Tournament # 53 completed World Series of Poker 2008. In the poker tournament Limit Hold'em Shootout 823 players took part. The entry fee was $1'500. The players have formed a prize pool in the amount of $1'123'395.
Matt graham bets 200,000 from the button, Jean-Robert Bellande calls. The flop comes up TO
4
3
and the players go all-in. The river opens TO
, and on the turn Q... AND Matt graham won the hand on the highest card. Winning the draw earned him his first championship bracelet and a check for $278'180.
#53 $1'500 Limit Hold'em Shootout tournament (823 participants)
1 place - Matthew graham + $278’180
2nd place - Jean-Robert "Bobby" Bellande + $173’564
3rd place - Joe deniro + $107’845
4th place - Brandon wong + $69’088
5th place - Danny Wong + $33’701
6th place - 
Spencer lawrence + $20’221
7th place - John Kranyak + $13’480
8th place - Andrew Prock + $10’335
9th place - Mike kachan + $7’526
10th place - Duane graff + $5’055
11th place - 
Mikael Norinder + $5’055
12th place - 
Stefan Rapp + $5’055
13th place - Eric Rivkin + $5’055
14th place - Steve kim + $5’055
15th place - 
Lorenz Guarin + $5’055
16th place - 
Jelger wiegersma + $5’055
17th place - Jonathan Tamayo + $5’055
18th place - Hansu Chu + $5’055
19th place - Fred berger + $5’055
20th place - Dave orvis + $5’055
21st place - Markus stranzinger + $5’055
22nd place - Sol mammon + $5’055
23rd place - Tony tan + $5’055
24th place - 
Jannick Wrang + $5’055
25th place - Richard Walter + $5’055
26th place - Mike wattel + $5’055
27th place - 
Sebastian bauer + $5’055
28th place - Robert Lipkin + $5’055
29th place - 
Cristiano blanco + $5’055
30th place - Mark klecan + $5’055
31st place - Jeff kimber + $5’055
32nd place - Craig crivello + $5’055
33rd place - Terry borer + $5’055
34th place - David Olson + $5’055
35th place - David Gee + $5’055
36th place - Jay bloom + $5’055
37th place - Kirby rogers + $5’055
38th place - Imari love + $5’055
39th place - William durkee + $5’055
40th place - Jesse Martin + $5’055
41st place - Hoyt corkins + $5’055
42nd place - 
Davood Mehrmand + $5’055
43rd place - Michael Watson + $5’055
44th place - 
Tino lechich + $5’055
45th place - David Bach + $5’055
46th place - Kenna james + $5’055
47th place - Christopher vitch + $5’055
48th place - Michelle ankenman + $5’055
49th place - Mike leah + $5’055
50th place - Jason smith + $5’055
51st place - 
Primoz Adamic + $5’055
52nd place - Sasha rosewood + $5’055
53rd place - Rick shepherd + $5’055
54th place - Joel diaz + $5’055
55th place - Jordan smith + $5’055
56th place - Blair rodman + $5’055
57th place - Aleksandr Dzianisau + $5’055
58th place - Benjamin Fineman + $5’055
59th place - Gregory Giannokostos + $5’055
60th place - Greg de bora + $5’055
61st place - Claudio rinaldi + $5’055
62nd place - Coralee grebe + $5’055
63rd place - 
Zvi stern + $5’055
64th place - Van arreca + $5’055
65th place - Jacob Petersen + $5’055
66th place - Colin miners + $5’055
67th place - 
Simen sagstuen + $5’055
68th place - Rhett Butler + $5’055
69th place - Ben yu + $5’055
70th place - James Fricke + $5’055
71st place - Steve stolzmann + $5’055
72nd place - Tony bloom + $5’055
73rd place - Randy ritterbush + $5’055
74th place - Connie rim + $5’055
75th place - Yueqi "Rich" Zhu + $5’055
76th place - Charles McCormick + $5’055
77th place - Terrence "not Johnny" Chan + $5’055
78th place - John myung + $5’055
79th place - Andrew Bloch + $5’055
80th place - Blake purvis + $5’055
81st place - Jesse correa + $5’055
82 place - Josh jorgensen + $5’055
83rd place - John Pires + $5’055
84th place - Eric Wellman + $5’055
85th place - Eddylee martin + $5’055
86th place - Allan le + $5’055
87th place - Sam lee + $5’055
88th place - JC Tran + $5’055
89th place - Robert Kovar + $5’055
90th place - Kevin Song + $5’055
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