2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Event #2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Saturday, May 31, 2008 to Tuesday, June 03, 2008
#
Player
Earnings
City
State
Country
1
Grant Hinkle
$831,462
Overland Park
KS
United States
2
James Akenhead
$520,219
London
United Kingdom
3
Chris Ferguson
$388,287
United States
4
Theo Tran
$327,148
Las Vegas
NV
United States
5
Mike Ngo
$268,154
Los Angeles
CA
United States
6
Aaron Coulthard
$211,841
7
Melvin Jones
$158,211
8
David Bach
$117,987
Athens
GA
United States
9
Joe Rutledge
$83,127
Pasadena
TX
United States
10
Jeff Wiedenhoeft
$52,021
Whitewater
WI
United States
11
Perry Friedman
$52,021
Henderson
NV
United States
12
Minh Nguyen
$52,021
Bell Gardens
CA
United States
13
Joshua Engerdahl
$41,295
14
Eric Hicks
$41,295
El Segundo
CA
United States
15
Matthew Kearney
$41,295
Long Beach
NY
United States
16
Frank Sinopoli
$30,569
Hollywood
FL
United States
17
Brandon Blake
$30,569
Palmer
AK
United States
18
Elia Ahmadian
$30,569
Chantilly
VA
United States
19
Blake Kelso
$24,134
Las Vegas
NV
United States
20
Ryan D'Angelo
$24,134
Binghampton
NY
United States
21
Mariano Cefalu
$24,134
Milwaukee
WI
United States
22
Thomas Fuller
$24,134
Boulder
CO
United States
23
Abraham Arguan
$24,134
24
Andre Boyer
$24,134
Quebec
QC
Canada
25
Evan McNiff
$24,134
San Diego
CA
United States
26
Pia Jeppesen
$24,134
Copenhagen
Denmark
27
Steve Cho
$24,134
Los Angeles
CA
United States
28
Marvin Burkholder
$18,771
Sunset Beach
NC
United States
29
Scott Montgomery
$18,771
Ottawa
ON
Canada
30
Alan Puzantyan
$18,771
31
Cesar Flores
$18,771
32
Karim Vegas
$18,771
Miami
FL
United States
33
Michael Ium
$18,771
Toronto
ON
Canada
34
Nadim Shabou
$18,771
Tucson
AZ
United States
35
David Roberts
$18,771
Simpsonville
SC
United States
36
Clayton Kalisek
$18,771
San Antonio
TX
United States
37
Dick Stephen
$14,480
38
Sean Ferrer
$14,480
39
Rick Byrd
$14,480
Mobile
AL
United States
40
Richard Toth
$14,480
Miskolc
Hungary
41
Michael Souza
$14,480
San Diego
CA
United States
42
John Carlson
$14,480
43
Amir Monsefi
$14,480
Los Angeles
CA
United States
44
Scott Einiger
$14,480
Montebello
NY
United States
45
Ginikachukwu Izuogu
$14,480
46
Anthony Meeker
$12,871
Rockville Centre
NY
United States
47
Lars Bonding
$12,871
Wimbledon
Denmark
48
Jeffrey Hutchison
$12,871
Mammoth Lakes
CA
United States
49
Brian Haas
$12,871
Celebration
FL
United States
50
Chistopher Poma
$12,871
51
Todd Holley
$12,871
52
Andre Dyonisio
$12,871
Mission Viejo
CA
United States
53
Edgar Renteria
$12,871
Garden Grove
CA
United States
54
Joe Gotlieb
$12,871
Hollywood
FL
United States
55
Steve Kolb
$11,262
Gilbert
AZ
United States
56
Aaron Kanter
$11,262
Lodi
CA
United States
57
Elliot Shmukler
$11,262
San Jose
CA
United States
58
Arnold Spee
$11,262
Las Vegas
NV
United States
59
Johannes Strassmann
$11,262
Berlin
Germany
60
James Atchazo
$11,262
Shaker Heights
OH
United States
61
Kenneth Shelton
$11,262
Dallas
TX
United States
62
Anthony Young
$11,262
63
Jordan Cristos
$11,262
Las Vegas
NV
United States
64
Saeed Daneshi
$9,654
65
Stuart Patterson
$9,654
66
Garrett Allen
$9,654
Mesa
AZ
United States
67
John Murphy
$9,654
Ridge
NY
United States
68
Gevork Kasabyan
$9,654
North Hills
CA
United States
69
Danny Fisher
$9,654
70
Mark Hirakawa
$9,654
Kaneohe
HI
United States
71
Albert Rogers
$9,654
Westlake
OH
United States
72
Ronald Goodwin
$9,654
Las Vegas
NV
United States
73
Ryan Roeder
$8,045
Missoula
MT
United States
74
Alexander Mackenzie
$8,045
Sun City
CA
United States
75
Jon Heneghan
$8,045
Clearwater
FL
United States
76
Chris DeFalco
$8,045
Murrieta
CA
United States
77
Jay Greenspan
$8,045
Brooklyn
NY
United States
78
Arnaud Mattern
$8,045
Paris
France
79
Edward Nassif
$8,045
Ames
IA
United States
80
Matt Brady
$8,045
Upper Darby
PA
United States
81
Michael Hartzheim
$8,045
Little Chute
WI
United States
82
Jorge Rodriguez
$6,972
Mission
TX
United States
83
Paul Fehlig
$6,972
Saint Louis
MO
United States
84
Sean Porter
$6,972
85
James Athanas
$6,972
St. Louis
MO
United States
86
Brian Maguire
$6,972
Louisville
KY
United States
87
Thomas Bentham
$6,972
London
United Kingdom
88
Christopher Steinbacher
$6,972
89
Manelic Minaya
$6,972
Tampa
FL
United States
90
Long Duong
$6,972
91
Cameron Main
$5,899
92
Kris Crudup
$5,899
Cedar City
UT
United States
93
Dale Marrow
$5,899
94
Craig Brennan
$5,899
Suwanee
GA
United States
95
Shane Schleger
$5,899
Santa Monica
CA
United States
96
Christopher Westmas
$5,899
97
Yong An
$5,899
Las Vegas
NV
United States
98
Derek Schneider
$5,899
Green Springs
OH
United States
99
Steven Levy
$5,899
100
Robert Herman
$4,827
Reno
NV
United States
101
Warren Pospisil
$4,827
Bridger
MT
United States
102
Lyric Duveyoung
$4,827
Fairfield
IA
United States
103
Richard Vallandigham
$4,827
Burr Ridge
IL
United States
104
Dan Schmiech
$4,827
Houston
TX
United States
105
Alan Lai
$4,827
106
Shayne Heine
$4,827
Turlock
CA
United States
107
Andrew Zuzolo
$4,827
Las Vegas
NV
United States
108
David Bogner
$4,827
109
Ian Kim
$4,827
Murrieta
CA
United States
110
Todd Witteles
$4,827
Las Vegas
NV
United States
111
Arda Fikri
$4,827
112
Kenneth Shaevel
$4,827
Santa Monica
CA
United States
113
Ashley Mayhew
$4,827
114
Dan Sindelar
$4,827
Las Vegas
NV
United States
115
Patrick White
$4,827
Pearl River
NY
United States
116
Allin Collins
$4,827
Las Vegas
NV
United States
117
Alex Moore
$4,827
Irvine
CA
United States
118
Maen Shadda
$4,827
San Diego
CA
United States
119
Thi Pham
$4,827
120
Terrence Chan
$4,827
Vancouver
BC
Canada
121
Motoyuki Mabuchi
$4,827
Las Vegas
NV
United States
122
Dominick Cuzzi
$4,827
New Rochelle
NY
United States
123
John Phan
$4,827
Tustin
CA
United States
124
Davis Batson
$4,827
Mckinney
TX
United States
125
Andrew Taylor
$4,827
Las Vegas
NV
United States
126
Joseph Goldstein
$4,827
Houston
TX
United States
127
Erica Lindgren
$4,559
Las Vegas
NV
United States
128
Paul Sexton
$4,559
Henderson
NV
United States
129
Quynam Nguyen
$4,559
Orange
CA
United States
130
Quentin Krueger
$4,559
Winnipeg
MB
Canada
131
Charles Ambrogi
$4,559
Dublin
OH
United States
132
Travis Green
$4,559
Scottsdale
AZ
United States
133
Hooman Nikzad
$4,559
Scottsdale
AZ
United States
134
Doninic Biondi
$4,559
135
Ben Hamnett
$4,559
Holbrook
PA
United States
136
Kenny Tran
$4,559
Arcadia
CA
United States
137
Michael Shoemaker
$4,559
Dumas
TX
United States
138
Jeff Carris
$4,559
Las Vegas
NV
United States
139
Nikolay Evdakov
$4,559
Moscow
Russian Federation
140
Tony Korfman
$4,559
Boulder City
NV
United States
141
John Roveto
$4,559
Duluth
GA
United States
142
Derek Wakamiya
$4,559
Cerritos
CA
United States
143
Ryan Remele
$4,559
Providence Village
TX
United States
144
Katja Svendsen
$4,559
Crawley Down
United Kingdom
145
Giovanni Nervo
$4,559
Rome
Italy
146
Mark Vos
$4,559
Brisbane
Australia
147
Jason Lilly
$4,559
Las Vegas
NV
United States
148
Anthony Sanches
$4,559
Montgomery
TX
United States
149
Rami Boukai
$4,559
San Diego
CA
United States
150
Aaron Kweskin
$4,559
Los Angeles
CA
United States
151
John Farley
$4,559
Chicago
IL
United States
152
Dan Barnett
$4,559
San Clemente
CA
United States
153
Jason Gallagher
$4,559
New York
NY
United States
154
Mounier Srour
$4,559
155
Luis Velador
$4,559
Corona
CA
United States
156
Le Banh
$4,559
Long Beach
CA
United States
157
Jason Schoenberger
$4,559
158
Michael Bernstein
$4,559
Chicago
IL
United States
159
Wayne Smith
$4,559
Van Nuys
CA
United States
160
Jason Habinsky
$4,559
New York
NY
United States
161
Mark Polis
$4,559
Deptford
NJ
United States
162
Dustin Cole
$4,559
Amarillo
TX
United States
163
Chris Vaughn
$4,290
Atlanta
GA
United States
164
Christopher Elderkin
$4,290
Fort Pierce
FL
United States
165
Thomas Marvin
$4,290
Rapid City
SD
United States
166
Robert Aron
$4,290
Boca Raton
FL
United States
167
Steve Ballowe
$4,290
168
Michael Goetsch
$4,290
Calabasas
CA
United States
169
Niels Rikhof
$4,290
La Junta
CO
United States
170
Peter Lieberman
$4,290
Glendale
CA
United States
171
Mojtaba Seyedin
$4,290
Las Vegas
NV
United States
172
Khamsy Bowles
$4,290
Weed
CA
United States
173
Armando Gonzales
$4,290
174
Sarah Bilney
$4,290
Melbourne
Australia
175
David Maresh
$4,290
Des Moines
WA
United States
176
Steven Peasley
$4,290
Necedah
WI
United States
177
Maria Munoz Panergo
$4,290
San Francisco
CA
United States
178
Roberto Durante
$4,290
Barrie
ON
Canada
179
Nghi Tran
$4,290
Toronto
Canada
180
Jon Stanfield
$4,290
Overland Park
KS
United States
181
Matthew Rousu
$4,290
Selinsgrove
PA
United States
182
Huw Taylor
$4,290
183
Troy Miller
$4,290
184
David Hong
$4,290
Las Vegas
NV
United States
185
Alex Trujano
$4,290
Eagle Pass
TX
United States
186
Paul Lee
$4,290
San Juan Capistrano
CA
United States
187
Jim Anderson
$4,290
Wooster
OH
United States
188
Charles Morgenstern
$4,290
Roswell
GA
United States
189
Michael Kamran
$4,290
Los Angeles
CA
United States
190
Felix Wright
$4,290
Goleta
CA
United States
191
Mark Gregorich
$4,290
Las Vegas
NV
United States
192
Davis Aalvik
$4,290
Long Beach
CA
United States
193
Brandon Lee
$4,290
United States
194
Chris Bjorin
$4,290
Stockholm
Sweden
195
Joseph D'Adario
$4,290
196
Jeremy Williamson
$4,290
Lititz
PA
United States
197
Mark Ketteringham
$4,290
Las Vegas
NV
United States
198
Rick Fitzpatrick
$4,290
199
Tim Gray
$4,022
Austin
TX
United States
200
Peter Lenkey Jr
$4,022
201
Christopher Riley
$4,022
Lexington
NC
United States
202
Michael Elderkin JR
$4,022
203
Mark Hanna
$4,022
204
Ronnie Givargis
$4,022
Turlock
CA
United States
205
Brian Kneier
$4,022
Sun Valley
CA
United States
206
Rob Fitzgerald
$4,022
Yorktown
VA
United States
207
Brett Wiesner
$4,022
Las Vegas
NV
United States
208
Ayaz Mahmood
$4,022
Sugarland
TX
United States
209
Rolph Kaus
$4,022
Mongheim
Germany
210
Richard Herrera
$4,022
Roseville
CA
United States
211
Roy Duleba
$4,022
N. Las Vegas
NV
United States
212
Dolph Arnold
$4,022
Houston
TX
United States
213
Roger Jenkins
$4,022
Union City
CA
United States
214
Matthew Piggott
$4,022
Battle Creek
MI
United States
215
James Duke
$4,022
Houston
TX
United States
216
Richard Brendel
$4,022
Las Vegas
NV
United States
217
Edward Guerrero
$4,022
218
Nikolay Malyshev
$4,022
219
Leslie Spear
$4,022
Zepehyr Cove
NV
United States
220
John Nieznanski
$4,022
Henderson
NV
United States
221
Mark King
$4,022
222
Jeffrey Finkelstein
$4,022
Las Vegas
NV
United States
223
Keith Wintermans
$4,022
North Vancouver
BC
Canada
224
Kevin Compton
$4,022
225
Stephen Tanner
$4,022
Westminster
CO
United States
226
Tom Lee
$4,022
Denver
CO
United States
227
William Goff
$4,022
228
Evan Schwartz
$4,022
Oakland
CA
United States
229
Edward Uhler
$4,022
Commerce City
CO
United States
230
Johnathan Morrell
$4,022
Schertz
TX
United States
231
Nicholas Decker
$4,022
Las Vegas
NV
United States
232
Michael Cavender
$4,022
233
Maria Mayrinck
$4,022
Rio De Janeiro
Brazil
234
Linh Nguyen
$4,022
235
Vachagan Zakarian
$3,754
North Hollywood
CA
United States
236
Kapila Garner
$3,754
Fairfield
IA
United States
237
John McMahon
$3,754
238
Stephen Suarez
$3,754
Van Nuys
CA
United States
239
Pable Caraballo
$3,754
240
Jean Gaspard
$3,754
Evanston
IL
United States
241
Frank Cremen
$3,754
Las Vegas
NV
United States
242
Pete Gregory Shekeloff
$3,754
243
Dustin Pattinson
$3,754
Edinburg
TX
United States
244
Adam Richardson
$3,754
Poway
CA
United States
245
William Shindler
$3,754
246
Bryan Johnson
$3,754
Naples
FL
United States
247
Jean Harlan
$3,754
Las Vegas
NV
United States
248
Emily Hirleman
$3,754
249
Jac Arama
$3,754
London
United Kingdom
250
Brett Schwertley
$3,754
Omaha
NE
United States
251
Gavin Griffin
$3,754
Ladera Ranch
CA
United States
252
Joseph Cutler
$3,754
Bay Shore
NY
United States
253
Hans Chu
$3,754
254
Raymond Wesley
$3,754
New Lisbon
WI
United States
255
Roy Holliday
$3,754
256
Denny Lee
$3,754
Los Angeles
CA
United States
257
Mark Johns
$3,754
Las Vegas
NV
United States
258
Brandon Sampson
$3,754
Maple Ridge
BC
Canada
259
Matthew Thornton
$3,754
Las Vegas
NV
United States
260
Michael Olive
$3,754
Indianapolis
IN
United States
261
Matthew Mitchell
$3,754
262
Mike Sims
$3,754
Henderson
NV
United States
263
Brian Fitzgerald
$3,754
Belle River
ON
Canada
264
Trevor Thomas
$3,754
265
Derek Harrington
$3,754
Midvale
UT
United States
266
Edward Brogdon
$3,754
Thorndale
AZ
United States
267
Fang Tian
$3,754
Union City
CA
United States
268
Brandon Hoss
$3,754
269
Jamin Styers
$3,754
Ocala
FL
United States
270
Matt Zoorob
$3,754
Las Vegas
NV
United States
271
Cheeon Yue
$3,486
San Jose
CA
United States
272
Marco Traniello
$3,486
Las Vegas
NV
United States
273
Kimball Wasick
$3,486
274
Walter Schaffer
$3,486
275
Jason Newburger
$3,486
Vernon Hills
IL
United States
276
Jose Rosenkrantz
$3,486
San Juan
Costa Rica
277
Derek Grady
$3,486
Janesville
WI
United States
278
Chad Bradbury
$3,486
Wichita
KS
United States
279
Terrance Albright
$3,486
280
Todd Bui
$3,486
Sacramento
CA
United States
281
Joseph Kalina
$3,486
282
Kim Williams
$3,486
283
Robert Russell
$3,486
Seymour
TN
United States
284
Martin Hammond
$3,486
285
Jinyun Lin
$3,486
San Jose
CA
United States
286
Sean Getzwiller
$3,486
Las Vegas
NV
United States
287
Michael Yoshino
$3,486
Pasadena
CA
United States
288
Gregory Herman
$3,486
289
Niles Welch
$3,486
Revere
MA
United States
290
Daniel Adelson
$3,486
Sherman Oaks
CA
United States
291
Kaveh Ardestani
$3,486
292
Todd Brunson
$3,486
Las Vegas
NV
United States
293
Parimal Parmar
$3,486
Lomita
CA
United States
294
Dennis Marcum
$3,486
Texas City
TX
United States
295
Asher Derei
$3,486
296
Jimmy Cortes
$3,486
297
Dionicio Banuelos
$3,486
Los Angeles
CA
United States
298
David Bannister
$3,486
Santa Rosa
CA
United States
299
Sterling Allen
$3,486
Sugar Land
TX
United States
300
James Killeen
$3,486
301
Yarom Limor
$3,486
Beverly Hills
CA
United States
302
Joshua Schiffman
$3,486
Las Vegas
NV
United States
303
Jon Friedberg
$3,486
Las Vegas
NV
United States
304
Matt Stout
$3,486
Las Vegas
NV
United States
305
Carl Sciandri
$3,486
Belmont
CA
United States
306
John Rosanky
$3,486
307
Jessica Dawley
$3,218
Las Vegas
NV
United States
308
Kevin Walton
$3,218
Layton
UT
United States
309
Joy Adams
$3,218
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
United States
310
Matthew Zola
$3,218
Riverside
CT
United States
311
Jared Davis
$3,218
New Hope
PA
United States
312
William Rincker
$3,218
313
Jeff Rogers
$3,218
Valencia
CA
United States
314
Nicolas Dervaux
$3,218
315
Daniel Hirleman
$3,218
Chandler
AZ
United States
316
Michael Oliger
$3,218
317
Marcel Bedard
$3,218
Las Vegas
NV
United States
318
Ciaran Heaney
$3,218
319
Fred Louie
$3,218
Los Angeles
CA
United States
320
Russell Mcdonnell
$3,218
321
Anthony Perkins
$3,218
Springfield
MO
United States
322
Shin-Chi Chien
$3,218
Las Vegas
NV
United States
323
Paul Smith
$3,218
324
Daryl Olson
$3,218
Huntsville
AL
United States
325
Michael Megison
$3,218
Vista
CA
United States
326
Dale Steven
$3,218
Wichita
KS
United States
327
Gladys Landegger
$3,218
Las Vegas
NV
United States
328
Christopher Horn
$3,218
329
Andrew Halseth
$3,218
Sacramento
CA
United States
330
Danny Smith
$3,218
331
James Vititoe
$3,218
Littleton
CO
United States
332
William Carlton
$3,218
Chula Vista
CA
United States
333
James Blake
$3,218
Fayetteville
NC
United States
334
Ryan Kogan
$3,218
St George
UT
United States
335
Victoriano Perches
$3,218
Las Vegas
NV
United States
336
James Farrington
$3,218
Anchorage
AK
United States
337
Robert Winchell
$3,218
Las Vegas
NV
United States
338
Chris Savage
$3,218
Denham Springs
LA
United States
339
Farjallah Yazbek
$3,218
Temecula
CA
United States
340
Jeff Rasmussen
$3,218
Carmel
IN
United States
341
Alexander Buchanan
$3,218
342
Caleb Fox
$3,218
343
Todd Stumpf
$2,950
344
Bob Crosby
$2,950
Cresbard
SD
United States
345
Michael Snorden
$2,950
Indianapolis
IN
United States
346
Robert Clark
$2,950
Las Vegas
NV
United States
347
Jose Ferreira
$2,950
348
Peter Dawson
$2,950
Kenosha
WI
United States
349
Michael Binder
$2,950
Allen
TX
United States
350
James Noonan
$2,950
Sacramento
CA
United States
351
Leslie Rice
$2,950
352
Kevin Mulvhill
$2,950
353
David Singer
$2,950
Las Vegas
NV
United States
354
Nate Meyvis
$2,950
Medford
MA
United States
355
David Novosel
$2,950
Cincinnati
OH
United States
356
Andrew Droll
$2,950
Los Angeles
CA
United States
357
Luis Fausto
$2,950
358
Russell Lane
$2,950
359
Michael Holland
$2,950
Alpharetta
GA
United States
360
John White
$2,950
Houston
TX
United States
361
Antuan Bunkley
$2,950
Riviera Beach
FL
United States
362
Ryan Daut
$2,950
Basking Ridge
NJ
United States
363
Michael Glaser
$2,950
364
Rodney Horton
$2,950
Wichita
KS
United States
365
Eric Green
$2,950
Saint Cloud
MN
United States
366
Anthony Perry
$2,950
Clinton
MD
United States
367
Scott Kraft
$2,950
368
Richard Dainton
$2,950
369
Nicholas Stille
$2,950
Sioux City
IA
United States
370
Jeffrey Ward
$2,950
371
Jason Pecht
$2,950
Lethbridge
AB
Canada
372
Marc Rangel
$2,950
Tolleson
AZ
United States
373
Cody Slaubaugh
$2,950
Henderson
NV
United States
374
Michael Hockensmith
$2,950
Knoxville
TN
United States
375
Nick Tsoukalas
$2,950
Las Vegas
NV
United States
376
Michael Blomerth
$2,950
Reading
MA
United States
377
Thomas Duprey
$2,950
Springvale
ME
United States
378
Michael Balzer
$2,950