2008 World Series of Poker

Table 1)
Joe Bishop (Cincinnati, Ohio) â?? 4,855,000
Peter Eastgate (Odense, Denmark) â?? 9,325,000
Gert Andersen (Herning, Denmark) â?? 6,740,000
Kelly Kim (Whittier, California) â?? 8,840,000
Brandon Cantu (Las Vegas, Nevada) â?? 4,740,000
Dean Hamrick (East Lansing, Michigan) â?? 2,375,000
Ivan Demidov (Moscow, Russia) â?? 4,965,000
Niklas Flisberg (Stockholm, Sweden) â?? 1,330,000
Michael Carroll (Carson, California) â?? 1,015,000

(Table 2)
Scott Montgomery (Perth, Ontario, Canada) â?? 4,320,000
Tim Loecke (Highland Park, Illinois) â?? 2,280,000
Anthony Scherer (Truckee, California) â?? 2,385,000
Owen â??ocroweâ?? Crowe (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) â?? 3,800,000
Craig Marquis (Arlington, Texas) â?? 11,460,000
Ylon Schwartz (Brooklyn, New York) â?? 3,655,000
Paul Snead (Kings Park, New York) â?? 6,600,000
Tiffany 'Hot Chips' Michelle (Los Angeles, California) â?? 9,755,000
Phi Nguyen (Hawaiian Gardens, California) â?? 1,020,000

(Table 3)
Jason Riesenberg (Halbur, Iowa) â?? 3,405,000
Darus Suharto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) â?? 4,510,000
Chris Klodnicki (Voorhees, New Jersey) â?? 6,245,000
Toni Judet (Bucharest, Romania) â?? 5,000,000
Nicholas Sliwinski (Las Vegas, Nevada) â?? 4,925,000
David 'Chino' Rheem (Los Angeles, California) â?? 8,280,000
Dennis Phillips (St. Louis, Missouri) â?? 11,910,000
Albert Kim (Staten Island, New York) â?? 3,675,000
Aaron Gordon (Brighton, England) â?? 1,790,000

Here are the final three tables. I recognize Brandon Cantu and Phi Nguyen, but that's it.

 

At least one woman, Tiffany Michelle, who has been playing very well. Is Kelly Kim a man or a woman?

 

Kelly Kim I believe is a man, since I saw a report that Michelle was the last women in the field.

 

I reckognize Chino.

 

Chino Reem has been on at least one televised final table.

As for 10th place ... has there been a more devastating bubble boy in the history of poker? Nine go on to four months of hype and possible endorsements, while you sit at home, oh so close. Nearly $600,000 takes the sting off a bit, but still.

 

Another year of no real compelling people at the final table....


Seat 1: Dennis Phillips — 26,295,000 — Account Manager (St. Louis, Missouri)
Seat 2: Craig Marquis — 10,210,000 — College Student (Arlington, Texas)
Seat 3: Ylon Schwartz — 12,525,000 — Professional Poker Player (Brooklyn, NY)
Seat 4: Scott Montgomery — 19,690,000 — Professional Poker Player (Perth, Ontario)
Seat 5: Darus Suharto — 12,520,000 — Accountant (Toronto, Ontario)
Seat 6: David "Chino" Rheem — 10,230,000 — Professional Poker Player (Los Angeles, California)
Seat 7: Ivan Demidov — 24,400,000 — Professional Poker Player (Moscow, Russia)
Seat 8: Kelly Kim — 2,620,000 — Professional Poker Player (Whittier, California)
Seat 9: Peter Eastgate — 18,375,000 — Professional Poker Player (Odense, Denmark)

 

My question is, do they give them all ninth-place money now as an "advance" since it's the minimum they could make? I think it would kind of suck not to have access to a minimum of $600k for four months.

 

But now ESPN has months to build them into compelling figures before the final table.

 

True -- and how long before we start seeing these idiots show up in Sportscenter spots and when will the way over the top, way too long preview show featuring interviews and stories about all of them air?

 

According to USA TODAY, the final tablists get $900,670 now, which is the equivalent of 9th place money.

The rest is in an interest-bearing account so the final payouts in November will actually be slightly higher.

 

Complete with the cheesy puff piece music accompanying swirling clouds of cigar smoke and globs of sandwiches falling onto their shirt in super slo-mo.