World Poker Tour season 6 results
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Below are the results of season six of the World Poker Tour
(2007-2008).
Towards the end of season 6 the World Poker Tour announced that they would award a Tiffany
designed titanium and diamond championship bracelet for all previous 96 players.
World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting the final table of each tournament. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who served as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that...
(2007-2008).
Towards the end of season 6 the World Poker Tour announced that they would award a Tiffany
Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany & Co. is an American jewelry and silverware company. As part of its branding, the company is strongly associated with its Tiffany Blue , which is a registered trademark.- History :...
designed titanium and diamond championship bracelet for all previous 96 players.
Mirage Poker Showdown
- Casino: The MirageThe MirageThe Mirage is a 3,044 room hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States.The Mirage is connected by a free tram to Treasure Island. The marquee in front of the Mirage is the largest free standing marquee in the world.-History:The Mirage was built by...
, Las VegasLas Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous... - Buy-in: $10,000
- 5-Day Event: May 19, 2007 to May 23, 2007
- Number of Entries: 309
- Total Prize Pool: $2,907,381
- Number of Payouts: 27
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jonathan Little Jonathan Little Jonathan Little is an American professional poker player who won both the World Poker Tour's Season VI Mirage Poker Showdown and Season VII Foxwoods World Poker Finals and won the WPT Season VI Player of the Year award.- Biography :Little was a student at the University of West Florida studying... |
$1,091,295 |
| 2nd | Cory Carroll Cory Carroll Cory Carroll is a Canadian professional poker player, who is a two time final tablist of World Poker Tour Championships and the winner of a World Series of Poker Circuit Championship Event.-Online poker:... |
$561,369 |
| 3rd | Darrell Dicken Darrell Dicken Darrell T. Dicken is an American professional poker player from Waterloo, Iowa, who has cashed at seven world poker tour championship events, making the final 6-handed table in two of them.... |
$259,369 |
| 4th | Richard Kirsch | $172,912 |
| 5th | Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip Dennis "Phil" Ivey Jr. is an American professional poker player who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables... |
$129,684 |
| 6th | Amnon Filippi Amnon Filippi Amnon Eric Filippi is a professional poker player based in New York City.Filippi's significant achievement to date was his first place finish in the 2005 $10,000 No Limit Texas hold 'em Bellagio Challenge Cup poker tournament held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 18, 2005 through... |
$100,865 |
Mandalay Bay Poker Championship
- Casino: Mandalay BayMandalay Bay Resort and CasinoMandalay Bay Resort and Casino is a 44-story luxury hotel casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned by MGM Resorts International. Five floors of the main hotel building are occupied by the five-star and AAA Five-Diamond Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas...
, Las Vegas - Buy-in: $10,000
- 5-Day Event: May 29, 2007 to June 2, 2007
- Number of Entries: 228
- Total Prize Pool: $2,211,600
- Number of Payouts: 27
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Shawn Buchanan Shawn Buchanan Shawn Buchanan is a Canadian poker player from Vancouver, British Columbia who won the World Poker Tour Mandalay Bay Poker Championship in 2007, earning $768,775.... |
$768,775 |
| 2nd | Jared Hamby | $459,080 |
| 3rd | David Levi David Levi (poker player) David Levi is an Israeli professional poker player and former professional footballer who in his poker career has won over $2.6 million in live tournaments.... |
$229,540 |
| 4th | Thayer Rasmussen | $131,170 |
| 5th | David Haddad | $98,375 |
| 6th | Danny Wong | $76,515 |
Bellagio Cup III
- Casino: BellagioBellagio (hotel and casino)Bellagio is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in the Paradise area of unincorporated Clark County, Nevada, USA and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. It is owned by MGM Resorts International and was built on the site of the demolished Dunes hotel and casino.Inspired by the...
, Las Vegas - Buy-in: $10,000
- 6-Day Event: July 10, 2007 to July 15, 2007
- Number of Entries: 535
- Total Prize Pool: $5,189,500
- Number of Payouts: 100
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kevin Saul Kevin Saul Kevin Saul is an American professional poker player from Forest Park, Illinois.Saul is known for his online nickname "BeL0WaB0Ve" on sites such as PokerStars, Bodog and UltimateBet and is also known by the name "GetPWN3D" on Full Tilt Poker... |
$1,342,320 |
| 2nd | Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table... |
$671,320 |
| 3rd | Danny Wong | $361,480 |
| 4th | Shane Schleger Shane Schleger Shane J. Schleger is a professional poker player. Known for online poker tournament success under the name shaniac, he has made two World Series of Poker final tables as well as a World Poker Tour final Table.Schleger finished fifth place on two separate occasions in the WSOP $1K w/ Rebuys... |
$232,490 |
| 5th | Eric Panayioyou | $154,920 |
| 6th | Constantin Puckhov | $103,280 |
Legends of Poker
- Casino: Bicycle CasinoBicycle CasinoThe Bicycle Casino is the world's second largest poker cardroom.Founded by George Hardie Sr. in 1984, located in Bell Gardens, California, the Bicycle Casino offers a wide variety of poker games and limits, as well as pai gow poker, panguingue and California blackjack.Financing to build the casino...
, Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... - Buy-in: $10,000
- 6-Day Event: August 25, 2007 to August 30, 2007
- Number of Entries: 485
- Total Prize Pool: $4,607,500
- Number of Payouts: 45
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dan Harrington Dan Harrington Dan Harrington is a professional poker player, best known for winning the main event world championship at the 1995 World Series of Poker. He has earned one World Poker Tour title, two WSOP bracelets, and over six million dollars in tournament cashes in his poker career... |
$1,599,865 |
| 2nd | David Pham David Pham David Pham , is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player from Bell Gardens, California with two World Series of Poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the World Poker Tour.- Early life :... |
$800,185 |
| 3rd | Thu Nguyen | $388,660 |
| 4th | Tom Schneider Tom Schneider Tom Schneider is a professional poker player from Phoenix, Arizona. Schneider was a certified public accountant and former president and chief financial officer for three Arizona companies before beginning his poker career in 2002... |
$228,625 |
| 5th | Michael McClain | $182,900 |
| 6th | Shi Jia Liu | $137,175 |
Gulf Coast Poker Championship
- Casino: Beau Rivage, BiloxiBiloxi, MississippiBiloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2010 census recorded the population as 44,054. Along with Gulfport, Biloxi is a county seat of Harrison County....
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 4-Day Event: September 6, 2007 to September 9, 2007
- Number of Entries: 256
- Total Prize Pool: $2,463,200
- Number of Payouts: 27
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bill Edler Bill Edler William Edler is a professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He has a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley.... |
$747,615 |
| 2nd | David Robbins | $411,185 |
| 3rd | Hank Sitton | $216,768 |
| 4th | John Davidson | $163,540 |
| 5th | Tim Frazin | $140,177 |
| 6th | Tom Franklin Tom Franklin "Captain" Tom Franklin is an American professional poker player born in Fresno, California.Franklin's poker career began in the 1970s. His first in the money cash at the World Series of Poker occurred in 1990, finishing 24th in the $10,000 no limit hold'em championship event... |
$120,814 |
Borgata Poker Open
- Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 5-Day Event: September 16, 2007 to September 20, 2007
- Number of Entries: 560
- Total Prize Pool: $5,432,000
- Number of Payouts: 54
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roy Winston Roy Winston (poker player) Roy S. Winston, M.D is an American professional poker player, CEO & Founder of LaserAway LLC and physician from Rancho Mirage, California who won the World Poker Tour Borgata Main Event championship in 2007 for over $1.5 million.- Biography :... |
$1,575,280 |
| 2nd | Heung Yoon | $832,725 |
| 3rd | Haralabos Voulgaris | $434,560 |
| 4th | Mark Weitzman | $380,240 |
| 5th | Eugene Todd | $325,920 |
| 6th | Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table... |
$271,280 |
Turks & Caicos Poker Classic
- Casino: Players Club, Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos IslandsThe Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.The Turks and...
- Buy-in: $7,500
- 5-Day Event: September 26, 2007 to September 30, 2007
- Number of Entries: 137
- Total Prize Pool: $996,675
- Number of Payouts: 10
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rhynie Campbell | $436,675 |
| 2nd | Erik Cajelais | $225,000 |
| 3rd | Alan Sass | $125,000 |
| 4th | Chris Smith | $70,000 |
| 5th | Trevor Hebert | $50,000 |
| 6th | Nam Le | $30,000 |
Spanish Championship
- Casino: Casino Barcelona, BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
- Buy-in: €7,500
- 5-Day Event: October 11, 2007 to October 16, 2007
- Number of Entries: 226
- Total Prize Pool: €1,665,500
- Number of Payouts: 27
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Markus Lehmann | €537,000 ($789,592) |
| 2nd | Ludovic Lacay | €295,200 ($414,747) |
| 3rd | Christer Johansson | €151,000 ($212,150) |
| 4th | Steve Sung Steve Sung Suk-Min "Steve" Sung is a Korean professional poker player residing in Torrance, California who is a three time final tablist of World Poker Tour Championships.... |
€117,400 ($164,943) |
| 5th | Gus Hansen Gus Hansen Gustav "Gus" Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament... |
€100,600 ($141,340) |
| 6th | Vladimir Poleshchuk | €83,900 ($117,877) |
North American Poker Championship
- Casino: Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, OntarioNiagara Falls, OntarioNiagara Falls is a Canadian city on the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario. The municipality was incorporated on June 12, 1903...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... - Buy-in: C$10,000
- 8-Day Event: October 26, 2007 to November 2, 2007
- Number of Entries: 504
- Total Prize Pool: C$5,133,335 (US$5,305,060)
- Number of Payouts: 45
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Scott Clements Scott Clements Scott Clements is a professional poker player from Mount Vernon, Washington, United States, who has won titles in both World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker events.... |
C$1,456,585 (US$1,505,312) |
| 2nd | Jonathan Little Jonathan Little Jonathan Little is an American professional poker player who won both the World Poker Tour's Season VI Mirage Poker Showdown and Season VII Foxwoods World Poker Finals and won the WPT Season VI Player of the Year award.- Biography :Little was a student at the University of West Florida studying... |
C$714,905 (US$738,821) |
| 3rd | David Cloutier | C$372,772 (US$385,242) |
| 4th | Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein is a professional poker player. He has won a number of major events, including three at the World Series of Poker and two on the World Poker Tour. Greenstein donates his profit from tournament winnings to charities, primarily Children, Incorporated, earning him the nickname "the... |
C$306,388 (US$316,638) |
| 5th | Kofi Farkye | C$229,791 (US$237,478) |
| 6th | Jeff Garza | C$178,727 (US$184,706) |
World Poker Finals
- Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 7-Day Event: November 7, 2007 to November 13, 2007
- Number of Entries: 575
- Total Prize Pool: $5,404,075
- Number of Payouts: 50
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Vela | $1,704,986 |
| 2nd | Nick Schulman Nick Schulman Nick Schulman is an American professional poker player from Manhattan, New York. Nick Schulman is also a professional-calibre pocket billiards player. He grew up playing pool at Amsterdam Billiards, in New York City... |
$864,652 |
| 3rd | Nenad Medic Nenad Medic Nenad Medić is a Serbian-Canadian professional poker player with a World Series of Poker bracelet and World Poker Tour Championship title. He resides in Niagara Falls, Ontario... |
$486,367 |
| 4th | Tom Dwan Tom Dwan Thomas Dwan Jr. is an American professional poker player who regularly plays online in the highest-stakes No-Limit Texas hold 'em and Pot-Limit Omaha games, primarily on Full Tilt Poker, where he plays under the screen name "durrrr"... |
$324,244 |
| 5th | Michael White | $243,184 |
| 6th | Mark Weitzman | $189,142 |
Doyle Brunson Classic Championship
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
- Buy-in: $15,000
- 7-Day Event: December 12, 2007 to December 18, 2007
- Number of Entries: 626
- Total Prize Pool: $9,390,000
- Number of Payouts: 100
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eugene Katchalov Eugene Katchalov Eugene Katchalov is an American professional poker player raised in Brooklyn, New York since age 10.Katchalov, a graduate with a business degree from NYU, is the winner of the largest payout for a non-championship event in the World Poker Tour , earning $2,482,605 with a win of the 2007 Doyle... |
$2,482,605 |
| 2nd | Ted Kearly | $1,252,640 |
| 3rd | Dave Ulliott Dave Ulliott David A. Ulliott , known by the nickname Devilfish, is an English professional gambler and poker player. Formerly, Ulliott was a minor figure in the Hull underworld, but went on to become a World Series of Poker bracelet-winner, and a mainstay of televised poker... |
$674,500 |
| 4th | Kenneth Rosen | $433,675 |
| 5th | Jordan Rich | $289,070 |
| 6th | Ryan Daut Ryan Daut Ryan Daut is a professional poker player from New Jersey. After earning a degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Richmond in 2006, Daut began work on a doctorate in mathematics at Penn State University... |
$192,715 |
World Poker Open
- Casino: Gold Strike Resort and CasinoGold Strike Resort and CasinoGold Strike Resort and Casino in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi is an MGM Resorts International resort located 20 minutes south of Memphis, Tennessee. In 2008, MGM Mirage made a large investment in Gold Strike Casino Resort and a commitment to the Tunica market with a multi-million dollar renovation...
, TunicaTunicaTunica may refer to:* The latin word for tunic, a type of clothing typical in the ancient world* In anatomy, tunica refers to a structure comprising a blood vessel; types include Tunica albuginea and Tunica vasculosa... - Buy-in: $10,000
- 5-Day Event: January 20, 2008 to January 24, 2008
- Number of Entries: 259
- Total Prize Pool: $2,512,300
- Number of Payouts: 27
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brett Faustman | $892,413 |
| 2nd | Hoyt Corkins Hoyt Corkins Hoyt Bricken Corkins is an American professional poker player.He also has three children in Chelsei Corkins, Brittney Corkins, and Ashley Roundtre... |
$458,267 |
| 3rd | Men Nguyen Men Nguyen Men "The Master" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.-Early years:In 1967, he dropped out of school at age 13 and became a bus driver to help support his family. In early 1978, a staunch anti-Communist, he escaped from the Communist regime of Vietnam by boat and sailed with... |
$241,193 |
| 4th | Freddy Deeb Freddy Deeb Kassem Ibrahim "Freddy" Deeb is a professional poker player who emigrated from Lebanon to the United States at the age of 19.-Before poker:... |
$168,835 |
| 5th | Gabe Costner | $123,008 |
| 6th | John Spadavecchia John Spadavecchia John Spadavecchia is an American professional poker player from Lighthouse Point, Florida.Spadavecchia has been a regular on the poker tournament circuit since the 1980s, with his first finish in the money of a World Series of Poker event coming in the 1988 World Series of Poker in the $10,000 no... |
$96,477 |
Borgata Winter Open
- Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 5-Day Event: January 27, 2008 to January 31, 2008
- Number of Entries: 507
- Total Prize Pool: $4,917,900
- Number of Payouts: 54
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gavin Griffin Gavin Griffin Gavin Griffin is an American professional poker player. He attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.... |
$1,401,109 |
| 2nd | David Tran | $737,685 |
| 3rd | Thomas Hare | $381,137 |
| 4th | Noah Schwartz | $331,958 |
| 5th | Lee Watkinson Lee Watkinson Lee Watkinson is an American professional poker player, originally from Longbranch, Washington.At the 2004 World Series of Poker , Watkinson finished 2nd in the $5,000 pot limit Omaha event... |
$282,779 |
| 6th | Ervin Prifti | $233,600 |
L.A. Poker Classic
- Casino: Commerce CasinoCommerce CasinoCommerce Casino is a cardroom located in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce. With over 240 tables on site, Commerce Casino is the largest cardroom in the world...
, Los Angeles - Buy-in: $10,000
- 6-Day Event: February 23, 2008 to February 28, 2008
- Number of Entries: 665
- Total Prize Pool: $6,288,000
- Number of Payouts: 63
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip Dennis "Phil" Ivey Jr. is an American professional poker player who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables... |
$1,596,100 |
| 2nd | Quinn Do Quinn Do Quinn Do is an American professional poker player, a restaurant owner, and a World Series of Poker bracelet winner with multiple live tournament results adding up to over $1.9 million in career earnings.... |
$909,400 |
| 3rd | Charles Moore | $625,630 |
| 4th | Nam Le | $411,770 |
| 5th | Scott Montgomery Scott Montgomery (poker player) Scott Montgomery is a poker player from Perth, Ontario, Canada who won his first bracelet at the 2010 World Series of Poker in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Event #36 and was one of the final table players in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. He finished in fifth place earning $3,088,012,... |
$296,860 |
| 6th | Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth is an American professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his temperamental, "poker brat" personality... |
$229,820 |
Bay 101 Shooting Star
- Casino: Bay 101Bay 101Bay 101 is a cardroom in San Jose, California. Like other California cardrooms, Bay 101 offers poker cash games and tournaments as well as special "California" style table games....
, San José, CaliforniaSan Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay... - Buy-in: $10,000
- 5-Day Event: March 10, 2008 to March 14, 2008
- Number of Entries: 376
- Total Prize Pool: $3,336,000
- Number of Payouts: 45
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brandon Cantu Brandon Cantu Brandon M. Cantu is an American professional poker player. Upon winning a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2006, Cantu relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada. On March 14, 2007, Cantu became one of only 27 players to ever win both a World Series of Poker bracelet and a World Poker Tour championship... |
$1,000,000 |
| 2nd | Steve Sung Steve Sung Suk-Min "Steve" Sung is a Korean professional poker player residing in Torrance, California who is a three time final tablist of World Poker Tour Championships.... |
$585,000 |
| 3rd | Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello is an American professional poker player.-Early life:Harman was born and raised in Reno, Nevada. She started playing poker in 1972 at the age of eight... |
$330,000 |
| 4th | Noah Jefferson | $265,000 |
| 5th | Michael Baker | $200,000 |
| 6th | John Phan | $135,000 |
World Poker Challenge
- Casino: Reno Hilton, RenoRenoReno is the fourth most populous city in Nevada, US.Reno may also refer to:-Places:Italy*The Reno River, in Northern ItalyCanada*Reno No...
- Buy-in: $7,500
- 4-Day Event: March 25, 2008 to March 28, 2008
- Number of Entries: 261
- Total Prize Pool: $1,873,275
- Number of Payouts: 27
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lee Markholt Lee Markholt Lee Markholt Jr. is a professional poker player from Eatonville, Washington. He previously worked as a meat cutter for a family business and has been playing poker professionally for more than 13 years.... |
$493,815 |
| 2nd | Bryan Devonshire | $271,625 |
| 3rd | Zachary Hyman | $149,862 |
| 4th | Jason Potter | $103,030 |
| 5th | David Pham David Pham David Pham , is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player from Bell Gardens, California with two World Series of Poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the World Poker Tour.- Early life :... |
$93,664 |
| 6th | Jeff DeWitt | $84,297 |
Foxwoods Poker Classic
- Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 6-Day Event: April 4, 2008 to April 9, 2008
- Number of Entries: 346
- Total Prize Pool: $3,230,014
- Number of Payouts: 40
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Erik Seidel Erik Seidel Erik Seidel is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.In 2010, he was inducted as a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.-Early life:... |
$992,890 |
| 2nd | Robert Richardson | $558,792 |
| 3rd | Andrew Barta | $281,011 |
| 4th | Frank Cieri | $200,261 |
| 5th | Adam Katz | $151,811 |
| 6th | Ted Forrest Ted Forrest Ted Forrest is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.- Tournament Wins:... |
$103,360 |
WPT Championship
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
- Buy-in: $25,000
- 7-Day Event: April 19, 2008 to April 26, 2008
- Number of Entries: 545
- Total Prize Pool: $13,216,250
- Number of Payouts: 100
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | David Chiu David Chiu (poker player) David Chiu is a Chinese American professional poker player, based in Rowland Heights, California, who has won four World Series of Poker bracelets. He is also the winner of the 2008 World Poker Tour's WPT World Championship, and the first winner of the Tournament of Champions of Poker.Chiu was a... |
$3,389,140 |
| 2nd | Gus Hansen Gus Hansen Gustav "Gus" Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament... |
$1,714,800 |
| 3rd | John Roveto | $923,355 |
| 4th | Cory Carroll Cory Carroll Cory Carroll is a Canadian professional poker player, who is a two time final tablist of World Poker Tour Championships and the winner of a World Series of Poker Circuit Championship Event.-Online poker:... |
$593,645 |
| 5th | Tommy Le | $395,725 |
| 6th | Jeff King | $263,815 |