WP: [Query] exclude latest post from the wordpress post loop with pagination

index.php

<?php 

$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

$args = array(
'posts_per_page' => 8, 
'paged' => $paged,
'post__not_in' => array($idPostToExlude) );

$the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); 
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) :
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); 

//do some stuff

?>