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RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER WSOP Main Event World Championship No Limit Texas Holdem Buy-in: 9,700 + 300; Entries: 6844; Prizepool: $64,333,600; Date: 2008-07-12
PLACE	NAME	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Peter Eastgate	$9,152,416 + World Champion	14.23%
2.	Ivan Demidov	$5,809,595	9.03%
3.	Dennis Phillips	$4,517,773	7.02%
4.	Ylon Schwartz	$3,774,974	5.87%
5.	Scott Montgomery	$3,096,768	4.81%
6.	Darus Suharto	$2,418,562	3.76%
7.	David Rheem	$1,772,650	2.76%
8.	Kelly Kim	$1,288,217	2%
9.	Craig Marquis	$900,670	1.4%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #53 Limit Holdem Shootout Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 823; Prizepool: $1,123,395; Date: 2008-07-03
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Matt Graham	Las Vegas, Nevada	$278,180	24.76%
2.	Jean-Robert Bellande	Los Angeles, California	$173,564	15.45%
3.	Joe DeNiro	Studio City, California	$107,845	9.6%
4.	Brandon Wong	Fresno, California	$69,088	6.15%
5.	Danny Wong	Las Vegas, Nevada	$33,701	3%
6.	Spencer Lawrence	London, England	$20,221	1.8%
7.	John Kranyak	Bay Village, Ohio	$13,480	1.2%
8.	Andrew Prock	Oakland, California	$10,335	0.92%
9.	Michael Kachan	Edina, Minnesota	$7,526	0.67%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event 52 No Limit Holdem Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 2693; Prizepool: $3,675,945; Date: 2008-07-01
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	David Daneshgar	Westlake Village, California	$625,443	17.01%
2.	Scott Sitron	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	$385,974	10.5%
3.	Dan Heimiller	Plymouth, Michigan	$275,695	7.5%
4.	Farzad Rouhani	Gaithersburg, Maryland	$231,584	6.3%
5.	Corwin Cole	San Diego, California	$189,311	5.15%
6.	Matt Matros	Brooklyn, New York	$148,875	4.05%
7.	Andrey Zaichenko	Moscow, Russia	$112,116	3.05%
8.	Jeff Courtney	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$84,546	2.3%
9.	Voitto Rintala	Helsinki, Finland	$57,712	1.57%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #51 HORSE Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 803; Prizepool: $1,096,095; Date: 2008-07-01
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	James Schaaf	Torrance, California	$256,412	23.39%
2.	Tommy Hang	Seattle, Washington	$158,933	14.5%
3.	Phil Hellmuth	Palo Alto, California	$93,168	8.5%
4.	Esther Rossi	Las Vegas, Nevada	$68,505	6.25%
5.	Jason Dollinger	Coral Springs, Florida	$54,804	5%
6.	Sam Silverman	Las Vegas, Nevada	$42,966	3.92%
7.	Victor Ramdin	Bronx, New York	$32,992	3.01%
8.	Matt Grapenthien	Chicago, Illinois	$27,511	2.51%
9.	Edward Brogdon	Thorndale, Texas	$22,031	2.01%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #50 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha Buy-in: 9,700 + 300; Entries: 381; Prizepool: $3,581,400; Date: 2008-07-01
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Martin Smyth	Belfast, Ireland	$859,549	24%
2.	Peter Jetten	Toronto, Ontario Canada	$528,256	14.75%
3.	Michael Mizrachi	Las Vegas, Nevada	$331,279	9.25%
4.	Billy Argyros	Melbourne, Australia	$268,605	7.5%
5.	Richard Harroch	San Francisco, California	$214,884	6%
6.	Kido Pham	Dallas, Texas	$170,116	4.75%
7.	Tom Hanlon	Dublin, Ireland	$134,302	3.75%
8.	Brandon Moran	Chicago, Illinois	$107,442	3%
9.	Greg Hurst	Tazewell, Tennessee	$80,581	2.25%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #45 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. Buy-in: 48,000 + 2000; Entries: 148; Prizepool: $7,104,000; Date: 2008-06-29
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Scotty Nguyen	Las Vegas, Nevada	$1,989,120	28%
2.	Michael DeMichele	Las Vegas, Nevada	$1,243,200	17.5%
3.	Erick Lindgren	Las Vegas, Nevada	$781,440	11%
4.	Matt Glantz	Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania	$568,320	8%
5.	Lyle Berman	Las Vegas, Nevada	$444,000	6.25%
6.	Barry Greenstein	Rancho Palos Verdes, California	$355,200	5%
7.	Huck Seed	Las Vegas, Nevada	$284,160	4%
8.	Patrick Bueno	Paris, France	$230,880	3.25%
9.	Rafael Perry	Las Vegas, Nevada	$177,600	2.5%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #48 No Limit Holdem Buy-in: 1,820 + 180; Entries: 2317; Prizepool: $4,216,940; Date: 2008-06-28
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Alexandre Gomes	Curitiba, Brazil	$770,540	18.27%
2.	Marco Johnson	Walnut Creek, California	$491,273	11.65%
3.	Ryan D'Angelo	Blacksburg, Virginia	$326,812	7.75%
4.	Robert Brewer	Sherman Oaks, California	$274,101	6.5%
5.	Alan Cutler	Vernon Hills, Illinois	$223,497	5.3%
6.	Kirill Gerasimov	Moscow, Russia	$177,111	4.2%
7.	Sverre Sundbo	Oslo, Norway	$134,942	3.2%
8.	Gabe Costner	Long Beach, Mississippi	$103,315	2.45%
9.	Dan Rome	Millington, Illinois	$71,687	1.7%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #46 Six Handed No Limit Holdem Buy-in: 4,800 + 200; Entries: 805; Prizepool: $3,783,500; Date: 2008-06-27
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Joe Commisso	Las Vegas, Nevada	$911,855	24.1%
2.	Richard Lyndaker	Chaumont, New York	$570,551	15.08%
3.	Edward Ochana	Elgin, Illinois	$368,891	9.75%
4.	Sam Trickett	Nottingham, England	$245,927	6.5%
5.	Tom Lutz	Dayton, Ohio	$174,041	4.6%
6.	Davidi Kitai	Belgium, Brussels	$120,693	3.19%
7.	Will Failla	Commack, New York	$82,858	2.19%
8.	Jimmy Wong	,	$82,858	2.19%
9.	Steven Ware	North Caldwell, New Jersey	$63,941	1.69%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #47 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 544; Prizepool: $742,560; Date: 2008-06-27
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Ryan Hughes	Phoenix, Arizona	$183,368	24.69%
2.	Ron Long	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$113,240	15.25%
3.	Thomas Hunt III	Las Vegas, Nevada	$68,686	9.25%
4.	Alessio Isaia	Cuneo, Italy	$50,122	6.75%
5.	Jonas Klausen	Odense, Denmark	$39,355	5.3%
6.	Tim D'Alessandro	West Chester, Pennsylvania	$30,444	4.1%
7.	Joshua Feldman	Kensington, Maryland	$23,019	3.1%
8.	David Sklansky	Las Vegas, Nevada	$19,306	2.6%
9.	James Richburg	Henderson, Nevada	$15,593	2.1%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #44 No Limit Hold-em with Rebuys Buy-in: 910 + 90; Entries: 879; Prizepool: $3,240,174; Date: 2008-06-26
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Max Greenwood	Toronto, Canada	$693,392	21.4%
2.	Rene Mouritsen	Aarhus, Denmark	$445,523	13.75%
3.	Albert Iverson	Aarhus, Denmark	$267,314	8.25%
4.	Scott Freeman	Los Angeles, California	$223,572	6.9%
5.	Jesse Chinni	Ellicot City, Maryland	$183,069	5.65%
6.	Aliaksandr Dzianisau	Vitebsk, Belarus	$144,187	4.45%
7.	Curt Kohlberg	Weston, Massachusetts	$111,786	3.45%
8.	Phung Ngo	Commerce, Michigan	$87,484	2.7%
9.	Alex Bolotin	Brooklyn, New York	$63,183	1.95%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #43 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 720; Prizepool: $989,800; Date: 2008-06-25
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Martin Klaser	Rheinbach, Germany	$216,249	21.85%
2.	Casey Kastle	Chicago, Illinois	$137,985	13.94%
3.	Michael Fetter	Vallejo, California	$83,538	8.44%
4.	Erik Seidel	Las Vegas, Nevada	$68,304	6.9%
5.	Jon Maren	North Andover, Massachusetts	$56,019	5.66%
6.	Chad Burum	Grants Pass, Oregon	$44,226	4.47%
7.	Joseph	Portland, Oregon	$34,398	3.48%
8.	Larry Wright	McQueeney, Texas	$27,027	2.73%
9.	Tom Chambers	Chicago, Illinois	$19,656	1.99%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #42 Seniors No Limit Holdem World Championship Buy-in: 910 + 90; Entries: 2218; Prizepool: $2,018,380; Date: 2008-06-24
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Dan Lacourse,Toledo	Ohio,	$368,832	18.27%
2.	Dale Eberle,Akron	Ohio,	$235,141	11.65%
3.	Marc Fluss,Scottsdale	Arizona,	$156,424	7.75%
4.	Jerry Yamachika,North	Nevada,	$131,194	6.5%
5.	Fred Berger,Slidell	Louisiana,	$106,974	5.3%
6.	Charles Wood,Austin	Texas,	$84,771	4.2%
7.	Peter Silverstein,Houston	Texas,	$64,588	3.2%
8.	Ed Clark,Sacramento	California,	$49,450	2.45%
9.	Martyn Wilson,Bridgnorth	England,	$34,312	1.7%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #41 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No Limit) Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 731; Prizepool: $997,815; Date: 2008-06-23
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Frank Gary	Fort Myers, Florida	$219,562	22%
2.	Jonathan Tamayo	Humble, Texas	$140,093	14.04%
3.	Nick Binger	Las Vegas, Nevada	$84,814	8.5%
4.	Chris Rentes	Kinnegad, Ireland	$69,348	6.95%
5.	Alex Jalali	Bochum, Germany	$56,875	5.7%
6.	David Machowsky	Dayton, Ohio	$44,901	4.5%
7.	Mats Gavatin	Stockholm, Sweden	$34,923	3.5%
8.	Michael Chu	Los Angeles, California	$27,439	2.75%
9.	David Sorger	Toronto, Ontario Canada	$19,956	2%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event 40: 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) Buy-in: 2,500 + 0; Entries: 238; Prizepool: $547,400; Date: 2008-06-23
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	John Phan	Stockton, California	$151,911	27.75%
2.	Shun Uchida	Las Vegas, Nevada	$95,795	17.5%
3.	Gioi Luong	Westminster, California	$61,582	11.25%
4.	Robert Mizrachi	Las Vegas, Nevada	$41,055	7.5%
5.	Ben Ponzio	Elmwood Park, Illinois	$28,738	5.25%
6.	David Sklansky	Las Vegas, Nevada	$20,527	3.75%
7.	William Baxter	Las Vegas, Nevada	$15,053	2.75%
8.	Suk Sung	Torrance, California	$15,053	2.75%
9.	Michael Wattel	Phoenix, Arizona	$12,316	2.25%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #39 No Limit Holdem Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 2720; Prizepool: $3,712,800; Date: 2008-06-22
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	David Woo	Atlanta, Georgia	$631,550	17.01%
2.	Matt Wood	Whitby, Ontario Canada	$389,844	10.5%
3.	Eric Beren	Dallas, Texas	$278,460	7.5%
4.	Habib Khanis	San Diego, California	$233,906	6.3%
5.	Thom Werthmann	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	$191,209	5.15%
6.	Curtis Early	Dallas, Texas	$150,368	4.05%
7.	Thanh Dat	Los Angeles, California	$113,240	3.05%
8.	Michael Glasser	Boca Raton, Florida	$85,394	2.3%
9.	Jim Paras	Arlington, Massachusetts	$58,290	1.57%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #38 Pot-Limit Holdem Buy-in: 1,820 + 180; Entries: 605; Prizepool: $1,101,100; Date: 2008-06-21
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Davidi Kitai	Brussels, Belgium	$244,583	22.21%
2.	Chris Bell	Raleigh, North Carolina	$155,805	14.15%
3.	Keith Greer	Fort Worth, Texas	$94,694	8.6%
4.	Jan Von	Hamburg, Germany	$77,077	7%
5.	Lee Watkinson	Longbranch, Washington	$63,313	5.75%
6.	Robert Cheung	Vancouver, British Columbia Canada	$50,100	4.55%
7.	Ayaz Mahmood	Houston, Texas	$39,089	3.55%
8.	Ben Roberts	London, England	$30,830	2.8%
9.	Michele Greco	London, England	$22,572	2.05%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #37 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better Buy-in: 9,700 + 300; Entries: 235; Prizepool: $2,209,000; Date: 2008-06-20
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	David Benyamine	Las Vegas, Nevada	$535,687	24.25%
2.	Greg Jamison	Las Vegas, Nevada	$331,350	15%
3.	Jason Gray	London, England	$209,855	9.5%
4.	Toto Leonidas	Los Angeles, California	$171,197	7.75%
5.	Mike Matusow	Henderson, Nevada	$138,062	6.25%
6.	Eugene Katchalov	New York, New York	$110,450	5%
7.	Ram Vaswani	London, England	$88,360	4%
8.	David Chiu	Rowland Heights, California	$71,792	3.25%
9.	Hieu "Tony"	S. El Monte, California	$55,225	2.5%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #36 No Limit Holdem Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 2447; Prizepool: $3,340,155; Date: 2008-06-20
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Jesper Hougaard	Copenhagen, Denmark	$610,304	18.27%
2.	Cody Slaubaugh	Rugby, North Dakota	$389,128	11.65%
3.	Aaron Kanter	Lodi, California	$258,862	7.75%
4.	Danny Wong	Las Vegas, Nevada	$217,110	6.5%
5.	Doug Middleton	Orlando, Florida	$177,028	5.3%
6.	Justin Wald	Redmond, Washington	$140,286	4.2%
7.	Rick Solis	Austin, Texas	$106,884	3.2%
8.	Owen Crowe	Halifax, Virginia	$81,833	2.45%
9.	John Shipley	Solihull, United Kingdom	$56,782	1.7%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #35 Seven Card Stud Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 381; Rebuys: 1350; Prizepool: $520,065; Date: 2008-06-19
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Michael Rocco	Las Vegas, Nevada	$135,753	26.1%
2.	Al Barbieri	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$83,210	16%
3.	Levon Torosyan	Los Angeles, California	$50,186	9.65%
4.	Max Troy	Los Angeles, California	$37,184	7.15%
5.	Giacomo Dagostino	North Providence, Rhode Island	$28,083	5.4%
6.	Danny Kalpakis	Ajax, Ontario	$21,842	4.2%
7.	Andre Boyer	Acton Vale, Quebec	$16,642	3.2%
8.	Jeffrey Siegal	Daly City, California	$14,041	2.7%
9.	Charles Moore	Bossier City, Louisiana	$11,441	2.2%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #34 Pot Limit Omaha w/ Re-Buys Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 320; Rebuys: 1350; Prizepool: $2,407,125; Date: 2008-06-19
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Layne Flack	Las Vegas, Nevada	$577,725	24%
2.	Daniel Makowsky	Zurich, Germany	$355,050	14.75%
3.	Jacobo Fernandez	Hollywood, Florida	$222,659	9.25%
4.	Dario Alioto	Palermo, Italy	$180,534	7.5%
5.	Ted Forrest	Las Vegas, Nevada	$144,427	6%
6.	Kyle Kloeckner	St. Louis, Missouri	$114,338	4.75%
7.	Michael Guzzardi	Melbourne, Australia	$90,267	3.75%
8.	Tim West	Los Altos, California	$72,213	3%
9.	Frank Vizza	Cold Spring Harbor, New York	$54,160	2.25%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event 33 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 Buy-in: 4,800 + 200; Entries: 261; Prizepool: $1,226,700; Date: 2008-06-18
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Sebastian Ruthenberg	Hamburg, Germany	$328,762	26.8%
2.	Chris Ferguson	Pacific Palisades, California	$202,405	16.5%
3.	Bob Lauria	West Haven, Connecticut	$125,736	10.25%
4.	Marcel Luske	Amsterdam, Holland	$95,069	7.75%
5.	Annie Duke	Los Angeles, California	$73,602	6%
6.	Alessio Isaia	Cuneo, Italy	$58,268	4.75%
7.	Steve Sung	Torrance, California	$46,001	3.75%
8.	Bob Beveridge	Vancouver, British Columbia Canada	$36,801	3%
9.	Howard Lederer	Las Vegas, Nevada	$30,667	2.5%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #32 No Limit Holdem Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 2304; Prizepool: $3,144,960; Date: 2008-06-18
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Luis Velador	Lake Elsinore, California	$574,734	18.27%
2.	Anthony Signore	Boynton Beach, Florida	$366,387	11.65%
3.	Osmin Dardon	West Covina, California	$243,734	7.75%
4.	Jae Chung	Atlanta, Georgia	$204,422	6.5%
5.	Shane Stacey	Hyde Park, Vermont	$166,682	5.3%
6.	Dean Bui	Seattle, Washington	$132,088	4.2%
7.	Dany Georges	Burbank, California	$100,638	3.2%
8.	Utsab Saha	Fremont, California	$77,051	2.45%
9.	Justin Hoffman	Alpharetta, Georgia	$53,464	1.7%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #31 No Limit Holdem Buy-in: 2,500 + 0; Entries: 1012; Prizepool: $2,327,600; Date: 2008-06-17
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Dario Minieri	Rome, Italy	$528,418	22.7%
2.	Seth Fischer	Palm Harbor, Florida	$330,519	14.2%
3.	Justin Filtz	Stevens Point, Wisconsin	$214,139	9.2%
4.	Kevin Song	Rowland Heights, California	$141,983	6.1%
5.	John O'Shea	Dublin, Ireland	$98,923	4.25%
6.	Stuart Marshak	Chicago, Illinois	$73,784	3.17%
7.	Scotty Nguyen	Las Vegas, Nevada	$50,508	2.17%
8.	Francis Rusnak	Chicago, Illinois	$50,508	2.17%
9.	Todd	Hoboken, New Jersey	$38,870	1.67%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event 30 Limit Holdem Buy-in: 9,700 + 300; Entries: 218; Prizepool: $2,049,200; Date: 2008-06-16
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Rob Hollink	Groningen, Netherlands	$496,931	24.25%
2.	Jerrod Ankenman	Avon, Connecticut	$307,380	15%
3.	Tommy Hang	Seattle, Washington	$194,674	9.5%
4.	Aaron Katz	Seattle, Washington	$158,813	7.75%
5.	J.C. Tran	Sacramento, California	$128,075	6.25%
6.	Brock Parker	Silver Spring, Maryland	$102,460	5%
7.	Andy Bloch	Las Vegas, Nevada	$81,968	4%
8.	Cyril Jassinowsky	Johannesburg, South Africa	$66,599	3.25%
9.	Christopher Vitch	San Diego, California	$51,230	2.5%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event 29 No Limit Holdem Buy-in: 2,800 + 200; Entries: 716; Prizepool: $1,976,160; Date: 2008-06-16
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	John Phan	Stockton, California	$434,789	22%
2.	Johnny Neckar	Madison, Wisconsin	$277,452	14.04%
3.	Matt Vengrin	Red Hook, New York	$167,973	8.5%
4.	Alex Bolotin	Brooklyn, New York	$137,343	6.95%
5.	David Singer	Las Vegas, Nevada	$112,641	5.7%
6.	Stewart Newman	Coral Gables, Florida	$88,927	4.5%
7.	Thuyen Doan	Williamsburg, Virginia	$69,165	3.5%
8.	George Dunst	Melbourne, Australia	$54,344	2.75%
9.	Sebastian Segovia	Guatemala City, Guatemala	$39,523	2%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event 28 Pot Limit Omaha w/ Re-buys Buy-in: 4,800 + 200; Entries: 152; Rebuys: 483; Prizepool: $3,085,930; Date: 2008-06-15
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Phil Galfond	Madison, Wisconsin	$817,781	26.5%
2.	Adam Hourani	East Lansing, Michigan	$493,748	16%
3.	David Benyamine	Las Vegas, Nevada	$316,307	10.25%
4.	Johnny Chan	Las Vegas, Nevada	$246,874	8%
5.	Kirill Gerasimov	Moscow, Russia	$192,870	6.25%
6.	John Juanda	Las Vegas, Nevada	$154,296	5%
7.	Daniel Negreanu	Las Vegas, Nevada	$123,437	4%
8.	Phil Hellmuth	Palo Alto, California	$100,292	3.25%
9.	Brian Rast	Poway, California	$84,863	2.75%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event 27 No Limit Holdem Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 2706; Prizepool: $3,685,500; Date: 2008-06-15
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Vitaly Lunkin	Moscow, Russia	$628,290	17.05%
2.	Brett Kimes	San Antonio, Texas	$387,837	10.52%
3.	Bobby Firestone	Santa Barbara, California	$277,027	7.52%
4.	Kenneth Terrell	Lawrenceville, Georgia	$232,702	6.31%
5.	Trevor Donaldson	Phoenix, Arizona	$190,225	5.16%
6.	Richard Alm	Los Angeles, California	$149,594	4.06%
7.	Barry Schultz	Cordova, Tennessee	$112,658	3.06%
8.	Robert Brown	Roseville, California	$84,955	2.31%
9.	Philip Yeh	Stenungsund, Sweden	$57,991	1.57%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event 26 Seven Card Razz Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 453; Prizepool: $618,345; Date: 2008-06-14
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Barry Greenstein	Rancho Palos Verdes, California	$157,643	25.49%
2.	Chris Klodnicki	Voorhees, New Jersey	$97,389	15.75%
3.	Chris Viox	Glen Carbon, Illinois	$58,742	9.5%
4.	Mark Tenner	Henderson, Nevada	$43,284	7%
5.	Brandon Leeds	Phoenix, Arizona	$33,081	5.35%
6.	Joseph Michael	Austin, Texas	$25,661	4.15%
7.	Anargyros Karabourniotis	Las Vegas, Nevada	$19,477	3.15%
8.	Mike Wattel	Phoenix, Arizona	$16,386	2.65%
9.	Frank Kassela	Rossville, Tennessee	$13,294	2.15%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event 25 - World Championship Heads Up No Limit Holdem Buy-in: 9,700 + 300; Entries: 256; Prizepool: $2,406,400; Date: 2008-06-14
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Kenny Tran	Arcadia, California	$539,056	22.4%
2.	Alec Torelli	Orange County, California	$336,896	14%
3.	Vanessa Selbst	Brooklyn, New York	$108,288	4.5%
4.	Jonathan Jaffe	Longmeadow, Massachusetts	$108,288	4.5%
5.	Lyle Berman	Minneapolis, Minnesota	$54,144	2.25%
6.	Gavin Griffin	Fullerton, California	$54,144	2.25%
7.	Brandon Adams	Pensacola, Florida	$54,144	2.25%
8.	Robert Mizrachi	Sunny Isles Beach, Florida	$54,144	2.25%
9.	David Williams	Las Vegas, Nevada	$36,096	1.5%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #24 Mixed Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha Buy-in: 2,500 + 0; Entries: 457; Prizepool: $1,051,100; Date: 2008-06-14
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Max Pescatori	Milan, Italy	$246,509	23.45%
2.	Kyle Kloeckner	St. Louis, Missouri	$152,409	14.5%
3.	Greg Hurst	Tazewell, Tennessee	$94,599	9%
4.	Allen Cunningham	Las Vegas, Nevada	$76,204	7.25%
5.	Kyle Hegeman	Jacksonville, Florida	$62,014	5.9%
6.	Jonathan Depa	Chicago, Illinois	$48,876	4.65%
7.	Lennart Holtkamp	Utrecht, Netherlands	$38,365	3.65%
8.	Minh Ly	Las Vegas, Nevada	$30,481	2.9%
9.	John-Paul Kelly	Brighton, United Kingdom	$22,598	2.15%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #23 No Limit Hold em Buy-in: 1,820 + 180; Entries: 1344; Prizepool: $2,446,080; Date: 2008-06-14
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Blair Hinkle	Kansas City, Missouri	$507,613	20.75%
2.	Mark Brockington	Edmonton, Alberta	$326,551	13.35%
3.	Daniel O'Brien	Las Vegas, Nevada	$198,132	8.1%
4.	David Steicke	Hong Kong, China	$166,333	6.8%
5.	Dustin Dirksen	Iowa City, Iowa	$135,757	5.55%
6.	Chris Bjorin	London, United Kingdom	$106,404	4.35%
7.	Dominik Kulicki	Amsterdam, Netherlands	$81,943	3.35%
8.	Andrew Jeffreys	Melbourne, Australia	$63,598	2.6%
9.	Stephane Tayar	Saint Mande, France	$45,252	1.85%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #22 HORSE Buy-in: 3,000 + 0; Entries: 414; Prizepool: $1,142,640; Date: 2008-06-13
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Jens Voertmann	Dortmund, Germany	$298,253	26.1%
2.	Doug Ganger	Fort Wayne, Texas	$182,822	16%
3.	Marcel Luske	Amsterdam, Netherlands	$110,264	9.65%
4.	Hoyt Corkins	Glenwood, Alaska	$81,698	7.15%
5.	Jared Davis	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$61,702	5.4%
6.	Steve Zolotow	Las Vegas, Nevada	$47,990	4.2%
7.	Rostislav Tsodikov	Daly City, California	$36,564	3.2%
8.	Jennifer Harman	Las Vegas, Nevada	$30,851	2.7%
9.	Paul Zimbler	London, United Kingdom	$25,138	2.2%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #21 No Limit Holdem Buy-in: 4,800 + 200; Entries: 731; Prizepool: $3,435,700; Date: 2008-06-13
PLACE	NAME	PRIZE	% OF POOL
0.	Las Vegas,Nevada	$1	0%
0.	Happy Valley,Oregon	$1	0%
0.	Lemon Grove,California	$1	0%
0.	St Cloud,Florida	$1	0%
0.	Marlboro,New Jersey	$1	0%
0.	Weehawken,New Jersey	$1	0%
0.	Staten Island,New	$1	0%
0.	Las Vegas,Nevada	$1	0%
0.	Pointe Sauane,France	$1	0%
0.	Ridgewood,New Jersey	$1	0%
0.	Las Vegas,Nevada	$1	0%
1.	Scott Seiver	$755,891	22%
2.	Dave Seidman	$482,372	14.04%
3.	Benjamin Sprengers	$292,034	8.5%
4.	Jacobo Fernandez	$238,781	6.95%
5.	Rajesh Vohra	$195,834	5.7%
6.	Chuck Sklar	$154,606	4.5%
7.	Anders Henriksson	$120,249	3.5%
8.	Adam Geyer	$94,481	2.75%
9.	Scott Freeman	$68,714	2%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #18 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball with Re-buys Buy-in: 4,700 + 300; Entries: 0; Rebuys: 272; Prizepool: $1,735,020; Date: 2008-06-10
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Mike Matusow	Las Vegas, Nevada	$537,857	31%
2.	Jeffrey Lisandro	Salerno, Italy	$347,004	20%
3.	Barry Greenstein	Rancho Palos Verdes, California	$225,553	13%
4.	Erick Lindgren	Las Vegas, Nevada	$156,152	9%
5.	Tom Schneider	Scottsdale, Arizona	$104,101	6%
6.	Tony "G"	Melbourne, Australia	$78,076	4.5%
7.	David Benyamine	Las Vegas, Nevada	$58,991	3.4%
8.	Thomas Dwan	Edison, New Jersey	$45,111	2.6%
9.	Dario Alioto	Palermo, Italy	$34,700	2%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #17 No-Limit Holdem Shootout Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 1000; Prizepool: $1,370,565; Date: 2008-06-10
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Jason Young	Suffern, New York	$335,565	24.48%
2.	Mike Schwartz	Encino, California	$209,527	15.29%
3.	John Strzemp III	Las Vegas, Nevada	$129,675	9.46%
4.	Rory Monahan	Carbondale, Illinois	$82,582	6.03%
5.	Matthew Giannetti	Las Vegas, Nevada	$40,267	2.94%
6.	Kyle Bowker	Walton, New York	$23,887	1.74%
7.	Sergey Rybachenko	Moscow, Russia	$15,697	1.15%
8.	Thomas West	Los Altos, California	$12,421	0.91%
9.	Alexander Triner	Rockville, Maryland	$9,828	0.72%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #15 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em World Championship Buy-in: 910 + 90; Entries: 1190; Prizepool: $1,082,900; Date: 2008-06-09
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Svetlana Gromenkova	New York, New York	$224,702	20.75%
2.	Anh Le	San Jose, California	$144,567	13.35%
3.	Patty Till	Avon, Indiana	$73,637	6.8%
4.	Christine Priday	Denver, Colorado	$87,715	8.1%
5.	Marla Crumpler	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	$60,101	5.55%
6.	Debbie Mitchell	Miramar, Florida	$47,106	4.35%
7.	Roslyn Quarto	Edison, New Jersey	$36,277	3.35%
8.	Yesenia Garcia	Modesto, California	$28,155	2.6%
9.	Sue Porter	Houston, Texas	$20,034	1.85%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #13 No Limit Hold em Buy-in: 2,300 + 200; Entries: 1397; Prizepool: $3,213,100; Date: 2008-06-09
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Duncan Bell	Vancouver, British Columbia Canada	$666,697	20.75%
2.	Steve Merrifield	Fairmont, West Virginia	$428,949	13.35%
3.	Nathan Doudney	Bend, Oregon	$260,261	8.1%
4.	Shawn Buchanan	Abbotsford, British Columbia Canada	$218,491	6.8%
5.	Brent Hanks	Las Vegas, Nevada	$178,327	5.55%
6.	Jason Sanders	Simi Valley, California	$139,770	4.35%
7.	Ariel Soffer	Hollywood, Florida	$107,639	3.35%
8.	Brent Ditzik	Phoenix, Arizona	$83,541	2.6%
9.	Nicolas Levi	London, England	$59,442	1.85%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #11 No Limit Hold'em Shootout Buy-in: 4,700 + 300; Entries: 360; Prizepool: $1,692,000; Date: 2008-06-07
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Philip Tom	Las Vegas, Nevada	$477,990	28.25%
2.	Greg Mueller	Vancouver, British Columbia Canada	$298,638	17.65%
3.	Leo Wolpert	Fairfax, Virginia	$187,812	11.1%
4.	Sirous Jamshidi	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$118,440	7%
5.	Timothy West	Los Angeles, California	$63,450	3.75%
6.	Thomas Roupe	Houston, Texas	$38,070	2.25%
7.	John Juanda	Las Vegas, Nevada	$16,920	1%
8.	John Murphy	Walnut Creek, California	$16,920	1%
9.	Elton Beebe	Austin, Texas	$16,920	1%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #10 1/2 Omaha 1/2 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better Buy-in: 2,370 + 230; Entries: 388; Prizepool: $892,400; Date: 2008-06-06
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Farzad Rouhani	Germantown, Maryland	$232,911	26.1%
2.	Tom Chambers	Chicago, Illinois	$142,784	16%
3.	John Cernuto	Las Vegas, Nevada	$86,117	9.65%
4.	Yueqi Zhu	Rowland Heights, California	$63,807	7.15%
5.	Greg Pappas	Las Vegas, Nevada	$48,190	5.4%
6.	John Racener	Tampa, Florida	$37,481	4.2%
7.	Daniel Mowczan	Sterling Heights, Michigan	$28,557	3.2%
8.	Michael Mizrachi	Las Vegas, Nevada	$24,095	2.7%
9.	Brandon Cantu	Vancouver, Washington	$19,633	2.2%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #9 Six Handed No-Limit Hold'em Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 126; Prizepool: $1,687,140; Date: 2008-06-05
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Rep Porter	Woodinville, Washington	$372,843	22.1%
2.	Nathan Templeton	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$231,982	13.75%
3.	Devin Porter	Provo, Utah	$151,843	9%
4.	John Conkright	Lexington, Kentucky	$101,228	6%
5.	Anthony Shilyuk	London, Ontario Canada	$70,860	4.2%
6.	Michiel Brummelhuis	Amsterdam, Netherlands	$53,314	3.16%
7.	David Zand	Weston, Florida	$36,442	2.16%
8.	Kevin Macphee	Coeur D Alene, Idaho	$36,442	2.16%
9.	Andrew Fegan	Shiremanstown, Pennsylvania	$28,007	1.66%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #8 World Championship Mixed Event Buy-in: 9,700 + 300; Entries: 192; Prizepool: $1,804,800; Date: 2008-06-05
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Anthony Rivera	Henderson, Nevada	$483,688	26.8%
2.	James Mackey	Columbia, Missouri	$297,792	16.5%
3.	Matt Glantz	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$184,992	10.25%
4.	Mike DeMichele	Las Vegas, Nevada	$139,872	7.75%
5.	Eli Elezra	Henderson, Nevada	$108,288	6%
6.	Sam Farha	Houston, Texas	$85,728	4.75%
7.	Jeff Madsen	Los Angeles, California	$67,680	3.75%
8.	Tom Dwan	Edison, New Jersey	$54,144	3%
9.	David Oppenheim	Los Angeles, California	$45,120	2.5%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #7 No Limit Holdem Buy-in: 1,820 + 180; Entries: 1592; Prizepool: $2,897,440; Date: 2008-06-05
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Matt Keikoan	San Rafael, California	$550,529	19%
2.	Shannon Shorr	Las Vegas, Nevada	$349,142	12.05%
3.	Carter Gill	Bali, Indonesia	$228,898	7.9%
4.	Theo Tran	Las Vegas, Nevada	$191,231	6.6%
5.	Chris Bjorin	London, England	$155,013	5.35%
6.	Mihai Manole	Targoviste, Romania	$123,141	4.25%
7.	J. C.	Sacramento, California	$94,167	3.25%
8.	Alex Bolotin	Brooklyn, New York	$72,436	2.5%
9.	Mike Lisanti	Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada	$50,705	1.75%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #5 No Limit Hold'em W / Rebuys Buy-in: 910 + 90; Entries: 766; Rebuys: 2258; Prizepool: $2,894,094; Date: 2008-06-04
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Michael Banducci	Traverse City, Michigan	$636,736	22%
2.	Jeff Williams	Dunwoody, Georgia	$406,330	14.04%
3.	Peter Gould	London, United Kingdom	$245,997	8.5%
4.	Lyric Duveyoung	Fairfield, Iowa	$201,139	6.95%
5.	Alan Jaffray	Silver Springs, Nevada	$164,963	5.7%
6.	Jonathan Aguiar	Las Vegas, Nevada	$130,234	4.5%
7.	Michael Binger	Las Vegas, Nevada	$101,293	3.5%
8.	Steve Gross	Marlboro, New Jersey	$79,587	2.75%
9.	Jamie Rosen	Boca Raton, Florida	$57,881	2%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #6 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Buy-in: 1,365 + 135; Entries: 833; Prizepool: $1,137,045; Date: 2008-06-04
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Thang Luu	Las Vegas, Nevada	$243,342	21.4%
2.	Spencer Lawrence	London, United Kingdom	$156,344	13.75%
3.	George Guzman	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	$93,806	8.25%
4.	James Pritchard	Duluth, Georgia	$78,456	6.9%
5.	Chris Falconer	Canton, Ohio	$64,243	5.65%
6.	Greg Jamison	Las Vegas, Nevada	$50,599	4.45%
7.	Craig Sabel	Grand Junction, Colorado	$39,228	3.45%
8.	Mark Wilds	Biloxi, Mississippi	$30,700	2.7%
9.	Scott Clements	Mt. Vernon, Washington	$22,172	1.95%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #4 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) Buy-in: 4,700 + 300; Entries: 332; Prizepool: $1,560,400; Date: 2008-06-03
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Erick Lindgren	Las Vegas, Nevada	$374,505	24%
2.	Justin Bonomo	Las Vegas, Nevada	$230,159	14.75%
3.	Andrew Robl	East Lansing, Michigan	$144,337	9.25%
4.	Roland de	London, United Kingdom	$117,030	7.5%
5.	David "Chino"	Los Angeles, California	$93,624	6%
6.	Howard Lederer	Las Vegas, Nevada	$74,119	4.75%
7.	David Williams	Las Vegas, Nevada	$58,515	3.75%
8.	Pat Pezzin	Toronto, Ontario Canada	$46,812	3%
9.	Isaac Haxton	Syracuse, New York	$35,109	2.25%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #3 Pot Limit Hold'em Buy-in: 1,335 + 165; Entries: 713; Prizepool: $973,245; Date: 2008-06-03
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	David Singer	Las Vegas, Nevada	$214,122	22%
2.	Jacobo Fernandez	Hollywood, Florida	$136,644	14.04%
3.	Gregory Alston	Danville, California	$82,726	8.5%
4.	Robert Lipkin	Buffalo Grove, Illinois	$67,641	6.95%
5.	Russ Harriman	Clarkston, Michigan	$55,475	5.7%
6.	Joe Tehan	Utica, New York	$43,796	4.5%
7.	Zachary King	Marietta, Georgia	$34,064	3.5%
8.	Al Barbieri	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$26,764	2.75%
9.	Glen Bean	Biggs, California	$19,465	2%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #2 No Limit Holdem Buy-in: 1,500 + 0; Entries: 3929; Prizepool: $5,363,085; Date: 2008-06-02
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Grant Hinkle	Kansas City, Missouri	$831,462	15.5%
2.	James Akenhead	London, United Kingdom	$520,219	9.7%
3.	Chris Ferguson	Pacific Palisades, California	$388,287	7.24%
4.	Theo Tran	Las Vegas, Nevada	$327,148	6.1%
5.	Mike Ngo	New Orleans, Louisiana	$268,154	5%
6.	Aaron Coulthard	Waterloo, Canada	$211,841	3.95%
7.	Melvin Jones	Chicago, Illinois	$158,211	2.95%
8.	David Bach	Athens, Georgia	$117,987	2.2%
9.	Joe Rutledge	Pasadena, Texas	$83,127	1.55%

RIO: 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER Event #1 Pot Limit Omaha Buy-in: 9,700 + 300; Entries: 352; Prizepool: $3,308,800; Date: 2008-06-01
PLACE	NAME	FROM	PRIZE	% OF POOL
1.	Nenad Medic	Niagara Falls, Canada	$794,112	24%
2.	Andy Bloch	Las Vegas, Nevada	$488,048	14.75%
3.	Kathy Liebert	Las Vegas, Nevada	$306,064	9.25%
4.	Mike Sexton	Las Vegas, Nevada	$248,160	7.5%
5.	Amit Makhija	Brookfield, Wisconsin	$198,528	6%
6.	Chris Bell	Raleigh, North Carolina	$157,168	4.75%
7.	Patrik Antonius	Helsinki, Finland	$124,080	3.75%
8.	Mike Sowers	Thomasville, North Carolina	$99,264	3%
9.	Phil Laak	Dublin, Ireland	$74,448	2.25%

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