WSOP Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (Event 47) 06/26/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (Event 47)
Thursday, June 26, 2008 to Saturday, June 28, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $741,195
Entries: 543

Place Player Prize

1. Ryan Hughes $183,368
2. Ronald Long $113,240
3. Thomas Hunt III $68,686
4. Alessio Isaia $50,122
5. Jonas Klausen $39,355
6. Tim D'alessandro $30,444
7. Joshua Feldman $23,019
8. David Sklansky $19,306
9. James Richburg $15,593
10. Margaret Macre $15,593
11. Daniel Nicewander $11,880
12. David Brooker $11,880

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (Event 46) 06/26/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (Event 46)
Thursday, June 26, 2008 to Saturday, June 28, 2008 Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $3,783,500
Entries: 805

Place Player Prize

1. Joe Commisso $911,855
2. Richard Lyndaker $570,551
3. Edward Ochana $368,891
4. Sam Trickett $245,927
5. Thomas Lutz $174,041
6. Davidi Kitai $120,693
7. Will Failla $82,858
8. Jim Wong $82,858
9. Steven Ware $63,941
10. Bryan Pope $63,941
11. Alex Jacob $45,023
12. Leo Kam $45,023
13. Jesper Petersen $31,781
14. Jason Gray $31,781
15. Paul Foltyn $31,781
16. Bertrand Grospellier $31,781
17. Karl Wiklund $31,781
18. Joanne (J.J.) Liu $31,781
19. Robert Forsman $26,106
20. Gabriellson Ferit $26,106
21. Riku Koivurinne $26,106
22. Eduard Scharf $26,106
23. Magnus Persson $26,106
24. Keith Hawkins $26,106

WSOP World Championship H.O.R.S.E (Event 45) 06/25/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (Event 45)
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 to Sunday, June 29, 2008 Buy-in: $50,000
Prizepool: $7,104,000
Entries: 148

Place Player Prize
1. Scotty Nguyen $1,989,120
2. Mike DeMichele $1,243,200
3. Erick Lindgren $781,440
4. Matt Glantz $568,320
5. Lyle Berman $444,000
6. Barry Greenstein $355,200
7. Huck Seed $284,160
8. Patrick Bueno $230,880
9. Ralph Perry $177,600
10. Raymond Davis $177,600
11. David Bach $159,840
12. Phil Ivey $159,840
13. Daniel Negreanu $142,080
14. Joseph (Joey) Michael $142,080
15. Andrew Bloch $124,320
16. Doyle Brunson$124,320

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em w/ReBuys (Event 44) 06/25/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em w/ReBuys (Event 44)
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 to Friday, June 27, 2008 Buy-in: $1,000
Prizepool: $3,240,174
Entries: 879 Rebuys & Add-ons: 2,508

Place Player Prize
1. Maxwell Greenwood $693,392
2. Rene Mouritsen $445,523
3. Albert Iverson $267,314
4. Scott Freeman $223,572
5. Jesse Chinni $183,069
6. Aleksandr Dzianisau $144,187
7. Curt Kohlberg $111,786
8. Phung Ngo $87,484
9. Alex Bolotin $63,183
10. James Rosen $39,854
11. Ivan Demidov $39,854
12. Peter Feldman $39,854
13. Eric Froehlich $31,753
14. Gioi Luong $31,753
15. Edward Brogdon $31,753
16. Joe Tehan $23,653
17. Tom Love $23,653
18. Robert Lauria $23,653
19. Jean Claude Perrot $18,144
20. Nikolaj Adamsen $18,144
21. John Hoang $18,144
22. Chris Podlewski $18,144
23. Mark Seif $18,144
24. J.C. Tran $18,144
25. Alan Sass $18,144
26. Matthias Neu $18,144
27. Ian Kim$18,144

WSOP Pot-Limit Hi-low Split-8 or Better (Event 43) 06/24/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (Event 43)
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 to Thursday, June 26, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $982,800
Entries: 720

Place Player Prize
1. Martin Klaser $216,249
2. Casey Kastle $137,985
3. Michael Fetter $83,538
4. Erik Seidel $68,304
5. Jon Maren $56,019
6. Chad Burum $44,226
7. Joseph Haddad $34,398
8. Larry Wright $27,027
9. Tom Chambers $19,656
10. Daniel Klein $12,285
11. Derek Kadota $12,285
12. Gary Hutzler $12,285
13. Mark Gallo $9,828
14. Douglas Mandeville $9,828
15. Jim Geary $9,828
16. James Griffith $7,371
17. Mikhail Ustinov $7,371
18. Ian Graham$7,371

WSOP Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship (Event 42) 06/23/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship (Event 42)
Monday, June 23, 2008 to Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Buy-in: $1,000
Prizepool: $2,018,380
Entries: 2,218

Place Player Prize
1. Dan Lacourse $368,832
2. Dale Eberle $235,141
3. Marc Fluss $156,424
4. Jerry Yamachika $131,194
5. Fred Berger $106,974
6. Charles Wood $84,771
7. Peter Silverstein $64,588
8. Edward Clark $49,450
9. Martin (Marty) Wilson $34,312
10. Ronald Puelo $22,202
11. Mike Allis $22,202
12. Chris Platt $22,202
13. Edgardo Villareal $17,156
14. Mick Bentrup $17,156
15. James Duke $17,156
16. Henry Hudson $12,110
17. John Bonar $12,110
18. Gary Dishongh $12,110
19. Gregory Alston $9,688
20. Michael Thulson $9,688
21. Bobby Bland $9,688
22. Daniel Spear $9,688
23. Duane Gerleman $9,688
24. Harold Hensley $9,688
25. Theodore Brooks $9,688
26. Dennis Otto $9,688
27. James Maxwell $9,688

WSOP Mixed Hold'em - limit/no-limit (Event 41) 06/22/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Mixed Hold'em - limit/no-limit (Event 41)
Sunday, June 22, 2008 to Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $996,450
Entries: 731

Place Player Prize
1. Frank Gary $219,562
2. Jonathan Tamayo $140,093
3. Nick Binger $84,814
4. Chris Rentes $69,348
5. Alex Jalali $56,875
6. David MacHowsky $44,901
7. Mats Gavatin $34,923
8. Michael Chu $27,439
9. David Sorger $19,956
10. Todd Witteles $12,472
11. Justin St. John $12,472
12. Sam Hiatt $12,472
13. Elliot Smith $9,978
14. Hien Tran $9,978
15. Klein Bach $9,978
16. Daniel Kraus $7,483
17. Jeff Norman $7,483
18. Anh Van Nguyen $7,483

WSOP 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball - Limit (Event 40) 06/22/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
2-7 Triple Draw Lowball - Limit (Event 40)
Sunday, June 22, 2008 to Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $547,400
Entries: 238

Place Player Prize
1. John "Razor" Phan $151,911
2. Shunjiro Uchida $95,795
3. Gioi Luong $61,582
4. Robert Mizrachi $41,055
5. Ben Ponzio $28,738
6. David Sklansky $20,527
7. Billy Baxter $15,053
8. Suk Min Sung $15,053
9. Mike Wattel $12,316
10. Richard (Rick) Chase $12,316
11. Greg (Fossil-Man) Raymer $9,579
12. Dario (Ryu) Alioto $9,579
13. James Copeland $6,842
14. David Baker $6,842
15. Raymond Davis $6,842
16. Jose-Luis Velador $6,842
17. Chau Giang $6,842
18. Claude Cohen $6,842

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em (Event 39) 06/21/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em (Event 39)
Saturday, June 21, 2008 to Monday, June 23, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $3,712,800
Entries: 2,720

Place Player Prize
1. David Woo $631,550
2. Matthew Wood $389,844
3. Eric Beren $278,460
4. Habib Khanis $233,906
5. Thom Werthmann $191,209
6. Curtis Early $150,368
7. Thanh dat Tran $113,240
8. Michael Glasser $85,394
9. Jim Paras $58,290
10. Paul Kerr $36,756
11. Michael Polcari $36,756
12. Russell Spaid $36,756
13. Sebastian Segovia $29,331
14. Edward Salazar $29,331
15. Dario Mario $29,331
16. Dan Lu $21,905
17. Giovanni Nervo $21,905
18. Kevin O'Leary $21,905
19. Gary Bain $17,450
20. Lawrence Martone $17,450
21. Garrett Beckman $17,450
22. Michael Carson $17,450
23. Igor Tiguy $17,450
24. Minh Nguyen $17,450
25. Feng Chen $17,450
26. Jeff Cohen $17,450
27. William Haughey$17,450

WSOP Pot-Limit Hold'em (Event 38) 06/20/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Pot-Limit Hold'em (Event 38)
Friday, June 20, 2008 to Sunday, June 22, 2008 Buy-in: $2,000
Prizepool: $1,101,100
Entries: 605

Place Player Prize
1. Davidi Kitai $244,583
2. Chris Bell $155,805
3. Keith Greer $94,694
4. John Von Halle $77,077
5. Lee Watkinson $63,313
6. Robert (RCW) Cheung $50,100
7. Ayaz Mahmood $39,089
8. Benjamin (Ben) Roberts $30,830
9. Michael Greco $22,572
10. Benjamin Zamani $14,314
11. Michael Binger $14,314
12. Charles Lehr $14,314
13. Jeff Sluzinski $11,561
14. Amato Galasso $11,561
15. Chris Dombrowski $11,561

Chris Bell of NC Makes Final Table Event 38

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Pot-Limit Hold'em (Event 38)
Friday, June 20, 2008 to Sunday, June 22, 2008 Buy-in: $2,000
Prizepool: $1,101,100
Entries: 605

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:58:25
Final Table Seat Assignments
The seat assignments for this afternoon's final table in Event #38, $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em, have no been announced. Germany's Jan Von Halle leads the way to the final with 485,000 in chips, with the complete lineup as follows:
David Kitai (Belgium) -- 274,000
Ben Roberts (London, England) -- 82,000
Ayaz Mahmood (Houston, Texas) -- 314,000
Michael Greco (London, England) -- 120,000
Chris Bell (Raleigh, North Carolina) -- 260,000
Jan Von Halle (Hamburg, Germany) -- 485,000
Robert Cheung (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) -- 352,000
Keith Greer (Fort Worth, Texas) -- 238,000
Lee Watkinson (Cheney , Washington) -- 357,000

Follow the action at http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/tourney/updates.asp

WSOP World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 37) 06/19/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 37)
Thursday, June 19, 2008 to Saturday, June 21, 2008 Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $2,209,000
Entries: 235

Place Player Prize
1. David Benyamine $535,687
2. Greg Jamison $331,350
3. Jason Gray $209,855
4. Toto Leonidas $171,197
5. Mike Matusow $138,062
6. Eugene Katchalov $110,450
7. Ram Vaswani $88,360
8. David Chiu $71,792
9. Hieu Ngoc (Tony) Ma $55,225
10. Berry Johnston $38,657
11. Shunjiro Uchida $38,657
12. Chau Giang $38,657
13. Danny Dang $33,135
14. Pat Pezzin $33,135
15. Stuart Paterson $33,135
16. Brent Carter $27,612
17. William Mcmahan $27,612
18. Ray Dehkharghani $27,612
19. Rao Pasqual $22,090
20. James Groves $22,090
21. James Van Alstyne $22,090
22. Danny Smith $22,090
23. Brad (Yukon) Booth $22,090
24. Bruno Fitoussi $22,090
25. Dustin Sitar $22,090
26. Yueqi (Rich) Zhu $22,090
27. Alexander Kostritsyn $22,090

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em (Event 36) 06/19/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em (Event 36)
Thursday, June 19, 2008 to Saturday, June 21, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $3,340,155
Entries: 2,447

Place Player Prize
1. Jesper Hougaard $610,304
2. Cody Slaubaugh $389,128
3. Aaron Kanter $258,862
4. Danny Wong $217,110
5. Doug Middleton $177,028
6. Justin Wald $140,286
7. Rick Solis $106,884
8. Owen Crowe $81,833
9. John Shipley $56,782
10. Jeremy Schofer $36,741
11. Bryan Paris $36,741
12. Tom Braband $36,741
13. Craig Douglas $28,391
14. Chance Steed $28,391
15. Bryan Micon $28,391
16. John MacDonald $20,040
17. Christopher Goo $20,040
18. Daniel Bowman $20,040
19. Thomas Gabriel $16,032
20. Duncan Bell $16,032
21. Christopher Coghlan $16,032
22. Joseph Grenon $16,032
23. Anthony Sapio $16,032
24. Edward Sabat $16,032
25. Roy Vandersluis $16,032
26. Lasse Petersen $16,032
27. Tad Jurgens $16,032

WSOP Seven Card Stud (Event 35) 06/18/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Seven Card Stud (Event 35)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 to Friday, June 20, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $520,065
Entries: 381

Place Player Prize
1. Michael Rocco $135,753
2. Al Barbieri $83,210
3. Levon Torosyan $50,186
4. Maxwell Troy $37,184
5. Giacomo D'Agostino $28,083
6. Dan Kalpakis $21,842
7. Andre Boyer $16,642
8. Jeff Siegal $14,041
9. Charles Moore $11,441
10. Roy Rose $11,441
11. Bryan Devonshire $8,841
12. Sabyl Cohen Landrum $8,841
13. Gregory Pappas $6,240
14. Christopher Tryba $6,240

WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys (Event 34) 06/18/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Pot-Limit Omaha W/ReBuys (Event 34)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 to Friday, June 20, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $2,407,125
Entries: 320 Rebuys & Add-ons: 1,350

Place Player Prize
1. Layne Flack $577,725
2. Daniel Makowsky $355,050
3. Jacobo Fernandez-Hernandez $222,659
4. Dario (Ryu) Alioto $180,534
5. Ted Forrest $144,427
6. Kyle Kloeckner $114,338
7. Michael Guzzardi $90,267
8. Tim West $72,213
9. Francis (Frank) Vizza $54,160
10. Kevin O'Donnell $36,106
11. Michael Schwartz $36,106
12. Nathan Hagens $36,106
13. Francisco Azares $30,089
14. Thomas Wahlroos $30,089
15. Tino Lechich $30,089
16. Nathan Doudney $24,071
17. Jerrod Ankenman $24,071
18. Steven Saris $24,071
19. Michael Zowie $19,257
20. Jeff Williams $19,257
21. Erik Seidel $19,257
22. Johannes Strassmann $19,257
23. Ravi Shankar $19,257
24. Benjamin Hamnett $19,257
25. Julian Powell $19,257
26. Loren Klein $19,257
27. Patryk Hildebranski $19,257

WSOP Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 33) 06/17/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 33)
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 to Thursday, June 19, 2008 Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $1,226,700
Entries: 261

Place Player Prize
1. Sebastian Ruthenberg $328,756
2. Chris (Jesus) Ferguson $202,406
3. Robert Lauria $125,737
4. Marcel Luske $95,069
5. Annie Duke $73,602
6. Alessio Isaia $58,268
7. Steve Sung $46,001
8. Robert Beveridge $36,801
9. Howard Lederer $30,667
10. David Benyamine $30,667
11. Chau Giang $24,534
12. Farzad Rouhani $24,534
13. Allen Cunningham $18,400
14. Barry Greenstein $18,400
15. Matt Grapenthien $12,267
16. Aleksandr Dzianisau $12,267

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em (Event 32) 06/17/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em (Event 32)
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 to Thursday, June 19, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $3,144,960
Entries: 2,304

Place Player Prize
1. Luis Velador $574,734
2. Anthony Signore $366,387
3. Osmin Dardon $243,734
4. Jae h Chung $204,422
5. Shane Stacey $166,682
6. Dean Bui $132,088
7. Dany Georges $100,638
8. Utsab Saha $77,051
9. Justin Hoffman $53,464
10. Kenneth Hughes $34,594
11. Jesse Maupin $34,594
12. George Lind $34,594
13. Ray Henson $26,732
14. Courtney Harrington $26,732
15. Scott Kahler $26,732
16. Joel Nichols $18,869
17. Zeph Baer $18,869
18. Donny Carlton $18,869
19. Tim Hebert $15,095
20. Scott Sitron $15,095
21. David Desilva $15,095
22. Scott Bergman $15,095
23. John Jackson $15,095
24. Jamel Maistriaux $15,095
25. Brian Rissman $15,095
26. Andrew Hoffman $15,095
27. Morgan Machina $15,095

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (Event 31) 06/16/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (Event 31)
Monday, June 16, 2008 to Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $2,327,600
Entries: 1,012

Place Player Prize
1. Dario Minieri $528,418
2. Seth Fischer $330,519
3. Justin Filtz $214,139
4. Kevin Song $141,983
5. John O'Shea $98,923
6. Stuart Marshak $73,784
7. Scotty Nguyen $50,508
8. Frank Rusnak $50,508
9. Todd Terry $38,870
10. Alon Shahar $38,870
11. Bruno Fitoussi $27,232
12. Stephen Pierson $27,232
13. Leonardo (Leo) Fernandez $19,086
14. Michael Skomac $19,086
15. Jonathan Honig $19,086
16. Howard Boyd $19,086
17. Brendan Keenan $19,086
18. Cory Albertson $19,086
19. Bill Chen $15,594
20. Kyle Burnside $15,594
21. Kyle Hoffman $15,594
22. Jason Mercier $15,594
23. Paul Smith $15,594
24. Keven Stammen$15,594

WSOP World Championship Limit Hold'em (Event 30) 06/15/08

World Championship Limit Hold'em (Event 30)
Sunday, June 15, 2008 to Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $2,049,200
Entries: 218

Place Player Prize
1. Rob Hollink $496,931
2. Jerrod Ankenman $307,380
3. Tommy Hang $194,674
4. Aaron Katz $158,813
5. J.C. Tran $128,075
6. Brock Parker $102,460
7. Andrew Bloch $81,968
8. Cy Jassinowsky $66,599
9. Christopher Vitch $51,230
10. Eric Buchman $35,861
11. Richard (Rick) Chase $35,861
12. Eric Froehlich $35,861
13. Shunjiro Uchida $30,738
14. Steve Sung $30,738
15. Michael Mizrachi $30,738
16. Matt Woodward $25,615
17. John (Tex) Barch $25,615
18. Kieu Duong $25,615
19. Todd Witteles $20,492
20. Thomas Johnston $20,492
21. Hoyt Corkins $20,492
22. Spencer Lawrence $20,492
23. Dewey Tomko $20,492
24. Greg Debora $20,492
25. Terrence Chan $20,492
26. Patrick Bueno $20,492
27. Alexander Kravchenko $20,492

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em (Event 29) 06/15/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em (Event 29)
Sunday, June 15, 2008 to Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Buy-in: $3,000
Prizepool: $1,976,160
Entries: 716

Place Player Prize
1. John (Razor) Phan $434,789
2. John Neckar $277,452
3. Matthew Vengrin $167,973
4. Alex Bolotin $137,343
5. David Singer $112,641
6. Stuart Newman $88,927
7. Thuyen Doan $69,165
8. George Dunst $54,344
9. Sebastian Segovia $39,523
10. Alexsander Zaslavsly $24,702
11. Linda Lee $24,702
12. Lee Childs $24,702
13. Matt "ALL IN AT 420" Stout $19,761
14. Dustin Pattinson $19,761
15. Vincent Peraino $19,761
16. Don Mullis $14,821
17. Ryan Young $14,821
18. Richard Tatalovich $14,821
19. Dale Pinchot $11,264
20. Carter King $11,264
21. Jon Traver $11,264
22. Douglas Miranda $11,264
23. Daniel Obrien $11,264
24. Hjalti Jacobsen $11,264
25. Leo Wolpert $11,264
26. Mclean Karr $11,264
27. Alex Melnikow $11,264

WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys (Event 28) 06/14/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys (Event 28)
Saturday, June 14, 2008 to Monday, June 16, 2008 Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $3,085,930
Entries: 152 Rebuys & Add-ons: 483

Place Player Prize
1. Philip Galfond $817,781
2. Adam Hourani $493,748
3. David Benyamine $316,307
4. Johnny Chan $246,874
5. Kirill Gerasimov $192,870
6. John Juanda $154,296
7. Daniel Negreanu $123,437
8. Phil Hellmuth $100,292
9. Brian Rast $84,863
10. Chris (Jesus) Ferguson $69,433
11. Alexander Kostritsyn $69,433
12. Evan Sofer $69,433
13. Jamieson Pickering $61,718
14. Nikolay Evdakov $61,718
15. Emmanuel Sebag $61,718
16. David Williams $54,003
17. Ted (Edward) Lawson $54,003
18. Eli Elezra $54,003

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em (Event 27) 06/14/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em (Event 27)
Saturday, June 14, 2008 to Monday, June 16, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $3,685,500
Entries: 2,706

Place Player Prize
1. Vitaly Lunkin $628,417
2. Brett Kimes $387,837
3. Robert Firestone $277,026
4. Kenneth 'drama llama' Terrell $232,702
5. Trevor Donaldson $190,225
6. Richard Alm $149,594
7. Barry Schultz $112,657
8. Robert Brown $84,954
9. Philip Yeh $57,990
10. Anthony Gargano $36,567
11. Jordan Smith $36,567
12. Bashar Ramahi $36,567
13. Carlton Jerome $29,180
14. Jeff Brown $29,180
15. Deb Blair $29,180
16. Frank Simpson $21,792
17. Deric Fitzgerald $21,792
18. Jason Duffy $21,793
19. Aleksandr Dzianisau $17,360
20. Jeffrey Henry $17,360
21. Brian Olsson $17,360
22. Salman Ali $17,360
23. Nikolay Malyshev $17,360
24. Harold Akiona $17,360
25. Terry Quinn $17,360
26. Jason Gray $17,360
27. Ang Ho $17,360

WSOP Seven Card Razz (Event 26) 06/13/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Seven Card Razz (Event 26)
Friday, June 13, 2008 to Sunday, June 15, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $622,440
Entries: 453

Place Player Prize
1. Barry Greenstein $157,643
2. Chris Klodnicki $97,389
3. Chris Viox $58,743
4. Mark Tenner $43,284
5. Brandon Leeds $33,081
6. Joseph (Joey) Michael $25,661
7. Archie Karas $19,478
8. Mike Wattel $16,386
9. Frank Kassela $13,294
10. Phillip Luong $13,294
11. Stephen Ladowsky $10,203
12. Tom Schneider $10,203
13. Roland Isra $7,111
14. David Levi $7,111

WSOP World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em (Event 25) 06/13/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em (Event 25)
Friday, June 13, 2008 to Sunday, June 15, 2008 Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $2,406,400
Entries: 256

Place Player Prize
1. Kenny Tran $539,056
2. Alec Torelli $336,896
3. Vanessa Selbst $108,288
4. Jonathan Jaffe $108,288
5. Lyle Berman $54,144
6. Brandon Adams $54,144
7. Gavin Griffin $54,144
8. Robert Mizrachi $54,144
9. David Williams $36,096
10. Michael McNeil $36,096
11. Roman Paradiso $36,096
12. Michael Mizrachi $36,096
13. John Patgorski $36,096
14. Emil Patel $36,096
15. Jonas Entin $36,096
16. Scott Montgomery $36,096
17. Matt Giannetti $21,657
18. Erick Lindgren $21,657
19. David Podgurski $21,657
20. Evan Sofer $21,657
21. Jean-Claude Moussa $21,657
22. Isaac Haxton $21,657
23. Brian Roberts $21,657
24. Alex Jacob $21,657
25. Andrew Black $21,657
26. Alexander Kostritsyn $21,657
27. Thomas Lutz $21,657
28. Jason Rosenkrantz $21,657
29. Michael Banducci $21,657
30. Sammy Farha $21,657
31. Dani Stern $21,657
32. Cliff Cantor $21,657

WSOP Main Event Baby!!!

I played in my first WSOP Main Event in '06. I was fortunate to qualify through a series of four online tournaments on Martin's Poker that began with a 10 Euro buyin tourney and ended with a 400 Euro monthly final that guaranteed ten seats and ended up having a huge overlay. It was kinda weird as I was the only American to qualify through them. Everyone else was European. They chartered a 747 to transport everyone from Sweden to Vegas but unfortunately they wouldn't stop at RDU to pick me up so I just had to meet them there. They did cover twenty nights stay at the Tuscany though plus my buyin. Unfortunately, I fell just short of cashing getting knocked out late on Day 2 after getting my short stack all-in on the turn with 56 on a 5629 board against an UTG limper with a pretty well concealed nut straight! Yep, the old 78o UTG trick! The river bricked an I was done but it was a great experience for my first WSOP.



I really didn't try to qualify in '07. I'm mostly an online cash game player and was concentrating on making the switch-over from limit to no-limit cash games at the time. At first this year I hadn't planned on trying to qualify either but I decided this past week to give it a go. Yesterday was a big day as there was major qualifying action going on at Stars and Full Tilt. I played in four tournaments the $215 PokerStars Team Moneymaker 15 seat guarantee, $370 Poker Stars 200 seat guarantee, $535 Full Tilt 150 seat guarantee, and the $215 Cake Poker 8 seat guarantee. I satellited into the two PokerStars tourneys cheaply and bought into the other two. The day got off to a rather lousy start as I went 0-3 despite playing well in my opinion and getting my chips all-in with the best hand all three times. I am very pleased to say though the very first tourney I began yesterday and the last one I was left in was a success. The Team Moneymaker tourney ended up having 1211 entrants and paying out 19 seats. Despite being shortstacked pretty much all the way from about fifty people left to go on I managed to grind it out and qualify so I'm going to be a member of PokerStars team Moneymaker this year. The prize package is pretty sweet and includes the $10k buyin, $2,500 for travel and 8 nights stay at the Palms which they will extend if I'm still in the tourney on Day 3, and a bunch of swag. If I make a TV table I get $5-20K depending on what day it is and any PokerStars qualifier who makes the final table will get a $100k-$1 million bonus depending on where they finish.



The next few weeks are going to be pretty hectic as my fiancee, myself, and another couple are leaving for the Riviera Maya, Mexico on the 20th and won't get back until the 1st. Then I'll have to turn around and leave the next day for Vegas as the Main Event begins on the 3rd. The 3rd-6th are all Day 1 though so hopefully I can register to begin on the 5th or 6th so I can get a little rest before beginning play. I remember it was about a 15 hour plus starting day in '06 by the time we played five 2-hour levels with a twenty minute break between each and a hour and a half dinner break plus having to wrap things up at the end of the day getting our chips bagged up and such for the next day. Hopefully I will need plenty of rest and will coast through Day 1 while accumulating a big mountain of chips! I'll definitely have my laptop with me so I'll try to get some updates posted. Especially if I'm doing well!--------Ben

HSP Biggest Hands #1 .....

WSOP Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha (Event 24) 06/12/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha (Event 24)
Thursday, June 12, 2008 to Saturday, June 14, 2008 Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $1,051,100
Entries: 457

Place Player Prize
1. Max Pescatori $246,471
2. Kyle Kloeckner $152,410
3. Greg Hurst $94,599
4. Allen Cunningham $76,205
5. Kyle Hegeman $62,015
6. Jonathan Depa $48,876
7. Lennart Holtkamp $38,365
8. Minh Ly $30,482
9. John-paul Kelly $22,599
10. David Penly $14,715
11. David Bergerson $14,715
12. Howard Lederer $14,715
13. Martel de la Chesnaye $12,087
14. Kory Mitchell $12,087
15. Dustin Sitar $12,087
16. George Rahme $9,459
17. Ryan Carey $9,459
18. Henning Granstad $9,459

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em (Event 23) 06/12/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em (Event 23)
Thursday, June 12, 2008 to Saturday, June 14, 2008 Buy-in: $2,000
Prizepool: $2,446,000
Entries: 1,344

Place Player Prize
1. Blair Hinkle $507,563
2. Mark Brockington $326,552
3. Daniel O'Brien $198,132
4. David Paul Steicke $166,333
5. Dustin Dirksen $135,757
6. Chris Bjorin $106,404
7. Dominick Kulicki $81,944
8. Andrew Jeffreys $63,598
9. Stephane Tayar $45,252
10. Alessandro Dalbello $29,108
11. Nick Niergarth $29,108
12. Rick Lenoble $29,108
13. Yue Huang $22,993
14. Matthew LaGarde $22,993
15. Mike Ellis $22,993
16. Dean Schneider $16,877
17. Corwin Cole $16,877
18. Scott Preston $16,877
19. Matthew Ehrlich $13,208
20. Conor Tate $13,208
21. Ricky Tang $13,208
22. Graham Wheldon $13,208
23. Dylan Bircheff $13,208
24. Chris Dombrowski $13,208
25. Ken Justin $13,208
26. Eric Celeste $13,208
27. Eric Lucas $13,208

WSOP H.O.R.S.E (Event 22) 06/11/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
H.O.R.S.E. (Event 22)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 to Friday, June 13, 2008 Buy-in: $3,000
Prizepool: $1,142,640
Entries: 414

Place Player Prize
1. Jens Voertmann $298,253
2. Douglas Ganger $182,822
3. Marcel Luske $110,264
4. Hoyt Corkins $81,698
5. Jared Davis $61,702
6. Steve Zolotow $47,990
7. Rostislav Tsodikov $36,564
8. Jennifer Harman-Traniello $30,851
9. Paul Zimbler $25,138
10. Blair Rodman $25,138
11. Todd Brunson $19,424
12. Eric Froehlich $19,424
13. Mickey Appleman $13,711
14. Mallory Smith $13,711
15. David Levi $10,283
16. JJ Hazan $10,283
17. Farzad Rouhani $7,998
18. Tad Jurgens $7,998
19. Alexander Jung $7,998
20. Tom Schneider $7,998
21. Kevin Saul $7,998
22. Loi Tran $7,998
23. Marcus Golser $7,998
24. Phil Ivey $7,998

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em (Event 21) 06/11/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em (Event 21)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 to Friday, June 13, 2008 Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $3,435,700
Entries: 731

Place Player Prize
1. Scott Seiver $755,891
2. Dave Seidman $482,372
3. Ben Sprengers $292,034
4. Jacobo Fernandez-Hernandez $238,781
5. Rajegh Vohra $195,834
6. Chuck Sklar $154,606
7. Anders Henriksson $120,249
8.Adam Geyer $94,481
9. Scott Freeman $68,714
10. Jorge Arias $42,946
11. Michael Mizrachi $42,946
12. Jonathan Vanfleet $42,946
13. Rayan Nathan $34,357
14. Humberto Brenes $34,357
15. Josef (Joe) Monro $34,357
16. Eric Baldwin $25,767
17. Jared Okun $25,767
18. Kathy Woo $25,767

WSOP Limit Hold'em (Event 20) 06/10/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Limit Hold'em (Event 20)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 to Thursday, June 12, 2008 Buy-in: $2,000
Prizepool: $871,780
Entries: 479

Place Player Prize
1. Daniel Negreanu $204,874
2. Ugur Marangoz $126,671
3. David Baker $78,624
4. Richard Li $63,335
5. Fu Wong $51,542
6. Jeremy Kottler $51,542
7. Greg Wohletz $31,886
8. Derek Lerner $25,334
9. Hien Tran $18,782
11. Babak Razi $12,230
12. Henning Granstad $12,230
13. Tam (Tommy) Hang $10,046
14. Noelle Quevido $10,046
15. Ylon Schwartz $10,046
16. Doug Rosen $7,862
17. Tom McCormick $7,862
18. Christine Smith $7,862
19. Danny Qutami $6,115
20. Serena Liu $6,115
21. Gregory Alston $6,115
22. Casey McCarrel $6,115
23. Jody Garaventa $6,115
24. Mojtaba (Moji) Seyedin $6,115
25. Jon Seaman $6,115
26. Paul Damany $6,115
27. Matthew Matros $6,115

WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 19) 06/10/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 19)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 to Thursday, June 12, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $1,036,035
Entries: 759

Place Player Prize
1. Vanessa Selbst $227,965
2. Jamieson Pickering $145,459
3. Stanley Statkiewicz $88,062
4. Thomas Schultz $72,004
5. Eugene Todd $59,053
6. Mel Randolph $46,621
7. Craig Natte $36,261
8. Jamie Robbins $28,490
9. Ken Lairson $20,720
10. Antony Phillips $12,950
11. Calen McNeil $12,950
12. Chris Bjorin $12,950
13. Kyle Hegeman $10,360
14. Greg Cox $10,360
15. Rob Hollink $10,360
16. Trai Dang $7,770
17. Todd Barlow $7,770
18. Colin York $7,770

WTP Annouces Schedule of Tournaments for Mike & Ben's Road Trip!

The Schedule

Please note that changes to this schedule are possible, so keep checking back for the latest details.

Wed June 18 - Mike Only
6:30pm - Main Street Grill & Bar (we may be a few min late)
315 Garrisonville Rd.
Stafford Virginia 22554

10:00pm - Seaside Marina
19311 Wilmott Dr
Benedict Maryland 20612

Thur June 19 - Mike Only
7:00pm - The Charred Rib
12 West Ridgely Road
Timonium Maryland 21093

10:00pm - Mr T's Roadhouse
7127 Lincoln Hwy
Thomasville PA 17364

Fri June 20 - Mike & Ben
7:00pm - Bubba Dean's
237 South Black Horse Pike
Mt. Ephraim New Jersey 08059

Sat June 21 - Mike & Ben
1:00pm - Avellino's Rest
625 Boundbrook Road
Dunellen New Jersey 08812

5:00pm - AMF Bristol Pike Lanes
2501 Bristol Pike
Croydon Pennsylvania 19021

Sun June 22 - Mike & Ben
9:00pm - Cryans Ale House
1270 Route 28
North Branch New Jersey 08876

Mon June 23 - Mike & Ben
7:00pm - Mangia By The Green
3016 ocean heights ave.
Egg Harbor Township New Jersey 08234

10:00pm - Harper's Pub
1 Gibbsboro Road
Clementon New Jersey 08021

Tue June 24 - Mike & Ben
7:00pm - Destry
311 Florida Ave
Emporia Virginia 23847

10:00pm - Rumorz Cafe
1799 N. Mecklenburg Avenue
South Hill Virginia

For more information and to see if there are any schedule changes, visit www.worldtavernpoker.com

WSOP No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ReBuys (Event 18) 06/09/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ReBuys (Event 18)
Monday, June 09, 2008 to Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $1,735,020
Entries: 85 Rebuys & Add-ons: 272

Place Player Prize
1. Mike Matusow $537,862
2. Jeffrey Lisandro $347,004
3. Barry Greenstein $225,552
4. Erick Lindgren $156,151
5. Tom Schneider $104,101
6. Tony (Tony G) Guoga $78,075
7. David Benyamine $58,990
8. Tom Dwan $45,111
9. Dario (Ryu) Alioto $34,700
10. David Grey $34,700
11. Chad Brown $34,700
12. Nick Schulman $26,025
13. Nikolay Evdakov $26,025
14. Michael Binger $26,025

It was the strangest thing that I've ever seen....

Bart folded!

To Attend the AfFAIR?

Having been contacted by the Charge d'affaires to determine my plans for Saturday night's game, it seemed difficult for this fair-minded individual to submit myself to this fair-haired, fairylike host... the Juice. It would be just like him to represent that he will be there in some laissez faire manner and then jilt the participants by not even attending himself, and rather, take a fairy off to some fairyland... much like his poker room, a place where fairness and truth are not to be found. Ahhh... truth! Any fair-leader would not condone the dealers fairily handling the games as is often times the case in such a manner as to permit the players being dealt with in a deceitful and unfair manner.

Ah, but the juice, you see, lives in a fairish world that he believes himself to have created where the only trees found there are the ones that he has paid an unfair wage to someone else to plant for him.... for such is his way. In this fairyland of lies, broken promises and deceit, he in a very laissez faire manner has corrupted the very basic rules of the game in order to setup his fair-world to rape and pillage those who would frequent the games and try to be his friend.

It is truly unfair to use the word "fair" so many times in this blog to discuss this particular game, when this game... this game, is anything but fair.

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event 17) 06/09/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event 17)
Monday, June 09, 2008 to Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $1,365,000
Entries: 1,000

Place Player Prize
1. Jason Young $335,565
2. Mike Schwartz $209,527
3. John Strzemp III $129,675
4. Rory Monahan $82,582
5. Matt Giannetti $40,267
6. Kyle Bowker $23,887
7. Sergey Rybachenko $15,697
8. Tom West $12,421
9. Alex Triner $9,828
10. Casey Coleman $7,507

WSOP Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 16) 06/08/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 16)
Sunday, June 08, 2008 to Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Buy-in: $2,000
Prizepool: $1,002,820
Entries: 551

Place Player Prize
1. Andrew Brown $226,483
2. Ted Forrest $143,420
3. Jim Pechac $88,065
4. Soheil Shamseddin $71,961
5. Kia Hooshmand $58,877
6. Ralph Perry $46,297
7. Scott Clements $36,232
8. Alan Enciso $28,684
9. James Fricke $21,135
10. Lee Grove $13,587
11. Ralph Rudd $13,587
12. Mallory Smith $13,587
13. Jose De Paz $11,071
14. Joe Aronesty $11,071
15. James Richburg $11,071
16. Michael Sohayegh $8,554
17. Pat Poels $8,554
18. Michael Reed $8,554