Alexandre Gomes Wins 2008 WSOP Event #48

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Alexandre Gomes

Alexandre Gomes, 2008 WSOP $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Champion

Alexandre Gomes made history when he took the final all-in pot of WSOP event #48 to become the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em champion. It's the first WSOP gold bracelet won by a Brasillian. Second place finisher Marco Johnson couldn't contain the aggresive style of the Gomes and watched his chips and hopes march across the table in an orderly fashion until the final all-in. Holding Q,J of spades Johnson immediately called Gomes' all-in bet only to find the kid from Brasil holding A,K of spades. The turn brought an Ace and Johnson was drawing dead. Alexandre Gomes supporters immediately raised the Brasillian flag and surrounded their new poker hero.

Alexandre Gomes will head back home to South America with the first ever poker gold and $770,540 in first place prize money for topping the huge field of 2317 players. Marco Johnson collected $491,273 for second place and Ryan D'Angelo takes away $326,812 for third. Well known Russian pro Kirill Gerasimov finished sixth and received $177,111.

Congratulations to Alexandre Gomes for making poker history.

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Alexandre Gomes