Tournament Information

Date: Jan 5 - 20, 2008
Venue: Crown Casino Melbourne, Australia
Event: No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Jan 14 - 19, 2008)
Buy-in: AU$10,000 + AU$500
Prize: AU$7,758,500
Entries: 780

Other Events

Jan 5 - 6, 2008 No Limit Hold'em AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 6 - 7, 2008 Pot Limit Hold'em AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 7, 2008 Limit Seven Card Stud/Hi-Lo/Razz AU$500 + 50
Jan 8 - 9, 2008 Limit Hold'em AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 9 - 10, 2008 No Limit Hold'em AU$1,000 + 150
Jan 10 - 11, 2008 No Limit Hold'em - Bounty Event AU$1,500 + 150
Jan 11, 2008 Pot Limit Omaha AU$3,000 + 250
Jan 12, 2008 Two Card Manila Championship AU$3,000 + 250
Jan 12, 2008 No Limit Hold'em AU$100,000 + 500
Jan 12 - 13, 2008 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha/Omaha Hi/Lo AU$2,000 + 200
Jan 12, 2008 PokerPro No Limit Hold'em AU$1,000 + 50
Jan 14 - 19, 2008 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event AU$10,000 + 500
Jan 17 - 19, 2008 Australian Heads Up Championship AU$5,000 + 300
Jan 18, 2008 No Limit Hold'em - Teams Event AU$1,500 + 150
Jan 19 - 20, 2008 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed AU$2,000 + 200
Jan 20, 2008 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 20, 2008 H.O.R.S.E - Special Event AU$10,000 + 500

Event Results

Place Player Prize GPI PoY 2023
1st Alexander Kostritsyn $1,450,396 AU$1,650,000
2nd Erik Seidel $879,028 AU$1,000,000
3rd Michael Chrisanthopoulos $615,319 AU$700,000
4th Peter Ling $439,514 AU$500,000
5th Pellegrino Marotta $351,611 AU$400,000
6th Antonio Casale $263,708 AU$300,000
7th Peter Mobbs $197,781 AU$225,000
8th Nico Behling $153,829 AU$175,000
9th Rob Akery $153,829 AU$175,000
10th Max "The Italian Pirate" Pescatori $118,668 AU$135,000
11th Matthew Kirk $118,668 AU$135,000
12th Jean Gianotti $118,668 AU$135,000
13th Mark Kassis $87,902 AU$100,000
14th Robert Holster $87,902 AU$100,000
15th Dane Lomas $87,902 AU$100,000
16th Steven Miller $87,902 AU$100,000
17th Hiroshi Shinamura $87,902 AU$100,000
18th Max Bracht $87,902 AU$100,000
19th Duncan Godfrey $57,136 AU$65,000
20th Alexey Rozenberg $57,136 AU$65,000
21st Patrick Kellogg $57,136 AU$65,000
22nd Remi André Westrebø $57,136 AU$65,000
23rd Gareth Teatum $57,136 AU$65,000
24th Matthew "All In At 420" Stout $57,136 AU$65,000
25th Ramzi Jelassi $35,161 AU$40,000
26th Matthew LaGarde $35,161 AU$40,000
27th Trevor Wollard $35,161 AU$40,000
28th Michael Russell $35,161 AU$40,000
29th Timothy West $35,161 AU$40,000
30th John Delessandri $35,161 AU$40,000
31st Jason Potter $26,370 AU$30,000
32nd Dusan "Duzh" Stoevski $26,370 AU$30,000
33rd Carter Swidler $26,370 AU$30,000
34th Andy Black $26,370 AU$30,000
35th Marcus de Vijlder $26,370 AU$30,000
36th Tiffany Williamson $26,370 AU$30,000
37th Peter "Nordberg" Feldman $21,975 AU$25,000
38th Sam Youssef $21,975 AU$25,000
39th Ewan Morgan $21,975 AU$25,000
40th Phil Peters $21,975 AU$25,000
41st Dale Townsend $21,975 AU$25,000
42nd Shane Pickering $21,975 AU$25,000
43rd Tyler Cornell $21,975 AU$25,000
44th Michael Wong $21,975 AU$25,000
45th Kevin Saul $21,975 AU$25,000
46th Raymond Rahme $21,975 AU$25,000
47th Con Angelakis $21,975 AU$25,000
48th Adriano Cendron $21,975 AU$25,000
49th Joseph Melancon $21,975 AU$25,000
50th Robert Salter $21,975 AU$25,000
51st Dominic Sinagra $21,975 AU$25,000
52nd Nick Putt $21,975 AU$25,000
53rd Kenna James $21,975 AU$25,000
54th Bong Vongsykeo $21,975 AU$25,000
55th Gerard Ebeyan $21,975 AU$25,000
56th Barry Long $21,975 AU$25,000
57th Ric Kol $21,975 AU$25,000
58th Andrew Feldman $21,975 AU$25,000
59th Kenny Shei $21,975 AU$25,000
60th Niels Rikhof $21,975 AU$25,000
61st Mitchell Carle $21,975 AU$25,000
62nd Tom "Durrrr" Dwan $21,975 AU$25,000
63rd Jonathon Maczik $21,975 AU$25,000
64th Dave Barnes $21,975 AU$25,000
65th Martin Lundegren $13,185 AU$15,000
66th Kevin O'Donnell $13,185 AU$15,000
67th Matt Matros $13,185 AU$15,000
68th Jim Sachinidis $13,185 AU$15,000
69th Leon Yanovsky $13,185 AU$15,000
70th Michael Wolf $13,185 AU$15,000
71st Niclas Dymling $13,185 AU$15,000
72nd Luiz Peixoto $13,185 AU$15,000
73rd Erick Lindgren $13,185 AU$15,000
74th Baden Logan $13,185 AU$15,000
75th Ryan Cagle $13,185 AU$15,000
76th Leo "The Mechanic" Boxell $13,185 AU$15,000
77th Perry Friedman $13,185 AU$15,000
78th Peter "Zupp" Jepsen $13,185 AU$15,000
79th Johan Percivall $13,185 AU$15,000
80th Lucio Baroni $6,592 AU$7,500
80th Charles Cuschieri $6,592 AU$7,500