World Series of Poker Event #45, H.O.R.S.E. World Championship, 25-29 June 2008

Entrants: 148

Buy in: $1,500

Prize pool: $7,104,120

Final results:
1. Scotty Nguyen, $1,989,120
2. Michael DeMichele, $1,243,200
3. Erick Lindgren, $781,440
4. Matt Glantz, $568,320
5. Lyle Berman, $444,000
6. Barry Greenstein, $355,200
7. Huck Seed, $284,160
8. Patrick Bueno, $230,880
9. Rafael Perry, $177,600

The 2008 H.O.R.S.E. World Champion is Scotty Nguyen. He is from Henderson, NV. Nguyen won the WSOP Main Event in 1998. This was his fifth WSOP gold bracelet.

The $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. World Championship (Event #45) attracted 148 entries, creating a prize pool totaling $7,104,000. The top 16 finishers collected prize money.

Despite his extraordinary success in tournament poker for more than a decade, Nguyen suffered through one of his lowest points following last year's meltdown, which resulted in an 11th place finish in the 2007 Main Event.