World Series of Poker Event #48, No-Limit Hold'em, 27-29 June 2008

Entrants: 2,314

Buy in: $2,000

Prize pool: $4,216,940

Final results:
1. Alexandre Gomes, $770,540
2. Marco Johnson, $491,273
3. Ryan D'Angelo, $326,812
4. Robert Brewer, $274,101
5. Alan Cutler, $223,497
6. Kirill Gerasimov, $177,111
7. Sverre Sundbo, $134,942
8. Gabe Costner, $103,315
9. Dan Rome, $71,687

The $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship (Event #48) attracted a record 2,317 entries, creating a prize pool totaling $4,216,940. The top 198 finishers collected prize money.

This was the largest number of entries ever for a $2,000 buy-in hold’em event. The prize pool, at over $4.2 million, is the second-largest of the 2008 WSOP. Only the $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. World Championship was higher ($7,104,120).