2008 WSOP Event 52 No-Limit Hold'em

Individual Event Reports

Event 52 -- No-Limit Hold'em Day 1

Event 52 No-Limit Hold'em is the 19th No Limit tournament held this World Series of Poker season, proof of its rising popularity. Lining up for a seat to this event are Bryan Devonshire, Antonio Esfandiari, Lou Esposito, Vanessa Rousso, Juha Helppi, David "The Dragon" Pham, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Matthew Hilger, Kathy Liebert, Ted Lawson, John-Robert Bellande, Marco Traniello, Erik Seidel , Andy Bloch, Chris Ferguson, Mimi Tran, An Tran, Feming Chan, Jeffrey Siegal and John Robles.

At 12 noon, Jack Effel told the dealers to shuffle up and deal to get things rolling.

Statistics for Day 1:

• Number of Entries 2,693
• Buy In $1,500
• Net Prize Pool $3,675,945
• First Place Prize $625,443
• Total Spots Paid Out 270

1. Keith Carberry -- 203,000
2. Alvin Zeidenfeld -- 180,500
3. Feming Chan -- 105,000
4. Anders Fraulund -- 103,600
5. Joe Neiman -- 98,800
6. Henry Majdik -- 98,500
7. Elliott Smith -- 96,700
8. Jim Miller -- 92,400
9. Satoru Ishii -- 90,400

Event 52 -- No-Limit Hold'em Day 2

1. Corwin Cole 1,668,000
2. Matt Matros 1,472,000
3. Jeff Courtney 1,443,000
4. David Daneshgar 1,178,000
5. Voitto Rintala 553,000
6. Dan Heimiller 544,000
7. Andrey Zaichenko 521,000
8. Scott Sitron 504,000
9. Farzad Rouhani 212,000

Event 52 -- No-Limit Hold'em Final Table

1. David Daneshgar -- $625,443
2. Scott Sitron -- $385,974
3. Dan Heimiller -- $275,695
4. Farzad Rouhani -- $231,584
5. Corwin Cole -- $189,311
6. Matt Matros -- $148,875
7. Andrey Zaichenko -- $112,116
8. Jeff Courtney -- $84,546
9. Voitto Rintala -- $57,712