Phil Gordon's Little Blue Book
John Juanda Wins 2008 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event
John Juanda's win makes him the first American player to win the European World Series of Poker championship. in time from start to finish, the duration of this "final nine" exceeded the mind-numbing 16-hours played in the $1,500 buy-in Razz championship, won by O'Neil Longson (29 June 2005).
"This means that the previous record was shattered by three hours and ten minutes. The nine finalists in this event took their seats and started play at 1:23 pm. The final hand was not dealt until 10:32 am the following day. (Note: The two-hour dinner break was not factored into the length of play)
"This final table lasted 484 hands. This mark obliterated the previous record set during the legendary duel between the late Chip Reese and Andy Bloch, which occurred in the 2006 $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. championship (14 July 2006). That final table lasted a whopping 354 hands according to the official logs recorded at the time. Hence, this finale broke the record by 130 hands!
"The length of play exceeded the longest hold'em final table in history by about 4.5 hours. The previous record was set at the 2005 Main Event finale, won by Joe Hachem (15 July 2005), which lasted 14.5 hours.