World Series of Poker Event #13, No-Limit Hold'em, 7-9 June 2008

Entrants: 1,395

Buy in: ,500

Prize pool: ,213,100

Final results:
1. Duncan Bell, 6,697
2. Steve Merrifield, 8,949
3. Nathan Doudney, 0,261
4. Shawn Buchanan, 8,491
5. Brent Hanks, 8,327
6. Jason Sanders, 9,770
7. Ariel Soffer, 7,639
8. Brent Ditzik, ,541

The ,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event attracted 1,395 entrants. The prize pool totaled ,213,100. The top 99 places collected prize money.

The winner was Duncan “Pumper” Bell from Vancouver, BC (Canada). He is a 32-year-old professional poker player. Bell is married to his wife Joyce, and has one son, Ian.

“Pumper” Bell got his poker nickname from playing aggressively. Friends say he likes to “pump up the pots.” He concentrates mostly on live-action games played near his hometown.