World Series of Poker Event #25, Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em World Championship, 13-15 June 2008

Entrants: 256

Buy in: ,000

Prize pool: ,406,400

Final results:
1. Kenny Tran, 9,056
2. Alec Torelli, 6,896
3. Vanessa Selbst, 8,288
4. Jonathan Jaffe, 8,288
5. Lyle Berman, ,144
6. Gavin Griffin, ,144
7. Brandon Adams, ,144
8. Robert Mizrachi, ,144
9. David Williams, ,096

The 2008 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em World Champion is Kenny Tran, from Arcadia, CA. He is a professional poker player, who has specialized in high-limit cash games most of his career.

Tran collected 9,056 for first place. He also earned his first WSOP gold bracelet. This was his 12th WSOP career cash.

Tran has an amazing story. He was born in Vietnam and once worked at McDonalds.