2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic

2008 partypoker.com Las Vegas Desert Classic 2–6 July 2008 Mandalay Bay Resort Paradise PDC LegsFinal – best of 25 £126,400 £20,000 170 ENG James Wade ENG 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 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 PDC Top 12http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/DesertClassicDetail/0,,10180~1326336,00.html Priestley Earns Final Desert Classic Spot Planet Darts TV Tournaments PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic Las Vegas Desert Classic 2008-06-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20080624230749/http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/DesertClassicDetail/0,,10180~1326336,00.html 2008-06-24 dead ENG Phil Taylor NED Raymond van Barneveld ENG James Wade CAN John Part ENG Terry Jenkins ENG Andy Hamilton ENG Adrian Lewis ENG Colin Lloyd NED Roland Scholten ENG Wayne Mardle ENG Peter Manley ENG Dennis PriestleyBEN-Pro Qualifiers USA Darin Young USA Bill Davis USA Larry Butler Canadian Number One CAN Gerry ConveryMonday Qualifiers ENG Adrian Gray ENG Mervyn King NED Co Stompé CAN Shawn Brenneman ENG Mark Walsh SCO Robert Thornton ENG Martin Burchell ENG Steve MaishTuesday Qualifiers NED Jelle Klaasen WAL Barrie Bates IRE Mick McGowan ENG Dennis Smith ENG Kevin Painter ENG Matt Clark ENG Sam Rooney ENG Alan Tabern Draw Round 1PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Draw http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/DesertClassicDetail/0,,10180~1337197,00.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080705082257/http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/DesertClassicDetail/0,,10180~1337197,00.html 2008-07-05 2025-10-27 www.planetdarts.tv(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 1000 1 ENG Phil Taylor 108.84 6 ENG Kevin Painter 103.68 4   ENG Dennis Priestley 88.54 6 NED Co Stompé 86.07 2 8 ENG Colin Lloyd 82.94 5 ENG Sam Rooney 84.38 6   ENG Wayne Mardle 87.98 4 ENG Adrian Gray 84.39 6 4 CAN John Part 87.38 4 ENG Mervyn King 89.29 6   USA Darin Young 83.22 6 ENG Martin Burchell 80.34 4 5 ENG Terry Jenkins 81.38 6 IRL Mick McGowan 82.06 4   NED Roland Scholten 87.70 6 WAL Barrie Bates 83.96 4 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 91.09 6 ENG Matt Clark 87.13 0   USA Larry Butler 86.12 4 ENG Alan Tabern 90.62 6 7 ENG Adrian Lewis 91.73 6 SCO Robert Thornton 89.00 5   ENG Peter Manley 95.71 6 ENG Steve Maish 92.32 3 3 ENG James Wade 92.63 6 ENG Dennis Smith 89.07 1   USA Bill Davis 80.83 5 ENG Mark Walsh 87.75 6 6 ENG Andy Hamilton 100.50 6 CAN Shawn Brenneman 73.44 1   CAN Gerry Convery 86.91 1 NED Jelle Klaasen 95.24 6 1 ENG Phil Taylor 103.67 8 ENG Dennis Priestley 93.19 4   ENG Sam Rooney 88.95 3 ENG Adrian Gray 85.34 8   ENG Mervyn King 97.18 8 USA Darin Young 91.45 6 5 ENG Terry Jenkins 94.11 6 NED Roland Scholten 94.73 8 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 93.78 4 ENG Alan Tabern 90.85 8 7 ENG Adrian Lewis 96.74 6 ENG Peter Manley 98.67 8 3 ENG James Wade 88.30 8 ENG Mark Walsh 88.19 5 6 ENG Andy Hamilton 87.53 8 NED Jelle Klaasen 86.53 7 1 ENG Phil Taylor 99.00 11 ENG Adrian Gray 88.53 4   ENG Mervyn King 85.36 2 NED Roland Scholten 88.81 11   ENG Alan Tabern 86.91 8 ENG Peter Manley 87.52 11 3 ENG James Wade 92.88 11 6 ENG Andy Hamilton 92.10 7 1 ENG Phil Taylor 103.26 11 NED Roland Scholten 92.83 2 ENG Peter Manley 95.36 8 3 ENG James Wade 98.73 11 1 ENG Phil Taylor 105.53 13 3 ENG James Wade 92.26 7 References Category:Las Vegas Desert Classic Las Vegas Desert Classic Category:July 2008 sports events in the United States Category:2008 in sports in Nevada