Las Vegas (AP) -- Poker professional Scotty Nguyen won nearly USD 2 million at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on Monday, topping a field of 148 players and emerging from a marathon final table with his fifth gold bracelet. Nguyen beat out 23-year-old Michael DeMichele in H.O.R.S.E., a rotating-game tournament that cost USD 50,000 to enter. The various games and limited betting structure reward all around play and is said to truly reward the best players over the long haul.

J.C. Tran has done in his career what most tournament poker players can only dream of. He has more than USD 6 million in winnings, a World Series of Poker Circuit ring, a World Poker Tour title, a WPT Player-of-the-Year award and he currently sits at the pinnacle of the Bluff Magazine/ESPN Poker Power Rankings. The one noticeable absence on his career record was a World Series of Poker bracelet.

Joe Commisso had one helluva Saturday. Not only did he win a World Series of Poker bracelet but he also took home the largest single cash prize of the 2008 WSOP to date after triumphing in the longest final table heads-up match of the year. Commisso, 28, claimed a whopping USD 911,855 as the last player standing out of a field of 805 in Event #46 (USD 5,000 No Limit Hold 'em Six Handed).

Las Vegas - Allen Cunningham, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and Patrik Antonious showed up late. Phil Hellmuth and David Williams departed early. And six hours into the first day, dealers united in one thought -- change the setups. All of the decks used during the first two levels of play were taken out of action and replaced. So it went in the USD 50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the 39th annual World Series of Poker, being held in the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino here.

John "the Razor" Phan became the first person to win two World Series of Poker events this year. He won Event No. 40: USD 2,000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball, for the first prize of USD 151,896. Phan outlasted a talented final table that included pro and author David Sklansky (6th) and Robert Mizrachi, brother of Michael, “The Grinder.” Former main event winner Greg Raymer finished 11th.

David Woo won a World Series of Poker bracelet on Monday after finishing off the final table of a huge 2,720 player field in Event #39 (USD 1,500 No Limit Hold 'em). The final table began with everyone chasing Thom Werthmann, a 38-year-old poker pro from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Werthmann was gunning for his second WSOP bracelet to go with the one he won 2005 after defeating Layne Flack heads-up in a Pot Limit Hold 'em event.

David Benyamine is already one of the top cash-game players in the world and has two World Poker Tour titles on his resume. Now he can add World Series of Poker bracelet winner to his list of accomplishments. Benyamine won Event No. 37, the USD 10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better for his first bracelet and the first prize of USD 535,687. Benyamine outlasted a final table that included Mike Matusow, who was looking for his second bracelet of 2008.

Jesper Hougaard won Event #36 ([[USD]] 1,500 No Limit Hold ''em) on Saturday after dominating the final table to bag [[USD]] 610,304 and a World Series of Poker bracelet. Hougaard, 24, is a former professional table tennis player and coach from Copenhagen, Denmark. He played on the Danish national team but left to pursue a career at the poker tables. Before banking his big win on Saturday Hougaard had recorded three previous WSOP cashes and had more than [[USD]] 100,000 in career tournament earnings.

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