This is fast turning into a good series for the major pro players.   The latest winner being PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu

WSOP Event 20 - $2000 Limit Holdem - 480 entrants
1 $ 204,874 Daniel Negreanu
2 $ 126,671 Ugur Marangoz  
3 $ 78,624 David Baker  
4 $ 63,335 Richard Li  
5 $ 51,542 Fu Wong  
6 $ 40,622 Jeremy Kottler  
7 $ 31,886 Greg Wohletz  
8 $ 25,334 Derek Lerner  
9 $ 18,782 Hein Tran  
10 $ 12,230 Daniel Makowsky  
11 $ 12,230 Babak Razi  
12 $ 12,230 Henning Granstad  
13 $ 10,046 Tommy Hang  
14 $ 10,046 Noelle Quevido  
15 $ 10,046 Ylon Schwartz  
16 $ 7,862 Douglas Rosen  
17 $ 7,862 Tom McCormick  
18 $ 7,862 Christine Smith

Excluding the ladies only event, this was the first bracelet for a female player in this year’s WSOP

WSOP Event 19 - $1500 PLO - 759 entrants
1 $ 227,965 Vanessa Selbst  
2 $ 145,459 Jamie Pickering  
3 $ 88,062 Stanley Statkiewicz Jr  
4 $ 72,004 Thom Schultz  
5 $ 59,053 Eugene Todd  
6 $ 46,621 Craig Natte  
7 $ 36,261 Mel Randolph  
8 $ 28,490 Jamie Robbins  
9 $ 20,720 Ken Lairson  
10 $ 12,950 Anthony Phillips  
11 $ 12,950 Calen McNeil  
12 $ 12,950 Chris Bjorin  
13 $ 10,360 Kyle Hegeman  
14 $ 10,360 Greg Cox  
15 $ 10,360 Rob Hollink
16 $ 7,770 Trai Dang  
17 $ 7,770 Todd Barlow  
18 $ 7,770 Colin York

WSOP Event 18 - $5000 NL 2-7 Triple Draw w/rebuys - 85 entrants
1 $ 537,862 Mike Matusow
2 $ 347,004 Jeff Lisandro
3 $ 225,552 Barry Greenstein
4 $ 156,151 Erick Lindgren
5 $ 104,101 Tom Schneider  
6 $ 78,075  Tony ‘G’ Guoga
7 $ 58,990 David Benyamine
8 $ 45,110 Tom Dwan  
9 $ 34,700 Dario Alioto  
10 $ 34,700 David Grey  
11 $ 34,700 Chad Brown
12 $ 26,025 Nick Schulman
13 $ 26,025 Nikolay Evdakov  
14 $ 26,025 Michael Binger

This one always attracts the big names, as really you’d be crazy to enter it without at least 25K sat in your pocket.  Duece-Seven is less popular with the internet generation, making this one full of a large percentage of major names

WSOP 2008 Event 17 - $1500 NLHE Shootout - 1000 entrants
1 $ 335,565 Jason Young  
2 $ 209,527 Mike Schwartz  
3 $ 129,675 John Strzemp III  
4 $ 82,582 Rory Monahan  
5 $ 40,267 Matthew Giannetti  
6 $ 23,887 Kyle Bowker   (double WCOOP winner kwob20)
7 $ 15,697 Sergey Rybachenko  
8 $ 12,421 Thomas West  
9 $ 9,828 Alex Triner  
10 $ 7,507 Casey Coleman  
11 $ 5,596 Travis Roseberry  
12 $ 5,596 John McKinney  
13 $ 5,596 Garrett Beckman  
14 $ 5,596 David Orvis  
15 $ 5,596 John Wagner  
16 $ 5,596 Sarvesh Pershad  
17 $ 5,596 Daniel Smith  
18 $ 5,596 Craig Marquis

WSOP Event 16  - $2000 Omaha Hi-Lo - 553 entrants
1 $ 226,483 Andrew Brown 
2 $ 143,420 Ted Forrest
3 $ 88,065 Jim Pechac  
4 $ 71,961 Soheil Shamseddin  
5 $ 58,877 Kia Hooshmand  
6 $ 46,297 Ralph Perry  
7 $ 36,232 Scott Clements
8 $ 28,684 Allan Enciso  
9 $ 21,135 Jimmy Fricke  
10 $ 13,587 Lee Grove  
11 $ 13,587 Ralph Rudd  
12 $ 13,587 Mallory Smith  
13 $ 11,071 Jose Paz  
14 $ 11,071 Joe Aronesty  
15 $ 11,071 James Richburg  
16 $ 8,554 Michael Sohayegh  
17 $ 8,554 Pat Poels  
18 $ 8,554 Michael Reed

Scott Clements having won an Omaha bracelet in both 2006 and 2007, went close again in this 2008 event, finishing in 7th place

WSOP Event 15 - Ladies $1000 NL Holdem

1 $ 244,702 Svetlana Gromenkova  
2 $ 144,567 Anh Le  
3 $ 87,715 Patty Till  
4 $ 73,637 Christine Priday  
5 $ 60,101 Marla Crumpler  
6 $ 47,106 Debbie Mitchell  
7 $ 36,277 Roslyn Quarto  
8 $ 28,155 Yesenia Garcia  
9 $ 20,034 Sue Porter  
10 $ 12,877 Tina Dubowy  
11 $ 12,877 Marie Hoang  
12 $ 12,877 Courtney Farrell  
13 $ 10,179 Jena Delk  
14 $ 10,179 Van Nguyen  
15 $ 10,179 Christine Fanelli  
16 $ 7,472 Hoa Nguyen  
17 $ 7,472 Dawn Murray  
18 $ 7,472 Mango Martin

The 10K Stud was always going to attract the household names.  Both the buy-in, the smaller field, and game itself, appealing to many longer term veterans of the felt.

Many heavyweights cashed, including well respected Stud player (amonst other games) Phil Ivey, multiple bracelet winner Erik Seidel, the infamous Daniel Negreanu, and heavily respected breakthrough player Alex Kravchenko

WSOP Event 14 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud (158 entrants)

1 $ 415,856 Eric Brooks  
2 $ 259,910 Fu Wong  
3 $ 163,372 Alexander Kostritsyn  
4 $ 118,816 Minh Ly  
5 $ 92,825 Erik Seidel
6 $ 74,260 Jim Paluszek  
7 $ 59,408 David Oppenheim
8 $ 48,269 Vassilios Lazarou  
9 $ 37,130 Phil Ivey
10 $ 37,130 Thomas Weideman  
11 $ 33,417 Daniel Negreanu
12 $ 33,417 Jacobo Fernandez  
13 $ 29,704 Alex Kravchenko  
14 $ 29,704 Robert Mizrachi
15 $ 25,991 David Levi  
16 $ 25,991 Michael Fiorito

The cheaper No Limit holdem events ($1500 to $2500 buy-ins) are continuing to attract large fields (1390 in this case) and the pros are struggling to emerge through the carnage

WSOP Event 13 - $2500 NL Holdem
1 $ 666,777 Duncan Bell  
2 $ 428,948 Steven Merrifield  
3 $ 260,261 Nathan Doudney  
4 $ 218,491 Shawn Buchanan  
5 $ 178,327 Brent Hanks  
6 $ 139,769 Jason Sanders  
7 $ 107,638 Ariel Soffer  
8 $ 83,540 Brent Ditzik  
9 $ 59,442 Nicolas Levi  
10 $ 38,235 Adam Katz  
11 $ 38,235 Unknown Soldier
12 $ 38,235 Yury Shapiro  
13 $ 30,203 Jason Mercier  
14 $ 30,203 Joel Casper  
15 $ 30,203 John Roveto  
16 $ 22,170 Michael Kamran  
17 $ 22,170 Jacques Zaicik  
18 $ 22,170 Frank Vukasin

WSOP Event 12 - $1500 Limit Holdem
1 $ 257,105 Jimmy Shultz  
2 $ 165,165 Zac Fellows  
3 $ 99,099 Vinny Vinh  
4 $ 82,882 Brendan Taylor  
5 $ 67,867 Teddy ‘Iceman’ Monroe  
6 $ 53,453 Markus Golser
7 $ 41,441 Ali Eslami  
8 $ 32,432 Christoph Niesert  
9 $ 23,423 Chung Law  
10 $ 14,774 Erick Lindgren
11 $ 14,774 Zachary Henderson  
12 $ 14,774 Steven Shkolnik  
13 $ 11,771 John O’Brien  
14 $ 11,771 Eric Pratt  
15 $ 11,771 Duc Nguyen  
16 $ 8,768 Joseph Sanders  
17 $ 8,768 Steve Foutty  
18 $ 8,768 Arash Beral

Erick Lindgren in 10th having another deep run, but couldnt quite match his previous deep performance of several events ago.

Full Tilt Pro Greg “FBT” Mueller went close in the WSOP NL Holdem Shootout, finishing 2nd to Phil Tom

WSOP Event 11 $5000 NL Holdem Shootout (360 entrants)
1 $ 477,990 Phil Tom  
2 $ 298,638 Greg Mueller
3 $ 187,812 Leo Wolpert  
4 $ 118,440 Sirous Jamshidi  
5 $ 63,450 Tim West  
6 $ 38,070 Thomas Roupe  
7 $ 16,920 John Juanda
8 $ 16,920 John Murphy  
9 $ 16,920 Elton Beebe  
10 $ 16,920 Eugene Katchalov  
11 $ 16,920 Richard Kirsch  
12 $ 16,920 John Monnette  
13 $ 16,920 Eric Froehlich
14 $ 16,920 Adam Levy  
15 $ 16,920 William Palmer  
16 $ 16,920 Biechel Remy  
17 $ 16,920 Gabriel Costner  
18 $ 16,920 Bill Blanda

John Juanda in 7th, continuing his good series with another good finish