$10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em - Event #1 - 2008 WSOP

Event #1
$10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
2008 World Series of
Poker (WSOP)
Final Results

2008 World Series of Poker
Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas
Final Results

Event #1
Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship
Buy-In: $10,000
Number of Entries: 352
Total Prize Money: $3,308,800
May 30 - June 1, 2008

Official Results:

Final Results:

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Nenad Medic
Andy Bloch
Kathy Liebert
Mike Sexton
Amit Makhija
Chris Bell
Patrik Antonius
Mike Sowers
Phil Laak
John Kabbaj
Ryan Young
Nikolay Evdakov
David Benefield
Chris Gildone
Justin Newton
Andreas Krause
Alexander Kostritsyn
Michael Pesek
Eli Elezra
Rolf Slotboom
Anthony Licastro
Dustin Woolf
David Stroj
Vivek Rajkumar
Ted Lawson
Joseph Sanders
Jerri Thomas
Ben Sprengers
Raphael Zimmerman
Mark Newhouse
Matthew Graham
Chuck Pacheco
David Bach
Marco Johnson
Tommy Vinas
Kazuki Ikeuchi

Niagara Falls
Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Brookfield
Raleigh
Helsinki
Thomasville
Dublin
London, UK
Torrance, CA
Moscow, Russia
Fort Worth, TX
Cleveland, OH
Tucson, AZ
Stuttgart, Germany
Moscow, Russia
Carol Stream, IL
Henderson, NV
Amsterdam
Long Valley, NJ
Los Angeles, CA
Tijuana, Mexico
Seattle, WA
Plantation, FL
Lima, Peru
Hamitlon, OH
Plantation, FL
Omaha, NE
Chapel Hill, NC
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
Athens, GA
Walnut Creek, CA
Houston, TX
Tokyo, Japan

Place Name Hometown Prize

$794,112.00
$488,048.00
$306,064.00
$248,160.00
$198,528.00
$157,168.00
$124,080.00
$99,264.00
$74,448.00
$49,632.00
$49,632.00
$49,632.00
$41,360.00
$41,360.00
$41,360.00
$33,088.00
$33,088.00
$33,088.00
$26,470.00
$26,470.00
$26,470.00
$26,470.00
$26,470.00
$26,470.00
$26,470.00
$26,470.00
$26,470.00
$23,162.00
$23,162.00
$23,162.00
$23,162.00
$23,162.00
$23,162.00
$23,162.00
$23,162.00
$23,162.00

To read a complete tournament report for Event #1 of the
2008 World Series of Poker click on the link below:

2008 WSOP Event #1 Tournament Report

Nenad Medic

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Winner Biography and Quotes:

The winner of the $10,000 buy-in “Pot-Limit Hold’em World Championship”
tournament at the 2008 World Series of Poker is Nenad Medic. His
hometown is Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada) – where he has lived for the
past twenty years. Medic is 25 years old. He is a professional poker player.
He is single.

Medic recently bought a second home in Las Vegas. He owns a luxury condo
at a high-rise property which includes at least two dozen other top poker
pros as residents.

Medic was born in Serbia (formally Yugoslavia) in 1982. He immigrated to
Canada with his parents at the age of five. He is a Canadian citizen.

Medic’s parents were initially concerned about their son’s career choice.
However, Medic stated that they have gradually become more accepting and
are now even supportive of his career, which is made considerably easier by
his obvious talent and impressive level of success.

Medic wanted to be a professional basketball player when he was growing
up. He is an avid fan of the N.B.A. His favorite team in the New Orleans
Hornets. He believes that playing sports is good preparation for life as a
successful poker player.

Medic has been playing poker professionally for nearly five years.

Medic drives a three-year-old Chrysler 300. He says he might buy a new car
with some of the prize money.

This was Medic’s first WSOP gold bracelet. It was his fourth time to cash at
the WSOP. Previously, his best finish had been 17th place in the 2007 Pot-
Limit Omaha Event. However, Medic has also won other major poker
tournaments and now has nearly $4,000,000 in winnings during his relatively
short poker career, which began in 2005.

Medic was cheered on by several friends in the capacity crowd at the final
table, including former WSOP gold bracelet winner David Williams.

Medic was interviewed by the official WSOP media team following his victory.
Here are some of the highlights of that interview (quotes were recorded and
may be used by all media):

“It’s amazing. I came in here with big goals. But I didn’t think it would all
happen this quickly.”

“My expectation is always to win. That’s why I play all the tournaments. It
was a really tough field the whole way. But it turned out great.”

“(Playing sports) really helps in poker. When I was growing up, I played a lot
of basketball. You get that winner’s mentality. I just always hated losing.”

“I’m coming back (to play) tomorrow. Hopefully, I will get gold bracelet
number two. I’m not going to be satisfied until I get gold bracelet number
three. But, of course, I have to be realistic….I’m joking of course. Just to
make it to a final table is tough enough.”

“I have never really done that well at the World Series. But I came in with
very high expectations this year.”

“To win a gold bracelet at the World Series is such a great honor. This
tournament only comes around once a year. To win an event here is really
amazing.”

When play was still four-handed and during a break, final table rival Mike
Sexton (who was till alive in the tournament) remarked that he thought Medic
is “one of the toughest No-Limit Hold’em players (he) has ever seen.” Sexton’
s high praise proved to be well-deserved.

2008 Pot-Limit Hold’em world champion Nenad Medic received $794,112 in
prize money for first place. He was also presented with the first gold bracelet
of 2008 by WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack in a post-tournament
ceremony held on the Corum Stage. This stands as a record amount of prize
money paid to the winner of a Pot-Limit Hold’em tournament.

ESPN will air the telecast of Medic’s victory on July 22, 2008.

For official news and the latest updates from the 2008 World Series of Poker
presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light, please visit: www.worldseriesofpoker.
com

For statistics and information from the 2008 World Series of Poker presented
by Milwaukee’s Best Light, please contact Nolan Dalla at: nolandalla@aol.
com or nolandallawsop@gmail.com

The 2008 World Series of Poker championship gold bracelets are designed
and manufactured by Corum USA. For more information and specifications,
contact Knych Keller: kkeller@corumusa.com
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World Series of Poker Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack

Director of Sponsorship and Licensing -- Ty Stewart

Director of Broadcasting and New Media – Craig Abrahams

Director of Communications – Seth Palansky

Regional Vice President of Specialty Gaming -- Howard Greenbaum

Tournament Director – Jack Effel

Photo Provided By: IMPDI for the 2008 WSOP