2008 Event 48 No-Limit Hold’em

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2008 WSOP Event 48 No-Limit Hold’em

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Event #48 -- No-Limit Hold’em Day 1

Event 48 No-Limit Hold’em had a ton of players who paid $2,000 each for a seat to this tournament! Here are the stats from the beginning.

Statistics for event:

  • Number of Entries 2317
  • Buy in $2,000
  • Net Prize Pool $4,216,940
  • First Place Prize $770,540
  • Total Spots Paid Out 198
Some of the faces seen for this event were Jennifer Tilly, Svetlana Gromenkova, T.J. Cloutier, Erik Seidel , Humberto Brenes, Bill Gazes, John Gale, Jeff Madsen, David "The Dragon" Pham, Barny Boatman, Shannon Elizabeth, defending champion Blair Rodman, Thierry van den Berg, Steve Dannenmann, Johnny Neckar, John Gale, Lee Watkinson, Victor Ramdin, Mike Matusow, Gioi Luong, Liv Boeree and Anna Wroblewski.

To the tune of "Let's Get It Started", players came to the tables and took their seats. At noon, they began another contest with over 2300 competing for the WSOP gold bracelet of champions. But some players were getting up before everyone took their seats. Lee Watkinson was one of the first to go. His pocket 10's could not hold up to the set of 5's of the other player. T.J. Cloutier also went to the rail after his all-in move failed. Player Mark Newhouse was busted by Dan Dumont with a Jack high straight. They were followed by Vanessa Selbst, Captain Tom Franklin, Noah Boeken, John Gale, David "Devilfish" Ulliott, Andy Black, Theo Tran, Joe Sebok, Scott Clements, Jeff Madsen, David Levi, Howard Lederer, David Williams, Joe Hachem, Lee Childs, Dewey Tomko, Hasan Habib, Humberto Brenes and Mark Seif. By the time the end of the day came, there were 198 that would see a chair on Day 2.

Top nine of Day 1 with chip counts:
  1. Eric Crain 253,500
  2. Sergey Rybachenko 214,700
  3. Sean McCabe 206,600
  4. Vincent Dulac 181,100
  5. Denis Limon 178,000
  6. Kham-Ar Aythavone 131,300
  7. Gerald Watterson 126,600
  8. Marco Johnson 124,700
  9. Van Dung Nguyen 123,900

Event #48 -- No-Limit Hold’em Day 2

Here are the payouts for those who make the final table:

  1. $770,540
  2. $491,273
  3. $326,812
  4. $274,101
  5. $223,497
  6. $177,111
  7. $134,942
  8. $103,315
  9. $71,687
A few minutes after 2:00 PM, the dealers went to work dealing the cards. Because we have reached the bubble, short stacks are going all-in and could care less who is watching. This is resulting in a run on the cashier's cage for payouts. In the first 45 minutes, 25 players were in line for the money. It grew to 79 by 4:30 PM. Blair Rodman who was defending his title was eliminated as Vincent Dulac made a straight by the turn. Erica Schoenberg was gone from the tables when her all-in with big slick (A K suited) was was beaten down by the two pair (Q's and 6's) of John Bird. Justin Alexander's road to victory was washed out by the two pair (Q's and 6's) of Daniel Rome. Lou Esposito went out in 28th place after his pocket 10's were run over by the two pair (K's and 8's) of Ryan D'Angelo. Ray Foley loses to a straight, finishing in 21st place and Sergey Rybachenko ended up in 10th after the set of 8's Sergey made were overcome by the straight made by Ryan D'Angelo. And with that the 9 for the final table was established. Come back and see who won the title!

Players who made the final table:
  1. Marco Johnson 2,135,000
  2. Gabe Costner 1,475,000
  3. Kirill Gerasimov 1,145,000
  4. Alexandre Gomes 1,075,000
  5. Robert Brewer 1,050,000
  6. Sverre Sundbo 685,000
  7. Dan Rome 650,000
  8. Alan Cutter 535,000
  9. Ryan D'Angelo 520,000

Event #48 -- No-Limit Hold’em Final Table

Final notes on the event from the WSOP:

This was the largest number of entries ever for a $2,000 buy-in hold'em event. The prize pool, at over $4.2 million, is the second-largest of the 2008 WSOP. Only the $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. World Championship was higher ($7,104,120). The tournament was played over three consecutive days. The final table was played at the secondary final table, as the ESPN feature table on the main stage was used for the conclusion of the $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. World Championship (Event #45) which concluded on the same day. There were huge crowds for both finales.

The $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em champion is Alexandre Gomes. He is a 25-year-old poker pro from Curitiba, Brazil. Gomes becomes the first Brazilian national to ever win a WSOP gold bracelet. In fact, no South American player had ever previously won a WSOP event in the 39-year history of the WSOP. Gomes won $770,448 for first place. This was his first WSOP gold bracelet. This was his first time to cash at the WSOP.

Blinds in the heads up were 50,000/100,000 and a 10,000 ante. Alexandre Gomes began with a 2.5 to 1 chip lead over Marco Johnson and never looked back. On the last hand, both players went all-in preflop with Alexandre Gomes holding A K suited and Marco Johnson has Q J suited. The table showed 4 3 2 A 4 giving Alexandre the victory with two pair (A's and 4's) along with his first ever gold and diamond bracelet.

  1. Alexandre Gomes -- $770,540
  2. Marco Johnson -- $491,273
  3. Ryan D'Angelo -- $326,812
  4. Robert Brewer -- $274,101
  5. Alan Cutter -- $223,497
  6. Kirill Gerasimov -- $177,111
  7. Sverre Sundbo -- $134,942
  8. Gabe Costner -- $103,315
  9. Dan Rome -- $71,687

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