Event 53 at the World Series of Poker 2008 was the last event before the big one, the WSOP main event. This was a $1,500 limit hold’em shootout event. The event was meant to be limited to 720 entrants, but with a huge amount of players wanting to enter we ended up with […]

2,693 entrants turned out for the 52nd event at the World Series of Poker 2008, which was a $1,500 no limit hold’em tournament, the final $1,500 buy in event of this series. The first place prize set was $625,443 and the rest of the $3,675,945 prize pool paid down to 270th place.
The bubble burst […]

Event 51 at the World Series of Poker 2008 was the second H.O.R.S.E tournament, this time being a bit cheaper to enter at just $1,500. 803 players turned out for this event with a large number of well known pro’s in the field. The prize pool generated by this field reached just over […]

The 50th Event at the World Series of Poker 2008 was the $10,000 pot limit Omaha World Championship. This event also allowed each player to rebuy once, if busted out in the opening period. 381 players started out this tournament and once the rebuys were over the first place prize was set at […]

The 49th event at the World Series of Poker 2008 was another $1,500 no limit hold’em event, which again attracted a huge starting field of 2,718 players. The total prize pool generated by this field reached $3,710,070 and the first place prize set from this was $631,170. The rest of the prize pool […]

The most prestigious event in poker being the World Series of Poker $50,000 H.O.R.S.E event, took place as the 45th event at this year’s WSOP. The 145 players starting out created a prize pool of $7,104,000 which paid down to 16th place. The winner was set to receive $1,989,120 as well as the […]

A big field of 2,317 players turned out to start the $2,000 no limit hold’em tournament, the 48th at this years World Series of Poker 2008. The total prize pool for this event rose to $4,634,000 with the first place prize amount set at $770,540.
Just 198 players survived the first days play, meaning only […]