Outcome of the $2,000 No-Limit Holdem Event of the 39th Annual WSOP in 2008
From June 12 to 14, 2008, the $2,000 No-Limit Holdem event of the 39th Annual World Series of Poker transpired at the grandiose floors of the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Overall, a grand total 1,344 participants suited up for this very exciting and action-packed no re-buy/no add-on poker tournament. With such great number of entries, the poker tournament organizers amassed a huge $2,446,000 for the prize pool. This three-day spectacle featured some of the best poker players in recent years engage in highly competitive no-limit Texas Holdem game variation.
At the last day of the $2,000 No-Limit Holdem competition of the 39th Annual World Series of Poker, only nine of the finest poker players of today reached the final table event. Among the luckiest and most talented survivors were Stephane Tayar, Chris Bjorin, and Daniel O'Brien. In the meantime, Dominik Kulicki, David Steicke, and Blair Hinkle also inched their ways closer to a prestigious WSOP championship bracelet. On the other hand, Andrew Jeffreys, Dustin Dirksen, and Mark Brockington gave their best to reach this point of the $2,000 No-Limit Holdem event of the 39th Annual World Series of Poker.
From the opening rounds down to the closing rounds of the $2,000 No-Limit Holdem event of the 39th Annual World Series of Poker, the action was definitely as intense as ever. Early on the competition, Tayar was the very first individual to be booted out of the final table after committing some very crucial mistakes. The ninth place finish was enough to reward Tayar with a decent sum of $45,252. After a few more rounds, Jeffreys secured the eighth place for the prize of $63,598. To end the opening rounds, Kulicki locked up the seventh place and took home a hefty sum of $81,944.
The middle rounds of the $2,000 No-Limit Holdem event of the 39th Annual World Series of Poker was just as exciting, as six of the remaining participants showed everything they got to outlast one another. After Bjorin committed his own share of crucial errors, he took the sixth place as well as the hefty prize amounting to $106,404. In the meantime, Dirksen secured the fifth spot that came with a huge cash prize of $135,757. The fourth place belonged to Steicke, who also earned a nice cash prize valued at $163,333.
As the $2,000 No-Limit Holdem event of the 39th Annual World Series of Poker reached the closing rounds of the competition, it was very clear that the audience was in-stored for another classic and very exciting finish. In the end, O'Brien secured the third place for the prize of $198,132, Brockington took the second place as well as the prize of $326,552, while Hinkle finished with the first place that came with a large sum valued at $507,563. Simultaneously, Hinkle's triumph earned him his first ever WSOP championship bracelet.