The $2,000 Pot-Limit Holdem Tournament: Event 38 of the 39th Annual WSOP in 2008
Carded as Event 38 of the 39th Annual World Series of Poker, the $2,000 Pot-Limit Holdem poker tournament was another exciting event lined up for the much-anticipated 2008 season of the WSOP franchise. From June 20 to 22, 2008, 605 individuals competed at this super exciting poker event in the hope of claiming a prestigious WSOP championship bracelet. Overall, the total prize pool for this specific event alone was recorded at $1,101,100. At the end of the match, a total 63 payouts were made to the different participants of the event.
At the final day of the $2,000 Pot-Limit Holdem event for the 39th Annual World Series of Poker, only nine fine poker players qualified for the final showdown. Among the most notable individuals who were lucky and skilled enough to reach this crucial point of the competition included Michael Greco, Ben Roberts, and Robert Cheung. Impressive individuals were also qualified to partake at this all-important phase of the $2,000 Pot-Limit Holdem event of the 39th Annual World Series of Poker such as Ayaz Mahmood, Lee Watkinson, and Jan Von Halle. The final three players who completed the cast of the prestigious final table event were Keith Greer, Chris Bell, and Davidi Kitai.
The opening of the $2,000 Pot-Limit Holdem event of the 39th Annual World Series of Poker was truly astonishing as the better players tried to distance themselves from the rest of the pack. In the end, Greco's efforts were insufficient against some of the finest players of the game today, which eventually led to his landing at the ninth place for a prize of $22,572. Soon after, Roberts followed the steps of Greco en route to an eighth place finish and a nice sum of $30,380. The earlier parts of the game ended after Mahmood grabbed the seventh place overall and took home a decent cash prize valued at $39,089.
The middle phase of the $2,000 Pot-Limit Holdem finals for the 39th Annual World Series of Poker was just as exciting, as the remaining players tried to grab a safer seat at the final three. However, things were not going on the way of Cheung, Watkinson, and Von Halle as they grabbed the sixth, fifth, and fourth place finishes out of the title contention. For their tremendously fine performances, Cheung received $50,100, Watkinson took home $63,313, while Von Halle walked away with a hefty sum of $77,077.
The latter parts of the $2,000 Pot-Limit Holdem finals for the 39th Annual World Series of Poker pitted Kitai, Bell, and Greer against each other. After a few more rounds of exciting battle, Greer ended up with the third place for a prize of $94,694. Meanwhile, Bell finished second behind Kitai, which was enough to take home $155,805. On the other hand, Kitai won the grand pot valued at $244,583 and walked away with his first WSOP championship bracelet.