2008 WPT World Poker Open -- Tournament Results

Venue: Gold Strike Hotel Casino – Robinsonville, Mississippi

Dates: January 3 – January 24

Number of Events: 18

January 4 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $300 + $40 – 782 Players

1. Joey Sharp -- $58,739
2. Timothy Burt -- $30,549
3. Gerard Rodrigues -- $17,144
4. Kimberly Robertson -- $15,229
5. Souvanh Vilayvanh -- $10,354
6. James Mackey -- $10,878
7. Shelly Adler -- $8,702
8. Becket Moore -- $6,527
9. Campbell Davis -- $4,351

January 5 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $50 – 517 Players

1. Thomas "Matt" Culberson -- $72,705
2. Quoc "Mark" Truong -- $38,278
3. Kerry Dawson -- $19,260
4. Bert Madden -- $16,852
5. Lawrence Kozlove -- $14,445
6. Heather Escuin -- $12,037
7. David Grandstaff -- $9,630
8. Dan Delnoce -- $7,222
9. Anthony Sapio -- $4,815

January 6 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $50 – 428 Players

1. Terry Stewart -- $61,255
2. Tony Hartmann -- $31,613
3. Rhudy Maxwell -- $15,806
4. John Vonholle -- $13,831
5. Frank Kassela -- $11,855
6. Jonathan Tare -- $9,879
7. Travis Copeland -- $7,903
8. Ray Weaver -- $5,927
9. David Milam -- $3,952

January 7 – Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $50 – 214 Players

1. John Pack -- $30,951
2. John Carter -- $17,070
3. Robert Chow -- $9,379
4. Billy Young -- $7,503
5. Trannie Shannon -- $5,627
6. John Valet -- $4,690
7. Minh Nguyen -- $3,752
8. Stanly Striker -- $2,814
9. Harold Burnham -- $1,876

January 8 – Omaha 8/B -- $500 + $50 – 265 Players

1. John Lovejoy -- $41,131
2. Robert "Hugo" Spiegel -- $22,620
3. Ralph "Ed" Smith -- $11,567
4. Michael Lutz -- $8,997
5. Thomas Witherspoon -- $7,712
6. James Summer -- $6,426
7. Richard Collinsworth -- $5,141
8. Robert Tate -- $3,856
9. Denny Axel -- $2,571

January 9 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $300 + $40 – 594 Players

1. Harold Lockwood -- $47,227
2. Miles Taylor -- $24,917
3. Johnnie Short -- $13,028
4. John Andrus -- $11,400
5. Grant Watson -- $9,771
6. John Valet -- $8,143
7. Joseph Gore -- $6,514
8. Stephen Garcia -- $4,886
9. Jeffrey Whitson -- $3,257

January 9 – Seven Card Stud 8/B -- $500 + $50 – 130 Players

1. Chris Amaral -- $17,019
2. Sam Whitt -- $9,458
3. Dale Phillips -- $7,566
4. John Phan -- $5,675
5. Kurt Kirner -- $4,414
6. Sandra Chalkey -- $3,783
7. Jason Williams -- $3,153
8. Sterling Comeaux -- $2,522

January 10 – No-Limit Hold’em Shootout -- $500 + $50 – 210 Players

1. Richard McCrary -- $31,042
2. Tony Sevnsom -- $17,158
3. Bryan Palomo -- $8,928
4. Donald Howell -- $6,430
5. Curtis Smith -- $5,511
6. James Ponthier -- $4,593
7. Jeremy Ausmus -- $3,674
8. Donald Sayban -- $2,756
9. Charles Casavant III -- $1,837

January 10 – Seven Card Stud -- $500 + $50 – 79 Players

1. Yuebin Guo -- $13,973
2. Stewart Carpenter -- $7,663
3. John Womack -- $4,981
4. Bret Hooper -- $3,448
5. Art Young -- $2,682
6. Peter Fricano -- $2,299
7. Torrey Reily -- $1,916
8. Franklin Shoemaker -- $1,533

January 11 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $50 – 419 Players

1. Michael Samuel -- $59,897
2. Chris Blaich -- $30,914
3. Mark Fleddermann -- $15,457
4. Patrick Kelly -- $13,525
5. Brett Silverman -- $11,593
6. Kirby Brewer -- $9,661
7. Mark Burford -- $7,729
8. Frank Bialik -- $5,796
9. Jeffrey Roberson -- $3,864

January 12 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $50 – 466 Players

1. Jonathan Tare -- $65,235
2. Raymond Perez -- $34,346
3. Anthony Lay -- $17,281
4. Danny Adamson -- $15,121
5. Dean Schultz -- $12,961
6. Robert Johnson -- $10,801
7. Barry Schultz -- $8,640
8. Grant Watson -- $6,480
9. Raymond Nadaeu -- $4,320

January 13 – Ladies No-Limit Hold’em -- $300 + $40 – 236 Players

1. Christy King -- $22,168
2. Helen Ellis -- $12,226
3. Della Jones -- $6,718
4. Michelle Nyers -- $5,374
5. Dorothy Gantt -- $4,031
6. Diane Hughes -- $3,359
7. Pam Dycus -- $2,687
8. Barbara Walston -- $2,015
9. Judi Glidewell -- $1,344

January 13 – Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys -- $500 + $50 – 137 Players

1. Jody Simone -- $61,363
2. Surinder Sunar -- $33,841
3. Gene Timberlake -- $18,594
4. Frank Le -- $14,875
5. Lance Lechner -- $11,156
6. John Racener -- $9,297
7. Jeff Rine -- $7,438
8. Hilbert Shirey -- $5,578
9. Matt Mueller -- $3,719

January 14 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $50 – 362 Players

1. Men Nguyen -- $51,330
2. Pawel Boruta -- $26,491
3. Walter Milgroom -- $13,246
4. Steven Rash -- $11,590
5. Jeremy Kottler -- $9,934
6. Michael Matsui -- $8,279
7. Dennis Otto -- $6,623
8. Allan Demaree -- $4,967
9. Donald Sayban -- $3,311

January 15 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $1,000 + $70 – 217 Players

1. Jay Koeller -- $66,160
2. Hunter Robinette -- $36,489
3. Gary Lundgren -- $20,049
4. Vincenzo Abate -- $16,039
5. Scott Dorin -- $12,029
6. John Racener -- $10,025
7. Jim Shaw -- $8,020
8. Daniel Nicholazzi -- $6,015
9. Hee To -- $4,010

January 16 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $1,000 + $70 – 263 Players

1. Arthur Evans -- $78,433
2. James Henson -- $43,139
3. Jason James -- $22,060
4. Donald Godsey -- $17,158
5. Thomas "Matt" Culberson -- $14,707
6. Patrick Fraizer -- $12,256
7. Men Nguyen -- $9,804
8. Tommy White -- $7,353
9. Ronald Sewell -- $4,902

January 17 – Pot-Limit Omaha -- $5,000 + $150 – 48 Players

1. Glenn Chorny -- $80,208
2. Lester Naquin -- $42,332
3. David Halpern -- $26,736
4. David Ulliott -- $17,824
5. Robert Williamson III -- $15,596
6. Mickey Mills -- $13,368
7. Jason Gladden -- $11,140
8. Lamar Johnston -- $8,912
9. Jason Newburger -- $6,684

January 24 – No-Limit Hold’em Championship Event -- $9,700 + $300 – 259 Players

1. Brett Faustman -- $892,413
2. Hoyt Corkins -- $458,267
3. Men Nguyen -- $241,193
4. Freddy Deeb -- $168,835
5. Gabriel Costner -- $123,008
6. John Spadavecchia -- $96,477
7. Michael Baas -- $72,358
8. Russ "Dutch" Boyd -- $48,239
9. Sean Burstein -- $28,943