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:
World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em (Jun 13 - 15, 2008)
Buy-in:
$10,000
Prize:
$2,406,400
Entries:
256
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 | Kenny "The Kid" Tran | $539,056 | — | — | |
| 2nd | Alec Torelli | $336,896 | — | — | |
| 3rd | Vanessa Selbst | $108,288 | — | — | |
| 4th | Jonathan Jaffe | $108,288 | — | — | |
| 5th | Lyle Berman | $54,144 | — | — | |
| 6th | Gavin Griffin | $54,144 | — | — | |
| 7th | Brandon Adams | $54,144 | — | — | |
| 8th | Robert Mizrachi | $54,144 | — | — | |
| 9th | David Williams | $36,096 | — | — | |
| 10th | Michael McNeil | $36,096 | — | — | |
| 11th | Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi | $36,096 | — | — | |
| 12th | Roman Paradiso | $36,096 | — | — | |
| 13th | John Gabe Patgorski | $36,096 | — | — | |
| 14th | Emil Patel | $36,096 | — | — | |
| 15th | Jonas Entin | $36,096 | — | — | |
| 16th | Scott Montgomery | $36,096 | — | — | |
| 17th | Matt Giannetti | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 18th | Erick Lindgren | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 19th | Brian Roberts | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 20th | David Podgurski | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 21st | Jean-Claude Moussa | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 22nd | Andy Black | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 23rd | Jason Rosenkrantz | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 24th | Alex Jacob | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 25th | Isaac Haxton | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 26th | Evan Sofer | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 27th | Thomas Lutz | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 28th | Michael Banducci | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 29th | Alexander Kostritsyn | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 30th | Sam "Ihsan" Farha | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 31st | Dani Stern | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 32nd | Cliff Cantor | $21,657 | — | — | |
| 33rd | Randall Brueckner | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 34th | Nam Thien Le | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 35th | Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 36th | Ryan Young | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 37th | Guillaume de la Gorce | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 38th | Justin Cuong Van "J.C." Tran | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 39th | Anna Wroblewski | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 40th | Raymond Travis Rice | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 41st | Erik Pettersson | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 42nd | Theo Tran | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 43rd | Joe Patrick | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 44th | Brian Powell | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 45th | Philip "OMGClayAiken" Galfond | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 46th | Patrick White | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 47th | Ketul Nathwani | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 48th | Lex Veldhuis | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 49th | Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 50th | Dustin Dorrance-Bowman | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 51st | Chris "Jesus" Ferguson | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 52nd | Jonas Danielsson | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 53rd | Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 54th | Jesse McGinty | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 55th | Mark Teltscher | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 56th | Justin Adams | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 57th | Sirous Jamshidi | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 58th | Chris Bush | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 59th | Blake Cahail | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 60th | Clonie Gowen | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 61st | Antoine Berube | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 62nd | Max Katz | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 63rd | Marc Fratter | $14,438 | — | — | |
| 64th | Carlos "The Matador" Mortensen | $14,438 | — | — | |
