2008 World Series of Poker World Championship Seven-Card Stud (Event 14)
The 2008 World Series of Poker $10 000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Event 14 took place from Saturday, 07 June to Monday, 09 June 2008 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
There were 158 entrants to Event 14, the Seven-Card Stud World Championship, which offered a total prize pool of almost $1.5 million.
The star-studded field was packed with a host of famous poker names and the 16 In-the-Money finishers at the World Championship Seven-Card Stud event included:
- Five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, Phil Ivey, who earned $37 130 after being eliminated on the final table bubble in 9th place
- 2004 Player of the Year, Daniel Negreanu, in 11th
- Alexander Kravchenko in 13th
- Robert Mizrachi in 14th
The Bracelet Winner
48-year-old amateur player Eric Brooks picked up his first World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet in Event 14, along with a first prize of $415 856 (which he donated to charity). He beat Fu Wong in heads-up play with a running flush, against Wong’s three of a kind, to be crowned poker’s Seven-Card Stud world champion.
Brooks’ victory in the World Championship Seven-Card Stud event at the 2008 World Series of Poker was the first time he had even finished in the money at a major tournament.
Money Finishers at the World Championship Seven-Card Stud Event 14
- Eric Brooks – $415 856
- Fu Wong – $259 910
- Alexander Kostritsyn – $163 372
- Minh Ly – $118 816
- Erik Seidel – $92 825
- Jim Paluszek – $74 260
- David Oppenheim – $59 408
- Vasili Lazarou – $48 269
- Phil Ivey – $37 130
- Thomas Weideman – $37 130
- Daniel Negreanu – $33 417
- Jacobo Fernandez – $33 417
- Alexander Kravchenko – $29 704
- Robert Mizrachi – $29 704
- David Levi – $25 991
- Miek Fiorito – $25 991