WPT Festa al Lago, Bellagio, Las Vegas, $15,000 No Limit Hold'em, October 20th - 26th 2008

Entrants: 368

Buyin: $15,000 + $400

Prizepool: $5,354,400

1. Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, $1,411,015
2. Nam Le, $943,215
3. Odie Dardon, $506,245
4. Nenad Medic, $373,010
5. Adam Levy, $266,445
6. William Mietz, $186,510


Frenchman Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier added a WPT title to his already glowing resume with a victory in the Festa al Lago tournament from the famous Bellagio casino in Las Vegas. The PokerStars Team Pro now joins an elite group of only three players (alongside Gavin Griffin and Englishman Roland de Wolfe) to have won both EPT and WPT titles.

The final stages of the tournament were stacked with big names as Erica Schoenberg, Isaac Baron, Justin Bonomo, Andrew Robl and Joe Sebok all fell just short of the televised six-handed final table.