2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic

2008 partypoker.com Las Vegas Desert Classic
Tournament information
Dates	2–6 July 2008
Venue	Mandalay Bay Resort
Location	Paradise
Country	United States
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs Final – best of 25
Prize fund	£126,400
Winner's share	£20,000
High checkout	170 James Wade
Champion(s)
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

Pre-qualified players

PDC Top 12 Phil Taylor Raymond van Barneveld James Wade John Part Terry Jenkins Andy Hamilton Adrian Lewis Colin Lloyd Roland Scholten Wayne Mardle Peter Manley Dennis Priestley

BEN-Pro Qualifiers Darin Young Bill Davis Larry Butler

Canadian Number One Gerry Convery

Qualifiers

Monday Qualifiers Adrian Gray Mervyn King Co Stompé Shawn Brenneman Mark Walsh Robert Thornton Martin Burchell Steve Maish

Tuesday Qualifiers Jelle Klaasen Barrie Bates Mick McGowan Dennis Smith Kevin Painter Matt Clark Sam Rooney Alan Tabern

Draw

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