Cika wannan jumla: Abubuwan da suka fi dacewa a cikin jerin 2008 sun hada da zabin Erick Lindgren a matsayin dan wasan na shekara. Kafin WSOP na 2008, Lindgren, wanda ya lashe munduwa kuma ya yi tebur uku na karshe, an yi la'akari da shi a matsayin "mafi kyawun dan wasan da bai taba lashe munduwa na WSOP ba". Phil Hellmuth, mai gidan wasan Poker Hall of Famer, ya kafa sabbin bayanai don mafi yawan WSOP aiki (68) da kuma mafi yawan WSOP aiki na karshe (41). Nikolay Evdakov ya jagoranci dukkan 'yan wasa tare da rikodin 10 da aka gama. Babban Taron, wanda ya fara da mahalarta 6,844 (matakin da aka wuce kawai ta yawan mahalarta a
2006), an dakatar da shi da zarar taron ya sauka zuwa 'yan wasa tara da ake buƙata don teburin ƙarshe; An ci gaba da Babban Taron a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba kuma an kammala shi da wasan karshe tsakanin Peter Eastgate da Ivan Demidov washegari. Wannan shekara ita ce ta farko da aka dakatar da Babban Taron a wannan salon, canjin da aka gabatar a buƙatar ESPN don ba da damar gidan talabijin ya yi watsa shirye-shiryen Babban Taron a rana ɗaya.