Below are the results of season eight of the

World Poker Tour The World Poker Tour (WPT) is an internationally televised gaming and entertainment brand. Since 2002, the World Poker Tour has operated a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting playdown and the fi ...

(2009-2010)

Results

WPT Venice

* Casino: Casino Di Venezia,

Venice, Italy Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islan ...

* 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

WPT Spanish Championship

* Casino: Casino Barcelona,

Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

* 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

Bellagio Cup V

* Casino:

Bellagio Bellagio may refer to: * Bellagio, Lombardy, an Italian town * Bellagio (resort), a luxury resort and casino in Las Vegas * Bellagio (Hong Kong), a private housing building * Bellagio declaration, an intellectual copyright resolution * 79271 Bellag ...

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

* 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

Legends of Poker

* Casino:

The Bicycle Casino The Bicycle Hotel & Casino (commonly, "The Bike") is a poker cardroom in California. Founded by George Hardie Sr. in 1984, located in Bell Gardens, California, The Bicycle Casino offers a selection of poker games and Asian games, with a wide ra ...

Bell Gardens, California Bell Gardens is a city in the U.S. state of California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Located in Los Angeles County, the city's population was 42,072 at the 2010 census, down from 44,054 at the 2000 census. Bell Gardens is part of the ...

* 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

WPT Slovakia

* Casino: Golden Vegas,

Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approximately 140% of ...

* 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

WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

* Casino: Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino,

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

* 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

Borgata Poker Open

* Casino:

Borgata Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa is a hotel, casino, and spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International. The casino hotel features 2,798 rooms and is the largest hotel in New Jersey. Borga ...

Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City, often known by its initials A.C., is a coastal resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The city is known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches. In 2020, the city had a population of 38,497.

* 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

WPT Marrakech

* Casino: Casino De Marrakech,

Marrakech, Morocco Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrak ...

* 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

Festa al Lago

* Casino:

* 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

World Poker Finals

* Casino:

Foxwoods Resort Casino Foxwoods Resort Casino is a hotel and casino complex owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on their reservation located in Ledyard, Connecticut. Including six casinos, the resort covers an area of . The casinos have more th ...

Mashantucket, Connecticut Mashantucket is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northeast part of the town of Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut, United States. It consists of land held by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe. The Foxwoods Resort Casino Foxwoods Resort ...

* 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

Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic

* Casino:

* 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

Southern Poker Championship

* Casino: Beau Rivage,

Biloxi, Mississippi Biloxi ( ; ) is a city in and one of two county seats of Harrison County, Mississippi, United States (the other being the adjacent city of Gulfport). The 2010 United States Census recorded the population as 44,054 and in 2019 the estimated popu ...

* 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

L.A. Poker Classic

* Casino:

Commerce Casino Commerce Casino is a cardroom located in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce. With over 240 tables on site, Commerce Casino is the largest cardroom in the world. Established in 1983, the casino accounted for 38% of Commerce's tax revenues for th ...

Commerce, California Commerce is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 12,823 at the 2010 census, up from 12,568 at the 2000 census. It is usually referred to as the City of Commerce to distinguish it from the ...

* Buy-in: * 2-Day Event: February 20, 2010 * Number of Entries: 564 * Total Prize Pool: * Number of Payouts: * Winning Hand:

L.A. Poker Classic

* Casino:

* 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

Bay 101 Shooting Star

* Casino:

Bay 101 Bay 101 is a cardroom in San Jose, California. Like other California cardrooms, Bay 101 offers poker cash games and tournaments as well as special "California" style table games. Bay 101 is perhaps best known for hosting the Bay 101 Shooting Star ...

San Jose, California San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...

* 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

Hollywood Poker Open

* Casino: Hollywood Casino,

Lawrenceburg, Indiana Lawrenceburg is a city in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,042 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat and largest city of Dearborn County. Lawrenceburg is in southeast Indiana, on the Ohio River west of Cinci ...

* 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

WPT Bucharest

* Casino: Regent Casino,

Bucharest, Romania Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

* 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

WPT Championship

* Casino:

* 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

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

References

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