World Series of Poker Event #52, No-Limit Hold'em, 30 June - 2 July 2008

Entrants: 2,693

Buy in: $1,500

Prize pool: $3,675,945

Final results:
1. David Daneshgar, $625,443
2. Scott Sitron, $385,974
3. Dan Heimiller, $275,695
4. Farzad Rouhani, $231,584
5. Corwin Cole, $189,311
6. Matt Matros, $148,875
7. Andrey Zaichenko, $112,116
8. Jeff Courtney, $84,546
9. Voitto Rintala, $57,712

The $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship (Event #52) attracted 2,693 entries, creating a prize pool totaling $3,675,945. The top 270 finishers collected prize money.

This was the final of seven $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em tournaments on this year’s schedule. More than 18,000 players played in these events alone.

The latest $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em champion is David Daneshgar, from Westlake Village, CA. He is a venture capitalist and investor.

This was Daneshgar’s eighth time to cash at the WSOP, all since 2005.