Tournament Information
Tournament:
World Poker Tour - WPT World Championship
Date:
Apr 2 - 23, 2008
Venue:
Bellagio
Las Vegas, NV, United States
Event:
No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event (Apr 19 - 26, 2008)
Buy-in:
$25,000 + $500
Prize:
$13,216,250
Entries:
545
Other Events
| Apr 19 - 26, 2008 |
 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event
|
$25,000 + 500 |
| Apr 2, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $2,000 + 100 |
| Apr 3, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $2,500 + 120 |
| Apr 4, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $3,000 + 120 |
| Apr 5, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $5,000 + 180 |
| Apr 6, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $2,000 + 100 |
| Apr 7, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $2,500 + 120 |
| Apr 8, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $3,000 + 120 |
| Apr 10, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $5,000 + 180 |
| Apr 11, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $2,000 + 100 |
| Apr 12, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $2,500 + 120 |
| Apr 13 - 14, 2008 | WPTS World Poker Tour - Ladies Championship | $1,500 + 90 |
| Apr 14 - 16, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em - Seniors Event | $2,500 + 120 |
| Apr 15, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $5,000 + 180 |
| Apr 17, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em | $5,000 + 180 |
| Apr 7, 2008 | No Limit Hold'em - Nightly | $1,000 + 80 |
Event Results
| Place | Player | Prize | GPI | PoY 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | David "Carrion" Chiu | $3,389,140 | — | — | |
| 2nd | Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen | $1,714,800 | — | — | |
| 3rd | John Roveto | $923,355 | — | — | |
| 4th | Cory Carroll | $593,645 | — | — | |
| 5th | Tommy "Tommy Legend" Le | $395,725 | — | — | |
| 6th | Jeffrey King | $263,815 | — | — | |
| 7th | Amir Vahedi | $237,435 | — | — | |
| 8th | Karga Holt | $211,050 | — | — | |
| 9th | Tom "Durrrr" Dwan | $184,670 | — | — | |
| 10th | Kenny "The Kid" Tran | $158,290 | — | — | |
| 11th | Maciek "Mike" Gracz | $131,910 | — | — | |
| 12th | Bryan Devonshire | $131,910 | — | — | |
| 13th | Robert Mizrachi | $131,910 | — | — | |
| 14th | David Tran | $131,910 | — | — | |
| 15th | Nick Binger | $131,910 | — | — | |
| 16th | Andy Black | $105,525 | — | — | |
| 17th | Jeff Shulman | $105,525 | — | — | |
| 18th | Scott Epstein | $105,525 | — | — | |
| 19th | Mark Newhouse | $105,525 | — | — | |
| 20th | James Calderaro | $105,525 | — | — | |
| 21st | Jonathon "Skalie" Kalmar | $79,145 | — | — | |
| 22nd | David Grey | $79,145 | — | — | |
| 23rd | Steve Billirakis | $79,145 | — | — | |
| 24th | Eric Richards | $79,145 | — | — | |
| 25th | Gary Gibbs | $79,145 | — | — | |
| 26th | Men "The Master" Nguyen | $79,145 | — | — | |
| 27th | John Celii | $79,145 | — | — | |
| 28th | Vadim Trincher | $79,145 | — | — | |
| 29th | Abdo Lattouf | $79,145 | — | — | |
| 30th | Danny Wong | $79,145 | — | — | |
| 31st | Steve Wong | $65,955 | — | — | |
| 32nd | Tom "The Shamrock Kid" McCormick | $65,955 | — | — | |
| 33rd | John Q Hoang | $65,955 | — | — | |
| 34th | Thomas John "T.J." Cloutier | $65,955 | — | — | |
| 35th | Matt Giannetti | $65,955 | — | — | |
| 36th | David Kim | $65,955 | — | — | |
| 37th | Noah Schwartz | $65,955 | — | — | |
| 38th | Carlos "The Matador" Mortensen | $65,955 | — | — | |
| 39th | Martin De Knijff | $65,955 | — | — | |
| 40th | Keith Gipson | $65,955 | — | — | |
| 41st | Isabelle Mercier | $52,765 | — | — | |
| 42nd | Soheil Shamseddin | $52,765 | — | — | |
| 43rd | Jared Okun | $52,765 | — | — | |
| 44th | Peter Neff | $52,765 | — | — | |
| 45th | Jayde Tran | $52,765 | — | — | |
| 46th | Justin Cuong Van "J.C." Tran | $52,765 | — | — | |
| 47th | Matthew "Plattsburgh" Vengrin | $52,765 | — | — | |
| 48th | Joe Sebok | $52,765 | — | — | |
| 49th | Thien "Tim" Phan | $52,765 | — | — | |
| 50th | Tom Schneider | $43,969 | — | — | |
| 50th | Eric Kesselman | $43,968 | — | — | |
| 50th | Johnny Kincaid | $43,968 | — | — | |
| 53rd | Mats Rahmn | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 54th | Brian Rast | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 55th | Zvi Shiff | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 56th | Ray Coburn | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 57th | Michael Katz | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 58th | Thayer Rasmussen | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 59th | Jared "thewacokidd" Hamby | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 60th | Rich Fohrenbach | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 61st | Andrew Shack | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 62nd | Nicolas "CrocMonsieur" Levi | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 63rd | William Pilossoph | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 64th | William "Bill" Baxter | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 65th | Chad "Downtown" Brown | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 66th | Thomas Wahlroos | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 67th | Marcel "The Flying Dutchman" Luske | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 68th | Rhynie "Kojak" Campbell | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 69th | Gary Margadonna | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 70th | Philip "OMGClayAiken" Galfond | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 71st | Mikael Thuritz | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 72nd | Gary Horn | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 73rd | Alan Peter Smurfit | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 74th | Dominick "Dino" French | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 75th | Saifuddin Ahmad | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 76th | Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 77th | Eugene "Gene" Todd | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 78th | Kristy Gazes | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 79th | Hyon "Skip" Kim | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 80th | James Dawick | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 81st | John Strzemp | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 82nd | Michael Sohayegh | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 83rd | Burt Boutin | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 84th | Tam "Tommy" Hang | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 85th | Champie Douglas | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 86th | Anna Wroblewski | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 87th | Padraig Parkinson | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 88th | Praz Bansi | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 89th | Andrew Pierz | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 90th | Yan Chen | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 91st | Bob Stupak | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 92nd | Quinn Do | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 93rd | Charles M. Kelley | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 94th | Vincent Shaw | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 95th | Francois Safieddine | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 96th | Joe Cassidy | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 97th | Sam Hiatt | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 98th | Matthew Hyman | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 99th | Edwin Ting | $39,570 | — | — | |
| 100th | Grant "G-Money" Lang | $39,570 | — | — | |
