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2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic

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2008 partypoker.com Las Vegas Desert Classic
Tournament information
Dates2–6 July 2008
VenueMandalay Bay Resort
LocationParadise
Country United States
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 25
Prize fund£126,400
Winner's share£20,000
High checkout170 England James Wade
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2007 2009»

The 2008 partypoker.com Las Vegas Desert Classic was the seventh installment of the Las Vegas Desert Classic, a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held in the evenings (GMT, morning local time/PST) between 2–6 July 2008 at Mandalay Bay, Paradise, United States.

Phil Taylor emerged as the champion, in all but one match posting above a 100 average, beating James Wade in the final. This was his fourth Desert Classic title, having bounced back from a first round defeat to Mark Dudbridge in the 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic.

Last year's champion Raymond van Barneveld was looking to retain his title, but he was knocked out in the second round by Alan Tabern.

Prize money

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A total prize fund of £126,400 was available for the tournament, unchanged from the previous year.

Stage (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £126,400)
Winner (1) £20,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £7,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £5,000
Second round losers (8) £3,000
First round losers (16) £2,000
Qualifying round losers (32) £200

Qualified Players

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Pre-qualified players

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PDC Top 12[1]
  1. England Phil Taylor
  2. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
  3. England James Wade
  4. Canada John Part
  5. England Terry Jenkins
  6. England Andy Hamilton
  7. England Adrian Lewis
  8. England Colin Lloyd
  9. Netherlands Roland Scholten
  10. England Wayne Mardle
  11. England Peter Manley
  12. England Dennis Priestley
BEN-Pro Qualifiers
  1. United States Darin Young
  2. United States Bill Davis
  3. United States Larry Butler
Canadian Number One
  1. Canada Gerry Convery

Qualifiers

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Monday Qualifiers
Tuesday Qualifiers

Draw

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Round 1[2]
(best of 11 legs)
2-3 July
Round 2
(best of 15 legs)
4 July
Quarter-finals
(best of 21 legs)
5 July
Semi-finals
(best of 21 legs)
6 July
Final
(best of 25 legs)
6 July
               
1 England Phil Taylor 108.84 6
England Kevin Painter 103.68 4
1 England Phil Taylor 103.67 8
England Dennis Priestley 93.19 4
  England Dennis Priestley 88.54 6
Netherlands Co Stompé 86.07 2
1 England Phil Taylor 99.00 11
England Adrian Gray 88.53 4
8 England Colin Lloyd 82.94 5
England Sam Rooney 84.38 6
  England Sam Rooney 88.95 3
England Adrian Gray 85.34 8
  England Wayne Mardle 87.98 4
England Adrian Gray 84.39 6
1 England Phil Taylor 103.26 11
Netherlands Roland Scholten 92.83 2
4 Canada John Part 87.38 4
England Mervyn King 89.29 6
  England Mervyn King 97.18 8
United States Darin Young 91.45 6
  United States Darin Young 83.22 6
England Martin Burchell 80.34 4
  England Mervyn King 85.36 2
Netherlands Roland Scholten 88.81 11
5 England Terry Jenkins 81.38 6
Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan 82.06 4
5 England Terry Jenkins 94.11 6
Netherlands Roland Scholten 94.73 8
  Netherlands Roland Scholten 87.70 6
Wales Barrie Bates 83.96 4
1 England Phil Taylor 105.53 13
3 England James Wade 92.26 7
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 91.09 6
England Matt Clark 87.13 0
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 93.78 4
England Alan Tabern 90.85 8
  United States Larry Butler 86.12 4
England Alan Tabern 90.62 6
  England Alan Tabern 86.91 8
England Peter Manley 87.52 11
7 England Adrian Lewis 91.73 6
Scotland Robert Thornton 89.00 5
7 England Adrian Lewis 96.74 6
England Peter Manley 98.67 8
  England Peter Manley 95.71 6
England Steve Maish 92.32 3
England Peter Manley 95.36 8
3 England James Wade 98.73 11
3 England James Wade 92.63 6
England Dennis Smith 89.07 1
3 England James Wade 88.30 8
England Mark Walsh 88.19 5
  United States Bill Davis 80.83 5
England Mark Walsh 87.75 6
3 England James Wade 92.88 11
6 England Andy Hamilton 92.10 7
6 England Andy Hamilton 100.50 6
Canada Shawn Brenneman 73.44 1
6 England Andy Hamilton 87.53 8
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 86.53 7
  Canada Gerry Convery 86.91 1
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 95.24 6

References

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  1. ^ "Priestley Earns Final Desert Classic Spot | Planet Darts | TV Tournaments | PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic | Las Vegas Desert Classic". Archived from the original on 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  2. ^ http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/DesertClassicDetail/0,,10180~1337197,00.html [dead link]