Here we are with another WSOP Update. Scotty Nguyen took down one of the most coveted bracelets - the World Championship H.O.R.S.E. event - by beating out 147 of the world’s best poker players (each one ponying up $50k). Congratulations Scotty! I’m sure the first prize of $1.9 Million will help pay a few bills.

As of today, the Main Event is on day 1D (the event has so many players that the first day of play had to be broken down into 4 seperate days). Let’s get you caught up on events 42 through 53.

Check back for more updates soon.

Event 42 - Seniors No-Limit Hold’em World Championship (Buy-in $1,000)
Winner: Dan Lacourse
Prize Amount - $368,832

Event 43 - Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Martin Klaser
Prize Amount - $216,249

Event 44 - No-Limit Hold’em w/ReBuys (Buy-in $1,000)
Winner: Maxwell Greenwood
Prize Amount - $693,392

Event 45 - World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (Buy-in $50,000)
Winner: Scotty Nguyen
Prize Amount - $1,989,120

Event 46 - World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (Buy-in $50,000)
Winner: Scotty Nguyen
Prize Amount - $1,989,120

Event 47 - Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Ryan Hughes
Prize Amount - $183,368

Event 48 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $2,000)
Winner: Alexandre Gomes
Prize Amount - $770,540

Event 49 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: J.C. Tran
Prize Amount - $631,170

Event 50 - World Championship Pot Limit Omaha (Buy-in $10,000)
Winner: Marty Smyth
Prize Amount - $859,549

Event 51 - H.O.R.S.E. Omaha (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: James Schaaf
Prize Amount - $256,412

Event 52 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: David Daneshgar
Prize Amount - $625,443

Event 53 - Limit Hold’em Shootout (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Matthew Graham
Prize Amount - $278,180

Did You Know? The 2008 World Series of Poker has awarded $180,248,273 in total prize money!

We have another 2008 World Series of Poker update. With 41 events in the book as of today, the WSOP has awarded over $86 Million in total prize money. Today also marks the start of one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year - the $50,000 buy-in World Championship H.O.R.S.E. event. This is the one that the pros really want to win as most see the Main Event as a crapshoot with so many players vying for the title.

H.O.R.S.E. is made up of rounds of the following 5 games; Hold’em, Omaha, Razz, 7-Card Stud and 8-or-Better Stud. Since the winner will have to show mastery of 5 different games, most consider this event as the one that crowns the very best poker player.

Check back for more updates soon.

Event 36 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Jesper Hougaard
Prize Amount - $610,304

Event 37 - World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Buy-in $10,000)
Winner: David Benyamine
Prize Amount - $535,687

Event 38 - Pot-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $2,000)
Winner: Davidi Kitai
Prize Amount - $244,583

Event 39 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: David Woo
Prize Amount - $631,550

Event 40 - 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball - Limit (Buy-in $2,500)
Winner: John “Razor” Phan
Prize Amount - $151,911

Event 41 - Mixed Hold’em - limit/no-limit (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Frank Gary
Prize Amount - $219,562

It’s time again for another 2008 World Series of Poker update. I apologize for the length of this post but it has been over a week since my last update and a lot has happened in that time span. It is great to see several pros picking up bracelets including Mike (The Mouth) Matusow, Daniel Negreanu, Kenny Tran and Barry Greenstein.

Check back for more updates soon.

Event 15 - Ladies No-Limit Hold’em World Championship (Buy-in $1,000)
Winner: Svetlana Gromenkova
Prize Amount - $224,702

Event 16 - Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Buy-in $2,000)
Winner: Andrew Brown
Prize Amount - $226,483

Event 17 - No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Jason Young
Prize Amount - $335,565

Event 18 - No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ReBuys (Buy-in $5,000)
Winner: Mike Matusow
Prize Amount - $537,862

Event 19 - Pot-Limit Omaha (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Vanessa Selbst
Prize Amount - $227,965

Event 20 - Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $2,000)
Winner: Daniel Negreanu
Prize Amount - $204,874

Event 21 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $5,000)
Winner: Scott Seiver
Prize Amount - $755,891

Event 22 - H.O.R.S.E. (Buy-in $3,000)
Winner: Jens Voertmann
Prize Amount - $298,253

Event 23 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $2,000)
Winner: Blair Hinkle
Prize Amount - $507,563

Event 24 - Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha (Buy-in $2,500)
Winner: Max Pescatori
Prize Amount - $246,471

Event 25 - World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $10,000)
Winner: Kenny Tran
Prize Amount - $539,056

Event 26 - Seven Card Razz (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Barry Greenstein
Prize Amount - $157,643

Event 27 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Vitaly Lunkin
Prize Amount - $628,417

Event 28 - Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys (Buy-in $5,000)
Winner: Philip Galfond
Prize Amount - $817,781

Event 29 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $3,000)
Winner: John (Razor) Phan
Prize Amount - $434,789

Event 30 - World Championship Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $10,000)
Winner: Rob Hollink
Prize Amount - $496,931

Event 31 - No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (Buy-in $2,500)
Winner: Dario Minieri
Prize Amount - $528,418

Event 32 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Luis Velador
Prize Amount - $574,734

Event 33 - World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Buy-in $5,000)
Winner: Sebastian Ruthenberg
Prize Amount - $328,756

Event 34 - Pot-Limit Omaha W/ReBuys (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Layne Flack
Prize Amount - $577,725

Event 35 - Seven Card Stud (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Michael Rocco
Prize Amount - $135,753

The 2008 WSOP is well under way and we wanted to take this time to get you caught up on all of the new bracelet winners as of today. Prize money awarded so far has totaled over $37 Million and this years 55 events look to make a lot of great poker players both wealthy and famous. Be sure to check back often for more updates.

Event 1 - World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $10,000)
Winner: Nenad Medic
Prize Amount - $794,112

Event 2 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Grant Hinkle
Prize Amount - $831,462

Event 3 - Pot-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: David Singer
Prize Amount - $214,122

Event 4 - Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No-Limit) (Buy-in $5,000)
Winner: Erick Lindgren
Prize Amount - $374,505

Event 5 - No-Limit Hold’em w/ReBuys (Buy-in $1,000)
Winner: Michael Banducci
Prize Amount - $636,736

Event 6 - Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Thang Luu
Prize Amount - $243,342

Event 7 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $2,000)
Winner: Matt Keikoan
Prize Amount - $550,601

Event 8 - World Championship Mixed Event (Buy-in $10,000)
Winner: Anthony Rivera
Prize Amount - $483,688

Event 9 - No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Ralph (Rep) Porter
Prize Amount - $372,843

Event 10 - Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (Buy-in $2,500)
Winner: Farzad Rouhani
Prize Amount - $232,911

Event 11 - No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (Buy-in $5,000)
Winner: Phillip Tom
Prize Amount - $477,990

Event 12 - Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Jimmy Shultz
Prize Amount - $257,049

Event 13 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $2,500)
Winner: Duncan Bell
Prize Amount - $666,777

Event 14 - World Championship Seven Card Stud (Buy-in $10,000)
Winner: Eric Brooks
Prize Amount - $415,856

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