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World Poker Tour and 2008 World Series of Poker schedule, results, information and events can be found here at your fingertips. The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of high stakes global tournaments that are televised on The Travel Channel to enthusiasts across the planet, with the ultimate face off taking place at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. And the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is an incredible battle of the best-of-the-best in Texas Hold'em at the RIO with the winner crowned champion and is followed by millions who watch ESPN world poker tournament action on television.

Season 6 has come to an end and the WPT Championships at the Bellagio are complete. The winners list is below with details of the final table. View the full report on our WPT Championship page. But don't cry, just go over to the WSOP page to pick up on these tournaments to stay up on any and all action at Harrah's New Orleans and then the RIO in Las Vegas!

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Absolute Poker -- Bad Beat Jackpot
Over $10,000,000 have been handed out so far on bad beats! Arpil 13th had a bad beat that lost holding quad 10's, rewarded with $86,773.84. If you lose a hand holding four eights (8888) or anything better, that’s a bad beat.

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May 9 -- Ladies WSOP Academy returns in June
May 5 -- BoDog Signs up Pro Player Justin Bonomo
May 1 -- WSOP makes radical change in final table
April 10 -- WPT Spanish Championship back to Season 7 schedule

WPT Championships
Bellagio Hotel and Casino

Final Table
This final table ran a lot shorter than expected as it took just under 5 hours for a champion to be declared for Season 6. Action continues at level 24 where blinds are $60,000/$120,000 and ante is $15,000. This was raised to level 25 with blinds at $80,000/$160,000 and ante at $15,000 when Jeff King went out in 6th place. King went all-in holding Ac Qc against Cory Carroll holding 10s 9s preflop. Carroll was able to pair his 10 card, sending King to the sidelines. Meanwhile, Gus Hansen has been winning so many chips to where he over 11 million by the 13th hand. He was responsible for eliminating Tommy Le in 5th place too. After the table shows Q 10 5 4, Le moves all in with pocket 5's and Hansen instantly calls with pocket 10's. With a river card of 3, Tommy Le goes off to collect his six figure payoff for his efforts. Three hands later, Cory Carroll ended up in 4th place. After a flop of Qh Jd 6d, Hansen moves all-in with 7d 5d and was called with Carroll having Ad Js. Turn card is a Qh and the river card is a 3d, giving Hansen the flush and the win. John Roveto ended up in 3rd place after a bad beat hand. With his last 2 million in chips, Roveto goes all-in with pocket K's and was called by Hansen holding Ac 10c. The table shows J 9 8 6 7, giving Hansen a Jack high flush and 22,905,000 chips going into the heads up with David Chiu with 4,360,000 chips.

This should have been a slam dunk, which seemed so obvious that one official said they should just give the money to Gus. Well...that was at hand 22. Both players were extremely cautious in their moves from this point on. In the continuing battle, Chiu doubled up on a set of 2's, then wins another big pot of 5 million. Slowly, Chiu crept up to reach beyond the 50% mark in total chips with over 15 million. And on the final hand with a flop of A 10 8, turn card of 5, Chiu bets resulting in Hansen thinking before going with an all-in move. Chiu responded with a call with Chiu having As 9s and Hansen having 10 8 for two pair. And the river card was an Ace giving Chiu a set of Aces and the title of WPT champion for Season 6!

David Chiu -- $3,389,140
Gus Hansen -- $1,714,800
John Roveto -- $923,355
Cory Carroll -- $593,645
Tommy Le -- $395,725
Jeff King -- $263,815

You can catch up on other completed tournaments in Season 6 by reading our Season 6 reports. To see upcoming WPT tournaments, please go to our WPT tournament schedule.

2008 World Series of Poker Circuit Tournament

Caesar's Atlantic City WSOP Circuit Tournament
Event #8
No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Buy-In: $200 (+30)
Number of Entries: 607
Total Prize Money: $105,950
Event Excerpt from WSOP:

The $200 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament was played with a "turbo" format, which meant structures were accelerated to 20-minute levels. This ensured that the massive 607-player field would play down to a single winner within one day.

Right on schedule, the event concluded 10 hours after it began as Leo Donofrio took the top prize. Donofrio received $29,666 for first place, plus the WSOP gold and diamond winner's ring. At nearly $30,000 for first place, Donofrio's win meant he earned about $2,750-an-hour. Not bad for a day of poker playing on the Jersey shore.

Leo Donofrio -- $29,666
Justin Renna -- $15,562
Bruce "Dragon"Bartfield -- $8,476
John Hirsch -- $7,416
Jonathan Calipes -- $6,357
Ronnie Bardah -- $5,297
Stephen J. Kimet -- $4,238
John Todaro -- $3,178
Angel Molina -- $2,119

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