Four more events have been decided at the 2008 World Series of Poker since my last update, here are all the juicy details.
Philip Tom has defeated a field of 360 players to take out event #11 at the 2008 WSOP, a $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold ‘em Shootout. taking home $477,990.
Philip defeated Greg Mueller heads-up to win the event, popular poker pro John Juanda finished 7th.
Jimmy Shultz has won the 2008 WSOP $1,500 Limit Hold’em event, defeating a field of 883 to take home the winners prize of $257,049. In a great show of compassion, Jimmy is donating 25% of his prize money to a special fund set up for Firefighters in the Charleston Fire Department.
Jimmy beat Zachary Fellows heads-up to win the title, Vinny Vinh finished 3rd, and Erick Lindgren finished 10th, going close to his second bracelet this year.
Duncan Bell is the 2008 WSOP winner of the $2,500 No Limit Hold ‘em Event. 1397 players competed for the title, with Bell winning $666,777 and the coveted WSOP Bracelet.
Duncan defeated Steven Merrifield heads-up to win the event. in the final hand a small pre-flop bet showed 6c8s2s on the table before some larger bets had Merrifield moving all-in. Merrifield’s pocket tens were looking good… until Bell turned over pocket aces. 4c and Jh were the last two cards, not improving either hand, giving the title to Bell.
Eric Brooks is the big ticket $10,000 buy-in 7 Card Stud Champion of the 2008 WSOP. He defeated a star-studded field of 158 to take home the winners prize of $415, 856.
Eric held off runner-up Fu Wong, in the final hand Wong called to go all-in on 4th street. Players turned over their cards, Brooks had (Ah5s)5d3d and Wong (4cTc)Ac4h. The next two cards had the game delicately balanced with Brooks adding Ad7d giving him two-paid and a flush draw, Wong added 2h4d to put him in front on trip 4’s. The final card saw Brooks make his runner-flush with a Qd, Wong drew 9c unable to draw out a full house and the match was over.
In an amazing act of generosity, Eric Brooks – in his first professional cashin at a major tournament – announced that he was donating the entire amount of his winnings to the Decision Education Foundation, an organization whose mission is to improve the lives of young people by helping them to make better decisions.
Even though Eric is a new comer when it comes to the WSOP, he held off a few players that you ‘may have heard of once or twice’… eight-time WSOP Bracelet winner Erik Seidel finished 5th, two-time winner Vasili Lazarou in 8th and five-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey finished 9th. It seems hardly worth mentioning that Daniel Negreanu was also in there with some sort of chance finishing 11th.
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Eric Brooks obviously doesn’t care about the money… kinda made the 25% donation from the event before look cheap (even though that was a fantastic gesture too).
I’d be too greedy to donate anything myself, lol, but if you had the money already, it’s a nice thing to do if you can.