World Poker Tour season 8 results
Below are the results of season eight of the World Poker TourResults
WPT Venice
- Casino: Casino Di Venezia, Venice, Italy
- Buy-in: $5,302 + $530
- 5-Day Event: May 6, 2009 to May 10, 2009
- Number of Entries: 397
- Total Prize Pool: $2,035,237
- Number of Payouts: 45
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Sven-Ragnar Arstrom | $532,388 |
2nd | Martin Jacobson | $319,518 |
3rd | Vincent Pasdeloup | $213,699 |
4th | Michael McDonald | $146,542 |
5th | Michele Slama-Saad | $116,013 |
6th | Mario Adinolfi | $89,552 |
WPT Spanish Championship
- Casino: Casino Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Buy-in: $6,988 + $419
- 5-Day Event: June 26, 2009 to June 30, 2009
- Number of Entries: 160
- Total Prize Pool: $1,121,815
- Number of Payouts: 9
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Mark Flowers | $388,453 |
2nd | Per Sjogren | $200,515 |
3rd | Dan Bitsch | $117,785 |
4th | Roland van Morckhoven | $86,937 |
5th | Josef Samanek | $70,671 |
6th | Martin Wendt | $58,894 |
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Buy-in: $15,000 + $400
- 7-Day Event: July 13, 2009 to July 19, 2009
- Number of Entries: 268
- Total Prize Pool: $3,899,400
- Number of Payouts: 27
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Alexandre Gomes | $1,187,670 |
2nd | Faraz Jaka | $774,780 |
3rd | Justin Smith | $464,870 |
4th | Alec Torelli | $271,165 |
5th | Christoffer Sonesson | $203,385 |
6th | Erik Seidel | $164,640 |
Legends of Poker
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Prahlad Friedman | $1,009,000 |
2nd | Kevin Schaffel | $471,670 |
3rd | Todd Terry | $231,300 |
4th | Alfredo Leonidas | $144,600 |
5th | Sam Stein | $116,225 |
6th | Mike Krescanko | $89,220 |
WPT Slovakia
- Casino: Golden Vegas, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Buy-in: €4,000 + €400
- 5-Day Event: August 31, 2009 to September 4, 2009
- Number of Entries: 100
- Total Prize Pool:
- Number of Payouts: 18
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Richard Toth | €104,000 |
2nd | Boris Zeleny | €66,000 |
3rd | Sasa Standé | €42,000 |
4th | Alec Torelli | €31,000 |
5th | Péter Traply | €25,000 |
6th | Marek Tatar | €20,000 |
WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
- Casino: Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino, Cyprus
- Buy-in: $10,000 + $300
- 7-Day Event: September 6, 2009 to September 12, 2009
- Number of Entries: 181
- Total Prize Pool: $1,810,000
- Number of Payouts: 18
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Thomas Bichon | $579,165 |
2nd | Uri Keider | $380,645 |
3rd | Steven Fung | $216,275 |
4th | Rep Porter | $121,115 |
5th | Janar Kiivramees | $90,835 |
6th | Rony Jazzar | $73,535 |
- Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Buy-in: $3,300 + $200
- 6-Day Event: September 19, 2009 to September 24, 2009
- Number of Entries: 1,018
- Total Prize Pool: $3,359,400
- Number of Payouts: 100
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Olivier Busquet | $925,514 |
2nd | Jeremy Brown | $453,519 |
3rd | Ivan Mamuzic | $251,955 |
4th | Yanick Brodeur | $216,681 |
5th | Keith Crowder | $188,126 |
6th | Kenny Nguyen | $156,212 |
WPT Marrakech
- Casino: Casino De Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco
- Buy-in: €4,500
- 8-Day Event: October 12, 2009 to October 19, 2009
- Number of Entries: 416
- Total Prize Pool: €1,812,000
- Number of Payouts: 54
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Christophe Savary | €377,262 |
2nd | Eoghan O'Dea | €262,446 |
3rd | Ludovic Lacay | €164,182 |
4th | Julien Arneodo | €105,077 |
5th | Adrian Marin | €72,240 |
6th | Benny Spindler | €55,828 |
Festa al Lago
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Buy-in: $15,000 + $400
- 7-Day Event: October 20, 2009 to October 26, 2009
- Number of Entries: 275
- Total Prize Pool: $4,001,250
- Number of Payouts: 27
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Tommy Vedes | $1,218,225 |
2nd | Jason Lavallee | $795,150 |
3rd | Craig Crivello | $477,090 |
4th | Freddy Deeb | $278,300 |
5th | Jason Burt | $208,725 |
6th | Shawn Cunix | $168,970 |
World Poker Finals
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Cornel Andrew Cimpan | $910,058 |
2nd | Soheil Shamseddin | $463,332 |
3rd | Matt Stout | $265,710 |
4th | Eric Froehlich | $232,496 |
5th | Curt Kohlberg | $199,283 |
6th | Lee Markholt | $166,069 |
Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Buy-in: $15,000 + $400
- 7-Day Event: December 13, 2009 to December 19, 2009
- Number of Entries: 329
- Total Prize Pool: $4,761,450
- Number of Payouts: 27
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Daniel Alaei | $1,428,430 |
2nd | Josh Arieh | $952,290 |
3rd | Faraz Jaka | $571,374 |
4th | Shawn Buchanan | $333,302 |
5th | Scotty Nguyen | $249,976 |
6th | Steve O'Dwyer | $202,362 |
Southern Poker Championship
- Casino: Beau Rivage, Biloxi, Mississippi
- Buy-in: $9,700 + $300
- 4-Day Event: January 24, 2010 to January 27, 2010
- Number of Entries: 208
- Total Prize Pool: $1,930,000
- Number of Payouts: 18
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Hoyt Corkins | $739,486 |
2nd | Jonathan Kantor | $366,643 |
3rd | Jerry Van Strydonck | $196,829 |
4th | Jared Jaffee | $135,079 |
5th | James Reed | $106,134 |
6th | Tyler Smith | $86,837 |
L.A. Poker Classic
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Andras Koroknai | $1,788,001 |
2nd | Raymond Dolan | $1,002,710 |
3rd | Tri Huynh | $665,136 |
4th | Gevork Kasabyan | $450,576 |
5th | Jean-Claude Moussa | $321,840 |
6th | Michael Kamran | $246,744 |
- Casino: Bay 101, San Jose, California
- Buy-in: $9,600 + $400
- 5-Day Event: March 8, 2010 to March 12, 2010
- Number of Entries: 333
- Total Prize Pool: $3,163,500
- Number of Payouts: 36
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | McLean Karr | $878,500 |
2nd | Andy Seth | $521,500 |
3rd | Dan O'Brien | $292,800 |
4th | Hasan Habib | $234,300 |
5th | Matt Keikoan | $175,700 |
6th | Phil Hellmuth | $117,000 |
Hollywood Poker Open
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Carlos Mortensen | $391,212 |
2nd | Mike Mustafa | $222,040 |
3rd | Frank Calo | $166,530 |
4th | Chris Bell | $124,081 |
5th | Ravi Raghavan | $104,489 |
6th | Jerry Payne | $88,163 |
WPT Bucharest
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Guillaume Darcourt | €144,530 |
2nd | Simon Münz | €93,400 |
3rd | Joseph Ebanks | €59,750 |
4th | Jose Guardia | €36,600 |
5th | Abdula Atila | €30,550 |
6th | Eva Iosif | €23,150 |
WPT Championship
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Buy-in: $25,000 + $500
- 8-Day Event: April 17, 2010 to April 24, 2010
- Number of Entries: 195
- Total Prize Pool: $4,728,750
- Number of Payouts: 18
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | David Williams | $1,530,537 |
2nd | Eric Baldwin | $1,034,715 |
3rd | Shawn Buchanan | $587,906 |
4th | David Benyamine | $329,228 |
5th | Billy Baxter | $246,921 |
6th | John O'Shea | $199,888 |
Other Events
During season 8 of the WPT there was one special event that did not apply to the Player of the Year standings:
- The WPT Celebrity Invitational - February 20–21, 2010 - Commerce Casino - prelude to Event #13: L.A. Poker Classic