Below are the results of season eight of the World Poker Tour (2009-2010)[1]
- 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
Final Table | 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
[edit]- 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 |
- 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
- 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
[edit]- 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
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 |
- 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
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 |
- 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
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 |
- 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
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 |
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
[edit]- 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
Southern Poker Championship
[edit]- 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
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 |
Final Table | Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Leron Washington | $100,000 |
- 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
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
[edit]- 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
Hollywood Poker Open
[edit]- 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
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 |
- 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
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 |
- 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
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
