World Series of Poker Europe Event #1, £1,500 No Limit Hold’em, 19-22nd September 2008

Entrants: 410

Buyin: £1,500

Prizepool: £615,000

1. Jesper Hougaard, Denmark, £144,218
2. Fuad Serhan, UK, £89,175
3. Yevgeniy Timoshenko, USA, £55,350
4. Neil Channing, UK, £44,588
5. John Dwyer, Ireland, £36,285
6. Adam Junglen, USA, £28,598
7. Linda Lee, USA, £22,448
8. Ian Woodley, UK, £17,835
9. Daniel Nutt, UK, £13,222

In front of a packed house at London’s Empire Casino, it was the great Dane Jesper Hougaard who made poker history by becoming the first player to win WSOP bracelets on both sides of the Atlantic. Just a few months ago in Las Vegas, Hougaard overcame a huge field to claim his first bracelet in the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event before he confirmed his status as a rising star by taking down the inagural tournament of the 2008 WSOPE.