World Series of Poker Event #48, No-Limit Hold'em, 27-29 June 2008

Entrants: 2,314

Buy in: ,000

Prize pool: ,216,940

Final results:
1. Alexandre Gomes, 0,540
2. Marco Johnson, 1,273
3. Ryan D'Angelo, 6,812
4. Robert Brewer, 4,101
5. Alan Cutler, 3,497
6. Kirill Gerasimov, 7,111
7. Sverre Sundbo, 4,942
8. Gabe Costner, 3,315
9. Dan Rome, ,687

The ,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship (Event #48) attracted a record 2,317 entries, creating a prize pool totaling ,216,940. The top 198 finishers collected prize money.

This was the largest number of entries ever for a ,000 buy-in hold’em event. The prize pool, at over .2 million, is the second-largest of the 2008 WSOP. Only the ,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. World Championship was higher (,104,120).