| 2008 World Series of Poker Recap |
| # |
Event |
Buy-In/Winner |
| 1 |
World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$10,000/Nenad Medic |
| 2A |
No-Limit Hold'em (4 day event) Day 1A |
$1,500/Grant Hinkle |
| 3 |
Pot-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$1,500/David Singer |
| 4 |
Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) (3 Day event) |
$5,000/Erick Lindgren |
| 5 |
No-Limit Hold'em w/Re-Buys (3 day event) |
$1,000/Michael Banducci |
| 6 |
Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) |
$1,500/Thang Luu |
| 7 |
No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$2,000/Matt Keikoan |
| 8 |
World Championship Mixed Event (3 day event)
Limit Holdem, Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, Seven Card Razz , Seven Card Stud,
Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, No-Limit Holdem, Pot-Limit Omaha, 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball |
$10,000/Anthony Rivera |
| 9 |
No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (3 day event) |
$1,500/Raloh (Rep) Porter |
| 10 |
Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (3 day event) |
$2,500/Farzad Rouhani |
| 11 |
No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (3 day event) |
$5,000/Phillip Tom |
| 12 |
Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$1,500/Jimmy Shultz |
| 13 |
No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$2,500/Duncan Bell |
| 14 |
World Championship Seven Card Stud (3 day event) |
$10,000/Eric Brooks |
| 15 |
Ladies No-Limit Hold'em World Championship (3 day event) |
$1,000/Svetlana Gromenkova |
| 16 |
Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) |
$2,000/Andrew Brown |
| 17 |
No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (3 day event) |
$1,500/Jason Young |
| 18 |
No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/Re-Buys (3 day event) |
$5,000/Mike Matusow |
| 19 |
Pot-Limit Omaha (3 day event) |
$1,500/Vanessa Selbst |
| 20 |
Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$2,000/Daniel Negreanu |
| 21 |
No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$5,000/Scott Seiver |
| 22 |
H.O.R.S.E. (3 day event)
Limit Holdem, Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, Seven Card Razz,
Seven Card Stud,Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better |
$3,000/Jens Voertmann |
| 23 |
No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$2,000/Blair Hinkle |
| 24 |
Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha (3 day event) |
$2,500/Max Pescatori |
| 25 |
World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em (256 player max) (3 day event) |
$10,000/Kenny Tran |
| 26 |
Seven Card Razz (3 day event) |
$1,500/Barry Greenstein |
| 27 |
No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$1,500/Vitaly Lunkin |
| 28 |
Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys (3 day event) |
$5,000/Philip Galfond |
| 29 |
No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$3,000/John "Razor" Phan |
| 30 |
World Championship Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$10,000/Rob Hollink |
| 31 |
No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (3 day event) |
$2,500/Dario Minieri |
| 32 |
No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$1,500/Jose-Luis Velador |
| 33 |
World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) |
$5,000/Sebastian Ruthenberg |
| 34 |
Pot-Limit Omaha W/Re-Buys (3 day event) |
$1,500/Layne Flack |
| 35 |
Seven Card Stud (3 day event) |
$1,500/Michael Rocco |
| 36 |
No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$1,500/Jesper Hougaard |
| 37 |
World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) |
$10,000/David Benyamine |
| 38 |
Pot-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$2,000/Davidi Kitai |
| 39 |
No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$1,500/David Woo |
| 40 |
World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (5 day event)
Limit Holdem, Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, Seven Card Razz,
Seven Card Stud,Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better |
$50,000/John "Razor" Phan |
| 41 |
Mixed Hold'em (limit/no-limit) (3 Day event) |
$1,500/Frank Gary |
| 42 |
Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship (3 day event) |
$1,000/Dan Lacourse |
| 43 |
Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) |
$1,500/Martin Klaser |
| 44 |
No-Limit Hold'em w/Re-Buys (3 day event) |
$1,000/Maxwell Greenwood |
| 45 |
2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) (3 day event) |
$2,500/Scotty Nguyen |
| 46 |
No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (3 day event) |
$5,000/Joe Commisso |
| 47 |
Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (3 day event) |
$1,500/Ryan Hughes |
| 48 |
No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$2,000/Alexandre Gomes |
| 49 |
No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$1,500/J.C. Tran |
| 50 |
World Championship Pot Limit Omaha (3 day event) |
$10,000/Marty Smyth |
| 51 |
H.O.R.S.E. (3 day event)
Limit Holdem, Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, Seven Card Razz,
Seven Card Stud,Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better |
$1,500/James Schaaf |
| 52 |
No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) |
$1,500/David Daneshgar |
| 53 |
Limit Hold'em Shootout (2 day event) |
$1,500/Matthew Graham |
| 54 |
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em |
$10,000 |
