2008 WSOP Day 39: Main Event tops 2007

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The final Day 1 of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event concluded on Sunday, which means tournament officials were finally able to release the tally of players for this year's USD 10,000 No-Limit Hold'em World Championship.

Day 1d turned out to be the biggest Day 1 of the Main Event this year, drawing in 2,461 players. That brings the total number of players in the 2008 Main Event to 6,844. While that still doesn't meet the record-breaking field of 2006, it's up nearly 500 players from 6,358 in 2007.

The prize pool has also increased accordingly. Those players who made it through their Day 1's are looking at a USD 64,333,600 prize pool, with the winner earning more than USD 9 million this year.

There were 1,652 players who survived Day 1d on Sunday, and among them were former World Champions Phil Hellmuth, Carlos Mortensen, Johnny Chan and the current reigning champ Jerry Yang.

Unfortunately, former Main Event winners Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and Noel Furlong didn't meet with that same success in Day 1d and are out.

There were plenty of other familiar pros who survived the day, including David Oppenheim, Gus Hansen, Cliff Josephy, Antonio Esfandiari, Brandon Cantu, Nam Le, Steve Billirakis, Jean-Robert Bellande, Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Hevad Khan, Allen Cunningham, Men Nguyen, Scott Clements, Van Nguyen, Shannon Elizabeth, Nick Binger, Eric Mizrachi and Johan Storakers.

A full complement of celebrities took to the felt on Sunday as well. Actress-turned- poker-pro Jennifer Tilly was there, but only made it through about five hours of play. UFC fighters Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin were also on hand, and Chuck Liddell even ended up playing at an ESPN feature table before busting out early in the day.

Griffin, freshly bruised from his title-fight win the night before, survived a few hours of play but also busted during Day 1d. Griffin was KO'd after taking a big hit from Johnny Chan, who took some chips off the UFC champion with a pair of kings.

Then, on a hand soon after, Griffin moved all-in on a flop of Qh Jh 3c and got a call from Vincent Curry. Griffin showed Ks 9d to Curry's Qd 8s. The turn and river blanked and Griffin was out.

There are plenty of other casualties from Day 1d as well. Take a look and see if your favorite player is in or out in the 2008 WSOP Live Tournaments section.

The Main Event won't be back in play today. The players from Day 1a and Day 1b will return to play Day 2a on Tuesday.

While the Main Event is taking a break today, the final event of the 2008 WSOP will kick off. Event 55, the USD 500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em event will get under way at noon.

Last year the Casino Employee event was the second event of the WSOP. It drew in more than USD 1,000 entrants, with Frederick Narciso taking the top spot for a USD 104,701 win.

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Über World Series of Poker (WSOP):

Die World Series of Poker, oder kurz WSOP, ist eine Reihe von Pokerturnieren, die jedes Jahr in Las Vegas ausgetragen werden.

Die World Series of Poker finden jährlich im Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas statt.

Die World Series of Poker ist die grösste und prestigeträchtigste Pokerveranstaltung der Welt. Mit einer umfassenden Liste von Turnieren in allen wichtigen Pokervarianten ist die WSOP das am längsten laufende Pokerturnier der Welt und geht auf das Jahr 1970 zurück.

Darüber hinaus hat die WSOP bahnbrechende Allianzen in den Bereichen Rundfunk, digitale Medien und Unternehmenssponsoring gebildet und die Marke mit der Einführung der WSOP Europe im Jahr 2007 und der WSOP Asia-Pacific im Jahr 2013 sowie der WSOP International Circuit Series im Jahr 2015 erfolgreich international ausgebaut.

Ursprünglich wurden die Tourniere in Las Vegas Downtown im Binion's Horseshoe Casino ausgetragen. Im Jahre 2005 kaufte Caesars den Brand WSOP. Seit diesem Datum werden die Pokermeisterschaften im Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino durchgeführt.

Gewinner der letzten Jahre des WSOP-Championship-Mainevent

2020: Damian Salas 2019: Hossein Ensan 2018: John Cynn 2017: Scott Blumstein 2016: Qui Nguyen 2015: Joe McKeehen 2014: Martin Jacobson 2013: Ryan Riess 2012: Greg Merson 2011: Pius Heinz 2010: Jonathan Duhamel 2009: Joe Cada 2008: Peter Eastgate 2007: Jerry Yang 2006: Jamie Gold 2005: Joe Hachem 2004: Greg "Fossil Man" Raymer 2003: Chris Moneymaker 2002: Robert Varkonyi 2001: Carlos Mortensen 2000: Chris "Jesus" Ferguson 1999: J.J. "Noel" Furlong 1998: Scotty Nguyen 1997: Stu Ungar 1996: Huck Seed 1995: Dan Harrington 1994: Russ Hamilton 1993: Jim Bechtel 1992: Hamid Dastmalchi 1991: Brad Daugherty 1990: Mansour Matloubi 1989: Phil Hellmuth Jr. 1988: Johnny Chan 1987: Johnny Chan 1986: Berry Johnston 1985: Bill Smith 1984: Jack Keller 1983: Tom McEvoy 1982: Jack Strauss 1981: Stu Ungar 1980: Stu Ungar 1979: Hal Fowler 1978: Bobby Baldwin 1977: Doyle Brunson 1976: Doyle Brunson 1975: Sailor Roberts 1974: Johnny Moss 1973: Puggy Pearson 1972: Amarillo Slim Preston 1971: Johnny Moss 1970: Johnny Moss

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