WSOP Event No. 36 Winner Jesper Hougaard
Event No. 36 of the World Series of Poker was a $1,500 buyin No Limit Texas Hold'em tournament that started on June 19th and finished on June 21st with a winner. The event saw 2,447 people enter in to create a prize pool of $3,340,155 dollars. The top 198 players in the tournament would cash at the event.
This was the fourth of seven $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournaments on the 2008 World Series of Poker schedule. This game and the buyin amount have proven to be the most popular event on the schedule in recent years besides the Main Event.
With this event the WSOP curse has continued, last year's champion of the event, Ryan Young played but did not cash. This brings the current streak to 36 straight non cashes for the defending champions in their events.
The winner of Event No. 36 is Jesper Hougaard, a 24 year old professional poker player from Copenhagen, Denmark. He became a professional player a few years ago when he went to play in cash games and tournaments that are held throughout Europe.
Hougaard was asked about a major hand after the tournament where he caught his card on the River and he said, “When I hit that card, I jumped up higher than Kobe Bryant,” Hougaard said. Sportscaster Howard David could not let the comment go without retorting, “Wait a minute – no one in Denmark jumps higher than Kobe Bryant!” Hougaard responded, “Yeah, but I did!”
The final results for Event No. 36 are below.
1 Jesper Hougaard $610,304 Copenhagen Denmark
2 Cody Slaubaugh $389,128 Rugby North Dakota
3 Aaron Kanter $258,862 Lodi California
4 Danny Wong $217,110 Las Vegas Nevada
5 Doug Middleton $177,028 Orlando Florida
6 Justin Wald $140,286 Redmond Washington
7 Rick Solis $106,884 Austin Texas
8 Owen Crowe $81,833 Halifax Virginia
9 John Shipley $56,782 Solihull United Kingdom
10 Jeremy Schofer $36,741 Washington DC
11 Bryan Paris $36,741 Huntington Beach California
12 Thomas Braband $36,741 Oshkosh Wisconsin
13 Craig Douglas $28,391 Seattle Washington
14 Chance Steed $28,391 College Station Texas
15 Bryan Micon $28,391 Las Vegas Nevada
16 John Macdonald $20,040 Dayton Ohio
17 Christopher Goo $20,040 St Charles Missouri
18 Daniel Bowman $20,040 Billings Montana
19 Thomas Gabriel $16,032 Gainesville Florida
20 Duncan Bell $16,032 Richmond British Columbia, Canada
21 Christopher Coghlan $16,032 Missoula Montana
22 Joseph Grenon $16,032 Orleans Ontario, Canada
23 Anthony Sapio $16,032 John’s Creek Georgia
24 Edward Sabat $16,032 Lancaster California
25 Roy Vandersluis $16,032 Doncaster England
26 Lasse Petersen $16,032 Copenhagen Denmark
27 Tad Jurgens $16,032 Long Beach California
28 Charles Danna $12,692 Houston Texas
29 Franco Brunetti $12,692 Los Angeles California
30 Nadim Shabou $12,692 Tucson Arizona
31 Can Hua $12,692 Las Vegas Nevada
32 Danny Parks $12,692 Austin Texas
33 Gerald Martello $12,692 Baker Florida
34 Robert Goodson $12,692 Chandler Arizona
35 Kirby Brewer $12,692 Imperial Missouri
36 Roy Best $12,692 Medical Lake Washington
37 Robert Cotton $10,020 Humble Texas
38 Sutton Zolner $10,020 Rancho Santa Margarita California
39 Richard Deeb $10,020 Hialeah Florida
40 Scott Ward $10,020 Honolulu Hawaii
41 Timothy Lyons $10,020 Portsmouth New Hampshire
42 Jimmy Mcnutt $10,020 Oak Ridge Tennessee
43 Matthew Tully $10,020 Concord North Carolina
44 Arthur Lee $10,020 Calgary Alberta, Canada
45 James Mackowiak $10,020 Woodridge Illinois
46 Praz Bansi $9,018 London England
47 Gary Lundgren $9,018 Elgin Texas
48 Howard Millian $9,018 New Port Richey Florida
49 Stanley Gresham $9,018 Lodi California
50 Dale Heise $9,018 Frisco Texas
51 Stephen Ma $9,018 Waterloo Iowa
52 Tom Lee $9,018 Denver Colorado
53 Sean Chen $9,018 San Diego California
54 Marc Aubin $9,018 Terrebonne Quebec, Canada
55 Anthony Isa $8,016 Livonia Michigan
56 Mark Kelly $8,016 Phoenix Arizona
57 Michael Mcclain $8,016 Davis California
58 Gerald Limber $8,016 Rockville Maryland
59 John Dephillips $8,016 Tacoma Washington
60 Robert Gray $8,016 Atlanta Georgia
61 Thi Pham $8,016 Surrey British Columbia, Canada
62 Javid Javani $8,016 Los Angeles California
63 Chun Wong $8,016 New York New York
64 Mustafa Ali $7,014 Salisbury Maryland
65 Jose Lopez $7,014 Miami Florida
66 Isaac Haxton $7,014 Las Vegas Nevada
67 Paul Fehlig $7,014 St Louis Missouri
68 Leonid Yanovski $7,014 Haifa Israel
69 Curtis Holt $7,014 Fontana California
70 Jennafer Liebig $7,014 Oak Ridge North Carolina
71 Brian Cospolich $7,014 River Ridge Louisiana
72 Pedro Mendoza $7,014 Grand Junction Colorado
73 Jose Delaguardia $6,012 Panama City Florida
74 Brock Bullock $6,012 Atlanta Georgia
75 Martin Green $6,012 Brighton England
76 Kevin Forster $6,012 Falls Church Virginia
77 Geremy Eiland $6,012 Baytown Texas
78 Kelly Denbaugh $6,012 Hemet California
79 Alex Jacob $6,012 Tulsa Oklahoma
80 Freddy Deeb $6,012 Las Vegas Nevada
81 Michael Bernal $6,012 Tucson Arizona
82 Martin Clemmensen $5,344 Helsingor Denmark
83 Kelly Mclain $5,344 Hillsboro Oregon
84 J.C. Tran $5,344 Sacramento California
85 David Rohrbach $5,344 Chancy Switzerland
86 Oliver Buhle $5,344 Aesch Switzerland
87 Leonard Behrens $5,344 Glen Burnie Maryland
88 Stephen Smith $5,344 Van Nuys California
89 Christopher Klodnicki $5,344 Voorhees New Jersey
90 Daniel Buzgon $5,344 Marlton New Jersey
91 David Wooster $4,676 Pinole California
92 Michael Foley $4,676 Wilmington North Carolina
93 Matthew Smith $4,676 Lithia Florida
94 Anthony Meeker $4,676 Rockville Centre New York
95 Charles Jenness $4,676 West New York New Jersey
96 Jay Mecklinger $4,676 Toronto Ontario, Canada
97 John Ferguson $4,676 Alpharetta Georgia
98 Craig Hueffner $4,676 Franklin Wisconsin
99 Tony Burton $4,676 Santa Rosa Beach Florida
100 Tex Bronson $4,008 Mckinney Texas
101 Richard Lister $4,008 Costa Mesa California
102 Hung Do $4,008 Gaithersburg Maryland
103 Kevin O’Dell $4,008 Birmingham Michigan
104 David Miara $4,008 Neuilly Sur Seine France
105 Joshua Roberts $4,008 Garland Texas
106 Jason Mckinley $4,008 Louisville Tennessee
107 Carmel Petresco $4,008 Las Vegas Nevada
108 Andrew Ma $4,008 Honolulu Hawaii
109 Mark Jones $4,008 Culver City California
110 John Kulish $4,008 Oconto Wisconsin
111 Jorge Arias $4,008 Estancia Florida Venezuela
112 Jordan Smith $4,008 Tool Texas
113 Gary Shelton $4,008 Houston Texas
114 Gary Bogdanski $4,008 Lyndhurst New Jersey
115 Richard Fohrenbach $4,008 Milford Connecticut
116 Stephan Sieber $4,008 Erfurt Germany
117 Justin Rollo $4,008 Townsend Massachusetts
118 Lawrence Masi $4,008 Fairview Texas
119 John Zioulas $4,008 Scarborough Ontario, Canada
120 James Massar $4,008 Berkeley California
121 Timothy Kellstrom $4,008 Oscoda Michigan
122 Patrick Nepote $4,008 Hebron Kentucky
123 Peter Sheridan $4,008 Yonkers New York
124 Sean Keeton $4,008 Thornton Cleveleys Lances Australia
125 Dustin Dirksen $4,008 Las Vegas Nevada
126 Daniel Grant $4,008 Phoenix Arizona
127 Arnold Spee $3,340 Las Vegas Nevada
128 Dag Mikkelsen $3,340 Stavanger Norway
129 Andrew Margolis $3,340 Chicago Illinois
130 Daniel Deveau $3,340 Henderson Nevada
131 Philip Collins $3,340 West Columbia South Carolina
132 Bart Wetsteijn $3,340 Middelburg Holland
133 Tam Ho $3,340 Las Vegas Nevada
134 Matthew Sallee $3,340 Hudson Iowa
135 Rip Fritzer $3,340 El Cajon California
136 Lance Schubert $3,340 Madison Wisconsin
137 Matthew Bucaric $3,340 Brentwood Tennessee
138 Sean Lefort $3,340 Bowmanville Ontario, Canada
139 Alex Kleyman $3,340 New York Nevada
140 Kevin Macphee $3,340 Coeur D Alene Idaho
141 Garrick Lau $3,340 Honolulu Hawaii
142 Tai Phan $3,340 Chandler Arizona
143 Brian Mccann $3,340 Reseda California
144 Joel Nichols $3,340 Marion Ohio
145 Earl Coggin $3,340 Rockledge Florida
146 Ronald Dorval $3,340 Oakville Ontario, Canada
147 Paul Benichou $3,340 Poueeb Gosier France
148 Michael Berry $3,340 Redding California
149 Luca Pagano $3,340 Preganzio Italy
150 Emanuel Santiago $3,340 Vega Alta Puerto Rico
151 Brian Kaplan $3,340 Mchenry Illinois
152 Roger Wells $3,340 Amarillo Texas
153 Jeffrey Blake $3,340 Millersville Maryland
154 Bao Huynh $3,340 Aurora Colorado
155 Kim Schumann $3,340 Newport Beach California
156 Jonathan Aaron $3,340 Berkeley California
157 Derek Whitehill $3,340 Grundy Center Iowa
158 Alexander Ringler $3,340 Ashley Ohio
159 Anthony Winters $3,340 Patterson California
160 Dan Gatto $3,340 Galt California
161 Aaron Steury $3,340 Fort Wayne Indiana
162 Christopher Allyn $3,340 Fruita Colorado
163 Chris Tsiprailidis $3,340 Brigantine New Jersey
164 George Garrison $3,006 Locust Grove Georgia
165 Christopher Epps $3,006 Austin Texas
166 Jesse Martin $3,006 Shrewsbury Massachusetts
167 David Whitton $3,006 Gilbert Arizona
168 Ronald Bender $3,006 Scottsdale Arizona
169 Kevin Paler $3,006 San Leandro California
170 David Jordan $3,006 Cabot Arkansas
171 Danny Wong $3,006 Calgary Alabama
172 Jonathan Baldwin $3,006 Social Circle Georgia
173 Veronica Dabul $3,006 Buenos Aires Argentina
174 David Silverman $3,006 Baltimore Maryland
175 William Butler $3,006 Surprise Arizona
176 Arthur Evans $3,006 Davie Florida
177 Mark Bonsack $3,006 Maple Valley Washington
178 Michael Sica $3,006 No Brunswick New Jersey
179 Justin Kramer $3,006 Fort Lauderdale Florida
180 Sammy Lewis $3,006 Las Vegas Nevada
181 Dmitrii Valouev $3,006 Vancouver Washington
182 Justin Pechie $3,006 Thompson Connecticut
183 George Mesi $3,006 Mc Henry Illinois
184 Howard Gee $3,006 San Diego California
185 Ronald Jeandron $3,006 New Orleans Louisiana
186 Steven Michaels $3,006 Everett Washington
187 Randall Carter $3,006 Riverside California
188 Marvin Duke $3,006 Montague Texas
189 Christopher Moorman $3,006 Brighton England
190 Dennis Chae $3,006 Los Angeles California
191 Stuart Spear $3,006 Reno Nevada
192 Frank Cascino $3,006 Johnstown Pennsylvania
193 Bryan Li $3,006 Elk Grove California
194 David Garcia $3,006 Odem Texas
195 Gioi Luong $3,006 Westminster California
196 Scott Flint $3,006 Denver Colorado
197 Gregory Ramos $3,006 Honolulu Hawaii
198 Derrick White $3,006 Frisco Texa