Event #54 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em Championship Final Day Results & Report
39th World Series of Poker 2008
| Event #54 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em Championship Final Day |
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Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino 3700 West Flamingo Road Las Vegas, NV, 89103, US Full Schedule |
Peter Eastgate Wins the 2008 World Series of Poker22-Year-Old Danish Poker Pro Becomes the Youngest World Champion in History Longest, Biggest, Richest Poker Tournament... Live Coverage Profile: Peter Eastgate |
Date: November 9, 2008 Buy-In: $10,000 Prizepool: $64,379,439 Entries: 6,844 Game Type: No Limit Hold'em |
| Place | Country | Name | Prize |
| 1 | Peter Eastgate | $9,119,517 | |
| 2 | Ivan Demidov | $5,790,024 | |
| 3 | Dennis Phillips | $4,517,773 | |
| 4 | Ylon Schwartz | $3,774,974 | |
| 5 | Scott Montgomery AKA "r_a_y" | $3,096,768 | |
| 6 | Darus Suharto | $2,418,562 | |
| 7 | David Rheem AKA "Chino" | $1,772,650 | |
| 8 | Kelly Kim | $1,288,217 | |
| 9 | Craig Marquis AKA "craigmarq" | $900,670 | |
| 10 | Dean Hamrick | $591,869 | |
| 11 | Joe Bishop | $591,869 | |
| 12 | Chris Klodnicki | $591,869 | |
| 13 | Nicholas Sliwinski | $463,201 | |
| 14 | Gert Andersen | $463,201 | |
| 15 | Owen Crowe | $463,201 | |
| 16 | Anthony Scherer | $334,534 | |
| 17 | Tiffany Michelle AKA "Hot Chips" | $334,534 | |
| 18 | Jason Riesenberg AKA "Jball" | $334,534 | |
| 19 | Albert Kim | $257,334 | |
| 20 | Brandon Cantu | $257,334 | |
| 21 | Paul Snead | $257,334 | |
| 22 | Judet Toni Cristian | $257,334 | |
| 23 | Tim Locke | $257,334 | |
| 24 | Aaron Gordon | $257,334 | |
| 25 | Niklas Flisberg AKA "Flisan" | $257,334 | |
| 26 | Phi Nguyen | $257,334 | |
| 27 | Michael Carroll | $257,334 | |
| 28 | Nikolay Losev AKA "kolunya" | $193,000 | |
| 29 | Cristian Dragomir | $193,000 | |
| 30 | Mike Matusow AKA "The Mouth" | $193,000 | |
| 31 | Garrett Beckman | $193,000 | |
| 32 | Clint Schafer | $193,000 | |
| 33 | Jamal Kunbuz | $193,000 | |
| 34 | Greg Byard | $193,000 | |
| 35 | Andrew Brokos | $193,000 | |
| 36 | Peter Neff | $193,000 | |
| 37 | Andrew Rosskamm | $154,400 | |
| 38 | Felix Osterland | $154,400 | |
| 39 | Craig Stein | $154,400 | |
| 40 | Mauro Lupo | $154,400 | |
| 41 | Thang Pham AKA "Kido" | $154,400 | |
| 42 | Jonathan Plens AKA "The Rookie" | $154,400 | |
| 43 | Jason Glass | $154,400 | |
| 44 | Christopher Crilly | $154,400 | |
| 45 | Phil Hellmuth Jr | $154,400 | |
| 46 | Dave Saab AKA "Superman" | $135,100 | |
| 47 | Nhan Le | $135,100 | |
| 48 | Adam Levy | $135,100 | |
| 49 | Aaron Keay | $135,100 | |
| 50 | Allen Kennedy | $135,100 | |
| 51 | Alfredo Fernandez | $135,100 | |
| 52 | Mark Ketteringham | $135,100 | |
| 53 | Alan Gould | $135,100 | |
| 54 | Alex Outhred | $135,100 | |
| 55 | Rafael Caiaffa | $115,800 | |
| 56 | Eric Bamer | $115,800 | |
| 57 | Jeremy Joseph | $115,800 | |
| 58 | Jeremy Gaubert | $115,800 | |
| 59 | Justin Sadauskas | $115,800 | |
| 60 | Mark Owens | $115,800 | |
| 61 | Thomas Keller | $115,800 | |
| 62 | Geert Jans | $115,800 | |
| 63 | Brian Tatum | $115,800 | |
| 64 | Victor Ramdin | $96,500 | |
| 65 | Larry Dale Wright II | $96,500 | |
| 66 | Christopher Zapf | $96,500 | |
| 67 | Justin Scott | $96,500 | |
| 68 | Suresh Prabhu | $96,500 | |
| 69 | Sean Davis | $96,500 | |
| 70 | Terry Steven Lade | $96,500 | |
| 71 | James McManus | $96,500 | |
| 72 | Daniel Buzgon | $96,500 | |
| 73 | David Benefield | $77,200 | |
| 74 | Jamal Sawaqdeh | $77,200 | |
| 75 | Keith Hawkins AKA "The Camel" | $77,200 | |
| 76 | Lisa Parsons | $77,200 | |
| 77 | Mark Wilds | $77,200 | |
| 78 | Matt Matros | $77,200 | |
| 79 | Robert Whalen AKA "Poto Bob" | $77,200 | |
| 80 | Mark Vos AKA "pokerbok" | $77,200 | |
| 81 | Davor Lanini | $77,200 | |
| 82 | Stephen Kenna | $64,333 | |
| 83 | Lonnie Heimowitz | $64,333 | |
| 84 | Alexander Kostritsyn | $64,333 | |
| 85 | Cedric Kolstad | $64,333 | |
| 86 | Reagan Silber | $64,333 | |
| 87 | Skip Wilson | $64,333 | |
| 88 | Santeri Valikoski | $64,333 | |
| 89 | Jose Ignacio Barbero | $64,333 | |
| 90 | Jeffrey Papola AKA "jpapola" | $64,333 | |
| 91 | Timothy Taylor | $51,466 | |
| 92 | Geoffrey Herzog | $51,466 | |
| 93 | Markus Feurle AKA "feurinho" | $51,466 | |
| 94 | Robert Hwang | $51,466 | |
| 95 | Yde Deutekom | $51,466 | |
| 96 | Aditya Agarwal | $51,466 | |
| 97 | Dwayne Stacey AKA "Dwayne" | $51,466 | |
| 98 | Darren Grant | $51,466 | |
| 99 | Cort Kibler-Melby | $51,466 | |
| 100 | Marc Podell | $41,816 | |
| 101 | Vito Branciforte | $41,816 | |
| 102 | Mikko Petteri | $41,816 | |
| 103 | Tri Nguyen | $41,816 | |
| 104 | Kara Scott | $41,816 | |
| 105 | Shahram "Sean" Sheikhan | $41,816 | |
| 106 | Stephan Hornet | $41,816 | |
| 107 | Nathan Hays | $41,816 | |
| 108 | Nghia Le AKA "3 Putts" | $41,816 | |
| 109 | Greg De Bora | $41,816 | |
| 110 | Reggie Lyons | $41,816 | |
| 111 | Robert Ford | $41,816 | |
| 112 | Jeff Madsen | $41,816 | |
| 113 | Steve Pestal | $41,816 | |
| 114 | Adam York | $41,816 | |
| 115 | Keller Hunter | $41,816 | |
| 116 | Matthew Jensen | $41,816 | |
| 117 | Allen Cunningham | $41,816 | |
| 118 | William Brewin | $41,816 | |
| 119 | Jens Klaning | $41,816 | |
| 120 | Jeff Kimber AKA "JaffaCake" | $41,816 | |
| 121 | Keith Ferrera | $41,816 | |
| 122 | Brandon Becker | $41,816 | |
| 123 | Sudhakara Kattamuri | $41,816 | |
| 124 | Douglas Ashmore | $41,816 | |
| 125 | Dale Hoy | $41,816 | |
| 126 | Andrew Teng AKA "Golfpro699" | $41,816 | |
| 127 | Dan Assor | $41,816 | |
| 128 | Brad Johnson AKA "Tank" | $41,816 | |
| 129 | Stephen Su | $41,816 | |
| 130 | Jeffrey Anderson AKA "HB_HITMAN" | $41,816 | |
| 131 | Anton Nikaj AKA "Texpert" | $41,816 | |
| 132 | Alexander Tinsley | $41,816 | |
| 133 | Xiao Dong Deng | $41,816 | |
| 134 | Terry Stewart | $41,816 | |
| 135 | Brent Shrerbon | $41,816 | |
| 136 | Minna Ritakorpi | $41,816 | |
| 137 | Robert Betts | $41,816 | |
| 138 | Pontus Khosravi | $41,816 | |
| 139 | Karen Manfrede | $41,816 | |
| 140 | Sylvain Coeur | $41,816 | |
| 141 | Mikael Johansson | $41,816 | |
| 142 | Andrew Schultz | $41,816 | |
| 143 | Keoni Schwartz | $41,816 | |
| 144 | Matt Lessinger | $41,816 | |
| 145 | Joel Fischbein | $41,816 | |
| 146 | Jeremiah Smith | $41,816 | |
| 147 | Sarkis Akopyan | $41,816 | |
| 148 | Jon Friedberg | $41,816 | |
| 149 | Charalampos Tsaoussis AKA "KingGr" | $41,816 | |
| 150 | Barry Leventhal | $41,816 | |
| 151 | Justin St John | $41,816 | |
| 152 | Patrick Zamarian | $41,816 | |
| 153 | Garth Paul | $41,816 | |
| 154 | Kyle Carlston | $41,816 | |
| 155 | Chris Overgard | $41,816 | |
| 156 | Joshua Freeman | $41,816 | |
| 157 | Noah Kawashige | $41,816 | |
| 158 | Jerry Martin | $41,816 | |
| 159 | Cory Albertson | $41,816 | |
| 160 | Gus Hansen AKA "The Great Dane" | $41,816 | |
| 161 | Chip Jett | $41,816 | |
| 162 | Hoyt Corkins | $41,816 | |
| 163 | Robin Larsson | $38,600 | |
| 164 | Andy Witek | $38,600 | |
| 165 | Evan Jarvis | $38,600 | |
| 166 | Cornel Pazara | $38,600 | |
| 167 | Mao Qiu | $38,600 | |
| 168 | Gerardus Terwisscha van Scheltinga | $38,600 | |
| 169 | Jesse McEuen | $38,600 | |
| 170 | Helge Pederson | $38,600 | |
| 171 | Bill Purle | $38,600 | |
| 172 | Lou Esposito | $38,600 | |
| 173 | Tom Cope | $38,600 | |
| 174 | James Mills | $38,600 | |
| 175 | Christopher Barrile | $38,600 | |
| 176 | Chad Layne | $38,600 | |
| 177 | Charles Dolan | $38,600 | |
| 178 | Ben Roberts | $38,600 | |
| 179 | Joshua Norris | $38,600 | |
| 180 | Bernie Koerner | $38,600 | |
| 181 | Diren Yildiz | $38,600 | |
| 182 | Allen Carter | $38,600 | |
| 183 | Neil Sweeting | $38,600 | |
| 184 | Anthony Meeker | $38,600 | |
| 185 | Gerald Cusick | $38,600 | |
| 186 | Hai Chu | $38,600 | |
| 187 | Anthony Clark | $38,600 | |
| 188 | Peter Traply | $38,600 | |
| 189 | George Rahme | $38,600 | |
| 190 | Bayani Flores | $38,600 | |
| 191 | Edward Roger | $38,600 | |
| 192 | David Olson | $38,600 | |
| 193 | Virgil Beddingfield AKA "Hit Man" | $38,600 | |
| 194 | Eric Bremond | $38,600 | |
| 195 | Robert Georato | $38,600 | |
| 196 | Andreas Berggren | $38,600 | |
| 197 | Alexander Borteh | $38,600 | |
| 198 | Edwin Aister | $38,600 | |
| 199 | Steve Billirakis AKA "MrSmokey1" | $38,600 | |
| 200 | Glenn Cozen | $38,600 | |
| 201 | Ronald Adams | $38,600 | |
| 202 | Ross Smith | $38,600 | |
| 203 | Jimmy Nickens | $38,600 | |
| 204 | Michael Graffeo | $38,600 | |
| 205 | Anthony Zinno | $38,600 | |
| 206 | William Soffin | $38,600 | |
| 207 | Jose Baeza | $38,600 | |
| 208 | Samir Shakhtor | $38,600 | |
| 209 | Alana Morin | $38,600 | |
| 210 | Paulo Loureiro | $38,600 | |
| 211 | Hyon Kim | $38,600 | |
| 212 | Jeffrey Frye | $38,600 | |
| 213 | Le Kim Banh | $38,600 | |
| 214 | Daniel Fuhs | $38,600 | |
| 215 | Ed Fernandez | $38,600 | |
| 216 | Scott Carpenter AKA "King" | $38,600 | |
| 217 | Joseph Brandenburg | $38,600 | |
| 218 | Joseph Ward | $36,800 | |
| 219 | Brent Roberts AKA "astrolux85" | $38,600 | |
| 220 | Ryan Milisits AKA "dank stax" | $38,600 | |
| 221 | Manuel Bevand | $38,600 | |
| 222 | Justin Wald | $38,600 | |
| 223 | Jose Gomez | $38,600 | |
| 224 | Matt Beisner | $38,600 | |
| 225 | Jon Turner AKA "Pearljammer" | $38,600 | |
| 226 | Clifton Allen AKA "The Hanger" | $35,383 | |
| 227 | Steve Landfish | $35,383 | |
| 228 | Joseph Bolnick | $35,383 | |
| 229 | Edward Zane | $35,383 | |
| 230 | Damien Creurer | $35,383 | |
| 231 | Thierry Van den Berg | $35,383 | |
| 232 | Kristian Obbarius AKA "OBBESLASK, MADAMEROCK" | $35,383 | |
| 233 | Bill Seber | $35,383 | |
| 234 | Dominik Kulicki | $35,383 | |
| 235 | Veronica Dabul | $35,383 | |
| 236 | Kevin Mason | $35,383 | |
| 237 | Mark Weil | $35,383 | |
| 238 | Evelyn Ng AKA "Evybabee, Evy DailyX" | $35,383 | |
| 239 | Tracey Nguyen | $35,383 | |
| 240 | Hevad "Rainbow" Khan | $35,383 | |
| 241 | Sigurd Eskeland | $35,383 | |
| 242 | Michael Pedley | $35,383 | |
| 243 | Melvin Lowe | $35,383 | |
| 244 | Oliver Busquet | $35,383 | |
| 245 | Ziv Bachar | $35,383 | |
| 246 | Doron Malinasky | $35,383 | |
| 247 | George McKeever | $35,383 | |
| 248 | Greg Jamison | $35,383 | |
| 249 | Tyron Krost | $35,383 | |
| 250 | Van Nguyen AKA "mrs master" | $35,383 | |
| 251 | Soren Petersen | $35,383 | |
| 252 | David Baker AKA "Bakes" | $35,383 | |
| 253 | Marc Fineman | $35,383 | |
| 254 | Brad Hood | $35,383 | |
| 255 | Paul Lieu | $35,383 | |
| 256 | Marco Marcon | $35,383 | |
| 257 | Leo Fernandez | $35,383 | |
| 258 | Thomas Cargill | $35,383 | |
| 259 | Raul Paez | $35,383 | |
| 260 | Travis Cook | $35,383 | |
| 261 | Leonardo Emperador | $35,383 | |
| 262 | Andreas Martens | $35,383 | |
| 263 | Jim Bowler | $35,383 | |
| 264 | Brian Eckstrom | $35,383 | |
| 265 | Weikai Chang | $35,383 | |
| 266 | Eric Tom | $35,383 | |
| 267 | Hannu Korva | $35,383 | |
| 268 | David Angel | $35,383 | |
| 269 | Phongthep "Tab" Thiptinnakon | $35,383 | |
| 270 | John Peter | $35,383 | |
| 271 | Shawn Pilot | $35,383 | |
| 272 | Tino Lechich | $35,383 | |
| 273 | Peter Biebel | $35,383 | |
| 274 | Nick Voyatzis | $35,383 | |
| 275 | Michael Ortlieb | $35,383 | |
| 276 | Mike Ngo | $35,383 | |
| 277 | Per Mattsson | $35,383 | |
| 278 | Dan Mitnick | $35,383 | |
| 279 | Phidias Georgiou | $35,383 | |
| 280 | Chad Freid | $35,383 | |
| 281 | Dag Martin Mikkelsen AKA "dmmikkel" | $35,383 | |
| 282 | Dustin Holmes | $35,383 | |
| 283 | Mark Radoja | $35,383 | |
| 284 | Theodore Park | $35,383 | |
| 285 | Chau Do | $35,383 | |
| 286 | Jeff Heyn | $35,383 | |
| 287 | Aleksandar Rasic | $35,383 | |
| 288 | Jiri Hlavaty | $35,383 | |
| 289 | Paul Kristoffersson | $32,166 | |
| 290 | Bernard Brady | $32,166 | |
| 291 | Michael Souza | $32,166 | |
| 292 | Paul Vicary | $32,166 | |
| 293 | Alan Jaffray | $32,166 | |
| 294 | William Burdick | $32,166 | |
| 295 | Marcelo Dabus | $32,166 | |
| 296 | Theodore Harris | $32,166 | |
| 297 | Frederick Halling | $32,166 | |
| 298 | Randy Benton | $32,166 | |
| 299 | Shahram Rastegari | $32,166 | |
| 300 | Steven Goosen | $32,166 | |
| 301 | Brian Hansen | $32,166 | |
| 302 | Aaron Lerner | $32,166 | |
| 303 | Mike Purdy | $32,166 | |
| 304 | Peter Ling | $32,166 | |
| 305 | Clayton Newman | $32,166 | |
| 306 | Michelle Sainz AKA "the ghost" | $32,166 | |
| 307 | Bruce Hyde | $32,166 | |
| 308 | Michael Blockside | $32,166 | |
| 309 | Antonio Basile | $32,166 | |
| 310 | Patrick Poels | $32,166 | |
| 311 | Kevin Lang | $32,166 | |
| 312 | Brian Lamanna | $32,166 | |
| 313 | Nichlas Mattson | $32,166 | |
| 314 | Drago Timarac | $32,166 | |
| 315 | Thomas Schaffer | $32,166 | |
| 316 | Andre Johnstone | $32,166 | |
| 317 | John Gordon AKA "Muscles" | $32,166 | |
| 318 | Ferdinand Quelle | $32,166 | |
| 319 | Carmel Petresco | $32,166 | |
| 320 | Paul Kitsos AKA "Biggie Smalls" | $32,166 | |
| 321 | Thayer Rasmussen AKA "JINXY MONKEY" | $32,166 | |
| 322 | Jani Vilmunen | $32,166 | |
| 323 | Michael Bertolini | $32,166 | |
| 324 | Kevin Schaffel | $32,166 | |
| 325 | Mads Andersen | $32,166 | |
| 326 | Derek Buonano | $32,166 | |
| 327 | Nick Rampone | $32,166 | |
| 328 | Shane Pacheco | $32,166 | |
| 329 | Johnny Chan | $32,166 | |
| 330 | Joshua Chait | $32,166 | |
| 331 | Maya Gellar | $32,166 | |
| 332 | Everett Carlton | $32,166 | |
| 333 | Bill Blanda AKA "Big Daddy" | $32,166 | |
| 334 | Greg "Fisherman" Duros | $32,166 | |
| 335 | Tracy Scala | $32,166 | |
| 336 | Edward Godfrey | $32,166 | |
| 337 | Magnus Petersson | $32,166 | |
| 338 | Hasan Habib | $32,166 | |
| 339 | Mirza M Nagji | $32,166 | |
| 340 | Michael Spinasanta | $32,166 | |
| 341 | Andrew Armstrong | $32,166 | |
| 342 | Mitchell Smith | $32,166 | |
| 343 | Tom Hanlon | $32,166 | |
| 344 | Adam Zinn AKA "duck" | $32,166 | |
| 345 | Igor Ioffe | $32,166 | |
| 346 | Gary Friedlander | $32,166 | |
| 347 | Jeremy Renz | $32,166 | |
| 348 | Stuart Hosen | $32,166 | |
| 349 | Jason Newburger AKA "Chicago Kid" | $32,166 | |
| 350 | Robert Wood | $32,166 | |
| 351 | Tai Nguyen | $32,166 | |
| 352 | Mark Crocker | $28,950 | |
| 353 | Matt Calhoun | $28,950 | |
| 354 | Joanne Monteavaro | $28,950 | |
| 355 | Denny Lee AKA "Sting Like Bee" | $28,950 | |
| 356 | Ray Henson | $28,950 | |
| 357 | Paul Ridley | $28,950 | |
| 358 | Trevor Reardon AKA "bigTR" | $28,950 | |
| 359 | Robert Cook | $28,950 | |
| 360 | Devin Porter | $28,950 | |
| 361 | Tomer Berda | $28,950 | |
| 362 | Adam Schwartz | $28,950 | |
| 363 | Marc Tschirch | $28,950 | |
| 364 | Russel Silva | $28,950 | |
| 365 | Leonard Nicoletta | $28,950 | |
| 366 | Dylan Linde | $28,950 | |
| 367 | Jason Lester | $28,950 | |
| 368 | Leo Wolpert | $28,950 | |
| 369 | Arthur Tanimoto | $28,950 | |
| 370 | Bertrand Grospellier AKA "ElkY" | $28,950 | |
| 371 | Waylon Frey | $28,950 | |
| 372 | Eric Kesselman AKA "The Gimp" | $28,950 | |
| 373 | Evan McNiff | $28,950 | |
| 374 | Christopher Smith | $28,950 | |
| 375 | Frank Browne | $28,950 | |
| 376 | Ryan Eber | $28,950 | |
| 377 | Mark Velloney | $28,950 | |
| 378 | Kenneth-Kun Lee | $28,950 | |
| 379 | Phillip Liou | $28,950 | |
| 380 | Lawrence Jacobs | $28,950 | |
| 381 | Israel Hodara | $28,950 | |
| 382 | Herbert Morici | $28,950 | |
| 383 | Eric Thompkins AKA "E. Tizzle" | $28,950 | |
| 384 | Gary Berbiglia | $28,950 | |
| 385 | Iwan Johns | $28,950 | |
| 386 | Cliff Josephy AKA "Johnny Bax" | $28,950 | |
| 387 | Scott Landrem | $28,950 | |
| 388 | Robert Fechser | $28,950 | |
| 389 | Steve Davis AKA "The Nugget" | $28,950 | |
| 390 | Patrick Fortin | $28,950 | |
| 391 | Shaun Farley | $28,950 | |
| 392 | John Reiss | $28,950 | |
| 393 | Kim Moon | $28,950 | |
| 394 | Frank Russo | $28,950 | |
| 395 | Jamie Rosen AKA "The Chronic" | $28,950 | |
| 396 | Nicholas Keegan AKA "Kegsy100" | $28,950 | |
| 397 | Larry Bernstein | $28,950 | |
| 398 | Jasper Lee | $28,950 | |
| 399 | E B | $28,950 | |
| 400 | Andres Alvarez | $28,950 | |
| 401 | Steven Giufre | $28,950 | |
| 402 | Jolyne Thompson | $28,950 | |
| 403 | Thomas Cummins | $28,950 | |
| 404 | Diogo Borges | $28,950 | |
| 405 | Martin Elkjaer | $28,950 | |
| 406 | Salomon Sutton | $28,950 | |
| 407 | Michael Schnabel | $28,950 | |
| 408 | Pawel Andrzejewski | $28,950 | |
| 409 | Paul Leckey | $28,950 | |
| 410 | Frank Chimienti | $28,950 | |
| 411 | Richard Owens | $28,950 | |
| 412 | Whitney Blanton AKA "Whit" | $28,950 | |
| 413 | Peter Wesselius | $28,950 | |
| 414 | Kory Mitchell | $28,950 | |
| 415 | Pat O Callaghan | $27,020 | |
| 416 | Andrew Goetsch | $27,020 | |
| 417 | William Pilossoph AKA "Pittsburgh Billy" | $27,020 | |
| 418 | Frankie Odell | $27,020 | |
| 419 | Tim West | $27,020 | |
| 420 | Steven Rosen | $27,020 | |
| 421 | Jason Sagle | $27,020 | |
| 422 | Dale Andrews | $27,020 | |
| 423 | Craig Goodling AKA "Trapper" | $27,020 | |
| 424 | Adam Schoenfeld | $27,020 | |
| 425 | Peter Christensen | $27,020 | |
| 426 | Raymond Saide | $27,020 | |
| 427 | Dave Colclough | $27,020 | |
| 428 | Christopher Anzivino | $27,020 | |
| 429 | James Dalessandro | $27,020 | |
| 430 | David Naimark | $27,020 | |
| 431 | Mike Wattel | $27,020 | |
| 432 | Gary Do | $27,020 | |
| 433 | Maria Navarro | $27,020 | |
| 434 | Eetu Vehilainen | $27,020 | |
| 435 | James Washer | $27,020 | |
| 436 | Robert Bright AKA "Bob" | $27,020 | |
| 437 | Jeff Bryan AKA "the beast" | $27,020 | |
| 438 | Rick Lowe | $27,020 | |
| 439 | Kirill Gerasimov | $27,020 | |
| 440 | Fokke Beukers | $27,020 | |
| 441 | Alberto Fontrytzner | $27,020 | |
| 442 | Jean Robert Bellande | $27,020 | |
| 443 | Scott Harris | $27,020 | |
| 444 | Jason Young AKA "JBY" | $27,020 | |
| 445 | Neville Robbeson | $27,020 | |
| 446 | Haysam Chiniara AKA "The Punisher" | $27,020 | |
| 447 | Darryl Ronconi | $27,020 | |
| 448 | Morten Antonsen | $27,020 | |
| 449 | Peter Hedlund | $27,020 | |
| 450 | Jason McCarty | $27,020 | |
| 451 | Evan Woodington | $27,020 | |
| 452 | Chris Bjorin | $27,020 | |
| 453 | David Dao | $27,020 | |
| 454 | Stefan de Vries | $27,020 | |
| 455 | Nathan Mullen | $27,020 | |
| 456 | Brian Schaedlich | $27,020 | |
| 457 | George Ramsey | $27,020 | |
| 458 | Robert Mizrachi | $27,020 | |
| 459 | Denys Drobyna | $27,020 | |
| 460 | Chase Madden | $27,020 | |
| 461 | Christian Oman | $27,020 | |
| 462 | Thamir Akrawi | $27,020 | |
| 463 | Huyen Bo | $27,020 | |
| 464 | David Ritter | $27,020 | |
| 465 | Peter Aiello | $27,020 | |
| 466 | Scott Hair | $27,020 | |
| 467 | Zafar Aslam | $27,020 | |
| 468 | Hugo Navarrete | $27,020 | |
| 469 | Mike Vanier | $27,020 | |
| 470 | David Kronick | $27,020 | |
| 471 | Ken Holcombe | $27,020 | |
| 472 | Max Troy | $27,020 | |
| 473 | Scott Zakheim | $27,020 | |
| 474 | Greg Peters | $27,020 | |
| 475 | Keir Fitzgibbon | $27,020 | |
| 476 | Aaron Steury | $27,020 | |
| 477 | Markus Golser | $27,020 | |
| 478 | Va Shon Watkins | $25,090 | |
| 479 | Leroy Spires | $25,090 | |
| 480 | Roger Pruzansky | $25,090 | |
| 481 | Ben Sprengers | $25,090 | |
| 482 | Jason House | $25,090 | |
| 483 | Rolf Slotboom | $25,090 | |
| 484 | Edmund Chan | $25,090 | |
| 485 | Daniel J. Barlin | $25,090 | |
| 486 | Jeffrey Palarino | $25,090 | |
| 487 | Jeff Norman | $25,090 | |
| 488 | Judy Raney | $25,090 | |
| 489 | Edmond Mekertchian | $25,090 | |
| 490 | Gary Herstein | $25,090 | |
| 491 | Andreas Jorbeck | $25,090 | |
| 492 | Ruben Juarez | $25,090 | |
| 493 | Beisheng Chen | $25,090 | |
| 494 | Al Riccobono | $25,090 | |
| 495 | Daryn Firicano | $25,090 | |
| 496 | Gerald Macleod | $25,090 | |
| 497 | Sean Fennessey | $25,090 | |
| 498 | Howard German | $25,090 | |
| 499 | Christophe Gross | $25,090 | |
| 500 | James Peera | $25,090 | |
| 501 | Lei Cai | $25,090 | |
| 502 | Ron Jenkins | $25,090 | |
| 503 | Francesco De Vivo | $25,090 | |
| 504 | David Silk | $25,090 | |
| 505 | Joe McGowan | $25,090 | |
| 506 | Bryan Bevis | $25,090 | |
| 507 | James Grimes | $25,090 | |
| 508 | James Maltz AKA "Ace" | $25,090 | |
| 509 | Luke Vrabel | $25,090 | |
| 510 | David Stucke | $25,090 | |
| 511 | Bob Jarman | $25,090 | |
| 512 | Michael Vonada | $25,090 | |
| 513 | David Gee | $25,090 | |
| 514 | George Wedemeyer | $25,090 | |
| 515 | Todd Pierce | $25,090 | |
| 516 | James Eccles | $25,090 | |
| 517 | Chris "The Armenian Express" Grigorian | $25,090 | |
| 518 | Chau Giang | $25,090 | |
| 519 | William Douglas Smith | $25,090 | |
| 520 | Hamid Jahangard | $25,090 | |
| 521 | Serg Markarian | $25,090 | |
| 522 | Asher Derei | $25,090 | |
| 523 | David Sacks AKA "TRK" | $25,090 | |
| 524 | Mike Perez AKA "The Prince" | $25,090 | |
| 525 | Brian Montag | $25,090 | |
| 526 | Bob Slezak | $25,090 | |
| 527 | Unknown | $25,090 | |
| 528 | Wendell Olsen | $25,090 | |
| 529 | Vlad Teposu | $25,090 | |
| 530 | Wooka Kim | $25,090 | |
| 531 | Gjorgji Chuchuk | $25,090 | |
| 532 | Jason Kang | $25,090 | |
| 533 | Rory Chinn | $25,090 | |
| 534 | Dan Glimne | $25,090 | |
| 535 | Unknown | $25,090 | |
| 536 | Farzad Rouhani AKA "Freddie" | $25,090 | |
| 537 | Janne Runtti | $25,090 | |
| 538 | John Strzemp | $25,090 | |
| 539 | Mark Tenner | $25,090 | |
| 540 | Matthew Mezvinsky | $25,090 | |
| 541 | Stephen Landrum | $23,160 | |
| 542 | Rene Refsgaard | $23,160 | |
| 543 | Eugene Neto | $23,160 | |
| 544 | Soren Jensen | $23,160 | |
| 545 | Michael Johnson | $23,160 | |
| 546 | Jesse Kremer | $23,160 | |
| 547 | Soren Knudsen | $23,160 | |
| 548 | Michael Offerman | $23,160 | |
| 549 | Valdemar Kwaysser | $23,160 | |
| 550 | Jason Ashley | $23,160 | |
| 551 | Andreas Torbergsen | $23,160 | |
| 552 | Steve Austin AKA "THE NATURAL" | $23,160 | |
| 553 | Henning Granstad | $23,160 | |
| 554 | Ernesto Margolis | $23,160 | |
| 555 | Adam Grovenstein | $23,160 | |
| 556 | Zelong Dong | $23,160 | |
| 557 | John Kapovich | $23,160 | |
| 558 | Alex Smith | $23,160 | |
| 559 | Henrik Thuesen | $23,160 | |
| 560 | Gary Hamilton | $23,160 | |
| 561 | Paul Coles | $23,160 | |
| 562 | Si Vo | $23,160 | |
| 563 | Jody Garaventa | $23,160 | |
| 564 | James Lowe | $23,160 | |
| 565 | Michael Grabmugg | $23,160 | |
| 566 | Robert Crawford | $23,160 | |
| 567 | Yonghui Jiang | $23,160 | |
| 568 | Rick Welch | $23,160 | |
| 569 | Karen Mengden | $23,160 | |
| 570 | Kermit Mallette | $23,160 | |
| 571 | Brian Brubaker | $23,160 | |
| 572 | Michael Frandsen | $23,160 | |
| 573 | Steven Levy | $23,160 | |
| 574 | Va Shon Watkins | $23,160 | |
| 575 | Jason Nadeau | $23,160 | |
| 576 | Jerome Mercado | $23,160 | |
| 577 | Martyn Sands | $23,160 | |
| 578 | Brett Houghton | $23,160 | |
| 579 | David Rosenbloom | $23,160 | |
| 580 | Matt Culberson | $23,160 | |
| 581 | Justin Tresedell | $23,160 | |
| 582 | Pierre Marceau | $23,160 | |
| 583 | Robert Anderson | $23,160 | |
| 584 | Jeremy Symington | $23,160 | |
| 585 | Jan Heitmann AKA "Erdnase" | $23,160 | |
| 586 | Nathan Doudney | $23,160 | |
| 587 | Izakron Young | $23,160 | |
| 588 | Oliver Decamps | $23,160 | |
| 589 | Bijan Shablaz | $23,160 | |
| 590 | Jesper Anderberg | $23,160 | |
| 591 | Brandon Foster | $23,160 | |
| 592 | Brett Richey | $23,160 | |
| 593 | Rubens Bicalho | $23,160 | |
| 594 | Daniel Marchand | $23,160 | |
| 595 | Age Spets | $23,160 | |
| 596 | Raymond Yee | $23,160 | |
| 597 | Matthew Kennedy | $23,160 | |
| 598 | Ramus Vogt | $23,160 | |
| 599 | Wilbur Futhey | $23,160 | |
| 600 | Thor Hansen | $23,160 | |
| 601 | Benjamin Zamani | $23,160 | |
| 602 | Magnus Persson | $23,160 | |
| 603 | Johan Slutter | $23,160 | |
| 604 | Sharon Levin | $23,160 | |
| 605 | Darren Nelson | $21,230 | |
| 606 | Ryan Monastyrski | $21,230 | |
| 607 | Matthew Bucaric | $21,230 | |
| 608 | Weiwen Liang | $21,230 | |
| 609 | Emad Tahtouh | $21,230 | |
| 610 | Berk Aydin | $21,230 | |
| 611 | Jeffrey Hakim | $21,230 | |
| 612 | Alioscia Oliva | $21,230 | |
| 613 | Jonathan Lane | $21,230 | |
| 614 | Cuong Nguyen | $21,230 | |
| 615 | Milan Andrejkovics | $21,230 | |
| 616 | Bill Gazes | $21,230 | |
| 617 | Francis Rusnak | $21,230 | |
| 618 | George Adams | $21,230 | |
| 619 | John Henck | $21,230 | |
| 620 | Allen Bari | $21,230 | |
| 621 | Jose Santos | $21,230 | |
| 622 | Senovio Ramirez | $21,230 | |
| 623 | Nadav Benjosef AKA "Benyo" | $21,230 | |
| 624 | Adam Richardson | $21,230 | |
| 625 | Vanessa Rousso AKA "Lady Maverick" | $21,230 | |
| 626 | Ryan Jones | $21,230 | |
| 627 | Les Jesudason | $21,230 | |
| 628 | Wolfbert Bartlema | $21,230 | |
| 629 | Todd Jatras | $21,230 | |
| 630 | Mats Clavell | $21,230 | |
| 631 | Julian Meer | $21,230 | |
| 632 | Nick Goodall | $21,230 | |
| 633 | Nathaniel Eaton | $21,230 | |
| 634 | David Trinh | $21,230 | |
| 635 | Jason Gray | $21,230 | |
| 636 | Brian Pinkus | $21,230 | |
| 637 | Michel Leibgorin | $21,230 | |
| 638 | Shan Jing AKA "PacMan" | $21,230 | |
| 639 | Michael Berra | $21,230 | |
| 640 | Patri Forwalter-Friedman | $21,230 | |
| 641 | Douglas Janney | $21,230 | |
| 642 | Claudio Rinaldi | $21,230 | |
| 643 | Messaoud Bouchaib | $21,230 | |
| 644 | Walter Bizzarro | $21,230 | |
| 645 | Pat Pezzin AKA "TorontoToro" | $21,230 | |
| 646 | Kenneth McKusick | $21,230 | |
| 647 | Rui Cao | $21,230 | |
| 648 | Juan Hernandez | $21,230 | |
| 649 | Bryan Tiffin | $21,230 | |
| 650 | Carl Restifo | $21,230 | |
| 651 | Men "The Master" Nguyen | $21,230 | |
| 652 | Pascal Guerillot | $21,230 | |
| 653 | Matthew Clark | $21,230 | |
| 654 | Tam Gourlay | $21,230 | |
| 655 | Roy Vandersluis | $21,230 | |
| 656 | Fernando Gordo AKA "Solvafer" | $21,230 | |
| 657 | Sasa Stancic | $21,230 | |
| 658 | David Gallis | $21,230 | |
| 659 | Robert Parkin | $21,230 | |
| 660 | Robert Melnyk | $21,230 | |
| 661 | Lorenz Roder | $21,230 | |
| 662 | Dale Sing | $21,230 | |
| 663 | Tom Brown | $21,230 | |
| 664 | Henrik Abrahamson | $21,230 | |
| 665 | Justin Phillips | $21,230 | |
| 666 | Joe Conti AKA "MOJO" | $21,230 |
Tournament Report
Peter Eastgate Wins the 2008 World Series of Poker22-Year-Old Danish Poker Pro Becomes the Youngest World Champion in HistoryLongest, Biggest, Richest Poker Tournament Series Ends with First-Ever Danish Champion Topping the Famed November Nine'
Tournament Notes from the Final Table: The previous WSOP gold bracelet winners who were nationals of Denmark include only player, Jesper Hougaard, from Copenhagen. Hougaard currently holds two WSOP gold bracelets - one from earlier this year in Las Vegas and a second won in London at WSOP-Europe last month.
Eastgate's win instantly vaults him up in second place on the WSOP all-time money winners' list. Only 2006 world champion Jamie Gold has won more prize money, at $12,067,092. 'I do not think I have realized yet what a big moment this is. It will come the next days and weeks. I expect I will get emotional about it later. But not as much now.' - Peter Eastgate following his victory Eastgate says he plans to go with his parents on a vacation after his victory. 'I love my parents,' he said. 'I want to treat them as I have always treated them - with love and respect.'
'I like to gamble. The way I have learned to play poker is by putting a lot of hours into it and learning from my mistakes.' - Peter Eastgate following his victory The 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event began on July 3rd. The official Day Seven was played 11 days later on Monday, July 14th. Once the final nine players were finally determined, there was an unprecedented 117-day recess. The nine surviving players who made it to the final table were deemed 'The November Nine.' Fittingly, play resumed on November 9th. Final table play officially started at 11:08 am. The first day ended 13 hours and 27 minutes later, at 12:35 am. Continuation of the final table resumed at 10:34 pm the following night, and officially ended at 2:36 am. Hence, the combined length of the finale clocked in at 15 hours and 39 minutes. This broke the previous record for the longest WSOP Main Event final table, which took place in 2005 (won by Joe Hachem). The previous record was 14 hours. Note: Dinner breaks are excluded from time official records. The final table lasted 278 hands. More than a third of the hands were played heads up. The final table was played onstage at the Penn and Teller Theatre at the Rio in Las Vegas. This was the first time this venue had been used and was the seventh locale in the 39-year history of the WSOP. Previous final table locations included - (Old) Binion's Horseshoe baccarat pit, (Old) Binion's Horseshoe rear casino, (New) Binion's Horseshoe Poker Room, (New) Binion's Horseshoe Benny's Bullpen, Fremont Street Experience, and the Rio Pavilion Amazon Room. Note: 'Old' refers to the older East side of the Horseshoe, while 'new' refers to the West side of the casino, which was expanded with The Mint was acquired in 1988. Both days/nights attracted capacity crowds. One-time attendance was estimated at 1,065 given the number of seats inside the arena. However, many different spectators rotated through the arena over duration of the two day competition. The actual number of spectators who saw at least some portion of the WSOP final table live this year is estimated at about 3,000. This was the largest crowd ever to watch a poker game of any kind, in a live setting. For the first time in poker history, a tournament blind reached the 1,000,000 mark. Level 39 was reached, meaning the big blind was 1,000,000 (the small blind was 500,000, along with a 150,000 ante). Interestingly, the 1,000,000 blind level with the mandatory 150,000 ante meant that each hand cost the equivalent in starting chips from 57.5 entrants into the Main Event. This was the final day of a 62-day span which comprises the totality of 59 gold bracelet events (including WSOP-Europe). The $10,000 buy-in championship is officially listed as Event #54. Due to the 117-day delay, the event ended after the conclusion of Events 55-59. The final table (first day) began with WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack addressing the large crowd and the final nine players who were assembled onstage. Pollack thanked the players for being poker ambassadors during the layoff. Prior to play, each of the nine finalists received a Corum limited-edition W.S.O.P. 'Romvlvs' timepiece. Each watch dial featured the card suit of choice, engraved with the player's name and starting chip count on the reverse. The special presentation was made by President of Corum Watches, Michael Wunderman. Rio Las Vegas General Manager Gerry Tuthill also took the stage to thank the players and audience for their support of the WSOP. The Rio has been the home of the WSOP since 2005, and has attracted record numbers each of the four years the property has played host to poker's supreme event. 2007 World Series of Poker champion Jerry Yang provided the ceremonial 'Shuffle Up and Deal' announcement. He took a few moments to thank poker fans for all their support and jokingly noted that he was the longest reigning single year WSOP champion in history. Of course, Yang's extended poker sovereignty was made possible by the unprecedented 117-day layoff. The chip leader at the start of play was Dennis Phillips (St. Louis, MO). Peter Eastgate, the ultimate victor began play ranked fourth. All players who made it to the final table were guaranteed a payout of $900,670. However, Harrah's added another $98,179 in prize money to the top eight finishers. This was the amount of interest paid on the $24,527,416 which accrued interest during the four-month layoff. The runner up was Ivan Demidov, from Moscow, Russia. Demidov was vying to become the first Russian poker world champion in history, but came up just short. It's astonishing to think that the second-place cash prize ($5,809,595) still amounts to a figure larger than any other poker tournament in the world. Demidov's victory would have meant that two of the top titles in poker would have been held by natives of Russia. Five months ago, Svetlana Gromenkova (from Moscow) won the 2008 Ladies World Poker Championship. Demidov became the first player to ever make it to the final table of the WSOP Main Event and the WSOP-Europe Main Event. Incredibly, Demidov accomplished this feat within the same year. Demidov had the chip lead a significant part of the first day of the final table. However, Eastgate proved to be a formidable foe, as Demidov was unable to establish any momentum during the final few hours which might have catapulted him to victory. The final hand of the 2008 WSOP came when Eastgate was dealt Ad-5s against Demidov's 4h-2h. The final board showed K-3-2-4-7 (suits were insignificant). Demidov called Eastgate's all-in move and tabled two pair - fours and twos. Eastgate showed A-5, good for the straight, five-high. 'I was lucky on the last hand. Ivan had two pair, and I had a wheel. When that happens heads-up, all the money is (going to go into the pot).' - Peter Eastgate explaining the winning final hand Just because I won the heads-up does not make me a better player than (Demidov). It goes to show that it is sometimes good to be lucky.' -- Peter Eastgate explaining the winning final hand Demidov was profoundly disappointed, but was also gracious in defeat. He congratulated the new champion and remained onstage afterward for multiple media interviews. 'I think I played really well at the start. But I did not play as well towards the end. It is really tough to say what went wrong. Every time I tried to bluff he called, and had a hand.' - Ivan Demidov moments after being eliminated in second place 'It has been a great year for me.... - Ivan Demidov moments after being eliminated in second place The third-place finisher was Dennis Phillips, from St. Louis, MO. Phillips was accompanied by the largest cheering section in poker history. More than 300 friends and co-workers came to Las Vegas to support Phillips. Adorned in white shirts and logos, Phillips' army of supporters was one of the final table's most memorable highlights. The fourth-place finisher was Ylon Schwartz. The enigmatic former chess pro from Brooklyn, NY was cheered by a dozen or so supporters. Schwartz was the final table's most unorthodox player. He vowed to run away and disappear if he won the world championship. Yet, Ylon was gracious even in defeat. He returned to the final table on day two and watched Eastgate's victory. Former WSOP Main Event winners who made a ceremonial appearance at this final table included Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, Chris Moneymaker, Jamie Gold, and Jerry Yang. None of the top four finishers wore glasses at the final table. However, all nine players wore caps adorned with various logos.
The fifth-place finisher was Canadian player Scott Montgomery, from Perth, Ontario. The sixth-place finisher was another Canadian player, Darus Suharto - from Toronto, Ontario. Suharto says he plans to return to his job as an accountant, despite his big win. I made a commitment and I want to stick with it (regardless of poker),' he said.
The seventh-place finisher was David 'Chino' Rheem, from Los Angeles, CA.
Rheem was the only player at the final table who showed any political allegiances. Rheem sported an 'Obama '08' button on his shirt.
The eighth-place finisher was Kelly Kim, from Whittier, CA. Kim's patience paid off, as his leap from an expected ninth-place finish (according to chance) up to eighth place paid and extra $380,547 in prize money. Kim was ecstatic following Marguis' elimination. The unanticipated bust out inched him one spot higher in the prize money, worth an extra $388,000 in prize money. The ninth-place finisher was Craig Marquis, from Arlington, TX. Marquis was bidding to become the first Texan to win the WSOP in 23 years, when Bill Smith (from Dallas) was the 1985 Main Event. 'Everyone has a big hand where they take the worst of it at some point, and they hit a hand just to get here. I had a few of those. Now, it was Scott (Montgomery's) turn. That's the way poker is.' - Craig Marquis, moments after being eliminated 'It feels bad to be knocked out ninth. But I was playing to win, all the way. I was not trying to just move up to seventh or eighth place.' - Craig Marquis, moments after being eliminated 'It's sad to be over. But on the other hand, it will really be nice to get back to my real life again.' -- Craig Marquis, moments after being eliminated The first elimination took two hours and ten minutes, which is believed to be a WSOP record (Note: Early years at the WSOP were not well documented). The first flop was not seen until 39 minutes into play. Ylon Schwartz made the first all-in move of the finale. Scott Montgomery folded to his raise. The first chip lead change took place when Ivan Demidov seized a sizable number of chips from Dennis Phillips' stack. Next, Ylon Schwartz took the chip lead. Then, Demidov regained the lead. Peter Eastgate took the chip lead late on the first day of the finale. First-place prize money totaling $9,152,416 was brought to the main stage immediately following a 75-minute dinner break. The colossal display of banknotes weighed an estimated 500 pounds. Two years ago, WSOP organizers placed a similar amount of prize money onto a large table, causing it to buckle from the massive weight. This year, organizers learned their lesson and the numerous stacks of one-hundred dollars bills were placed upon a reinforced table. The Poker Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place during a break. The Hall of Fame was launched in 1979 and now includes 39 members. The 'Class of 2008' included two new inductees - Dewey Tomko and Henry Orenstein. Nations represented at the final table included: United States (5 players), Canada (2 players), Denmark (1 player), and Russia (1 player). A Russian poker player has now made it to the final table in each of the last two years. Ivan Demidov followed in the footsteps of Alex Kravchenko, who finished in fourth place last year. A Canadian poker player has now made it to the final table in each of the last two years. Two Canadians, Darus Suharto and Scott Montgomery follow in the footsteps of Tuan Lam, who finished in second place last year. This was one of the younger final table averages in WSOP history. The youngest player (Eastgate) was 22. The oldest player (Phillips) was 53. The average age of the surviving players was 31.8 years. Five of the final nine were in their 20s. Late on Day Seven (played July 14th), although ten players actually sat at a single table, only the nine surviving players constitute the official 'final table,' in standard poker reporting and official WSOP records. The tenth-place money spot is now referred to as the 'TV bubble.' This is because the player did not partake in the three-month publicity build-up to the final table, nor the actual play of the November Nine,' which will be shown on ESPN. Dean Hamrick ended up as the tenth-place finisher. The nine finalists were each paid 9th-place prize money ($900,670) when play was suspended on July 15th. The remainder of the prize money (the difference) was paid out at the Rio as players were eliminated. ESPN will broadcast the final table on Tuesday, November 11th, just hours after play ended on the previous days/nights. The show will air at 6 pm PST and runs for two hours. The final table was played just five days after the conclusion of the U.S. presidential election and Barack Obama's historic victory. Peter Eastgate played a total of 80.9 tournament hours to win his victory, not counting breaks or end of day recesses. When the tournament ended, all 136,900,000 chips were in Peter Eastgate's stack. He began the tournament like everyone else, with just 20,000 in chips. In the 39-year history of the WSOP, champions were citizens of the following nations at the time of victory: United States (35), England (1), Ireland (1), Australia (1), Spain (1), and Denmark (1). WSOP champions have now been born in the following nations: United States (31), Iran (2), Ireland (1), Lebanon (1), Ecuador (1), Laos (1), Vietnam (1), China (1), and Denmark (1). This was the largest overall World Series of Poker in history. A grand total of 58,720 players entered into 55 gold bracelet events surpassed last year's number of entries, which was 54,288. These figures represent an 8 percent increase over 2007. This ranks as the second-largest live poker tournament in history. This year's turnout surpassed 2007 attendance (6,358) by 7.4 percent. Only the 2006 WSOP Main Event was larger than this tournament -- with 8,773 entrants. This is the second-largest tournament prize pool in history. The total prize pool amounted to $64,431,779. The top 666 finishers collected prize money. There were 124 different nations and territories represented by all players who entered the 2008 Main Event. By contrast, there were 87 different countries present last year. This represents a 36 percent increase in international participation.
YOUNG DANISH PRO TAKES HOME $9.1 MILLION IN THE 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKERBecomes the Youngest Player Ever to Win WSOP Main Event 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER, LAS VEGAS, NOVEMBER 11, 2008 - PokerStars player Peter Eastgate has became the youngest main event champion after winning the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) earning him $9,152,416 million. The 22-year-old professional poker player from Odense, Denmark broke Phil Helmuth's 19 year record for youngest main event champion that he set in 1989 at the age of 24. Eastgate also made history by playing in the first ever all European heads up WSOP main event showdown. 'It's an honour to hold the record as youngest World Series of Poker main event champion,' said Eastgate. 'I played really solidly throughout this tournament and I'm proud of that. This gives a new level of credibility for young online players. Thanks to sites like PokerStars, we have become a force to face on the felt.' Eastgate is one of the top cash poker players in Denmark, and has already made a name for himself in several tournaments across Europe and online. Earlier this year, he finished in the top 30 at PokerStars EPT Copenhagen and made the final table of the Irish Poker Open in 2007. During the three month break, Eastgate has been playing $200-400 No Limit Hold' Em on PokerStars to sharpen up for the final table. 'Peter is the kind of player who is not afraid to put you under the gun,' said Team PokerStars Pro Noah Boeken. 'I'm impressed by the way he played this tournament. He is a great testament to the young, up-and-coming European players in the poker field.' The soft spoken and stone cold Eastgate is known for his ultra-aggressive playing style, which was evident in this year's final table. He headed into with the final table in fourth place with a stack of more than 18 million in chips. Entering heads up play, Eastgate was ahead in chips, $79.5 million to $57.7 million, and never looked back. The deciding and historic hand for Eastgate came when Demidov's two pair, fours and deuces ran into Eastgate's straight, Ace to the five. More than 1,000 PokerStars qualifiers competed in this year's World Series main event and 123 of these PokerStars players have cashed at this year's event - winning more than $9 million between them and leaving another $32.6 million up for grabs at the final table event. The PokerStars Million Dollar Men have walked away with just under $27.5 bringing the total cash winnings for PokerStars players at the 2008 WSOP main event to more than $36 million. Among Team PokerStars Pro, Daniel Kid Poker' Negreanu won his 4th WSOP bracelet in the Limit Hold'em Event, cashing $204,874. Poker legend Barry Greenstein won his 3rd WSOP bracelet in the Seven Card Razz Event and Italian poker pro Dario Minieri recorded his first WSOP bracelet in the No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event pocketing $528,418.
Final Table Set for Historic 2008 World Series of Pokerฎ Main Event'November Nine' Top Total Field of 6,844 to Compete for Lion's Share of $64 Million and WSOP Champion's Bracelet on Poker's Biggest Night LAS VEGAS (July 15, 2008) - After 12 days of grueling Main Event competition at the record-setting 39th annual World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee's Best Light, the stage is finally set for the most prestigious night in poker history. For the first time ever, play at a World Series of Poker tournament has been suspended prior to a champion being crowned. The unique event structure calls for the final nine of 6,844 competitors in the $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em World Championship to return to the Rioฎ All-Suite Hotel and Casino on November 9 to begin the battle for the Main Event title and the top prize of $9.1 million. Dubbed 'The November Nine,' the participants will have 117 days before they return to Las Vegas, where they will vie for the title on what is literally poker's largest stage - inside the Rio's state-of-the-art, 1,500-seat Penn & Teller Theater.
In descending order of chip count, The November Nine are:
The nine will play down to two on Nov. 9; the final two competitors will then go heads up beginning at 10 p.m. PDT on Nov. 10, with the winner expected to be crowned in the early morning hours of November 11. In a World Series of Poker first, ESPN will carry same-day coverage of the victory beginning at 9 p.m. EST on Nov. 11. The November Nine outlasted a massive field of 6,844 who entered the $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em World Championship. This year's total Main Event prize pool is $64,333,600. A total of 666 players will cash in the event; payout for 666th place was $21,230.
The final nine will play for a total of $32,633,446, with the following pay schedule: 1st Place: $9,119,517 4th Place: $3,763,515 7th Place: $1,769,174 2nd Place: $5,790,024 5th Place: $3,088,012 8th Place: $1,286,672 3rd Place: $4,503,352 6th Place: $2,412,510 9th Place: $900,670'The winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event has always become an instant celebrity,' said World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack. 'This year, all nine players who make the final table will become household names - and are guaranteed life-changing prize money to go with their fame and place in poker history.' ESPN will air a one-hour special on the final nine participants Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 9 p.m. EST. The network's high-definition coverage of the Main Event begins Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 9 p.m. EST; two-hour episodes will run each Tuesday until the Nov. 11 finale. The 39th annual World Series of Poker was the largest and richest in history, attracting 58,720 competitors in its 55 events - an increase of 4,432, or 8 percent, over the previous record established in 2007. The total prize pool at this year's World Series of Poker was $180,676,248, an increase of $20,880,030 over the previous record, also established last year. Players from a record 118 countries participated in this year's tournaments, more than in the most recent Winter Olympics. That number is up 36 percent from the previous record of 87 countries set in 2007. The 39th annual World Series of Poker, a compilation of 55 tournaments covering all of the game's major variations, began May 30 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The Main Event, with four start dates to accommodate its large playing field, began on July 3. WORLD SERIES OF POKER FINAL TO AIR TUESDAY, NOV 11thThe most-anticipated final table in poker history will be in action on Tuesday, Nov. 11, as the champion's bracelet and a top prize of $9.1 million will be awarded in the 2008 World Series of Poker, presented by Milwaukee's Best Light. ESPN will provide same day coverage -- kicking off with an encore presentation of the one-hour preview special at 8 p.m. ET -- followed by two action-packed hours from the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Below are the November Nine in order of chip count, and comments on each player from Norman Chad, co-host of the World Series of Poker with Lon McEachern. 1. Dennis Phillips, 53 St. Louis, Missouri 26,295,000 "Perhaps no player could be more negatively affected by the 117-day final-table delay. When play was halted in July, Phillips was in a zone. He was running hot and reading well, getting all the right cards and pushing all the right buttons. Poker is a streaky game, and he was on a week-long streak. Heck, 3 ฝ months later, he might not even be able to find his St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap." 2. Ivan Demidov, 27 Moscow, Russia 24,400,000 "Here's a calendar-year feat for you: Making the WSOP Main Event final table and the WSOP Europe Main Event final table. That's a stunning double. In recent years, Russians are making a bigger impact in poker. Demidov is seldom recklessly aggressive like other twenty-somethings; rather, he's smart and measured and overcomes his lack of live tournament experience with a steady countenance and solid reads." 3. Scott Montgomery, 26 Perth, Ontario, Canada 19,690,000 "Another improbable product of the now-famed University of Waterloo poker factory in Canada - if it's such a good engineering school, how come everyone there is playing cards? Montgomery describes his playing style as "psychotically insane,” and that might be an understatement. He doesn't play position, he plays preposterously. He can't help getting all his money in with the worst of it, and he's forever good-natured about it." 4. Peter Eastgate, 22 Odense, Denmark 18,375,000 "Ah, to be young, fearless and playing for $9.1 million. In Europe, the poker community talks about uber-aggressive Scandinavian players like Eastgate. He is calm and icy at the table as he continues to shove big bets into the middle. Like many online young guns, his modus operandi is to keep putting opponents to tough decisions for most of their chips. Pressure, pressure, pressure. It seems to work." 5. Ylon Schwartz, 38 Brooklyn, New York 12,525,000 "He once was a top-flight chess player. I give him a point for that. He says if he wins the Main Event, he wants to go somewhere no one will find him "like Tim Robbins in Shawshank Redemption" He gets another point there. He's smart and strange - you've got to fear the smart, strange ones - and he'll wait for others to make mistakes at the table." 6. Darus Suharto, 39 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 12,520,000 "At 39, the second-oldest player left in the field, which speaks to the youthful state of no-limit tournament hold em in 2008. He's quiet, respectful and a big fan of fellow Canadian Daniel Negreanu. Plus, he's a CPA - the last time an unknown accountant won the Main Event, it set off a poker boom; nobody would mind a second boom, or at least a boomlet." 7. David Rheem, 28 Los Angeles, California 10,230,000 "He could go out first or he could end up first. He's not afraid to mix it up, he goes with his reads and he'll risk it all early if the spot feels right. Even when he bluffs off most of his stack, he has a great ability to not let the moment destroy him - he'll brush it off and move on. And, of course, most of the established pros are rooting for him." 8. Craig Marquis, 23 Arlington, Texas 10,210,000 "He played smart, small-pot poker to get here. I like him because he stood up to Tiffany Michelle late in the Main Event. And I like him because he started playing in January 2007 after going to a New Year's Eve party and realizing how much money Tom Dwan and David Benefield were making at cards - on New Year's Eve, most people just get silly and make stupid resolutions." 9. Kelly Kim, 31 Whittier, California 2,620,000 "Has to feel like he's on a free roll - he was the short stack when they got down to 10 players - but that doesn't mean he'll play recklessly. In fact, with a big gallery of friends and family on hand, he'll probably play it snug - you don't wait 117 days and bring all your supporters into town to go bust in 15 minutes." Norman Chad |
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