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2008 WSOP SUCCESS

2008 by Bracelets

1John Phan2
2Farzad Rouhani1
3Layne Flack1
4Barry Greenstein1
5David Singer1
6Kenny Tran1
7Jimmy Shultz1
8Max Greenwood1
9Mike Matusow1
10Erick Lindgren1
11Daniel Negreanu1
12Matt Graham1
13Scott Seiver1
14Phil Galfond1
15David Woo1
16Andrew Brown1
17Jonathan Kotula1
18Anthony Rivera1
19Dan Lacourse1
20Vanessa Selbst1
21Michael Rocco1
22Sebastian Ruthenberg1
23Marty Smyth1
24Matt Keikoan1
25Jens Voertmann1
26Joe Commisso1
27Svetlana Gromenkova1
28Luis Velador1
29David Daneshgar1
30James Schaaf1
31Rob Hollink1
32Philip Tom1
33JC Tran1
34Max Pescatori1
35David Benyamine1
36Michael Banducci1
37Thang Luu1
38Dario Minieri1
39Vitaly Lunkin1
40Duncan Bell1
41Jesper Hougaard1
42Davidi Kitai1
43Martin Klaeser1
44Rep Porter1
45Scotty Nguyen1
46Nenad Medic1
47Ryan Hughes1
48Peter Eastgate1
49Alexandre Gomes1
50Grant Hinkle1
51Eric Brooks1
52Blair Hinkle1
53Frank Gary1
54John Bunch0
55Brandon Sampson0
56Joe Patrick0
57Noah Schwartz0
58Nick Goodall0
59James Campbell0
60Steven Fiorentini0
61Nick Schulman0
62Samir Shakhtoor0
63Roger Jenkins0
64David Hahn0
65Martin Stilling0
66Daniel Mowczan0
67Jameson Enoch0
68Bennett Greenstein0
69Serg Markarian0
70Wenlong Jin0
71Sorel Mizzi0
72Quoc Nguyen0
73Brian Brubaker0
74Bonnie Overfield0
75Ryan Roeder0
76Perry Burrell0
77Rob Sterken0
78Stephane Tayar0
79Robert Russell0
80Otto Richard0
81Nikolay Losev0
82Charalampos Tsaoussis0
83Peng Cheng0
84Blake Kelso0
85James Lampropoulos0
86Jeremy Kottler0
87Bob Bradley0
88Richard Alm0
89Dan Kalpakis0
90Tim Hebert0
91Phillip Reed0
92Brennan Benglis0
93Timothy Anstine0
94Gabriel Andrade0
95Todd Jones0
96Hunter Frey0
97Mark Hurst0
98Samuel Rosenzweig0
99Robert Cook0
100Oscar Portillo0
Average Age: 51
Distinct Countries: 15

2008 by Earnings

1Peter Eastgate$9,152,416
2Ivan Demidov$5,849,449
3Dennis Phillips$4,517,773
4Ylon Schwartz$3,785,020
5Scott Montgomery$3,170,468
6Darus Suharto$2,418,562
7Scotty Nguyen$2,039,628
8Chino Rheem$1,866,274
9Mike DeMichele$1,383,072
10Erick Lindgren$1,348,528
11Kelly Kim$1,288,217
12David Benyamine$941,651
13Joe Commisso$911,855
14Craig Marquis$906,266
15JC Tran$896,392
16Mike Matusow$871,883
17Marty Smyth$863,382
18Phil Galfond$832,219
19Grant Hinkle$831,462
20Nenad Medic$810,608
21Scott Seiver$785,393
22Alexandre Gomes$770,540
23Barry Greenstein$768,461
24Matt Glantz$753,312
25Andy Bloch$714,995
26Max Greenwood$700,110
27Chris Klodnicki$694,602
28Duncan Bell$682,809
29Chris Ferguson$677,905
30Michael Banducci$664,997
31Jacobo Fernandez$658,100
32David Woo$637,976
33David Daneshgar$631,425
34Vitaly Lunkin$628,417
35Jesper Hougaard$621,805
36John Phan$608,464
37Dean Hamrick$591,869
38Joe Bishop$591,869
39Luis Velador$586,135
40Richard Lyndaker$582,501
41Layne Flack$577,725
42Theo Tran$553,138
43Matt Keikoan$550,601
44Owen Crowe$545,034
45Kenny Tran$543,615
46Rob Hollink$535,942
47Dario Minieri$528,418
48Peter Jetten$528,256
49Marco Johnson$524,274
50Farzad Rouhani$522,117
51Daniel Negreanu$520,304
52James Akenhead$520,219
53Blair Hinkle$507,563
54Lyle Berman$498,144
55Adam Hourani$493,748
56Philip Tom$492,067
57Anthony Rivera$483,688
58Dave Seidman$482,372
59Michael Mizrachi$465,154
60Nicholas Sliwinski$463,201
61Gert Andersen$463,201
62Rene Mouritsen$462,372
63Cody Slaubaugh$444,242
64Steve Merrifield$441,260
65Jeff Williams$440,491
66Greg Jamison$420,949
67Eric Brooks$415,856
68Kirill Gerasimov$408,041
69Scott Sitron$405,705
70Matthew Wood$389,844
71Rasmus Nielsen$389,557
72Brett Kimes$387,837
73Shannon Shorr$384,947
74Rep Porter$375,913
75Alexander Kostritsyn$373,973
76Eddie Ochana$368,891
77Dan Lacourse$368,832
78Davidi Kitai$368,785
79Daniel Makowsky$367,280
80Anthony Signore$366,387
81David Singer$365,432
82Tommy Hang$363,653
83Phil Hellmuth$357,359
84Jeff Lisandro$357,270
85Ryan D'Angelo$350,946
86Vanessa Selbst$350,391
87Alec Torelli$348,560
88Jerrod Ankenman$344,163
89Ben Sprengers$340,286
90Kathy Liebert$339,215
91Tony Scherer$334,534
92Tiffany Michelle$334,534
93Jason Riesenberg$334,534
94Sebastian Ruthenberg$333,411
95Greg Mueller$330,801
96Seth Fischer$330,519
97Matt Graham$327,435
98Mark Brockington$326,552
99Kido Pham$324,516
100Chris Bell$321,006
Average Age: 48
Distinct Countries: 13

2008 by Cashes

1Nikolay Evdakov10
2Chau Giang8
3Alex Jacob8
4Neil Channing7
5JC Tran7
6Jacobo Fernandez7
7Rolf Slotboom7
8Barry Greenstein6
9Chris Bjorin6
10Manelic Minaya6
11Alexander Kostritsyn6
12Hoyt Corkins5
13Andy Bloch5
14David Singer5
15Kathy Liebert5
16Chris Ferguson5
17Allen Cunningham5
18Men Nguyen5
19John Juanda5
20Erick Lindgren5
21Daniel Negreanu5
22Phil Hellmuth5
23Tom Lee5
24David Levi5
25Tom Schneider5
26Matt Matros5
27Robert Mizrachi5
28Terrence Chan5
29Greg DeBora5
30Michael Mizrachi5
31John Phan5
32Farzad Rouhani5
33Chad Brown5
34Eugene Todd5
35Ayaz Mahmood5
36Raymond Henson5
37Sarah Bilney5
38Casey McCarrel5
39Marco Traniello5
40Craig Gray5
41Adam Levy5
42Theo Tran5
43Paul Smith5
44Michael Katz5
45Cody Slaubaugh5
46Leo Wolpert5
47Alan Jaffray5
48Matthew LaGarde5
49Benjamin Zamani5
50Calen McNeil5
51Gabe Costner5
52Aleksandr Dzianisau5
53Dustin Woolf4
54Kenna James4
55Mark Gregorich4
56Max Pescatori4
57Kirill Gerasimov4
58David Benyamine4
59Humberto Brenes4
60Mike Matusow4
61Hasan Habib4
62Erik Seidel4
63David Williams4
64Clonie Gowen4
65Lee Watkinson4
66Mike Allis4
67Richard Tatalovich4
68Victor Ramdin4
69Hilbert Shirey4
70Ted Lawson4
71John Murphy4
72Mike Wattel4
73Craig Crivello4
74Jason Gray4
75Yueqi Zhu4
76David Bach4
77Shawn Buchanan4
78Greg Mueller4
79Greg Jamison4
80Clifford Pappas4
81Ryan Young4
82Scott Clements4
83Nadim Shabou4
84Joe Tehan4
85Nick Gibson4
86Eric Froehlich4
87Gregory Alston4
88Jordan Smith4
89Christopher Howard4
90David Peters (CA)4
91Justin Phillips4
92Matt Graham4
93Brent Roberts4
94Shannon Shorr4
95Mark Vos4
96Lou Esposito4
97Michael Binger4
98Jimmy Tran4
99Jared Okun4
100Jeff Madsen4
Average Age: 54
Distinct Countries: 11

2008 PROFITABILITY

Top $ per ITM (>1 ITMs)

1Ivan Demidov$2,924,725
2Ylon Schwartz$1,892,510
3Scotty Nguyen$1,019,814
4Chino Rheem$933,137
5Scott Montgomery$792,617
6Mike DeMichele$691,536
7Craig Marquis$453,133
8Marty Smyth$431,691
9Phil Galfond$416,110
10Nenad Medic$405,304
11Matt Glantz$376,656
12Max Greenwood$350,055
13Duncan Bell$341,405
14David Woo$318,988
15Richard Lyndaker$291,251
16Owen Crowe$272,517
17Kenny Tran$271,808
18Erick Lindgren$269,706
19Lyle Berman$249,072
20David Benyamine$235,413
Average Age: 48
Distinct Countries: 5

Top $ per ITM (>3 ITMs)

1Scott Montgomery$792,617
2Erick Lindgren$269,706
3David Benyamine$235,413
4Mike Matusow$217,971
5Scott Seiver$196,348
6Andy Bloch$142,999
7Chris Ferguson$135,581
8Barry Greenstein$128,077
9JC Tran$128,056
10John Phan$121,693
11Theo Tran$110,628
12Greg Jamison$105,237
13Farzad Rouhani$104,423
14Daniel Negreanu$104,061
15Kirill Gerasimov$102,010
16Shannon Shorr$96,237
17Jacobo Fernandez$94,014
18Michael Mizrachi$93,031
19Cody Slaubaugh$88,848
20Greg Mueller$82,700
Average Age: 51
Distinct Countries: 4

Top $ per ITM (>5 ITMs)

1Barry Greenstein$128,077
2JC Tran$128,056
3Jacobo Fernandez$94,014
4Alexander Kostritsyn$62,329
5Chris Bjorin$51,738
6Nikolay Evdakov$22,853
7Chau Giang$17,265
8Alex Jacob$15,484
9Manelic Minaya$12,436
10Rolf Slotboom$10,190
11Neil Channing$5,352
Average Age: 59
Distinct Countries: 5

2008 MILLIONAIRES

$1 to $2 Million Club

1Chino Rheem$1,866,274
2Mike DeMichele$1,383,072
3Erick Lindgren$1,348,528
4Kelly Kim$1,288,217
Average Age: 45
Distinct Countries: 1

$2 to $5 Million Club

1Dennis Phillips$4,517,773
2Ylon Schwartz$3,785,020
3Scott Montgomery$3,170,468
4Darus Suharto$2,418,562
5Scotty Nguyen$2,039,628
Average Age: 57
Distinct Countries: 2

$5+ Million Club

1Peter Eastgate$9,152,416
2Ivan Demidov$5,849,449
Average Age: 40
Distinct Countries: 2

2008 WOMEN IN THE WSOP

2008 by Earnings

1Vanessa Selbst$350,391
2Kathy Liebert$339,215
3Tiffany Michelle$334,534
4Svetlana Gromenkova$227,003
5Anh Le$144,567
6Chris Priday$87,715
7Lisa Parsons$77,200
8Patricia Till$73,637
9Annie Duke$73,602
10Esther Rossi$68,505
Average Age: 53
Distinct Countries: 1

2008 WOMEN'S PROFITABILITY

Top $ per ITM (>1 ITMs)

1Vanessa Selbst$116,797
2Svetlana Gromenkova$113,502
3Kathy Liebert$67,843
4Karen Manfrede$31,853
5Robin Larsson$31,835
6Evelyn Ng$19,370
7Tracey Nguyen$19,077
8Jolyne Thompson$16,293
9Veronica Dabul$13,518
10Vanessa Rousso$11,878
Average Age: 50
Distinct Countries: 2

Top $ per ITM (>3 ITMs)

1Kathy Liebert$67,843
2Sarah Bilney$5,286
Average Age: 55
Distinct Countries: 2

Top $ per ITM (>5 ITMs)

Average Age: NaN
Distinct Countries: 0

2008 WSOP YOUNG GUNS

Under 30 by Bracelets

1Craig Hueffner0
2Matthew Rosen0
3Ralph Perry0
4Yonghui Jiang0
5Ronnie McMillan0
Average Age: 24
Distinct Countries: 1

Under 30 by Earnings

1Ralph Perry$229,371
2Yonghui Jiang$23,160
3Craig Hueffner$4,676
4Matthew Rosen$4,063
5Ronnie McMillan$2,018
Average Age: 24
Distinct Countries: 1

Under 30 by Cashes

1Ralph Perry3
2Yonghui Jiang1
3Ronnie McMillan1
4Matthew Rosen1
5Craig Hueffner1
Average Age: 24
Distinct Countries: 1

2008 THE WHOLE WORLD PLAYS POKER

Countries by Bracelets

1United States36
2Canada4
3Germany3
4Denmark2
5Italy2
6France1
7Netherlands1
8Belgium1
9Brazil1
10Ireland1
11Russian Federation1
12Vietnam1
13South Africa0
14Sweden0
15Slovenia0
16Slovakia0
17Ukraine0
18Israel0
19India0
20Venezuela0
21Belarus0
22Belize0
23Bolivia0
24United Arab Emirates0
25Antigua And Barbuda0
26Argentina0
27Austria0
28Australia0
29Ecuador0
30Estonia0
31Spain0
32Finland0
33Switzerland0
34Chile0
35China0
36Costa Rica0
37Czech Republic0
38Norway0
39New Zealand0
40Panama0
41Poland0
42Portugal0
43Romania0
44United Kingdom0
45Guadeloupe0
46Greece0
47South Georgia0
48Hong Kong0
49Hungary0
50Japan0
51Cayman Islands0
52Lebanon0
53Saint Lucia0
54Lithuania0
55Macedonia0
56Malta0
57Mexico0
58Malaysia0
Total: 54
Distinct Countries: 58

Countries by Earnings

1United States$108,946,500
2Canada$13,553,550
3Denmark$11,167,960
4Russian Federation$8,007,753
5United Kingdom$3,770,669
6Ireland$1,805,028
7Germany$1,781,594
8France$1,666,895
9Italy$1,609,979
10Australia$1,272,917
11Sweden$1,249,491
12Netherlands$1,115,671
13Brazil$1,027,139
14Belgium$411,240
15Romania$398,033
16Finland$394,500
17Israel$383,687
18Belarus$272,962
19Vietnam$243,342
20Norway$202,705
21Switzerland$201,241
22Austria$193,062
23Portugal$170,156
24Argentina$165,641
25Venezuela$145,619
26Slovenia$141,930
27Hungary$108,690
28Lithuania$94,995
29Spain$84,946
30Mexico$83,470
31Japan$77,421
32Ukraine$62,863
33Costa Rica$62,441
34India$58,448
35Greece$52,042
36Saint Lucia$35,909
37South Africa$34,156
38Lebanon$32,454
39New Zealand$32,261
40Malta$28,950
41Antigua And Barbuda$28,391
42Macedonia$25,090
43Panama$21,632
44United Arab Emirates$21,230
45Bolivia$16,452
46Malaysia$16,024
47Slovakia$9,619
48Czech Republic$8,835
49Belize$7,582
50South Georgia$7,014
51Hong Kong$6,917
52Ecuador$6,279
53Estonia$6,125
54Poland$5,569
55Cayman Islands$5,055
56Chile$3,795
57China$3,773
58Guadeloupe$3,340
Total: $161,351,000
Distinct Countries: 58

Countries by Cashes

1United States3,404
2Canada232
3United Kingdom149
4Germany50
5France45
6Australia44
7Russian Federation37
8Netherlands37
9Sweden33
10Italy28
11Denmark27
12Ireland22
13Brazil16
14Switzerland15
15Israel14
16Norway14
17Finland10
18Austria10
19Belgium8
20Argentina7
21Japan7
22Venezuela7
23Mexico6
24Hungary6
25Romania5
26Costa Rica5
27Spain4
28Lebanon3
29Belarus3
30Portugal3
31New Zealand3
32Panama3
33South Africa3
34Ukraine2
35Slovenia2
36Bolivia2
37Czech Republic2
38Saint Lucia2
39Lithuania2
40India2
41Estonia2
42Greece2
43South Georgia1
44Hong Kong1
45Guadeloupe1
46Cayman Islands1
47Macedonia1
48Malta1
49Ecuador1
50Chile1
51China1
52Belize1
53United Arab Emirates1
54Antigua And Barbuda1
55Slovakia1
56Vietnam1
57Poland1
58Malaysia1
Total: 4,294
Distinct Countries: 58

2008 WSOP CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR

Most 4th to 9th Finishes

1Alex Bolotin3
2David Sklansky2
3Lyle Berman2
4Kirill Gerasimov2
5Phil Ivey2
6Daniel Negreanu2
7JC Tran2
8Mike Wattel2
9David Oppenheim2
10Dario Alioto2
11Alessio Isaia2
12Spencer Lawrence2
13John Juanda2
14Minh Ly2
15David Williams2
16Phil Hellmuth2
17Howard Lederer2
18Erik Seidel2
19Chris Bjorin2
20Ralph Perry2
21Robert Mizrachi2
22Tom Dwan2
23Theo Tran2
24Scott Clements2
25Steve Sung2
26Danny Wong2
27Tim West2
28Chino Rheem2
29Scott Freeman2
30Ylon Schwartz1
31Alan Cutler1
32Robert Brown1
33Jim Wong1
34Darus Suharto1
35Alan Enciso1
36Stephane Tayar1
37Jacobo Fernandez1
38Adam Junglen1
39Debbie Mitchell1
40Tom Chambers1
41John Conkright1
42Jesse Chinni1
43Conrad Monica1
44Edward Brogdon1
45Mike Kachan1
46Brandon Cantu1
47Mike Ngo1
48Greg Hurst1
49Barry Schultz1
50Stuart Newman1
51Chuck Sklar1
52Charles Wood1
53Matt Giannetti1
54Michael Binger1
55Erik Friberg1
56Jonathan Jaffe1
57Steve Gross1
58Maxwell Troy1
59Timothy Dalessandro1
60Jared Davis1
61Chung Law1
62Matt Grapenthien1
63Larry Wright (TX)1
64Habib Khanis1
65Vasili Lazarou1
66John Dwyer1
67Bengt Sonnert1
68Greg Jamison1
69Farzad Rouhani1
70Chris Falconer1
71Teddy Monroe1
72Elaine Graham1
73Jonathan Aguiar1
74Kyle Bowker1
75Charles Moore1
76Peter Nguyen1
77James Paluszek1
78Joe Rutledge1
79Sirous Jamshidi1
80Brendan Taylor1
81Owen Crowe1
82Sam Silverman1
83Giacomo D'Agostino1
84Francis Vizza1
85Roland De Wolfe1
86David Bach1
87Yueqi Zhu1
88Paul Zimbler1
89Fred Berger1
90Robin Keston1
91David Singer1
92Billy Argyros1
93John Murphy1
94Curt Kohlberg1
95Tony G1
96Jeff Lisandro1
97Victor Ramdin1
98Archie Karas1
99Gavin Griffin1
100Ali Eslami1
Average Age: 53
Distinct Countries: 13