World Series of Poker 2008
The World Series of Poker 2008 was the 39th edition of the Poker World Championship and took place on May 30, 2008 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas . It ended with the final table of the main event , which - a novelty in the history of the WSOP - was played only after a four-month break from November 9-11, 2008.
Tournaments
structure
A total of 55 poker tournaments in the variants Texas Hold'em , Omaha Hold'em , Seven Card Stud , Razz and the mixed variant HORSE were on the tournament schedule. The buy-in was 500 to 50,000 US dollars . For a tournament victory, the players received a bracelet in addition to the prize money . With John Phan one player won two bracelets ; Vanessa Selbst and Svetlana Gromenkova was the only woman victorious. All tournaments were hosted by Harrah's Entertainment at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas .
Tournament schedule
# | Buy-in (in $ ) | competition | Tournament start | Attendees | winner | origin | Prize money (in $ ) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10,000 | (WCE) Pot Limit Hold'em | May 30, 2008 | 352 | Nenad Medić | 794.112 | |
2 | 1500 | No Limit Hold'em | May 31, 2008 | 3929 | Grant Hinkle | 831,462 | |
3 | 1500 | Pot Limit Hold'em | June 2, 2008 | 713 | David Singer | 214.132 | |
4th | 5000 | Mixed Hold'em (Limit / No-Limit) | June 2, 2008 | 332 | Erick Lindgren | 375.617 | |
5 | 1000 | No-Limit Hold'em w / ReBuys | June 3, 2008 | 766 | Michael Banducci | 636.736 | |
6th | 1500 | Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | June 3, 2008 | 832 | Thang Luu | 243.036 | |
7th | 2000 | No Limit Hold'em | June 4, 2008 | 1593 | Matt Keikoan | 550.601 | |
8th | 10,000 | (WCE) Mixed Event | June 4, 2008 | 192 | Anthony Rivera | 483,688 | |
9 | 1500 | No Limit Hold'em / Six Handed | June 5, 2008 | 1236 | Rep Porter | 372.843 | |
10 | 2500 | Omaha / Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better | June 5, 2008 | 388 | Farzad Rouhani | 232.911 | |
11 | 5000 | No Limit Hold'em Shootout | June 6, 2008 | 360 | Phillip Tom | 477.990 | |
12 | 1500 | Limit Hold'em | June 6, 2008 | 883 | Jimmy Shultz | 257.936 | |
13 | 2500 | No Limit Hold'em | June 7, 2008 | 1397 | Duncan Bell | 666.777 | |
14th | 10,000 | (WCE) Seven Card Stud | June 7, 2008 | 158 | Eric Brooks | 415.856 | |
15th | 1000 | Ladies No Limit Hold'em | June 8, 2008 | 1190 | Svetlana Gromenkova | 244,702 | |
16 | 2000 | Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | June 8, 2008 | 551 | Andrew Brown | 226.483 | |
17th | 1500 | No Limit Hold'em Shootout | June 9, 2008 | 1000 | Jason Young | 335,565 | |
18th | 5000 | No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w / ReBuys | June 9, 2008 | 85 | Mike Matusow | 537,862 | |
19th | 1500 | Pot Limit Omaha | June 10, 2008 | 759 | Vanessa herself | 227.965 | |
20th | 2000 | Limit Hold'em | June 10, 2008 | 479 | Daniel Negreanu | 204,874 | |
21st | 5000 | No Limit Hold'em | June 11, 2008 | 731 | Scott Seiver | 755.891 | |
22nd | 3000 | HORSE | June 11, 2008 | 414 | Jens Voertmann | 298.227 | |
23 | 2000 | No Limit Hold'em | June 12, 2008 | 1344 | Blair Hinkle | 507.563 | |
24 | 2500 | Pot Limit Hold'em / Omaha | June 12, 2008 | 457 | Max Pescatori | 246,471 | |
25th | 10,000 | (WCE) Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em | June 13, 2008 | 256 | Kenny Tran | 539.056 | |
26th | 1500 | Razz | June 13, 2008 | 453 | Barry Greenstein | 157.619 | |
27 | 1500 | No Limit Hold'em | June 14, 2008 | 2706 | Vitaly Lunkin | 628.417 | |
28 | 5000 | Pot Limit Omaha w / rebuys | June 14, 2008 | 152 | Phil Galfond | 817.781 | |
29 | 3000 | No Limit Hold'em | June 15, 2008 | 716 | John Phan | 434,789 | |
30th | 10,000 | (WCE) Limit Hold'em | June 15, 2008 | 218 | Rob Hollink | 496.931 | |
31 | 2500 | No Limit Hold'em Short Handed | June 16, 2008 | 1012 | Dario Minieri | 528.418 | |
32 | 1500 | No Limit Hold'em | June 17, 2008 | 2304 | Luis Velador | 574.734 | |
33 | 5000 | (WCE) Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | June 17, 2008 | 261 | Sebastian Ruthenberg | 328,756 | |
34 | 1500 | Pot Limit Omaha w / rebuys | June 18, 2008 | 320 | Layne Flack | 577.725 | |
35 | 1500 | Seven Card Stud | June 18, 2008 | 381 | Michael Rocco | 135,753 | |
36 | 1500 | No Limit Hold'em | June 19, 2008 | 2447 | Jesper Hougaard | 610,304 | |
37 | 10,000 | (WCE) Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | June 19, 2008 | 235 | David Benyamine | 535.687 | |
38 | 2000 | Pot Limit Hold'em | June 20, 2008 | 605 | Davidi Kitai | 244,583 | |
39 | 1500 | No Limit Hold'em | June 21, 2008 | 2720 | David Woo | 631,656 | |
40 | 2500 | 2-7 Limit Triple Draw Lowball | June 22, 2008 | 238 | John Phan | 151,896 | |
41 | 1500 | Mixed hold'em | June 22, 2008 | 731 | Frank Gary | 219.508 | |
42 | 1500 | (WCE) Seniors No Limit Hold'em | June 23, 2008 | 2218 | Dan Lacourse | 368,832 | |
43 | 1500 | Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | June 24, 2008 | 720 | Martin Kläser | 216,249 | |
44 | 1000 | No Limit Hold'em w / rebuys | June 25, 2008 | 879 | Max Greenwood | 693.444 | |
45 | 50,000 | (WCE) HORSE | June 25, 2008 | 148 | Scotty Nguyen | 1,989,120 | |
46 | 5000 | No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed | June 26, 2008 | 805 | Joe Commisso | 911,855 | |
47 | 1500 | Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better | June 26, 2008 | 543 | Ryan Hughes | 183,368 | |
48 | 2000 | No-Limit Hold'em | June 27, 2008 | 2317 | Alexandre Gomes | 770.540 | |
49 | 1500 | No-Limit Hold'em | June 28, 2008 | 2718 | JC Tran | 631.170 | |
50 | 10,000 | (WCE) Pot Limit Omaha | June 29, 2008 | 381 | Marty Smyth | 859,549 | |
51 | 1500 | HORSE | June 29, 2008 | 803 | James Schaaf | 256.412 | |
52 | 1500 | No-Limit Hold'em | June 30, 2008 | 2693 | David Daneshgar | 625.443 | |
53 | 1500 | Limit Hold'em Shootout | July 1, 2008 | 823 | Matt Graham | 278.180 | |
54 | 10,000 | (WCE) No-Limit Hold'em | July 3, 2008 | 6844 | Peter Eastgate | 9,119,517 | |
55 | 500 | Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em | July 7, 2008 | 930 | Jonathan Kotula | 87,929 |
Main Event
The final table started on November 9th, 2008. In the final hand, Eastgate won with A ♦ 5 ♠ against Demidow with 4 ♥ 2 ♥ .
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $ ) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter Eastgate | 9,152,416 | |
2 | Ivan Demidov | 5,809,595 | |
3 | Dennis Phillips | 4,517,773 | |
4th | Ylon Schwartz | 3,794,974 | |
5 | Scott Montgomery | 3,096,768 | |
6th | Darus Suharto | 2,418,562 | |
7th | David Rheem | 1,772,650 | |
8th | Kelly Kim | 1,288,217 | |
9 | Craig Marquis | 900,670 |
Web links
- World Series of Poker 2008 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2008 WSOP Success on the World Series of Poker website, accessed June 19, 2019
- ↑ 2008 World Series of Poker Set for May 30 through July 17 in Las Vegas on the World Series of Poker website, accessed June 20, 2019