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39th World Series of Poker 2008

Event #52 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em

June 30, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$1,500
Prize Pool	$3,675,945
Entries	2693
Report Available Live Coverage

David Daneshgar

Place	Name	Prize
1	David Daneshgar (Westlake Village, CA, USA)	$624,443
2	Scott Sitron (Milwaukee, WI, USA)	$385,974
3	Dan Heimiller (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$275,695
4	Farzad Rouhani AKA "Freddie" (Gaithersburg, MD, USA)	$231,584
5	Corwin Cole (Covina, CA, USA)	$189,311
6	Matt Matros (Bronxville, NY, USA)	$148,875
7	Andrey Zaichenko AKA "Zaya" (Moscow, Russia)	$112,116
8	Jeff Courtney (Lancaster, PA, USA)	$84,546
9	Voitto Rintala (Helsinki, Finland)	$57,712
10	Gary Biggar AKA "AKTOR" (Cambridge, ON, Canada)	$36,391
11	Todd Hanks (Kansas City, MO, USA)	$36,391
12	Brock Mishler (New Paris, IN, USA)	$36,391
13	Joachim Berg Jensen (Oslo, Norway)	$29,039
14	Elliot Smith (Richmond, BC, Canada)	$29,039
15	Cody Slaubaugh AKA "Thugmoneymkr" (Rugby, ND, USA)	$29,039
16	Lars Sundberg	$21,688
17	Daniel Hughes AKA "soonerdan AkA (DONKEY)" (Tulsa, OK, USA)	$21,688
18	Eric Jolly (Cumming, GA, USA)	$21,688
19	Peter Fransson	$17,276
20	Richard Kirsch (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)	$17,276
21	Martin Cardno (New Zealand)	$17,276
22	Paolo Nunes	$17,276
23	Joseph H Neiman (Teaneck, NJ, USA)	$17,276
24	Daniel Harmetz (Sacramento, CA, USA)	$17,276
25	Mimi Tran (Torrance, CA, USA)	$17,276
26	Anders Anderson	$17,276
27	Andy Garvin (New York, NY, USA)	$17,276
28	Lars Nielson	$13,600
29	Marco Bernier (Levis, QC, Canada)	$13,600
30	Tim Barchie (Cantun, GA, USA)	$13,600
31	Hans Erlandsson	$13,600
32	Esther Garza (San Antonio, TX, USA)	$13,600
33	Michael Andrews (New York, NY, USA)	$13,600
34	Ben Spraggons AKA "Spraggs" (Northampton, UK)	$13,600
35	John Mccauley (Warren, PA, USA)	$13,600
36	Gary Marcum	$13,600
37	Cody Culp (USA)	$10,660
38	Alvin Zeidenfeld AKA "Al_Smooth" (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$10,660
39	Daniel Pancotto (Burr Ridge, IL, USA)	$10,660
40	Michael Yee (Thousand Oaks, CA, USA)	$10,660
41	Matthew Edge (Burlington, NC, USA)	$10,660
42	Aneel Choppa (San Jose, CA, USA)	$10,660
43	Christopher Johnson (Menasha, WI, USA)	$10,660
44	Vanessa Rousso AKA "Lady Maverick" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$10,660
45	Rob Sherwood (Manchester, UK)	$10,660
46	Marco Adams	$9,557
47	Brian Byerly (Littleton, CO, USA)	$9,557
48	Michael Schneider (Covington, GA, USA)	$9,557
49	Chad Stell (Clinton, NC, USA)	$9,557
50	Toby Auth	$9,557
51	Gregory Hartwick (Bolton, ON, Canada)	$9,557
52	William Myers (Wildomar, CA, USA)	$9,557
53	Mark Sloane (Woodstock, ON, Canada)	$9,557
54	Howard Berg (Dodgeville, NY, USA)	$9,557
55	Paul Steinaker	$8,454
56	An "The Boss" Tran (Westminster, CA, USA)	$8,454
57	Stefan Martin (Greenwood, IN, USA)	$8,454
58	Michael Beaty (Columbus, KS, USA)	$8,454
59	Mikey Stotz (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$8,454
60	Stuart Pfeifer (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$8,454
61	George Dietz (Oak Park, IL, USA)	$8,454
62	Kristopher Peterson (Thief River Falls, MN, USA)	$8,454
63	Phidias Georgiou (Limassol, Cyprus)	$8,454
64	Scott Potempa	$7,351
65	Berney Frankfort	$7,351
66	Robert Pauley (Kingsport, TN, USA)	$7,351
67	Jon Dull (Fresno, CA, USA)	$7,351
68	Jace Reiken (Lincoln Park, NJ, USA)	$7,351
69	Jason Morgan (San Marcos, CA, USA)	$7,351
70	Garrett Dennie (Burlington, ON, Canada)	$7,351
71	David Yi (Houston, TX, USA)	$7,351
72	Rami Boukai (Burlington, ON, Canada)	$7,351
73	Gregory Paull (Pacifica, CA, USA)	$6,249
74	Quoc Chau	$6,249
75	Anthony Decrow (Columbiana, OH, USA)	$6,249
76	John Spong AKA "donkey kong" (Duncan, BC, Canada)	$6,249
77	Patrick O'Connor (Dublin, Ireland)	$6,249
78	Tony Sapio AKA "North Fulton Tony" (Johns Creek, GA, USA)	$6,249
79	Leo Labbe (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$6,249
80	John Monnette (Palmdale, CA, USA)	$6,249
81	John Esposito (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$6,249
82	Nath Pizzolatto (Lake Charles, LA, USA)	$5,513
83	Sankhiro Baza (Turlock, CA, USA)	$5,513
84	Darren Black (Portland, OR, USA)	$5,513
85	Calen McNeil AKA "BigWheel" (Victoria, BC, Canada)	$5,513
86	Marcelo Valadares De Resende Costa (Brazil)	$5,513
87	Paulus Valkenburg (Netherlands)	$5,513
88	Kellen Ledbetter	$5,513
89	Simon Ehne AKA "simon1583" (Stockholm, Sweden)	$5,513
90	Matthew Barry (Edmonton, AB, Canada)	$5,513
91	Patrick Mongrain (Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada)	$4,778
92	Henry Wojtas (Plainfield, IL, USA)	$4,778
93	Julie Le (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$4,778
94	John Munson (Cedar Park, TX, USA)	$4,778
95	Feming Chan (W. Windsor, NJ, USA)	$4,778
96	Donald Blakely (Long Beach, CA, USA)	$4,778
97	Ray Henson (Houston, TX, USA)	$4,778
98	Frederico Dabus	$4,778
99	James Henson (Lake Jackson, TX, USA)	$4,778
100	Alon Shahar (Copenhagen, Denmark)	$4,043
101	Eliano Mesquita (Long Branch, NJ, USA)	$4,043
102	Francis Bauer (St Petersburg, FL, USA)	$4,043
103	Kent Hunter (Perth, Australia)	$4,043
104	Jeff Blenkarn (Grand Rapids, MI, USA)	$4,043
105	Keith Johnson (Post Falls, ID, USA)	$4,043
106	Felix Osterland (Tuebingen, Germany)	$4,043
107	Jeff Kennedy (Saint John, CA, USA)	$4,043
108	Bradley Bylsma (Anchorage, AK, USA)	$4,043
109	Henry Ma (Waterloo, IA, USA)	$4,043
110	Jeremy Shannon (Jacksonville, FL, USA)	$4,043
111	Christopher Howard (Hampshire, UK)	$4,043
112	Francis Mahiout (Paris, France)	$4,043
113	Xuan Ly	$4,043
114	Peter Marr (Dublin, Ireland)	$4,043
115	Danny Sweeney (Ashland City, IN, USA)	$4,043
116	Nhut Tran (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$4,043
117	Eldon Wu (Winnipeg, MB, Canada)	$4,043
118	Curtis Wells	$4,043
119	Ronald Trujillo (Caracas, Venezuela)	$4,043
120	Shane Pacheco (Taco Vista, CA, USA)	$4,043
121	Gonzalo Dealzaga	$4,043
122	Jason Gross	$4,043
123	Bradley Miller	$4,043
124	Lisa Surdyka	$4,043
125	Joseph Baldwin (Palo Alto, CA, USA)	$4,043
126	Thomas King (Waterford, MI, USA)	$4,043
127	Edward Fitzpatrick	$3,492
128	Joshua Paeth	$3,492
129	Daniel Ryan (Grand Forks, ND, USA)	$3,492
130	Howard Connell (Atlanta, GA, USA)	$3,492
131	John Saini (Sylmar, CA, USA)	$3,492
132	Andrew Dean (Houston, TX, USA)	$3,492
133	Michael Hanson (Minneapolis, MN, USA)	$3,492
134	John Lozano (Fresno, CA, USA)	$3,492
135	Robert Gibson (Bel Alton, CA, USA)	$3,492
136	Michael Shapira (Newton, MA, USA)	$3,492
137	Steven Kerr (Orangeville, ON, Canada)	$3,492
138	Ben Palmer (Gainesville, FL, USA)	$3,492
139	Andrew Gentile (Greensboro, NC, USA)	$3,492
140	Mark Lowe (UK)	$3,492
141	Lars Kurstjens	$3,492
142	Joseph Jones (Philadelphia, PA, USA)	$3,492
143	Sven Leu	$3,492
144	Johnathan Stanton (St. Petersburg, FL, USA)	$3,492
145	Sharon Mintz (Black Canyon City, AZ, USA)	$3,492
146	Ted Fiorito (Moorpark, CA, USA)	$3,492
147	Rick Ribble (San Francisco, CA, USA)	$3,492
148	Peter Spreadbury (Oak Forest, IL, USA)	$3,492
149	Christian Debeil	$3,492
150	Peter Fianu (Reisterstown, MD, USA)	$3,492
151	David Chang (Cerritos, CA, USA)	$3,492
152	Casey Wentzel (San Antonio, TX, USA)	$3,492
153	Brian Buonocore (Canton, OH, USA)	$3,492
154	Tam Ho (Reno, NV, USA)	$3,492
155	Scott Queckboerner (Clermont, FL, USA)	$3,492
156	Christian Fockenberg	$3,492
157	Jorge De Gorordo	$3,492
158	Maurice Angenois (Amsterdam, Netherlands)	$3,492
159	Huy Nguyen (Plano, TX, USA)	$3,492
160	Derek Tomko (Winter Haven, FL, USA)	$3,492
161	Joanne Dorin (Medina, NY, USA)	$3,492
162	Jeppe Neilson (Denmark)	$3,492
163	William Warren (Waynesboro, TN, USA)	$3,124
164	Michael Preschern AKA "molkxx" (Ehrenhausen, Austria)	$3,124
165	Esa Salem (Hemet, CA, USA)	$3,124
166	Adam Elpayaa (Forest Park, IL, USA)	$3,124
167	Eugene Bauerlein (St.Petersburg, FL, USA)	$3,124
168	Andrew Perrin (Oklahoma City, OK, USA)	$3,124
169	James Miller (Henderson, NV, USA)	$3,124
170	Marc Gagne (Varennes, QC, Canada)	$3,124
171	Cristian Tardea (Romania)	$3,124
172	Nicolas Martin	$3,124
173	Douglas Hausch (Henderson, NV, USA)	$3,124
174	Satoru Ishii (Japan)	$3,124
175	Yehuda Buchalter (New York, NY, USA)	$3,124
176	Osmin Dardon (W Covina, CA, USA)	$3,124
177	Kevin Hammer (Heyworth, IL, USA)	$3,124
178	Pei Sheng (Pomona, CA, USA)	$3,124
179	Barrie Eget (Stevenson Ranch, CA, USA)	$3,124
180	James Necochea (Banning, CA, USA)	$3,124
181	Walter Schrader	$3,124
182	Matt Walker (Tallahassee, FL, USA)	$3,124
183	Christopher Seeger	$3,124
184	Fahrhad Kohani (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$3,124
185	Lars Mathiesen	$3,124
186	Jong Sook Jin (Beverly Hills, CA, USA)	$3,124
187	Erich Klapper	$3,124
188	Aaron Lasater (Atlanta, GA, USA)	$3,124
189	Fred Northcutt (Huber Heights, OH, USA)	$3,124
190	Jeffrey Siegal (Daly City, CA, USA)	$3,124
191	Casey Fudala (Prospect, IL, USA)	$3,124
192	Josh VanDuyn (San Diego, CA, USA)	$3,124
193	Peng Cheng (Campbell, CA, USA)	$3,124
194	Ljubisa Nedimovic (Slovenia)	$3,124
195	Austin Pinard (Auburn, WA, USA)	$3,124
196	Michael Chu (Fairfax, VA, USA)	$3,124
197	Richard Danford (Tampa, FL, USA)	$3,124
198	Sajid Zia	$3,124
199	Jonas Grankvist	$2,940
200	Alain Pare (St-Nicephore, QC, Canada)	$2,940
201	Kelly Jo Mcglothlin AKA "kj" (Palmdale, CA, USA)	$2,940
202	John Robles (Victoria, TX, USA)	$2,940
203	Erhart Edquist (San Diego, CA, USA)	$2,940
204	Jeffrey Greco (Austin, TX, USA)	$2,940
205	Wagner Silva (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)	$2,940
206	Kelly Jacobs (Oakland, CA, USA)	$2,940
207	Shawn Pilot (North Hills, CA, USA)	$2,940
208	Rick Zorn	$2,940
209	Thomas Osterfeld	$2,940
210	Marc Levy (Boynton Beach, FL, USA)	$2,940
211	Romuald Pycior (Henderson, NV, USA)	$2,940
212	Jorn Lagas (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$2,940
213	David Roepke (Troy, TX, USA)	$2,940
214	Al Riccobono (Ossining, NY, USA)	$2,940
215	Flamingo Malone (San Jacinto, CA, USA)	$2,940
216	Krisztian Majdik (Valley Village, CA, USA)	$2,940
217	Cathy Phillips (Fort Meyers, FL, USA)	$2,940
218	Raymond Boisvert (Grandmere, QC, Canada)	$2,940
219	Joseph Piatek (Chicago, IL, USA)	$2,940
220	Jeffrey Whitacre (Greensboro, NC, USA)	$2,940
221	Joseph Crawford (Madison, GA, USA)	$2,940
222	Keith Carberry (Lockport, IL, USA)	$2,940
223	David Names (San Ramon, CA, USA)	$2,940
224	Noah Southerland (Almo, KY, USA)	$2,940
225	Robert McLaughlin (S E Washington, DC, USA)	$2,940
226	Chung Chan (Hong Kong)	$2,940
227	John McCauley (Highlands Ranch, CO, USA)	$2,940
228	Zachary Verlee (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$2,940
229	Thomas Kuehn (Ste Genevieve, MO, USA)	$2,940
230	Artur Szczupak (Brazil)	$2,940
231	Mark Pogge (Omaha, NE, USA)	$2,940
232	Glenn Kelly (Sarasota, FL, USA)	$2,940
233	Robert Hummel (Pittsburg, PA, USA)	$2,940
234	Mostafa Jamasbi (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$2,940
235	Mark Hurst (Sheridan, OR, USA)	$2,576
236	Jeff Petronack (Hugo, MN, USA)	$2,756
237	Grant Reeder (Plano, TX, USA)	$2,756
238	John Shuey (Lemoyne, PA, USA)	$2,756
239	Brian Houdeshell (Rockford, IL, USA)	$2,756
240	Dan Shimizu (Santa Barbara, CA, USA)	$2,756
241	Christiane Klecz (Germany)	$2,756
242	Dawn Mougel (Phoenix, AZ, USA)	$2,756
243	Lucas Vonfurstenberg	$2,756
244	Alexandre Besse (Geneva, Switzerland)	$2,756
245	Catherine Hearn (UK)	$2,756
246	Chad Flood (Fond Du Lac, WI, USA)	$2,756
247	Davis Aalvik AKA "psycho ward" (Long Beach, CA, USA)	$2,756
248	Eduardo Handell Conde (Sierra Morena, Spain)	$2,756
249	Andre Akkari (Sao Paolo, Brazil)	$2,756
250	Andrew Hudson (Daniels, WV, USA)	$2,756
251	Marisol Banuelos (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$2,756
252	Gregory Genovese (Italy)	$2,756
253	Mikkel Madsen (Copenhagen, Denmark)	$2,756
254	David Arcidicono (Ruther Glenn, VA, USA)	$2,756
255	David Oppedisano (Latham, NY, USA)	$2,756
256	James Daniel (Argyle, TX, USA)	$2,756
257	Byron Wilson (Magna, UT, USA)	$2,756
258	Jeff Marino (Templeton, CA, USA)	$2,756
259	Alan Munitich	$2,756
260	Cesar Flores (McAllen, TX, USA)	$2,756
261	Kenny Piel AKA "Bad Hat" (Tunica, MS, USA)	$2,756
262	Marcus Bower (S Williamsport, PA, USA)	$2,756
263	Sarkis Akopyan (Moscow, Russia)	$2,756
264	David Spradlin (Cadoo Mills, TX, USA)	$2,756
265	Ilkka Heikkila (Tampere, Finland)	$2,756
266	Michael Katz (Manalapan, NJ, USA)	$2,756
267	Glenn Harla (Westland, MI, USA)	$2,756
268	James McHenry (Surpise, AZ, USA)	$2,756
269	Tommy Vedes (New York, NY, USA)	$2,756
270	Maxim Harvey (Quebec City, QC, Canada)	$2,756

Tournament Report

• The $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship (Event #52) attracted 2,693 entries, creating a prize pool totaling $3,675,945. The top 270 finishers collected prize money.
• This is the final of seven $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournaments on this year's schedule. More than 18,000 players played in these events alone.
• With this event included, the WSOP set a new record. More countries have now cashed this year than any time previously at any major tournament held anywhere in the world. A total of 104 different countries have now sent players to the WSOP who have finished in-the-money. Last year, this number was 87 nations. However, the Main Event is yet to be played in 2008, which could add even more countries to the list. For the first time ever, many nations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East have discovered the WSOP which now reflects the international flavor of the tournament series.
• The tournament was played over three consecutive days. The final table was played on the main stage. Coverage was provided by Bluff Media on the website ESPN360.
• The $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em champion is David Daneshgar, from Westlake Village, CA. He is a venture capitalist and investor.
• This was Daneshgar's eighth time to cash at the WSOP, all since 2005. It was also his first WSOP gold bracelet victory. Daneshgar collected $625,443 in prize money.
• Daneshgar has a stellar record of tournament accomplishments for a part-time player. He has 51 cashes in live tournaments and has won over $2 million, all earned since August 2004.
• Daneshgar once taught a poker class in college called 'The Probabilities and Statistics of Gaming.'
• The second-place finisher was Scott Sitron, From Milwaukee, WI.
• Former WSOP gold bracelet winners who cashed in this tournament included Dan Heimiller (3rd), Farzad 'Freddy' Rouhani (4th), An Tran (56th), John Esposito (81st), and Michael Chu (196th).
• Nikolay Evdakov still holds the record of 'Most Cashes at the WSOP in a Single Year' - with ten.
• Keith Carberry was the chip leader at the End of Day One in this event. He finished in 222nd place. Through Event #52, the End of Day One chip leaders have gone on to cash 79 percent of the time -- 39 of 50 occasions (the chip leader was not applicable on two events). Only thirteen of these same 50 chip leaders (26 percent) made it to the final table. Only one chip leader went on to win the event. That lone wire-to-wire winner was Vanessa Selbst in Event #19.
• Corwin Cole was the chip leader at the start of this final table. He ended up as fifth-place finisher. Through Event #52, eighteen of 50 chip leaders at the start of the final table (35 percent) went on to win the event. Twenty-nine of 50 chip leaders (58 percent) went on to finish in the top three spots. Two events did not have a chip leader (Heads-Up and Shootout tournaments).
• Winner David Daneshgar is officially listed as being from Westlake Village, CA. Through the conclusion of Event #52, the gold bracelet count by nations and states reads as follows:
12 - Nevada
10 - California
4 - New York
3 — Canada
3 - Germany
2 - Italy
2 - Missouri
1 - Arizona
1 - Belgium
1 - Brazil
1 - Denmark
1 - Florida
1 - France
1 - Georgia
1 - Holland
1 — Ireland
1 - Maryland
1 - Michigan
1 - Ohio
1 - Pennsylvania
1 - Russia
1 - South Carolina
1 - Wisconsin
• Eleven different nations have produced a gold bracelet winner at this year's WSOP. This list now includes Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Russia, and the United States.
• The Event #52 winner David Daneshgar is to be classified as a semi-pro player. He holds a full-time job in finance and plays poker part-time. However, he has also been a poker instructor and has cashed in many prestigious events over the past few years. Accordingly, the 'Pro-Am' gold bracelet scoreboard currently reads:
Professionals - 37 wins
Amateurs -- 12 wins
Semi-Pros -- 3 wins
• Erick Lindgren now leads the 'Player of the Year' race (through the end of Event #50). Barry Greenstein, Jacobo Fernandez, David Benyamine, and John Phan are close behind, For a complete updated points list, see:
http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/players/2008.asp?sort=poypts
• Scotty Nguyen is now the leader on the 2008 prize money list, having won the most money at the WSOP, to date. His accrued winnings total $2,039,628.
• Through the conclusion of Event #52, the total amount of prize money awarded at this year's WSOP totals $114,791,278. This is more than last year's prize pool at this same time last year.