The total number of entrants for the 2008 Main Event of the World Series of Poker is 6,844. Those players generated a prize pool of $64,333,600. That means 666 players will make the money (that number drew a murmur and some boos from those players assembled in the Amazon Room currently). 666th place will earn $21,320.
The top prize for the Main Event is $9,119,517. "Good luck to all you guys," said Effel. "We'll see one of you in November for $9 million and a gold bracelet."


and Mezdinsky led out for 5,100 with Mortensen making the call. The turn brought the
and this time Mezdinsky checked it over to Mortensen who fired out 11,000. Mezdinsky made the call.
slowing down both players as they checked their hands. Mortensen showed a surprising 
for the flopped flush to jump up to 72,000 while Mezdinsky slipped to 58,000.
. A series of bets and raises gets all the chips in the middle.
and Cohen was eliminated. Anderson is now up to 39,000.

and was up against a player holding 


. When that heart came on the river, McKinney's opponent saw he'd made his flush and mistakenly reacted as though he'd won. McKinney's turned full house though had him beat. McKinney is now up to 37,000.
. The small blind checked, as did Ramdin. The next player that had limped under the gun made a bet of 3,000. The preflop raiser folded and then the small blind moved all in. The amount was around 12,000. Ramdin then grabbed all of his orange chips and stuck them out for a reraise to 40,000. The player that bet the 3,000 folded and it would be Ramdin and the small blind heads up.
and then the river landed the
. Ramdin had the best hand and scooped the entire pot to move to 107,000 chips.