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World Poker Tour season 7 results

Below are the results of season seven of the World Poker Tour (2008-2009). The WPT Celebrity Invitational had the first female winner of the WPT.

Results

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Spanish Championship

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  • Casino: Casino Barcelona, Barcelona[1]
  • Buy-in: €5,000
  • 5-Day Event: Friday, May 23, 2008 to Tuesday, May 27, 2008
  • Number of Entries: 253
  • Total Prize Pool: €1,278,396 ($1,993,072)
  • Number of Payouts: 27
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Casper Hansen €425,000 ($662,592)
2nd Stefan Mattsson €220,000 ($342,989)
3rd Thiago Nishijima €112,300 ($175,080)
4th Andres Vidal €87,400 ($136,260)
5th Guy Sitbon €75,000 ($116,928)
6th Martin Lundenius €62,300 ($97,128)

Bellagio Cup IV

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  • Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas[1]
  • Buy-in: $15,000
  • 7-Day Event: Friday, July 11, 2008 to Thursday, July 17, 2008
  • Number of Entries: 446
  • Total Prize Pool: $6,489,300
  • Number of Payouts: 100
  • Winning Hand: Q♥ 9♠
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Mike Watson $1,673,770
2nd David Benyamine $840,295
3rd Luke Staudenmaier $452,465
4th Ralph Perry $290,900
5th John Phan $193,915
6th Gabriel Thaler $129,275

Legends of Poker

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  • Casino: Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles[1]
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 6-Day Event: Saturday, August 23, 2008 to Thursday, August 28, 2008
  • Number of Entries: 373
  • Total Prize Pool: $3,520,738
  • Number of Payouts: 36
  • Winning Hand: 3♠ 3♥
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st John Phan $1,116,428
2nd Amit Makhija $563,320
3rd Zachary Clark $281,645
4th Paul Smith $246,450
5th Trong Nguyen $211,245
6th Kyle Wilson $176,035

Borgata Poker Open

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  • Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City[1]
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 5-Day Event: Sunday, September 14, 2008 to Thursday, September 18, 2008
  • Number of Entries: 516
  • Total Prize Pool: $5,000,000
  • Number of Payouts: 54
  • Winning Hand: A♦ J♠
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Vivek Rajkumar $1,424,500
2nd Sang Kim $750,000
3rd Dan Heimiller $387,500
4th Jason Strochak $337,500
5th Mark Seif $287,500
6th Andrew Knee $237,500

North American Poker Championship

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  • Casino: Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada[1]
  • Buy-in: Can$10,000 (US$8,500)
  • 7-Day Event: Friday, October 10, 2008 to Thursday, October 16, 2008
  • Number of Entries: 454
  • Total Prize Pool: Can$4,374,475 (US$3,829,391)
  • Number of Payouts: 45
  • Winning Hand: A♠ K♠
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Glen Witmer Can$1,250,352 (US$1,084,256)
2nd Gavin Smith Can$612,427 (US$542,129)
3rd Kathy Liebert Can$319,337 (US$282,682)
4th Ryan Fisler Can$262,469 (US$232,341)
5th Marc Karam Can$196,851 (US$174,255)
6th James Trenholm Can$153,107 (US$135,533)

Festa Al Lago

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  • Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas [1]
  • Buy-in: $15,000
  • 7-Day Event: Monday, October 20, 2008 to Sunday, October 26, 2008
  • Number of Entries: 368
  • Total Prize Pool: $5,354,000
  • Number of Payouts: 50
  • Winning Hand: 10♥ 10♠
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Bertrand Grospellier $1,411,015
2nd Nam Le $943,215
3rd Osmin Dardon $506,245
4th Nenad Medic $373,010
5th Adam Levy $266,445
6th Will Mietz $186,510

Foxwoods World Poker Finals

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  • Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 7-Day Event: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 to Tuesday, November 11, 2008
  • Number of Entries: 412
  • Total Prize Pool: $3,876,508
  • Number of Payouts: 50
  • Winning Hand: A♣ Q♥
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Jonathan Little $1,120,310
2nd Jonathan Jaffe $670,636
3rd Charles Marchese $337,256
4th David Pham $240,344
5th Jack Schanbacher $182,196
6th Mike Matusow $124,048

Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic

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  • Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
  • Buy-in: $15,000
  • 7-Day Event: Saturday, December 13, 2008 to Friday, December 19, 2008
  • Number of Entries: 497
  • Total Prize Pool: $7,231,350
  • Number of Payouts: 100
  • Winning Hand: K♦ K♠
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st David Rheem $1,538,730
2nd Justin Young $936,760
3rd Evan McNiff $540,440
4th Steve Sung $396,205
5th Amnon Filippi $288,235
6th Hoyt Corkins $216,175

Southern Poker Championship

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  • Casino: Beau Rivage, Biloxi
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 4-Day Event: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 to Saturday, January 17, 2009
  • Number of Entries: 283
  • Total Prize Pool: $2,662,747
  • Number of Payouts: 27
  • Winning Hand: A♦ 4♥
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Allen Carter $1,025,500
2nd Bobby Suer $501,028
3rd Soheil Shamseddin $263,725
4th Hilbert Shirey $184,607
5th Tyler Smith $134,500
6th Chuck Kim $105,490

L.A. Poker Classic

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  • Casino: Commerce Casino, Los Angeles
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 6-Day Event: Saturday, February 21, 2009 to Thursday, February 26, 2009
  • Number of Entries: 696
  • Total Prize Pool: $6,681,600
  • Number of Payouts: 63
  • Winning Hand: K♣ 5♣
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Cornel Andrew Cimpan $1,686,760
2nd Binh Nguyen $935,424
3rd Mike Sowers $654,797
4th Chris Karagulleyan $430,963
5th Pat Walsh $310,694
6th Chris Ferguson $240,538

L.A. Poker Classic

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  • Casino: Commerce Casino, Los Angeles
  • Buy-in:
  • 2-Day Event: February 28, 2009
  • Number of Entries: 433
  • Total Prize Pool:
  • Number of Payouts:
  • Winning Hand:
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Freddy Deeb $100,000

Bay 101 Shooting Star

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  • Casino: Bay 101, San Jose, California
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 5-Day Event: Monday, March 16, 2009 to Friday, March 20, 2009
  • Number of Entries: 391
  • Total Prize Pool: $3 714 500
  • Number of Payouts: 45
  • Winning Hand: A♣ 9♥
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Steve Brecher $1,025,500
2nd Kathy Liebert $550,000
3rd Chris Moore $291,500
4th Tony Behari $230,000
5th Thao Le $180,000
6th Chau Vu $135,000

Foxwoods Poker Classic

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  • Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut
  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 6-Day Event: Friday, April 3, 2009 to Wednesday, April 8, 2009
  • Number of Entries: 259
  • Total Prize Pool: $2,436,930
  • Number of Payouts: 30
  • Winning Hand: 7♠ 6♠
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Vadim Trincher $731,079
2nd Amnon Filippi $409,405
3rd Lenny Cortellino $214,449
4th Matt Casterella $138,905
5th Alex Perelberg $106,007
6th Joe Raposa $85,292

WPT World Championship

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  • Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
  • Buy-in: $25,000[2]
  • 8-Day Event: Saturday, April 18, 2009 to Saturday, April 25, 2009
  • Number of Entries: 338
  • Total Prize Pool: $8,172,250
  • Number of Payouts: 50
  • Winning Hand: A♠ 3♣
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st Yevgeniy Timoshenko $2,143,655
2nd Ran Azor $1,441,975
3rd Bertrand Grospellier $773,940
4th Christian Harder $570,265
5th Shannon Shorr $407,340
6th Scotty Nguyen $285,135

Other Events

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During season 7 of the WPT there were two special events that did not apply to the Player of the Year standings:

  • The LA Poker Classic Heads Up Championship - February 18–20, 2009 - Commerce Casino - prelude to Event #10: L.A. Poker Classic
  • The WPT Celebrity Invitational - Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2009 - Commerce Casino - postscript to Event #10: L.A. Poker Classic

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "World Poker Tour Season 7 results". theHendonMob.com. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  2. ^ Wise, Gary (2009-04-28). "A giant win for a jovial gent". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
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