Tournament Information

Date: May 28 - Jul 16, 2008
Venue: Rio Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event: No Limit Hold'em (Jun 15 - 17, 2008)
Buy-in: $3,000
Prize: $1,976,160
Entries: 716

Other Events

May 30 - Jun 1, 2008 World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em $10,000
May 31 - Jun 3, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $1,500
Jun 2 - 4, 2008 Pot Limit Hold'em $1,500
Jun 2 - 4, 2008 Limit/No Limit Hold'em $5,000
Jun 3 - 5, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $1,000
Jun 3 - 5, 2008 Omaha Hi/Lo $1,500
Jun 4 - 6, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $2,000
Jun 4 - 6, 2008 World Championship 8-Game $10,000
Jun 5 - 7, 2008 Short-handed No Limit Hold'em $1,500
Jun 5 - 7, 2008 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo $2,500
Jun 6 - 8, 2008 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout $5,000
Jun 6 - 8, 2008 Limit Hold'em $1,500
Jun 7 - 9, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $2,500
Jun 7 - 9, 2008 World Championship Seven Card Stud $10,000
Jun 8 - 10, 2008 No Limit Hold'em - Ladies World Championship Event $1,000
Jun 8 - 10, 2008 Omaha Hi/Lo $2,000
Jun 9 - 11, 2008 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout $1,500
Jun 9 - 11, 2008 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw $5,000
Jun 10 - 12, 2008 Pot Limit Omaha $1,500
Jun 10 - 12, 2008 Limit Hold'em $2,000
Jun 11 - 13, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $5,000
Jun 11 - 13, 2008 H.O.R.S.E. $3,000
Jun 12 - 14, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $2,000
Jun 12 - 14, 2008 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha $2,500
Jun 13 - 15, 2008 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em $10,000
Jun 13 - 15, 2008 Seven Card Razz $1,500
Jun 14 - 16, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $1,500
Jun 14 - 17, 2008 Pot Limit Omaha $5,000
Jun 15 - 17, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $3,000
Jun 15 - 18, 2008 World Championship Limit Hold'em $10,000
Jun 16 - 18, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $2,500
Jun 17 - 19, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $1,500
Jun 17 - 19, 2008 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo $5,000
Jun 18 - 20, 2008 Pot Limit Omaha $1,500
Jun 18 - 20, 2008 Seven Card Stud $1,500
Jun 19 - 21, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $1,500
Jun 19 - 21, 2008 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo Split $10,000
Jun 20 - 22, 2008 Pot Limit Hold'em $2,000
Jun 21 - 23, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $1,500
Jun 22 - 24, 2008 Limit/No Limit Hold'em $1,500
Jun 25 - 29, 2008 H.O.R.S.E. $50,000
Jun 23 - 25, 2008 No Limit Hold'em - Seniors World Championship $1,000
Jun 24 - 26, 2008 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo $1,500
Jun 25 - 27, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $1,000
Jun 22 - 24, 2008 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw $2,500
Jun 26 - 28, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $5,000
Jun 26 - 28, 2008 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo $1,500
Jun 27 - 29, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $2,000
Jun 28 - 30, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $1,500
Jun 29 - Jul 1, 2008 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha $10,000
Jun 29 - Jul 1, 2008 H.O.R.S.E. $1,500
Jun 30 - Jul 2, 2008 No Limit Hold'em $1,500
Jul 1 - 3, 2008 Limit Hold'em - Shootout $1,500
Jul 2, 2008 Media Event
Jul 2, 2008 Ante Up For Africa Charity Event $5,000
Jul 3 - Nov 10, 2008 World Championship No Limit Hold'em $10,000
Jul 7 - 8, 2008 No Limit Hold'em - Casino Employees Event $500
Jul 1 - 2, 2008 ALL IN Energy Invitiational Poker Tournament $500

Event Results

Place Player Prize GPI PoY 2023
1st Bon John "John" Phan $434,789
2nd Johnny Neckar $277,452
3rd Matthew "Plattsburgh" Vengrin $167,973
4th Alex "Diesel" Bolotin $137,343
5th David Singer $112,641
6th Stewart Newman $88,927
7th Thuy Doan $69,165
8th Tony George "Tony" Dunst $54,344
9th Sebastian Segovia $39,523
10th Alexsander Zaslavsly $24,702
11th Linda Lee $24,702
12th William Lee Childs $24,702
13th Matthew "All In At 420" Stout $19,761
14th Dustin Pattinson $19,761
15th Vincent Peraino $19,761
16th Don Mullis $14,821
17th Ryan Young $14,821
18th Richard Tatalovich $14,821
19th Dale Pinchot $11,264
20th Zachary Carter King $11,264
21st Jon Traver $11,264
22nd Douglas Miranda $11,264
23rd Daniel "Dan" O'Brien $11,264
24th Hjalti Jacobsen $11,264
25th Leo Wolpert $11,264
26th Mclean Karr $11,264
27th Alex Melnikow $11,264
28th Norman Gautron $9,287
29th Christopher Glover $9,287
30th Kyu Cho $9,287
31st Duane "Rem" Remington $9,287
32nd Steven van Zadelhoff $9,287
33rd Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke $9,287
34th Leon Yanovsky $9,287
35th Amir Vahedi $9,287
36th Betty Carey $9,287
37th Byron Kaverman $7,311
38th Erik Jansson $7,311
39th Kathy Liebert $7,311
40th Thijs Wessels $7,311
41st Thomas Alcorn $7,311
42nd Markus Gonsalves $7,311
43rd Nathan Hoines $7,311
44th Derrick Plyler $7,311
45th John Anhalt $7,311
46th Eric "Rizen" Lynch $6,718
47th Marty Wong $6,718
48th Julius Colman $6,718
49th Jim Sachinidis $6,718
50th Barny Boatman $6,718
51st Nachman Berlin $6,718
52nd Beth Shak $6,718
53rd Max Greenwood $6,718
54th Pierluigi Scatola $6,718
55th Kristy Gazes $6,126
56th Oktay Altinbas $6,126
57th Stuart Paterson $6,126
58th Mark Muchnik $6,126
59th Rob Strong $6,126
60th Steve "Mango" O'Dwyer $6,126
61st Jason Somerville $6,126
62nd Nicolas "CrocMonsieur" Levi $6,126
63rd Doug MacKinnon $6,126
64th Francis Ferhat Mahiout $5,533
65th Todd Sisley $5,533
66th Hans Winzeler $5,533
67th Stephen "Allinstevie" Devlin $5,533
68th Joe "Maltese" Grech $5,533
69th Justin Newton $5,533
70th Dan Shak $5,533
71st Jeffrey King $5,533
72nd Alan Myerson $5,533