After 14 previous WSOP event cashes, Erick Lindgren finally wins his first bracelet winning the 2008 World Series of Poker $5,000 buy-in Mixed Hold ‘em (Limit / No-Limit) event.

Defeating a field of 332 players, Erick pocketed a cool $374,505. In the final hand, heads up against 22yo Justin ‘ZeeJustin’ Bonomo, there was a little action after the turn card, but it wasn’t until the river hit that Bonomo moved all-in. With the board showing Tc5c3d4h8h, Lindgren turned over Ah2d having hit the straight on the turn, Bonomo only had 5s4s giving him two paid.

Howard Lederer finished the tournament in 6th position.

Grant Hinkle, hit the money on his first ever WSOP cashin by winning event #2 at the 2008 World Series of Poker a $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold ‘em tournament. He outlasted a field of 3,929 players - the largest ever in WSOP history for anything other than the main event - to take home a cool $831,462 in prizemoney.

What was the winning hand? Well it was one of the most freakish you’ll ever see… if it happened in an online game everyone would be calling ‘rigged’ - it was a stunner.

James Akenhead was the unfortunate runner-up to Hinkle’s amazing turn of luck, Grant had the button and raised to 350,000 Akenhead fires back with a raise to 1.2m, Hinkle thinks about it and moves all in, Akenhead calls (Akenhead is the one all-in).

James Akenhead turns over AcKh, Grant Hinkle shows his stone cold bluff turning over Td4d (can you see what’s coming? bet you can’t). What happens on the flop? 10h 4h 10s… you wouldn’t read about it, Hinkle flopped a full house with his T4 - but he wasn’t finished there Tc hits on the turn to give him quad 10’s, the 5s on the river is irrelevant but ends one of the most amazing hands in WSOP history.

The biggest name at the final table was 5 times WSOP bracelet winner Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson who would have liked his chances against a couple of amateurs - he finished in 3rd place earning $388,287 which now brings his total WSOP and circuit earnings to a whopping $5,004,902 - an amazing milestone in itself.

Update WSOP Events #3 and #4

WSOP Event #3 ($1,500 PLHE) and WSOP Event #4 ($5000 Mixed Hold ‘em Limit/No-Limit) are both down to the final table.

Event #3 shows Joe Tehan as the narrow chip leader, over the past two years he’s cashed in seven times in WSOP events (highest finish 19th). The only big name at the table is David Singer who made the final table of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E event in both 2006 and 2007 and the final table of the Main Event in 2003. He currently sits in 8th position.

Event #4 has a few more notable names… David ‘Chino’ Rheem in the chip lead, closely followed by David Williams (2004 Main Event runner-up and 2006 $1,500 7 card stud winner) in 2nd place. Erick Lindgren sits in 4th, while two-time bracelet winner and popular pro Howard Lederer is in 5th.