Vitaly Lunkin wins event No. 27, $1,500 No-Limit Hold

Vitaly Lunkin wins event No. 27, $1,500 No-Limit Hold Chip counts for the final table: PhilipYeh- $1,360,000 Jeffrey Brown- $310,000 Vitaly Lunkin- $1,030,000 Trevor Donaldson- $265,000 Barry Schultz- $1,340,000 Kenneth Terrell- $650,000 Richard…

Phil Galfond wins event No. 28, Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys

The chips counts and seat assignments went as follows: Seat 1) John Juanda- $694,800 Seat 2) Phil Hellmuth- $119, 000 Seat 3) David Benyamine- $1,014,000 Seat 4) Gerasimov Kirill- $558,000 Seat 5) Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond- $1,393,000 Seat…

John Phan wins event No. 29, $3,000 No-limit Hold'em

John Phan is not a new face to the realm of poker. He's finished runner-up twice previously at WSOP, but never has he walked away with a bracelet until this year. Phan won $434,789 and his long sought after gold bracelet. Here were the chip…

Rob Hollink won event No. 30, $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em

Rob Hollink won event No. 30, $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em: Here were the chip counts and seat assignments for the final table: Seat 1): Andy Block- $370,000 Seat 2) Rob Hollink- $893,000 Seat 3) Tommy Hang- $578,000 Seat 4) Cy…

Jimmy Schultz wins event #12, $1,500 Limit Hold'em

Jimmy Schultz wins event #12, $1,500 Limit Hold'em The chip counts for the final table started as follows: Jimmy Shultz- $830,000 Ali Eslami- $400,000 Zach Fellows- $320,000 Brendan Taylor- $280,000 Markus Golser- $235,000 Vinny Vinh- $150,000…

Daniel Negreanu wins Event #20: $2,000 Limit Hold'em

Daniel Negreanu wins Event #20: $2,000 Limit Hold'em Six of the final nine players were sitting at their first WSOP final table, giving a huge edge to Negreanu, who had won three previous WSOP bracelets over all. The final nine players with…

Scott Seiver won event #21, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Scott Seiver won event #21, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em: The chip count information were as follows: Scott Seiver- $2,512,000 Rejesh Vohra- $1,040,000 Jacobo Fernandez- $848,000 Dave Seidman- $653,000 Adam Geyer- $645,000 Ben Sprengers- $441,000 Chuck…

Event #22, $3,000 H.O.R.S.E, is won by Jens Voertmann

Event #22, $3,000 H.O.R.S.E, is won by Jens Voertmann A total of 414 players vied to win a tournament that rewards players with skill in the four most popular games in poker: hold'em, Omaha, razz and stud. First time bracelet winner Jens Voertmann…

Barry Greenstein wins event #26: $1,500 Razz

Barry Greenstein wins event #26: $1,500 Razz Barry Greenstein has been a fixture at the WSOP in recent years, and has been cashing in events since 1992. His third cash of 2008 would bring him the third bracelet of his career, after he topped…

Kenny Tran wins event No. 25, $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em

Kenny Tran wins event No. 25, $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em: Here were the final four competitors: -Vanessa Selbst -Alec Torelli -Kenny Tran -Jonathan Jaffe Jaffe vs. Tran: After some vicious playing tactics and some…