Tournament # 27 is over World Series of Poker 2008... In a tournament format No-Limit Hold'em 2,706 athletes took part. The total prize fund was $3'685'500. Each of the participants in the poker tournament paid $1'500 as an entry fee.
This tournament hosted a landmark event for all Russian poker - the first victory in the series WSOP won by the Russian. 
Vitaly Lunkin started the final day of the three-day tournament as the chip leader. However, his advantage was more than shaky. Vitaly preflop bets 600,000 and 
Brett kimes accepts a bet. The flop opens J
4
2
and both players check. The turn opens 8
Linkin raises to a million, Shaves Wobank goes and the Russian accepts the bet. Brett kimes opens 10 8, to which in response Vitaly Lunkin opens A J... The river opened Kwho brought victory in the drawing and in the tournament Vitaly Lunkin... This is the first champion bracelet for Russia. First place prize was $628'417
#27 tournament, $1'500 No-Limit Hold'em (2,706 participants)
1 place - Vitaly Lunkin + $628’417
2nd place - Brett kimes + $387’837
3rd place - Robert firestone + $277’026
4th place - Kenneth 'drama llama' Terrell + $232’702
5th place - Trevor donaldson + $190’225
6th place - Richard Alm + $149’594
7th place - Barry schultz + $112’657
8th place - Robert brown + $84’954
9th place - 
Philip yeh + $57’990
10th place - Anthony gargano + $36’567
11th place - Jordan smith + $36’567
12th place - Bashar ramahi + $36’567
13th place - Carlton jerome + $29’180
14th place - Jeff brown + $29’180
15th place - Deb Blair + $29’180
16th place - Frank simpson + $21’792
17th place - Deric fitzgerald + $21’792
18th place - Jason duffy + $21’793
19th place - Aleksandr Dzianisau + $17’360
20th place - Jeffrey Henry + $17’360
21st place - Brian Olsson + $17’360
22nd place - Salman Ali + $17’360
23rd place - Nikolay Malyshev + $17’360
24th place - Harold akiona + $17’360
25th place - Terry quinn + $17’360
26th place - Jason gray + $17’360
27th place - Ang Ho + $17’360
28th place - John myung + $13’667
29th place - Jerry hunter + $13’667
30th place - Kristian Haslov + $13’667
31st place - Andrew Goddard + $13’667
32nd place - Mike abbott + $13’667
33rd place - 
Humberto brenes + $13’667
34th place - Patrick stemper + $13’667
35th place - Mike tran + $13’667
36th place - Rainer meyer + $13’667
37th place - Jean-Robert "Bobby" Bellande + $10’712
38th place - Justin "looshle" Pechie + $10’712
39th place - Benjamin zamani + $10’712
40th place - Trai Dang + $10’712
41st place - Don zewin + $10’712
42nd place - Steve matulac + $10’712
43rd place - Mark erickson + $10’712
44th place - Zachary finkelstein + $10’712
45th place - Keith kato + $10’712
46th place - John von halle + $9’604
47th place - 
Conor tate + $9’604
48th place - Kanzuki Ikeuchi + $9’604
49th place - Peter Christensen + $9’604
50th place - Keven stammen + $9’604
51st place - Hao Liu + $9’604
52nd place - Lionel lefevre + $9’604
53rd place - 
Yoshitaka oku + $9’604
54th place - 
Marc aubin + $9’604
55th place - Nathan Smith + $8’495
56th place - Alexander schluter + $8’495
57th place - Jeffry Hakim + $8’495
58th place - Brian ree + $8’495
59th place - Tom lee + $8’495
60th place - Mikael Larsson + $8’495
61st place - Christopher smith + $8’495
62nd place - Alan jaffray + $8’495
63rd place - Michael welch + $8’495
64th place - James schnitzer + $7’387
65th place - Bruce bowlby + $7’387
66th place - David Rudsinski + $7’387
67th place - Greg "FBT" Mueller + $7’387
68th place - Ronald Berding + $7’387
69th place - Dean Bui + $7’387
70th place - Bryan berc + $7’387
71st place - Marc bergida + $7’387
73rd place - Denise grove + $6’279
74th place - Kyle wilson + $6’279
75th place - Bernard lee + $6’279
76th place - Nicholas lockhart + $6’279
77th place - John petela + $6’279
78th place - Mark seif + $6’279
79th place - Taylor douglas + $6’279
80th place - Gabriel andrade + $6’279
81st place - Robert Yamaguchi + $6’279
82 place - Roger payne + $5’541
83rd place - Nghia nguyen + $5’541
84th place - Don kahn + $5’541
85th place - Nicholas theoharis + $5’541
86th place - William "Bill" Maguire + $5’541
87th place - John Permejo + $5’541
88th place - Francois billard + $5’541
89th place - Tim Anstine + $5’541
90th place - Michael skomac + $5’541
91st place - Courtney harrington + $4’802
92nd place - Yehia "Joe" Awada + $4’802
93rd place - Frank wolf + $4’802
94th place - 
Albert Iverson + $4’802
95th place - Casey mccarrel + $4’802
96th place - Michael Williams + $4’802
97th place - Patrick Mitchell + $4’802
98th place - Andrew Barton + $4’802
99th place - Grayson Physioc + $4’802
100th place - Bill ingram + $4’063
101st place - Kent washington + $4’063
102nd place - Justin filtz + $4’063
103rd place - William Gee + $4’063
104th place - Gerald akahoshi + $4’063
105th place - Chris platt + $4’063
106th place - Danny Ryan + $4’063
107th place - Thomas scarber + $4’063
108th place - Felipe Montenegro + $4’063
109th place - Matthew rosen + $4’063
110th place - Fernando perez + $4’063
111th place - Patrick sills + $4’063
112th place - Gary muglach + $4’063
113th place - Pragnit Thakor + $4’063
114th place - Brian horton + $4’063
115th place - Donna huynh + $4’063
116th place - Chris chang + $4’063
117th place - Danny Rabinowitz + $4’063
118th place - Jonathan Krela + $4’063
119th place - Nicholas ragot + $4’063
120th place - Jens jensen + $4’063
121st place - Preston Derden + $4’063
122nd place - Robert lay + $4’063
123 place - Neil channing + $4’063
124th place - Darryl New + $4’063
125th place - Tsuyoshi okawa + $4’063
126th place - Joshua bird + $4’063
127th place - Brian Aleksa + $3’509
128th place - George Metaxakis + $3’509
129th place - Paul smith + $3’509
130th place - Morgan machina + $3’509
131st place - Bruce adkisson + $3’509
132 place - Duane van keulen + $3’509
133rd place - 
Pascal Boillot + $3’509
134th place - John boyette + $3’509
135th place - 
Mihai manole + $3’509
136th place - Chiel van den Heuvel + $3’509
137th place - Joe tehan + $3’509
138th place - Steven kapsaskis + $3’509
139th place - Romeo valentino + $3’509
140th place - Greg cox + $3’509
141st place - Lawrence labanowski + $3’509
142 place - Travis twining + $3’509
143rd place - Juan Ramirez + $3’509
144th place - Edmund liu + $3’509
145th place - Douglas Ingle + $3’509
146th place - Aaron kweskin + $3’509
147th place - 
Davidi Kitai + $3’509
148th place - Billy westom + $3’509
149th place - Anthony gamalobo + $3’509
150th place - Todd bernstein + $3’509
151 place - Sacha Ordelheide + $3’509
152 place - Terry prince + $3’509
153 place - Bruce wolfson + $3’509
154th place - Dominic Sinagra + $3’509
155th place - IIan Lewinger + $3’509
156th place - Ann escobedo + $3’509
157th place - Richard Papst + $3’509
158th place - Russell Fox + $3’509
159th place - Robert Thain + $3’509
160th place - Sven malek + $3’509
161st place - Jeremie carr + $3’509
162 place - Jay smith + $3’509
163 place - K Davis + $3’140
164th place - Gary pihlstrom + $3’140
165th place - Mark Gershof + $3’140
166th place - Dan Heimiller + $3’140
167th place - Eric Nakache + $3’140
168 place - Gary cooper + $3’140
169th place - Chris homewood + $3’140
170th place - Thomas reese + $3’140
171st place - Osmin dardon + $3’140
172 place - Lenny duvdivani + $3’140
173 place - Robert white + $3’140
174th place - Tobias davis + $3’140
175th place - Kevin Staudenmayer + $3’140
176 place - Christian blech + $3’140
177th place - Samuel oberlin + $3’140
178th place - Benjamin sherlund + $3’140
179th place - Hyon so + $3’140
180th place - Shawn hamamoto + $3’140
181st place - Francisco silva + $3’140
182 place - Robert "Bobby" Wisiak + $3’140
183rd place - Paul Schear + $3’140
184th place - 
Bryan oconnell + $3’140
185th place - Adam Paulsen + $3’140
186 place - Tony abesamis + $3’140
187th place - Jerry pruitt + $3’140
188th place - Harold gnat + $3’140
189th place - Michael cap + $3’140
190th place - Tony tan + $3’140
191st place - Nicholas benisek + $3’140
192nd place - Shavarsh Pirijanian + $3’140
193rd place - Varn chaves + $3’140
194th place - Lindsay jones + $3’140
195th place - Trey robinson + $3’140
196th place - Sean johnson + $3’140
197th place - Elijah berg + $3’140
198 place - Michael reagan + $3’140
199th place - Peter DeBest + $2’955
200th place - Sarah bilney + $2’955
201st place - Brandon lee + $2’955
202 place - Robert Macpherson + $2’955
203rd place - William venable + $2’955
204th place - Gregory masters + $2’955
205 place - Quint Feenstra + $2’955
206 place - Lance kamin + $2’955
207th place - Ken Evanowski + $2’955
208th place - Matthew mcallister + $2’955
209th place - Gary smith + $2’955
210 place - Jake mendell + $2’955
211st place - Tuan Vu + $2’955
212 place - Daniel Favreau + $2’955
213 place - Morgan steckler + $2’955
214th place - Daniel Sindelar + $2’955
215th place - Kenneth Liebscher + $2’955
216th place - Robert topham + $2’955
217th place - Salim zakhem + $2’955
218th place - Jason brice + $2’955
219th place - Eric Larson + $2’955
220th place - John alm + $2’955
221st place - Yongli jin + $2’955
222 place - Thomas frohbieter + $2’955
223rd place - Jie shi + $2’955
224th place - Eric Baldwin + $2’955
225 place - Nicholas ruggieri + $2’955
226th place - Jeremy Joseph + $2’955
227th place - John demeris + $2’955
228th place - 
Erich kollmann + $2’955
229th place - Thupten gawa + $2’955
230th place - George dunst + $2’955
231 place - Michael Rewerts + $2’955
232 place - Philip collins + $2’955
233rd place - Robert bruck + $2’955
234th place - Michael Palevoda + $2’955
235th place - Mike allis + $2’770
236th place - James slusher + $2’770
237th place - Marvin guss + $2’770
238th place - Tyel Nikolao + $2’770
239th place - Rodney knight + $2’770
240th place - Al stonum + $2’770
241 place - Michael prepelica + $2’770
242th place - Jason pikora + $2’770
243rd place - Wardreath wicks + $2’770
244th place - Joshua schiffman + $2’770
245th place - Todd rosen + $2’770
246th place - Keith jones + $2’770
247th place - Scott sampson + $2’770
248th place - Mitch schock + $2’770
249th place - Justin scott + $2’770
250th place - Brian Schaniel + $2’770
251 place - Amritraj singh + $2’770
252 place - John Gaudreault + $2’770
253rd place - Vincent lozon + $2’770
254th place - Luong trinh + $2’770
255th place - Christopher stephan + $2’770
256th place - Hilbert shirey + $2’770
257th place - Philip Lowery + $2’770
258th place - Joe mcgowan + $2’770
259th place - Theodore mcneely + $2’770
260 place - 
Rolf Slotboom + $2’770
261st place - John Bilthuis + $2’770
262 place - Howard boyd + $2’770
263rd place - Gary long + $2’770
264th place - Tracey Nguyen + $2’770
265th place - Takamori maruyama + $2’770
266th place - Raymond king + $2’770
267th place - Raymond davis + $2’770
268th place - Jay ginsbach + $2’770
269th place - George Kolerich + $2’770
270th place - Theodore harris + $2’770
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