World Poker Tour season 8 results

Below are the results of season eight of the World Poker Tour (2009-2010)

Results

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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Sven Ragnar Åström $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

+ Final Table 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

Bellagio Cup V 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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 Casino: The Bicycle Casino, Bell Gardens, California Buy-in: $9,800 + $200 5-Day Event: August 22, 2009 to August 26, 2009 Number of Entries: 279 Total Prize Pool: $2,625,000 Number of Payouts: 27 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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

+ Final Table 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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

Borgata Poker Open 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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, Marrakesh, 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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 Casino: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Connecticut Buy-in: $9,700 + $300 6-Day Event: November 5, 2009 to November 10, 2009 Number of Entries: 353 Total Prize Pool: $3,424,100 Number of Payouts: 36 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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

WPT Invitational Casino: Commerce Casino, Commerce, California Buy-in: 2-Day Event: February 20, 2010 Number of Entries: 564 Total Prize Pool: $200,000 Number of Payouts: Winning Hand: + Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Leron Washington $100,000 2nd Sean Urban $50,000 3rd Trishelle Cannatella $20,000 4th Neev Baram $15,000 5th Thor Hansen $10,000 6th Steven Elliott $5,000

L.A. Poker Classic Casino: Commerce Casino, Commerce, California Buy-in: $9,600 + $400 6-Day Event: February 26, 2010 to March 4, 2010 Number of Entries: 745 Total Prize Pool: $7,152,000 Number of Payouts: 72 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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

Bay 101 Shooting Star 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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 Casino: Hollywood Casino, Lawrenceburg, Indiana Buy-in: $9,600 + $400 5-Day Event: March 20, 2010 to March 24, 2010 Number of Entries: 144 Total Prize Pool: $1,331,616 Number of Payouts: 12 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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 Casino: Regent Casino, Bucharest, Romania Buy-in: €3,000 + €300 8-Day Event: March 27, 2010 to April 2, 2010 Number of Entries: 161 Total Prize Pool: €449,450 Number of Payouts: 18 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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

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