Tournament Information
Tournament:
2008 Gold Strike World Poker Open
Date:
Jan 3 - 23, 2008
Venue:
Gold Strike Casino Resort
Tunica, MS, United States
Event:
WPT Championship Event (Jan 20 - 24, 2008)
Buy-in:
$10,000 + $300
Prize:
$2,512,300
Entries:
259
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 | Brett Faustman | $892,413 | — | — | |
| 2nd | Hoyt Corkins | $458,267 | — | — | |
| 3rd | Men "The Master" Nguyen | $241,193 | — | — | |
| 4th | Kassem "Freddy" Deeb | $168,835 | — | — | |
| 5th | Gabe Costner | $123,008 | — | — | |
| 6th | John Spadavecchia | $96,477 | — | — | |
| 7th | Michael Baas | $72,358 | — | — | |
| 8th | Dutch Boyd | $48,239 | — | — | |
| 9th | Sean Burstein | $28,943 | — | — | |
| 10th | Jose Rosenkrantz | $24,119 | — | — | |
| 11th | William McMahon | $24,119 | — | — | |
| 12th | Johnny Price | $24,119 | — | — | |
| 13th | Ken Christopher | $19,295 | — | — | |
| 14th | Greg Boe | $19,295 | — | — | |
| 15th | Jimmy Tran | $19,295 | — | — | |
| 16th | Jim Rumptz | $14,472 | — | — | |
| 17th | Neal Hensarling | $14,472 | — | — | |
| 18th | Barry Greenstein | $14,472 | — | — | |
| 19th | Gary Flur | $12,060 | — | — | |
| 20th | Gary Gibbs | $12,060 | — | — | |
| 21st | Thomas John "T.J." Cloutier | $12,060 | — | — | |
| 22nd | Bon John "John" Phan | $12,060 | — | — | |
| 23rd | Brian Taylor | $12,060 | — | — | |
| 24th | Erick Lindgren | $12,060 | — | — | |
| 25th | Jonathan Tare | $12,060 | — | — | |
| 26th | David Tran | $12,060 | — | — | |
| 27th | Brandon Steven | $12,060 | — | — | |
