Tournament Information
Tournament:
2008 Gold Strike World Poker Open
Date:
Jan 3 - 23, 2008
Venue:
Gold Strike Casino Resort
Tunica, MS, United States
Event:
No Limit Hold'em (Jan 9, 2008)
Buy-in:
$300 + $40
Prize:
$178,200
Entries:
594
Other Events
| Jan 4, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $300 + 40 |
| Jan 5, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $500 + 50 |
| Jan 6, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $500 + 50 |
| Jan 7, 2008 | Limit Hold'em | $500 + 50 |
| Jan 8, 2008 | Omaha 8 or Better | $500 + 50 |
| Jan 9, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $300 + 40 |
| Jan 9, 2008 | Seven Card Stud 8 | $500 + 50 |
| Jan 10, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $500 + 50 |
| Jan 10, 2008 | Seven Card Stud | $500 + 50 |
| Jan 11, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $500 + 50 |
| Jan 12, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $500 + 50 |
| Jan 13, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $300 + 40 |
| Jan 13, 2008 | Pot Limit Omaha | $500 + 50 |
| Jan 14, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $500 + 50 |
| Jan 15, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $1,000 + 70 |
| Jan 16, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $1,000 + 70 |
| Jan 17, 2008 | Pot Limit Omaha - Championship | $5,000 + 150 |
| Jan 20 - 24, 2008 |
 WPT Championship Event
|
$10,000 + 300 |
Event Results
| Place | Player | Prize | GPI | PoY 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Harold "Buddy" Lockwood | $47,227 | — | — | |
| 2nd | Miles Taylor | $24,917 | — | — | |
| 3rd | Johnnie Blaze Short | $13,028 | — | — | |
| 4th | John Andrus | $11,400 | — | — | |
| 5th | Grant Watson | $9,771 | — | — | |
| 6th | John Valet | $8,143 | — | — | |
| 7th | Joseph Gore | $6,514 | — | — | |
| 8th | Stephen "Penguin" Garcia | $4,886 | — | — | |
| 9th | Jeffrey Whitson | $3,257 | — | — | |
| 10th | Herbert Gardner | $1,791 | — | — | |
| 11th | Richard Griffis | $1,791 | — | — | |
| 12th | Richard Cannette | $1,791 | — | — | |
| 13th | Scott Eliott | $1,466 | — | — | |
| 14th | William Johnson | $1,466 | — | — | |
| 15th | Brian Johnson | $1,466 | — | — | |
| 16th | Kevin Holtkamp | $1,140 | — | — | |
| 17th | Carl Stuck | $1,140 | — | — | |
| 18th | Eric Kaplan | $1,140 | — | — | |
| 19th | Clint Candrum | $814 | — | — | |
| 20th | Dan Woods | $814 | — | — | |
| 21st | Justin Hearne | $814 | — | — | |
| 22nd | Bill Levrets | $814 | — | — | |
| 23rd | Nhut Tran | $814 | — | — | |
| 24th | Ronald Bottner | $814 | — | — | |
| 25th | Will Cruse | $814 | — | — | |
| 26th | Scott Monteath | $814 | — | — | |
| 27th | Lawrence James | $814 | — | — | |
| 28th | Ray Nadeau | $570 | — | — | |
| 29th | Stacey Eason | $570 | — | — | |
| 30th | Joseph James Haddad | $570 | — | — | |
| 31st | Jerry Gobbell | $570 | — | — | |
| 32nd | Michael Persak | $570 | — | — | |
| 33rd | Gary Swaney | $570 | — | — | |
| 34th | James McAfee | $570 | — | — | |
| 35th | Paul Sales | $570 | — | — | |
| 36th | Lucas Harrell | $570 | — | — | |
| 37th | Joseph Joiner | $489 | — | — | |
| 38th | Russell Martin | $489 | — | — | |
| 39th | Pascal Boutineau | $489 | — | — | |
| 40th | Andre Pierce | $489 | — | — | |
| 41st | Josh Palmer | $489 | — | — | |
| 42nd | William Cagle | $489 | — | — | |
| 43rd | Danny Dorcey | $489 | — | — | |
| 44th | Mark Miller | $489 | — | — | |
| 45th | Peter Sullivan | $489 | — | — | |
| 46th | Chuck Cooner | $407 | — | — | |
| 47th | Vanessa Overton | $407 | — | — | |
| 48th | Jerry McCullough | $407 | — | — | |
| 49th | Barry Cook | $407 | — | — | |
| 50th | Eric Seiler | $407 | — | — | |
| 51st | Mike Harrell | $407 | — | — | |
| 52nd | Mike Evans | $407 | — | — | |
| 53rd | Tim Gorman | $407 | — | — | |
| 54th | Dale Perryman | $407 | — | — | |
