WSOPE Event #2, £2,500 H.O.R.S.E., 22-24th September 2008

Entrants: 110

Buyin: £2,500

Prizepool: £275,000

1. Sherkhan Farnood, Afghanistan, £76,999
2. Ivo Donev, Austria, £48,125
3. Howard Lederer, £30,250
4.Jeff Duvall, UK, £22,000
5. Mark Gregorich, USA, £17,188
6. Phil Ivey, USA, £13,750
7. Jeff Lisandro, Italy, £11,000
8. Spencer Lawrence, UK, £8,938

Try as they might, the big guns of Phil Ivey and Howard Lederer didn’t make it to the finish line in the World Series of Poker Europe’s second event, the £2,500 H.O.R.S.E. Instead, it was relative unknown Sherkhan Farnood who spoiled the big boys’ party and took home nearly £77,000 and a WSOP bracelet. He becomes only the second player from Afghanistan to ever capture one of the prestigious bracelets.

In a long and trying final table that lasted over fourteen hours, the chipstacks swung wildly from player to player.