The World Poker Challenge 2008: A Huge Event in the World Poker Tour Season 6

Held at the rich and vibrant casino floors of the luxurious Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, the World Poker Challenge 2008 delivered another classic result for the sixth season of the World Poker Tour. From March 25 to 28, 2008, a total of 261 highly skilled poker players competed in one of the most anticipated poker tournaments of the year. With almost $2 million in prizes to offer, this poker tournament continues to be a grand event for fans and game enthusiasts worldwide.

To conclude this ultimate show of poker talent and skill, the World Poker Challenge in 2008 ended with a final poker showdown between six of the biggest and brightest stars of the game today. Bryan Devonshire, Zach Hyman, and David Pham were among the early favorites to win this prestigious tournament. Meanwhile, some game observers picked Jeff DeWitt, Jason Potter, and Lee Markholt as their favorites to dominate the final table.

Entering the final round of the World Poker Challenge 2008, these six outstanding poker competitors scored the highest chip totals in the entire elimination round. As proven in the past poker tournaments, the seats and starting chips play huge roles in the quest of players for the various elusive poker titles and championships. Because of this, it is quite important to look at how the players are seated at the final table, as well as their chips to contend with all throughout the finals.

Occupying the first seat of the final table of the World Poker Challenge is Hyman, who brings in a total of 285,000 chips. Seated next to him is DeWitt, who has his own share of decent chips that stand at 249,000. The third seat of the final round belongs to Pham, who has an accumulated score of 406,000 entering the final round. The fourth seat was assigned to Potter, who has the best record in the elimination round with a total of 1,156,000 chips. Seat number five was taken by Devonshire, who brings in a score of 674,000 into the final round. Markholt, who is the second highest scorer after the eliminations, enters in with a total of 1,137,000.

As the action pushed through in the 2008 version of the World Poker Challenge, the final table contenders started very hot, each of them displaying eagerness to outlast and outwit their fellow finalists. After some critical mistakes early on the match, DeWitt became the first one to be booted out of the tournament. After committing his own share of crucial mistakes, Pham followed soon. Lacking enough poker hand power entering the critical portions of the game, Potter and Hyman became the third and fourth finalists to be eliminated from the title run. In the end, Markholt upended the title run of Devonshire for the $493,815-pot.