2008 World Series of Poker results
# 2008 World Series of Poker results

Commented out: [[File:Wsop logo.png|right|thumb|150px|The WSOP logo]] 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. 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.

## 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

### Event 1: $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Friday May 30, 2008 to Sunday June 1, 2008
* Number of Entries: 352
* Total Prize Pool: $3,308,800
* Number of Payouts: 36
* Winning Hand: 7♥ 5♥
* References

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 |

### Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

* 4-Day Event: Saturday May 31, 2008 to Tuesday June 3, 2008
* Number of Entries: 3929
* Total Prize Pool: $5,363,085
* Number of Payouts: 378
* Winning Hand: 10♦ 4♦
* Other: Broke the record for largest field in a tournament that was not the WSOP main event.
* References

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 3: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Monday June 2, 2008 to Wednesday June 4, 2008
* Number of Entries: 714
* Total Prize Pool: $973,245
* Number of Payouts: 72
* Winning Hand: Q♠ 4♠
* References

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 |

### Event 4: $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)

* 3-Day Event: Monday June 2, 2008 to Wednesday June 4, 2008
* Number of Entries: 332
* Total Prize Pool: $1,560,400
* Number of Payouts: 36
* Winning Hand: A♥ 2♦
* References

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 5: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with Rebuys

* 3-Day Event: Tuesday June 3, 2008 to Thursday June 5, 2008
* Number of Entries: 766
* Number of Rebuys/Add-ons: 2,258
* Total Prize Pool: $2,894,094
* Number of Payouts: 72
* Winning Hand: A♦ J♣
* References

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 |

### Event 6: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

* 3-Day Event: Tuesday June 3, 2008 to Thursday June 5, 2008
* Number of Entries: 833
* Total Prize Pool: $1,249,500
* Number of Payouts: 81
* Winning Hand: K♦ 4♦ 7♥ 3♠
* References

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 |

### Event 7: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Wednesday June 4, 2008 to Friday June 6, 2008
* Number of Entries: 1592
* Total Prize Pool: $2,897,440
* Number of Payouts: 153
* Winning Hand: 10♠ 6♥
* References

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 8: $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event

* 3-Day Event: Wednesday June 4, 2008 to Friday June 6, 2008
* Number of Entries: 192
* Total Prize Pool: $1,804,800
* Number of Payouts: 24
* Winning Hand: A♠ K♥ (No-Limit Hold'em)
* References

Final Table :

| 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.

### Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed)

* 3-Day Event: Thursday June 5, 2008 to Saturday June 7, 2008
* Number of Entries: 1,236
* Total Prize Pool: $1,687,410
* Number of Payouts: 126
* Winning Hand: K♣ Q♠
* References

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 |

### Event 10: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

* 3-Day Event: Thursday June 5, 2008 to Saturday June 7, 2008
* Number of Entries: 388
* Total Prize Pool: $892,400
* Number of Payouts: 40
* Winning Hand: 3♦ 8♣ 2♥ 9♠
* References

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 |

### Event 11: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

* 3-Day Event: Friday June 6, 2008 to Sunday June 8, 2008
* Number of Entries: 360
* Total Prize Pool: $1,692,000
* Number of Payouts: 36
* Winning Hand: A♦ J♣
* References

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 |

### Event 12: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Friday June 6, 2008 to Sunday June 8, 2008
* Number of Entries: 881
* Total Prize Pool: $1,201,200
* Number of Payouts: 81
* Winning Hand: 10♥ 3♥
* References

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 |

### Event 13: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Saturday June 7, 2008 to Monday June 9, 2008
* Number of Entries: 1,397
* Total Prize Pool: $3,213,100
* Number of Payouts: 99
* Winning Hand: A♠ A♣
* References

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 |

### Event 14: $10,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud

* 3-Day Event: Saturday June 7, 2008 to Monday June 9, 2008
* Number of Entries: 158
* Total Prize Pool: $1,485,200
* Number of Payouts: 16
* Winning Hand: A♥ 5♠ 5♦ 3♦ A♦ 7♦ Q♦
* References

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 15: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em World Championship

* 3-Day Event: Sunday June 8, 2008 to Tuesday June 10, 2008
* Number of Entries: 1,190
* Total Prize Pool: $1,082,900
* Number of Payouts: 99
* Winning Hand: K♠ K♣
* References

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 |

### Event 16: $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

* 3-Day Event: Sunday June 8, 2008 to Tuesday June 10, 2008
* Number of Entries: 553
* Total Prize Pool: $1,002,820
* Number of Payouts: 54
* Winning Hand: 4♠ 5♦ J♥ 2♥
* References

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 |

### Event 17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

* 2-Day Event: Monday June 9, 2008 to Tuesday June 10, 2008
* Number of Entries: 1,000
* Total Prize Pool: $1,370,596
* Number of Payouts: 100
* Winning Hand: A♣ J♦
* References

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 |

### Event 18: $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball with Rebuys

* 3-Day Event: Monday June 9, 2008 to Wednesday June 11, 2008
* Number of Entries: 85
* Number of Rebuys/Add-ons: 272
* Total Prize Pool: $1,735,020
* Number of Payouts: 14
* Winning Hand: Q♥ 8♥ 7♣ 4♠ 3♦
* References

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 19: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

* 3-Day Event: Tuesday June 10, 2008 to Thursday June 12, 2008
* Number of Entries: 759
* Total Prize Pool: $1,036,035
* Number of Payouts: 72
* Winning Hand: 9♦ 2♣ J♠ J♣
* References

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 |

### Event 20: $2,000 Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Tuesday June 10, 2008 to Thursday June 12, 2008
* Number of Entries: 480
* Total Prize Pool: $873,600
* Number of Payouts: 45
* Winning Hand: 9♠ 5♥
* References

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 |

### Event 21: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Wednesday June 11, 2008 to Friday June 13, 2008
* Number of Entries: 731
* Total Prize Pool: $3,435,700
* Number of Payouts: 72
* Winning Hand: K♠ 9♣
* References

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 |

### Event 22: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.

* 3-Day Event: Wednesday June 11, 2008 to Friday June 13, 2008
* Number of Entries: 414
* Total Prize Pool: $1,142,640
* Number of Payouts: 40
* Winning Hand: 5♦ 5♣ 7♣ A♣ J♥ J♦ (Stud)
* References

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 23: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Thursday June 12, 2008 to Saturday June 14, 2008
* Number of Entries: 1,344
* Total Prize Pool: $2,446,080
* Number of Payouts: 99
* Winning Hand: 6♥ 6♣
* References

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 |

### Event 24: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha

* 3-Day Event: Thursday June 12, 2008 to Saturday June 14, 2008
* Number of Entries: 457
* Total Prize Pool: $1,051,100
* Number of Payouts: 45
* Winning Hand: K♥ J♥ 8♣ 7♠
* References

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 |

### Event 25: $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Friday June 13, 2008 to Sunday June 15, 2008
* Number of Entries: 256
* Total Prize Pool: $2,406,400
* Number of Payouts: 64
* Winning Hand: A♣ 8♣
* References

Top Finishers :

| 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 |

### Event 26: $1,500 Razz

* 3-Day Event: Friday June 13, 2008 to Sunday June 15, 2008
* Number of Entries: 453
* Total Prize Pool: $618,345
* Number of Payouts: 48
* Winning Hand: J-9-7-4-A-9-4
* References

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 |

### Event 27: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Saturday June 14, 2008 to Monday June 16, 2008
* Number of Entries: 2,706
* Total Prize Pool: $3,693,690
* Number of Payouts: 270
* Winning Hand: A♠ J♣
* References

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 |

### Event 28: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys

* 3-Day Event: Saturday June 14, 2008 to Monday June 16, 2008
* Number of Entries: 152
* Number of Rebuys/Add-ons: 483
* Total Prize Pool: $3,085,930
* Number of Payouts: 18
* Winning Hand: A♥ 7♥ 6♣ 5♣
* References

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 29: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Sunday June 15, 2008 to Tuesday June 17, 2008
* Number of Entries: 716
* Total Prize Pool: $1,976,160
* Number of Payouts: 72
* Winning Hand: A♥ 9♠
* References

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 |

### Event 30: $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Sunday June 15, 2008 to Tuesday June 17, 2008
* Number of Entries: 218
* Total Prize Pool: $2,049,200
* Number of Payouts: 27
* Winning Hand: A♣ 5♦
* References

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 |

### Event 31: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed)

* 3-Day Event: Monday June 16, 2008 to Wednesday June 18, 2008
* Number of Entries: 1,012
* Total Prize Pool: $2,327,600
* Number of Payouts: 108
* Winning Hand: Q♦ Q♠
* References

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 |

### Event 32: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Tuesday June 17, 2008 to Thursday June 19, 2008
* Number of Entries: 2,304
* Total Prize Pool: $3,144,960
* Number of Payouts: 198
* Winning Hand: A♦ 7♥
* References

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 |

### Event 33: $5,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

* 3-Day Event: Tuesday June 17, 2008 to Thursday June 19, 2008
* Number of Entries: 261
* Total Prize Pool: $1,226,700
* Number of Payouts: 24
* Winning Hand: 6♥ 2♦ 7♣ 4♠ Q♠ 4♦ 7♦ (two-pair no low)
* References

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys

* 3-Day Event: Wednesday June 18, 2008 to Friday June 20, 2008
* Number of Entries: 320
* Number of Rebuys/Add-ons: 1,350
* Total Prize Pool: $2,407,125
* Number of Payouts: 36
* Winning Hand: K♣ K♥ J♥ 2♠
* References

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 |

### Event 35: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud

* 3-Day Event: Wednesday June 18, 2008 to Friday June 20, 2008
* Number of Entries: 381
* Total Prize Pool: $510,705
* Number of Payouts: 40
* Winning Hand: K♦ K♥ Q♥ 8♠ 7♥ 2♣ A♦
* References

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 |

### Event 36: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Thursday June 19, 2008 to Saturday June 21, 2008
* Number of Entries: 2,447
* Total Prize Pool: $3,340,155
* Number of Payouts: 198
* Winning Hand: Q♠ Q♦
* References

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 |

### Event 37: $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

* 3-Day Event: Thursday June 19, 2008 to Saturday June 21, 2008
* Number of Entries: 235
* Total Prize Pool: $2,209,000
* Number of Payouts: 27
* Winning Hand: 10♣ 10♥ Q♣ 3♥
* References

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 38: $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Friday June 20, 2008 to Sunday June 22, 2008
* Number of Entries: 605
* Total Prize Pool: $1,101,100
* Number of Payouts: 63
* Winning Hand: A♦ Q♠
* References

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Saturday June 21, 2008 to Monday June 23, 2008
* Number of Entries: 2,720
* Total Prize Pool: $3,712,800
* Number of Payouts: 270
* Winning Hand: 10♥ 10♦
* References

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 |

### Event 40: $2,500 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw

* 3-Day Event: Sunday June 22, 2008 to Tuesday June 24, 2008
* Number of Entries: 238
* Total Prize Pool: $547,400
* Number of Payouts: 24
* Winning Hand: 7♦ 6♥ 4♠ 3♥ 2♠
* References

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 41: $1,500 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)

* 3-Day Event: Sunday June 22, 2008 to Tuesday June 24, 2008
* Number of Entries: 731
* Total Prize Pool: $996,450
* Number of Payouts: 72
* Winning Hand: A♠ 3♥
* References

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 |

### Event 42: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship

* 3-Day Event: Monday June 23, 2008 to Wednesday June 25, 2008
* Number of Entries: 2,218
* Total Prize Pool: $2,018,380
* Number of Payouts: 198
* Winning Hand: 9♦ 7♥
* References

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 |

### Event 43: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

* 3-Day Event: Tuesday June 24, 2008 to Thursday June 26, 2008
* Number of Entries: 720
* Total Prize Pool: $982,800
* Number of Payouts: 72
* Winning Hand: A♠ 3♠ Q♣ Q♥
* References

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 |

### Event 44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys

* 3-Day Event: Wednesday June 25, 2008 to Friday June 27, 2008
* Number of Entries: 879
* Number of Rebuys/Add-ons: 2,508
* Total Prize Pool: $3,240,174
* Number of Payouts: 81
* Winning Hand: A♥ J♦
* References

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 |

### Event 45: $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.

* 5-Day Event: Wednesday June 25, 2008 to Sunday June 29, 2008
* Number of Entries: 148
* Total Prize Pool: $7,104,000
* Number of Payouts: 16
* Winning Hand: A♦ 10♥ (Hold'em)
* References

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 |

### Event 46: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed)

* 3-Day Event: Thursday June 26, 2008 to Saturday June 28, 2008
* Number of Entries: 805
* Total Prize Pool: $3,783,500
* Number of Payouts: 78
* Winning Hand: A♦ Q♠
* References

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 |

### Event 47: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

* 3-Day Event: Thursday June 26, 2008 to Saturday June 28, 2008
* Number of Entries: 544
* Total Prize Pool: $742,560
* Number of Payouts: 56
* Winning Hand: 7♣ 7♥ 3♠ K♥ 4♥ 3♦ 7♠
* References

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 |

### Event 48: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Friday June 27, 2008 to Sunday June 29, 2008
* Number of Entries: 2,317
* Total Prize Pool: $4,216,940
* Number of Payouts: 198
* Winning 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

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Saturday June 28, 2008 to Monday June 30, 2008
* Number of Entries: 2,718
* Total Prize Pool: $3,710,070
* Number of Payouts: 270
* Winning Hand: K♣ Q♣
* References

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 |

### Event 50: $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha

* 3-Day Event: Sunday June 29, 2008 to Tuesday July 1, 2008
* Number of Entries: 381
* Total Prize Pool: $3,581,400
* Number of Payouts: 36
* Winning Hand: K♣ Q♦ J♣ J♠
* Other: Nikolay Evdakov extends his single-year record for WSOP cashes with 10.
* References

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 51: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

* 3-Day Event: Sunday June 29, 2008 to Tuesday July 1, 2008
* Number of Entries: 803
* Total Prize Pool: $1,096,095
* Number of Payouts: 80
* Winning Hand: 10♣ 8♠ 6♥ 8♣ 9♥ 8♥ A♣ (Stud-8)
* References

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 |

### Event 52: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

* 3-Day Event: Monday June 30, 2008 to Wednesday July 2, 2008
* Number of Entries: 2,693
* Total Prize Pool: $3,675,945
* Number of Payouts: 270
* Winning Hand: 10♥ 10♣
* References

Final Table :

| 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 |

### Event 53: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout

* 2-Day Event: Tuesday July 1, 2008 to Wednesday July 2, 2008
* Number of Entries: 823
* Total Prize Pool: $1,123,395
* Number of Payouts: 90
* Winning Hand: A♦ J♦
* References

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 |

### Event 54: $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em

* 12-Day Event: Thursday July 3, 2008 to Monday July 14, 2008
* Final Table: Sunday November 9, 2008 to Monday November 10, 2008
* Number of Entries: 6,844
* Total Prize Pool: $64,333,600
* Number of Payouts: 666
* Winning Hand: A♦ 5♠
* References

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 |

### Event 55: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em

* 2-Day Event: Monday July 7, 2008 to Tuesday July 8, 2008
* Number of Entries: 930
* Total Prize Pool: $418,500
* Number of Payouts: 90
* Winning Hand: unknown
* References

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 |
