Spanish Championship
Casino: Casino Barcelona, Barcelona
Buy-in: €5,000
5-Day Event: Friday, May 23, 2008 to Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Number of Entries: 253
Total Prize Pool: €1,278,396 ($1,993,072)
Number of Payouts: 27
1st Casper Hansen €425,000 ($662,592)
2nd Stefan Mattsson €220,000 ($342,989)
3rd Thiago Nishijima €112,300 ($175,080)
4th Andres Vidal €87,400 ($136,260)
5th Guy Sitbon €75,000 ($116,928)
6th Martin Lundenius €62,300 ($97,128)
Bellagio Cup IV
Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $15,000
7-Day Event: Friday, July 11, 2008 to Thursday, July 17, 2008
Number of Entries: 446
Total Prize Pool: $6,489,300
Number of Payouts: 100
Winning Hand: ‘Q♥ 9♠’
1st Mike Watson $1,673,770
2nd David Benyamine $840,295
3rd Luke Staudenmaier $452,465
4th Ralph Perry $290,900
5th John Phan $193,915
6th Gabriel Thaler $129,275
Legends of Poker
Casino: Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles
Buy-in: $10,000
6-Day Event: Saturday, August 23, 2008 to Thursday, August 28, 2008
Number of Entries: 373
Total Prize Pool: $3,520,738
Number of Payouts: 36
Winning Hand: ‘3♠ 3♥’
1st John Phan $1,091,428
2nd Amit Makhija $563,320
3rd Zachary Clark $281,645
4th Paul Smith $246,450
5th Trong Nguyen $211,245
6th Kyle Wilson $176,035
Borgata Poker Open
Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City
Buy-in: $10,000
5-Day Event: Sunday, September 14, 2008 to Thursday, September 18, 2008
Number of Entries: 516
Total Prize Pool: $5,000,000
Number of Payouts: 54
Winning Hand: ‘A♦ J♠’
1st Vivek Rajkumar $1,424,500
2nd Sang Kim $750,000
3rd Dan Heimiller $387,500
4th Jason Strochak $337,500
5th Mark Seif $287,500
6th Andrew Knee $237,500
North American Poker Championship
Casino: Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Buy-in: C$10,000 (US$8,500)
7-Day Event: Friday, October 10, 2008 to Thursday, October 16, 2008
Number of Entries: 454
Total Prize Pool: C$4,374,475 (US$3,829,391)
Number of Payouts: 45
Winning Hand: ‘A♠ K♠’
1st Glen Witmer C$1,250,352 (US$1,084,256)
2nd Gavin Smith C$612,427 (US$542,129)
3rd Kathy Liebert C$319,337 (US$282,682)
4th Ryan Fisler C$262,469 (US$232,341)
5th Marc Karam C$196,851 (US$174,255)
6th James Trenholm C$153,107 (US$135,533)
Festa Al Lago
Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $15,000
7-Day Event: Monday, October 20, 2008 to Sunday, October 26, 2008
Number of Entries: 368
Total Prize Pool: $5,354,000
Number of Payouts: 50
Winning Hand: ’10♥ 10♠’
1st Bertrand Grospellier $1,411,015
2nd Nam Le $943,215
3rd Osmin Dardon $506,245
4th Nenad Medic $373,010
5th Adam Levy $266,445
6th Will Mietz $186,510
Foxwoods World Poker Finals
Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut
Buy-in: $10,000
7-Day Event: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 to Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Number of Entries: 412
Total Prize Pool: $3,876,508
Number of Payouts: 50
Winning Hand: ‘A♣ Q♥’
1st Jonathan Little $1,120,310
2nd Jonathan Jaffe $670,636
3rd Charles Marchese $337,256
4th David Pham $240,344
5th Jack Schanbacher $182,196
6th Mike Matusow $124,048
Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic
Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $15,000
7-Day Event: Saturday, December 13, 2008 to Friday, December 19, 2008
Number of Entries: 497
Total Prize Pool: $7,231,350
Number of Payouts: 100
Winning Hand: ‘K♦ K♠’
1st David Rheem $1,538,730
2nd Justin Young $936,760
3rd Evan McNiff $540,440
4th Steve Sung $396,205
5th Amnon Filippi $288,235
6th Hoyt Corkins $216,175
Southern Poker Championship
Casino: Beau Rivage, Biloxi
Buy-in: $10,000
4-Day Event: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 to Saturday, January 17, 2009
Number of Entries: 283
Total Prize Pool: $2,662,747
Number of Payouts: 27
Winning Hand: ‘A♦ 4♥’
1st Allen Carter $1,025,500
2nd Bobby Suer $501,028
3rd Soheil Shamseddin $263,725
4th Hilbert Shirey $184,607
5th Tyler Smith $134,500
6th Chuck Kim $105,490
L.A. Poker Classic
Casino: Commerce Casino, Los Angeles
Buy-in: $10,000
6-Day Event: Saturday, February 21, 2009 to Thursday, February 26, 2009
Number of Entries: 696
Total Prize Pool: $6,681,600
Number of Payouts: 63
Winning Hand: ‘K♣ 5♣’
1st Cornel Andrew Cimpan $1,686,760
2nd Binh Nguyen $935,424
3rd Mike Sowers $654,797
4th Chris Karagulleyan $430,963
5th Pat Walsh $310,694
6th Chris Ferguson $240,538
Bay 101 Shooting Star
Casino: Bay 101, San Jose, California
Buy-in: $10,000
5-Day Event: Monday, March 16, 2009 to Friday, March 20, 2009
Number of Entries: 391
Total Prize Pool: $3 714 500
Number of Payouts: 45
Winning Hand: ‘A♣ 9♥’
1st Steve Brecher $1,025,500
2nd Kathy Liebert $550,000
3rd Chris Moore $291,500
4th Tony Behari $230,000
5th Thao Le $180,000
6th Chau Vu $135,000
Foxwoods Poker Classic
Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut
Buy-in: $10,000
6-Day Event: Friday, April 3, 2009 to Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Number of Entries: 259
Total Prize Pool: $2,436,930
Number of Payouts: 30
Winning Hand: ‘7♠ 6♠’
1st Vadim Trincher $731,079
2nd Amnon Filippi $409,405
3rd Lenny Cortellino $214,449
4th Matthew Casterella $138,905
5th Alex Perelberg $106,007
6th Joe Raposa $85,292
WPT World Championship
Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $25,000
8-Day Event: Saturday, April 18, 2009 to Saturday, April 25, 2009
Number of Entries: 338
Total Prize Pool: $8,172,250
Number of Payouts: 50
Winning Hand: ‘A♠ 3♣’
1st Yevgeniy Timoshenko $2,143,655
2nd Ran Azor $1,441,975
3rd Bertrand Grospellier $773,940
4th Christian Harder $570,265
5th Shannon Shorr $407,340
6th Scotty Nguyen $285,135
