Tournament Information
Tournament:
39th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2008
Date:
May 28 - Jul 16, 2008
Venue:
Rio Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event:
No Limit Hold'em (Jun 28 - 30, 2008)
Buy-in:
$1,500
Prize:
$3,710,070
Entries:
2,718
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 | Justin Cuong Van "J.C." Tran | $631,170 | — | — | |
| 2nd | Rasmus H Nielsen | $389,557 | — | — | |
| 3rd | John Conroy | $278,255 | — | — | |
| 4th | Peter Nguyen | $233,734 | — | — | |
| 5th | Joe Pelton | $191,068 | — | — | |
| 6th | Chad Siu | $150,257 | — | — | |
| 7th | Jesper Hoog | $113,157 | — | — | |
| 8th | Robert Francisco Kalb | $85,331 | — | — | |
| 9th | Christoph Köhnen | $58,248 | — | — | |
| 10th | Anderson Silva | $36,729 | — | — | |
| 11th | Kevin Nathan | $36,729 | — | — | |
| 12th | Jason Moungey | $36,729 | — | — | |
| 13th | Brett Switzer | $29,309 | — | — | |
| 14th | Parviz Razavian | $29,309 | — | — | |
| 15th | Steven Pierce | $29,309 | — | — | |
| 16th | Paul Kim | $21,889 | — | — | |
| 17th | Karen Manfrede | $21,889 | — | — | |
| 18th | Dominik Degott | $21,889 | — | — | |
| 19th | Tuan "Tommy" Vu | $17,437 | — | — | |
| 20th | Kirby Brewer | $17,437 | — | — | |
| 21st | David Tran | $17,437 | — | — | |
| 22nd | Neil Deutsch | $17,437 | — | — | |
| 23rd | Augusto Cavazzini | $17,437 | — | — | |
| 24th | Kevin Brown | $17,437 | — | — | |
| 25th | Men "The Master" Nguyen | $17,437 | — | — | |
| 26th | David "The Dragon" Pham | $17,437 | — | — | |
| 27th | Andy Black | $17,437 | — | — | |
| 28th | Jon Friedberg | $13,727 | — | — | |
| 29th | Michael Lam | $13,727 | — | — | |
| 30th | Matt Matros | $13,727 | — | — | |
| 31st | Hevad "Rain" Khan | $13,727 | — | — | |
| 32nd | Young Phan | $13,727 | — | — | |
| 33rd | Alexander Gregory | $13,727 | — | — | |
| 34th | Kristy Gazes | $13,727 | — | — | |
| 35th | Vivek "FLOG" Rajkumar | $13,727 | — | — | |
| 36th | Jun Lin Yan | $13,727 | — | — | |
| 37th | Christopher Drake | $10,759 | — | — | |
| 38th | Shane Pacheco | $10,759 | — | — | |
| 39th | Cameron Wiley | $10,759 | — | — | |
| 40th | Jianhuan Chen | $10,759 | — | — | |
| 41st | Manelic Minaya | $10,759 | — | — | |
| 42nd | Micah Raskin | $10,759 | — | — | |
| 43rd | Neil "Bad Beat" Channing | $10,759 | — | — | |
| 44th | Keith Johnson | $10,759 | — | — | |
| 45th | Gerry Kane | $10,759 | — | — | |
| 46th | Frank Nichols | $9,646 | — | — | |
| 47th | Gabriel Alarie | $9,646 | — | — | |
| 48th | Joshua Pollock | $9,646 | — | — | |
| 49th | Paul Nobles | $9,646 | — | — | |
| 50th | Christopher Viox | $9,646 | — | — | |
| 51st | Jonathan Sarkisian | $9,646 | — | — | |
| 52nd | Andy Garza | $9,646 | — | — | |
| 53rd | Jody Mitchell | $9,646 | — | — | |
| 54th | Nancy Todd | $9,646 | — | — | |
| 55th | Van Tuyet Nguyen | $8,533 | — | — | |
| 56th | Tim Wiegand | $8,533 | — | — | |
| 57th | Jeffrey Bajalieh | $8,533 | — | — | |
| 58th | John Green | $8,533 | — | — | |
| 59th | Greg "FBT" Mueller | $8,533 | — | — | |
| 60th | Robert Vecchio | $8,533 | — | — | |
| 61st | Timothy Krauswkopf | $8,533 | — | — | |
| 62nd | Chris Skoldberg | $8,533 | — | — | |
| 63rd | Lee Salem | $8,533 | — | — | |
| 64th | Rick Ribble | $7,420 | — | — | |
| 65th | Fergal Nealon | $7,420 | — | — | |
| 66th | Andrew Fields | $7,420 | — | — | |
| 67th | Jeffrey Kent | $7,420 | — | — | |
| 68th | Steven Schaet | $7,420 | — | — | |
| 69th | Paul Kershaw | $7,420 | — | — | |
| 70th | Matt "Cub" Culberson | $7,420 | — | — | |
| 71st | Todd Lundwall | $7,420 | — | — | |
| 72nd | Taylor Douglas | $7,420 | — | — | |
| 73rd | Xiao Deng | $6,307 | — | — | |
| 74th | Joseph James | $6,307 | — | — | |
| 75th | Bradford Jensen | $6,307 | — | — | |
| 76th | Michael Katz | $6,307 | — | — | |
| 77th | Brad Anderson | $6,307 | — | — | |
| 78th | Antoon Kleijnen | $6,307 | — | — | |
| 79th | Peter Hansson | $6,307 | — | — | |
| 80th | Timothy Croston | $6,307 | — | — | |
| 81st | Greg Wagner | $6,307 | — | — | |
| 82nd | Sherif Zaher | $5,565 | — | — | |
| 83rd | Lawrence Marshall | $5,565 | — | — | |
| 84th | Jeff Cohen | $5,565 | — | — | |
| 85th | Trieu Hong | $5,565 | — | — | |
| 86th | Stan Jablonski | $5,565 | — | — | |
| 87th | Alexander Schwab | $5,565 | — | — | |
| 88th | Carlos Fernandez | $5,565 | — | — | |
| 89th | Joseph Chee | $5,565 | — | — | |
| 90th | Robert Karr | $5,565 | — | — | |
| 91st | Kevin Dwyer | $4,823 | — | — | |
| 92nd | David Bass | $4,823 | — | — | |
| 93rd | Yury Kobtsev | $4,823 | — | — | |
| 94th | Gerald Reed | $4,823 | — | — | |
| 95th | Matt Heintschel | $4,823 | — | — | |
| 96th | Steven Josephsen | $4,823 | — | — | |
| 97th | Jeffrey Bragalone | $4,823 | — | — | |
| 98th | Brian Cousineau | $4,823 | — | — | |
| 99th | Mark Rubin | $4,823 | — | — | |
| 100th | Jason P Smith | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 101st | Kekoa Ynigues | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 102nd | Daniel Cole | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 103rd | Michael Rausa | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 104th | Jeffrie Charlton | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 105th | Eugene "Gene" Todd | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 106th | Andrew Teng | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 107th | Tom "The Shamrock Kid" McCormick | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 108th | Russell Davies | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 109th | Keith Wintermans | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 110th | Talal Shakerchi | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 111th | Matthew Alexander | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 112th | Theos Rippis | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 113th | Phillip Vankuiken | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 114th | Mark Sloane | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 115th | Jan Tapken | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 116th | David Taylor | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 117th | Allan Bieler | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 118th | Gregg Merkow | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 119th | Richard Schwartz | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 120th | Giovanni Nervo | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 121st | Eugene Bauerlein | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 122nd | Jesus Acosta | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 123rd | Badei Khoury | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 124th | Savvas Zenonos | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 125th | Michael Krueger | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 126th | Randy Abraham | $4,081 | — | — | |
| 127th | Mike Allis | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 128th | Chad Boehnke | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 129th | Phil Hall | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 130th | Magnus Persson | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 131st | Wayne Lovelady | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 132nd | Michael Capobianco | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 133rd | Christoph Torina | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 134th | John Murphy | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 135th | Kashif Aleem | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 136th | Sean Deacon | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 137th | Bill Shalhoob | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 138th | Douglas Kim | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 139th | Roscoe Derrod | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 140th | Karan Radia | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 141st | Dung Gomer Nguyen | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 142nd | Brennan Benglis | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 143rd | Brian Friesen | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 144th | Gerald Lauderman | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 145th | Lander Valdez | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 146th | Tingjian Xiang | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 147th | Walter Hunt | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 148th | Delmer Helvie | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 149th | Steve Karp | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 150th | Carl Dahl | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 151st | Vaughn Willanger | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 152nd | Logan "The California Kid" Raskin | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 153rd | Jorge Rodriguez | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 154th | Michael Trivisonno | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 155th | Warren Watson | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 156th | Erik Aiken | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 157th | Steven Pilc | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 158th | Stephen Plache | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 159th | Paul Balzano | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 160th | Ian Nelson | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 161st | V Pinnamaneni | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 162nd | Julien Pouchain | $3,524 | — | — | |
| 163rd | Silvio Formica | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 164th | Emanuel "Curly" Seal | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 165th | Chris Polster | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 166th | Michael LaBonte | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 167th | Nicholas Leupold | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 168th | Jack Sumner | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 169th | Alejandro Mangemendivil | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 170th | Kenny Duggan | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 171st | Ilya Ochalovsky | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 172nd | Patrick Ricci | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 173rd | Michael Herrera | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 174th | Steven Goosen | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 175th | Simon Brändström | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 176th | Ricardo Cubas | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 177th | Christopher Howard | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 178th | "Anonymous" Unknown | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 179th | Adrian Ridner | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 180th | Jeremy Armstrong | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 181st | Ayaz Mahmood | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 182nd | Alexander Case | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 183rd | Patrick Enright | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 184th | Declan Meagher | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 185th | Raymond Bonavida | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 186th | Joshua Richardson | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 187th | Brandon Gerstein | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 188th | Tye Johnson | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 189th | Gilles Sourd | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 190th | Benjamin Gilbert | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 191st | Mike Roth | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 192nd | Scott Shafer | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 193rd | Tyron Krost | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 194th | Mitchell Siegel | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 195th | Jeremiah Degreef | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 196th | Dale Cebula | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 197th | Michael Bavonese | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 198th | Matt Berkey | $3,153 | — | — | |
| 199th | Adam Hudson | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 200th | Anthony Ohagan | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 201st | Jonathan Gumapas | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 202nd | Greg Silverstein | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 203rd | Dwayne Heide | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 204th | Galeno Suarez | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 205th | Eric Newsham | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 206th | Paul Losino | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 207th | David Chicotsky | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 208th | Paul Harper | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 209th | Nicholas Hill | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 210th | Michael Racich | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 211th | Jared Okun | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 212th | Daniel Spear | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 213th | Eiji Matsumura | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 214th | James Forsythe | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 215th | Gunter Wagner | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 216th | Guido De-Bruijn | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 217th | David Leighton | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 218th | David Morrison | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 219th | Paul Keesey | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 220th | Ron Haeri | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 221st | Jess Dioquino | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 222nd | Steve Landfish | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 223rd | Leroy Duran | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 224th | Andrew Fisher | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 225th | Kevin Hale | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 226th | Richard Guenther | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 227th | Brady Holiman | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 228th | Jay Serion | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 229th | Fawz Bennis | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 230th | Jeff Madsen | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 231st | Jacob Jensen | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 232nd | Avie Navarro | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 233rd | Bernard Compton | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 234th | Marco Naschberger | $2,968 | — | — | |
| 235th | Charles Lunn | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 236th | Mohammad Ahmedin | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 237th | Steven Russell | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 238th | Christopher Hammond | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 239th | Steven Etoch | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 240th | Dan Doyle | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 241st | Timothy Woolston | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 242nd | Bruce Simberg | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 243rd | Heather Schuchaskie | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 244th | Dennis Maurer | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 245th | William Soffin | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 246th | Jamie Mills | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 247th | Edmund Chui | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 248th | Brian Willis | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 249th | Stuart Marshak | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 250th | Robert Sweeney | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 251st | Holly Dyas | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 252nd | Alexander Maria | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 253rd | Darren Grant | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 254th | Michael Saunders | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 255th | Shannon Pratt | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 256th | Barry Earnshaw | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 257th | Douglas Carli | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 258th | Sean Harkin | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 259th | Adrian Gathright | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 260th | Mike Laing | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 261st | Richard Hattaway | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 262nd | Benjamin Story | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 263rd | Joseph Patam | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 264th | Krishnadev Telikicherla | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 265th | James Warring | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 266th | Miguel Marquez | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 267th | Justin Foster | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 268th | Jon Jiles | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 269th | Charles Leonard | $2,782 | — | — | |
| 270th | Byrne Dove | $2,782 | — | — | |
