We just started our eighth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT).  It's actually pretty amazing to think we've been on television for seven seasons!  And it's more amazing how time flies. Season VIII kicked off at Bellagio in July with a $15,000 buy-in for the Bellagio Cup V.   268 players were looking to take down the nearly $1.2 million first place prize.  It was a strong field and a very tough final table.  Erik Seidel, who was going for his second WPT title, said that it was the toughest final table in WPT history.  I'm not sure I'd agree with that, but it was a very strong group. One thing I do know is that the six finalists set an all-time WPT record by playing the longest six-handed before losing a player at 103 hands.  And congratulations to our first WPT champ from Brazil, Alexandre Gomes.  Here are the final standings and payouts from the Bellagio Cup: 1st Place: Alexandre Gomes - $1,187,670 2nd Place: Faraz Jaka - $774,780 3rd Place: Justin Smith - $464,870 4th Place: Alec Torelli - $271,165 5th Place: Christoffer Sonesson - $203,385 6th Place: Erik Seidel - $164,640 The thing people will probably remember most about this final table was that we had ...