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David Daneshgar (credit: Poker Stars Blog)

2,693 players put up their $1,500 to take part in the fifty-second event of the 2008 WSOP. The No-Limit Hold’em tournament had a total prize pool of more than $3.67 million. 270 players made bank in the event including Brazilian pro Andre Akkari (249th place - $2,756), Adam Elpayaa (166th place - $3,124), Vanessa Rousso (44th place - $10,660) and Mimi Tran (25th place - $17,276).

The first person out of the final table was Finnish player Voitto Rintala. Rintala was playing under the Everest Poker banner, having won a $100,000 sponsorship package with the online poker room as part of their “Live the Dream” competition. Rintala, who also plays bass in a metal band called Random Eyes, received $57,712 for his first WSOP final table appearance.

Matt Matros, who shot to fame at the final table of the WPT Foxwoods Main Event in Season 4 (2005), made it all the way to sixth place. Matros, who coaches others on their play and works with Stoxpoker these days, added nearly $150,000 to his lifetime tournament earnings. 2008 bracelet winner, Farzad “Freddy” Rouhani, who took down Event #10, finished fourth.

In the end, Daneshgar defeated Scott Sitron in heads-up play. Sitron came to the final table as one of the shorter stacks, but played some solid poker to make it so far. On the final hand, Danesghar held pocket tens. Upon winning, the pro said, “It feels great to win my first one.”

These are the final standings:

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) Matthew Matros - $148,875
7) Andrey Zaichenko - $112,116
8) Jeff Courtney - $84,546
9) Voitto Rintala - $57,712

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