Layne Flack wins 2008 WSOP after Five-Year Drought

It was about time.

After five long years, Layne Flack is back on top after winning his sixth WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys Tournament in the 2008 World Series of Poker.

Dubbed ''Back to Back Flack'' for winning two consecutive World Series of Poker tournaments in 2002, Layne Flack not only picked up $577,725 for first place but has also earned back poker fans' respect after losing it from his drug scandal.

Flack's battle with recreational drug use was well publicized. In fact, Daniel Negreanu (who incidentally picked up his own bracelet in this year's WSOP) paid $60,000 to get him into rehab.

It looks like it was money well spent as Flack has apparently put his past behind him and is now in top form after grabbing some bling at the 2008 WSOP tournament. ''I got off track pretty good for a while, I spent the last year regrouping and getting my life back together,'' Flack related in an interview.

Don't think that this win was a walk in the park for Flack. He was in for twenty-two rebuys which meant he had to finish in at least 12th place to make any sort of profit in this tournament. He was also facing a final table that had ten World Series of Poker bracelets among them.

It was the ''Layne Flack show'' as Flack grabbed the chip lead and never looked back. After the departure of poker notables such as 5-time WSOP bracelet winner Ted Forrest, WSOP Europe bracelet winner Dario Alioto, veteran Frank Vizza and online phenomenon Tim West, Flack found himself heads up against Daniel Makowsky.

Unfortunately for Makowsky, with Flack's massive chip advantage, it only took a few minutes before Makowsky was on the rail with his second place prize of $355,050. Jacobo Fernandez came in third place for a $222,659 payday. Dario Alioto settled for fourth place and $180,534.

Which former WSOP Main Event champion will last the longest at the 2008 World Series of Poker? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.

Doyle Brunson 6.50

Joe Hachem 8.00

Phil Hellmuth 5.50

Chris Ferguson 5.50

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