156,151 |
5th | Tom Schneider (0/2) | $104,101 |
6th | Tony G | $78,075 |
7th | David Benyamine | $58,990 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Jens Voertmann (1/1) | $298,253 |
2nd | Doug Ganger | $182,822 |
3rd | Marcel Lüske | $110,264 |
4th | Hoyt Corkins (0/2) | $81,698 |
5th | Jared Davis | $61,702 |
6th | Steve Zolotow (0/2) | $47,990 |
7th | Rostislav Tsodikov | $36,564 |
8th | Jennifer Harman (0/2) | $30,851 |
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 |
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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Kenny Tran (1/1) | $539,056 |
2nd | Alec Torelli | $336,896 |
SF | Vanessa Selbst (1/1) | $108,288 |
SF | Jonathan Jaffe | $108,288 |
QF | Lyle Berman* (0/3) | $54,144 |
QF | Brandon Adams | $54,144 |
QF | Gavin Griffin (0/1) | $54,144 |
QF | Robert Mizrachi (0/1) | $54,144 |
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 |
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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Phil Galfond (1/1) | $817,781 |
2nd | Adam Hourani | $493,748 |
3rd | David Benyamine | $316,307 |
4th | Johnny Chan* (0/10) | $246,874 |
5th | Kirill Gerasimov | $192,870 |
6th | John Juanda (0/3) | $154,296 |
7th | Daniel Negreanu (1/4) | $123,437 |
8th | Phil Hellmuth* (0/11) | $100,292 |
9th | Brian Rast | $84,863 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Sebastian Ruthenberg (1/1) | $328,756 |
2nd | Chris Ferguson (0/5) | $202,406 |
3rd | Bob Lauria | $125,737 |
4th | Marcel Lüske | $95,069 |
5th | Annie Duke (0/1) | $73,602 |
6th | Alessio Isaia | $58,268 |
7th | Steve Sung | $46,001 |
8th | Bob Beveridge | $36,801 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | David Benyamine (1/1) | $535,687 |
2nd | Greg Jamison | $331,350 |
3rd | Jason Gray | $209,855 |
4th | Toto Leonidas (0/1) | $171,197 |
5th | Mike Matusow (1/3) | $138,062 |
6th | Eugene Katchalov | $110,450 |
7th | Ram Vaswani (0/1) | $88,360 |
8th | David Chiu (0/4) | $71,792 |
9th | Tony Ma (0/2) | $55,225 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Davidi Kitai (1/1) | $244,546 |
2nd | Chris Bell | $155,806 |
3rd | Keith Greer | $94,695 |
4th | Jan Von Halle | $77,077 |
5th | Lee Watkinson (0/1) | $63,313 |
6th | Robert Cheung (0/1) | $50,100 |
7th | Ayaz Mahmood | $39,089 |
8th | Ben Roberts | $30,831 |
9th | Michael Greco | $22,573 |
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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | John Phan (2/2) | $151,896 |
2nd | Shun Uchida | $95,795 |
3rd | Gioi Luong | $61,583 |
4th | Robert Mizrachi (0/1) | $41,055 |
5th | Ben Ponzio (0/1) | $28,739 |
6th | David Sklansky (0/3) | $20,528 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Alexandre Gomes (1/1) | $770,540 |
2nd | Marco Johnson | $491,273 |
3rd | Ryan D'Angelo | $326,812 |
4th | Robert Brewer | $274,101 |
5th | Alan Cutler | $223,497 |
6th | Kirill Gerasimov | $177,111 |
7th | Sverre Sundbo | $134,942 |
8th | Gabe Costner | $103,315 |
9th | Dan Rome | $71,687 |
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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Marty Smyth (1/1) | $859,549 |
2nd | Peter Jetten | $528,256 |
3rd | Michael Mizrachi | $331,279 |
4th | Billy Argyros | $268,605 |
5th | Richard Harroch | $214,884 |
6th | Kido Pham | $170,116 |
7th | Tom Hanlon | $134,302 |
8th | Brandon Moran | $107,442 |
9th | Greg Hurst | $80,581 |
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 |
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | David Daneshgar | $625,443 |
2nd | Scott Sitron | $385,974 |
3rd | Dan Heimiller (0/1) | $275,695 |
4th | Freddy Rouhani (1/1) | $231,584 |
5th | Corwin Cole | $189,311 |
6th | Matt Matros | $148,875 |
7th | Andrey Zaichenko | $112,116 |
8th | Jeff Courtney | $84,546 |
9th | Voitto Rintala | $57,712 |
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 |
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 |
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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The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States. Since 1970, participants have had to travel to Las Vegas if they wanted to compete in the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Although the WSOP held circuit events in other locations, the main tournaments, which awarded bracelets to the winners, were exclusively held in Las Vegas. The inaugural WSOPE, held in 2007, marked the first time that a WSOP bracelet was awarded outside Las Vegas.
The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States. Since 1970, participants have had to travel to Las Vegas if they wanted to compete in the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Although the WSOP held circuit events in other locations, the main tournaments, which awarded bracelets to the winners, were exclusively held in Las Vegas. The inaugural WSOPE, held in 2007, marked the first time that a WSOP bracelet was awarded outside Las Vegas.
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