World Poker Tour

"WPT" redirects here. For other uses, see WPT (disambiguation).

World Poker Tour

Current season, competition or edition: World Poker Tour season 22 results
Sport	Poker
Founded	May 27, 2002
CEO	Adam Pliska
Country	United States (Founded)
Most titles	Darren Elias (4)
TV partner(s)	Bally Sports, BT Sport (UK)
Official website	www.worldpokertour.com

The World Poker Tour (WPT) is an internationally televised gaming and entertainment brand. Since 2002, the World Poker Tour has operated a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting playdown and the final table of each tournament.

The most prominent of World Poker Tour events belong to the WPT Main Tour. The WPT Main Tour focuses on the buy-in range of $3,500–$25,000, and winners of official WPT Main Tour events are awarded a membership to the WPT Champions Club. The WPT Champions Cup is the trophy awarded to all winners of WPT Main Tour events, and champions have their names engraved on the Cup.

History

The World Poker Tour was started in 2002 in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who served as CEO of WPT Enterprises, Inc. (WPTE).

Winners on the World Poker Tour are awarded a bracelet, inspired by a similar bracelet by the World Series of Poker (WSOP). ^[1] While the champions of the first six seasons did not initially receive bracelets, they were awarded them at a special event at the Bellagio in Las Vegas on April 21, 2008. ^[2] The bracelets are crafted from titanium and diamond by Tiffany and Company.

In November 2009, PartyGaming announced its acquisition of the World Poker Tour for $12.3 million. ^[3] In 2011, PartyGaming merged with bwin to form bwin.Party Digital Entertainment.

In December 2014, World Poker Tour announced an alliance with Ourgame, agreeing to license products and services on an exclusive basis in more than a dozen countries across Asia. In addition, Ourgame received the rights to use the WPT logo and trademark exclusively in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Korea, Nepal, Macau, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, and Vietnam and operate on pokermonster.com. ^[4]

In June 2015, The World Poker Tour (WPT) announced that bwin.party sold the company to Ourgame International Holdings Ltd. for a price of $35 million in cash. ^[5]

In 2021 the World Poker Tour was sold to Element Partners for $105 million. ^[6]

Sherman Act lawsuit

In July 2006, seven poker professionals sued WPTE, alleging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, the California Cartwright Act, and intentional interference with contract. The professionals (Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Annie Duke, Joe Hachem, Phil Gordon, Howard Lederer, and Greg Raymer) alleged that WPTE's standard release forms, required for participation in WPTE events, were anti-competitive and designed to interfere with their contractual obligations to other companies. The anti-competition claim was based on the fact that WPTE's contracts with the casinos that host its tournaments barred those casinos (and other casinos owned by the same parent companies) from hosting non-WPTE poker events. The claim of interference with contract was based on the releases' claim to perpetual rights to the players' likenesses for any use WPTE wished. The players claimed that this would put them in violation of other contracts (such as Ferguson's Activision Games contract or several players' contracts with online poker sites). ^[7]

Hachem and Raymer dropped out of the lawsuit before its eventual settlement.

In April 2008, WPT Enterprises, Inc. settled with the five players remaining in the lawsuit. Chris Ferguson said about the settlement, "We are happy to have come to an agreement that is fair to all players, and to have put in place a new release that clears up ambiguities in how players' images may be used. We are especially happy that this new release will apply to all poker players who wish to participate in WPT tournaments and events." ^[8]

Television

The year-round WPT television show has broadcast globally in more than 150 countries and territories, and is currently producing its 21st season, which airs on Bally's Sports Regional Networks in the United States. In August 2016, the World Poker Tour and Fox Sports (now Bally's Sports) announced a five-year deal to see Fox Sports broadcast the WPT through Season 19. ^[9]

The WPT television show currently features commentary and analysis by Tony Dunst and Vince Van Patten. ^[10] Dunst joined the World Poker Tour as host of the WPT Raw Deal during Season 9 after winning the role through an open casting competition. Following the retirement of Mike Sexton ^[11] from the WPT commentary booth after 15 years, Dunst was elevated into the role alongside Van Patten. ^[12]

Joining Dunst and Van Patten for all WPT televised broadcasts is anchor Lynn Gilmartin. Gilmartin's role focuses on hosting and presenting the show, as well as offering intimate interviews and sideline reporting. Gilmartin assumed the anchor role for Season 12 ^[13] and remains the current anchor.

Prior to Gilmartin, Shana Hiatt served as the show host and sideline reporter in its first three seasons. ^[14] Courtney Friel took over the host role for the fourth season, and Sabina Gadecki for the fifth. Layla Kayleigh and Kimberly Lansing began serving as hostesses in Season VI. Poker player and reporter Amanda Leatherman was the host for Season VII while Lansing was on maternity leave. Lansing returned as the anchor for Season 9 through 11.

The first season aired on the Travel Channel on American cable television in the spring of 2003. The show made its network debut on February 1, 2004, on NBC with a special "Battle of Champions" tournament, which aired against CBS coverage of the Super Bowl XXXVIII pre-game show. The Travel Channel aired the first five seasons of the Tour. In April 2007, WPTE announced that the series would move to GSN for its sixth season in the spring of 2008. ^[15] 'The first WPT tournament to air on GSN, the Mirage Poker Showdown, debuted on March 24, 2008. In July 2008, WPTE announced that the series would move to Fox Sports Regional Networks for its seventh season.

Following the November 2009 acquisition of the World Poker Tour by PartyGaming plc, the new owners added a second series of televised WPT events under their PartyPoker brand name. This series has, to date, focused on televising the European stops of the WPT. Mike Sexton continues to provide commentary, though he is partnered with Denmark-based American commentator Jesse May rather than Vince Van Patten. The role of female show host and sideline reporter has been served by a number of personalities, often from the country where the event is held. One exception is Canadian born poker player Kara Scott, who has served as host for a number of the PartyPoker branded telecasts of these European WPT events. ^[16]

The show's hosts, Tony Dunst and Vince Van Patten, sit at a booth near the final table, providing commentary and occasionally interacting with the players during the game. However, their specific comments about hole cards are recorded after the tournament takes place because gaming regulations prohibit them from observing a live feed of the "hole card cameras" while on the set. These cameras, built into the table, allow viewers to see the face-down hole cards dealt to each player.

In 2014, the World Poker Tour launched a high roller tournament series, WPT Alpha8, broadcasting on Fox Sports 1. The series originally featured commentary and analysis by Ali Nejad and Olivier Busquet, with Gilmartin serving as anchor. In later seasons, Vince Van Patten and Tony Dunst replaced Nejad and Busquet, while Lynn Gilmartin continued to serve as anchor.

The first three seasons of WPT are available on NTSC DVD.

In February 2019, WPT announced a deal with BT Sport to broadcast season XV of WPT. The deal expands WPT coverage to the UK and Ireland. During season XV, former WPT television commentator Mike Sexton won his first WPT event. ^[17]

In March 2019, WPT announced a deal with TV Azteca to bring WPT assets to Latin America. ^[18]

Other Tours

Professional Poker Tour

A series of spin-off tournaments, titled the Professional Poker Tour, began filming in 2004. Broadcast of the series was delayed, which was partly due to a dispute with the Travel Channel over rights. In the fall of 2005, WPTE announced that "a cable channel" (believed to be ESPN) had withdrawn from bidding for the PPT series, and that WPTE was negotiating with the Travel Channel to air the series. On January 30, 2006, WPTE and the Travel Channel announced that they had dismissed all open lawsuits. The series began regular broadcast July 5, 2006, but was suspended after one season as WPTE couldn't find a television home for a second season.

ClubWPT

In 2008, the WPT launched a new product called ClubWPT. It is a subscription-based club where members can pay a monthly fee to play in tournaments that award over $100,000 in cash and prizes each month. ^[19]

PlayWPT

In 2016, WPT launched a new social casino platform called PlayWPT, offering poker and slots. ^[20]

With PlayWPT Poker, players can participate in ring games, tournaments, and sit-n-gos, and players can represent themselves at the table with avatars animated emojis. PlayWPT is available on desktop and mobile. ^[21]

WPT Player of the Year

While the winner of the season-ending WPT World Championship (simply the WPT Championship before season 9) is deemed that season's WPT Champion, the WPT also determines a Player of the Year to recognize the player who achieves consistent high finishes in WPT events throughout the entire season.

The Player of the Year is determined by a points system, with the player who earns the most points each season being named the WPT Player of the Year. The season-ending WPT World Championship is a points-earning event for the Player of the Year calculation.

Through the end of Season 9, no player has been named WPT Player of the Year and also captured the WPT Championship. The closest to date is Season 7 WPT Player of the Year Bertrand Grospellier, who finished 3rd in that season's WPT Championship.

In the first eight seasons of the World Poker Tour, only four players have finished in the money at least once. These players are Phil Hellmuth, Erik Seidel, Mark Seif, and Surinder Sunar.

Season	Years	WPT Player of the Year	Wins
1	2002–2003	Howard Lederer	2
2	2003–2004	Erick Lindgren	2
3	2004–2005	Daniel Negreanu	2
4	2005–2006	Gavin Smith	1
5	2006–2007	J. C. Tran	1
6	2007–2008	Jonathan Little	1
7	2008–2009	Bertrand Grospellier	1
8	2009–2010	Faraz Jaka	0
9	2010–2011	Andy Frankenberger	1
10	2011–2012	Joe Serock	0
11	2012–2013	Matthew Salsberg	1
12	2013–2014	Mukul Pahuja	0
13	2014–2015	Anthony Zinno	2
14	2015–2016	Mike Shariati	1
15	2016–2017	Benjamin Zamani	0
16	2017–2018	Art Papazyan	2
17	2018–2019	Erkut Yilmaz	2
18	2019–2021	Brian Altman [22]	1
19	2021	Jake Ferro [23]	1
20	2022	Chad Eveslage [24]	1
21	2023	Bin Weng [25]	2

Points system

During the first 8 seasons, only the 6 players at the final table in each Open event, plus the last (7th) player eliminated before the final table, earned points as follows:

• Winner: 1,000 points
• Runner-up: 700 points
• 3rd place: 600 points
• 4th place: 500 points
• 5th place: 400 points
• 6th place: 300 points
• 7th place: 200 points (television final table bubble)

Starting with season 9, the points system was adjusted to recognize the number of entries and the size of the prize pool for each event: ^[26]

• Generally, 10% of the participants in each event will finish in the money (ITM), so the system now gives Player of the Year points to all ITM players.
• The maximum number of points awarded to the event winner are now scaled to the size of the prize pool, with 600 points to the winner of an event with a prize pool smaller than $500,000 and 1400 points to the winner of an event with a prize pool larger than $4,000,000. The season-ending WPT World Championship, no matter the prize pool, also starts at 1400 points to the winner.
• The system still operates on a descending scale, though the scale provides a minimum of 50 points to all the 'bottom' ITM players in any event.

WPT Main Event winners

	PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event winner.
	Winner of poker's Triple Crown.

Season	Years	Date	Event	Location	Main Event winner	Prize
1	2002–2003	27 May–1 June 2002	Five Diamond World Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Gus Hansen	$556,460
		30–31 August 2002	Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	Chris Karagulleyan	$258,000
		9 October 2002	Ultimate Poker Classic	Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino, Palm Beach	Juha Helppi	$50.000
		19 October 2002	Costa Rica Classic	Casinos Europa, San José	Jose Rosenkrantz	$108,730
		10–11 November 2002	Gold Rush	Lucky Chances Casino, Colma	Paul Darden	$146,000
		14–17 November 2002	World Poker Finals	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket	Howard Lederer	$320,400
		28–31 January 2003	World Poker Open	Binion's Horseshoe, Tunica	Dave Ulliott	$589,175
		12–15 February 2003	Euro Finals of Poker	Aviation Club de France, Paris	Christer Johansson	$538,213 (€500,000)
		21–24 February 2003	L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Gus Hansen (2)	$532,490
		6 March 2003	PartyPoker Million II	Card Player Cruises	Howard Lederer (2)	$289,150
		31 March–2 April 2003	World Poker Challenge	Reno Hilton, Reno	Ron Rose	$168,298
		14–18 April 2003	WPT Championship	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Alan Goehring	$1,011,886
2	2003–2004	10–13 July 2003	Grand Prix de Paris	Aviation Club de France, Paris	David Benyamine	$410,886 (€357,200)
		1–3 September 2003	Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	Mel Judah	$579,375
		20–22 September 2003	Borgata Poker Open	Borgata, Atlantic City	Noli Francisco	$470,000
		18 October 2003	Ultimate Poker Classic	Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino, Palm Beach	Erick Lindgren	$500,000
		14–17 November 2003	World Poker Finals	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket	Hoyt Corkins	$1,089,200
		15–18 December 2003	Five Diamond World Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Paul Phillips	$1,101,908
		25 January 2004	PokerStars Caribbean Adventure	Royal Caribbean Voyager of the Seas	Gus Hansen (3)	$455,780
		26–29 January 2004	World Poker Open	Horseshoe Casino & Hotel, Tunica	Barry Greenstein	$1,278,370
		21–24 February 2004	L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Antonio Esfandiari	$1,399,135
		3–5 March 2004	Bay 101 Shooting Star	Bay 101, San José	Phil Gordon	$360,000
		18 March 2004	PartyPoker Million III	Card Player Cruises	Erick Lindgren (2)	$1,000,000
		30 March–1 April 2004	World Poker Challenge	Reno Hilton, Reno	Mike Kinney	$629,469
		19–23 April 2004	WPT Championship	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Martin de Knijff	$2,728,356
3	2004–2005	17-20 July 2004	Grand Prix De Paris	Aviation Club de France, Paris	Surinder Sunar	$828,956 (€679,860)
		29 July-1 August 2004	Mirage Poker Showdown	The Mirage, Las Vegas	Eli Elezra	$1,024,574
		28-31 August 2004	Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	Doyle Brunson	$1,198,260
		19-22 September 2004	Borgata Poker Open	Borgata, Atlantic City	Daniel Negreanu	$1,117,400
		26 September-1 October 2004	Aruba Poker Classic	Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino, Palm Beach	Eric Brenes	$1,000,000
		19-22 October 2004	Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Carlos Mortensen	$1,000,000
		13-17 November 2004	Foxwood World Poker Finals	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket	Tuan Le	$1,549,588
		14-18 December 2004	Five Diamond Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Daniel Negreanu (2)	$1,770,218
		5-12 January 2005	PokerStars Caribbean Adventure	Atlantis Casino and Resort, Paradise Island	John Gale	$890,000
		24-27 January 2005	World Poker Open	Horseshoe Casino & Hotel, Tunica	Johnny Stolzmann	$1,491,444
		18-22 February 2005	L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Michael Mizrachi	$1,859,909
		23-24 February 2005	WPT Celebrity Invitational	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Alex Brenes	$100,000
		7-11 March 2005	Bay 101 Shooting Star	Bay 101, San José	Danny Nguyen	$1,025,000
		19-24 March 2005	Cruisin' Mexico with PartyPoker Million IV	MS Oosterdam - Holland America Line	Michael Gracz	$1,525,500
		29 March-1 April 2005	World Poker Challenge	Reno Hilton, Reno	Arnold Spee	$633,880
		18-24 April 2005	World Championship	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Tuan Le (2)	$2,856,150
4	2005–2006	23-26 May 2005	Mirage Poker Showdown	The Mirage, Las Vegas	Gavin Smith	$1,153,778
		25-29 July 2005	Grand Prix De Paris	Aviation Club de France, Paris	Roland De Wolfe	$574,419 (€479,680)
		27-31 August 2005	The Bicycle Casino Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	Alex Kahaner	$1,150,900
		19-22 September 2005	Borgata Poker Open	Borgata, Atlantic City	Al Ardebili	$1,498,650
		26 September-3 October 2005	Aruba Poker Classic	Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino, Palm Beach	Freddy Deeb	$1,000,000
		18-21 October 2005	Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Minh Ly	$1,060,050
		13-18 November 2005	World Poker Finals	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket	Nick Schulman	$2,167,500
		12-16 December 2005	Five Diamond Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Rehne Pedersen	$2,078,185
		5-10 January 2006	PokerStars Caribbean Adventure	Atlantis Casino and Resort, Paradise Island	Steve Paul-Ambrose	$1,388,600
		19-23 January 2006	World Poker Open	Horseshoe Casino & Hotel, Tunica	Scotty Nguyen	$969,421
		29 January-1 February 2006	Borgata Poker Classic	Borgata, Atlantic City	Michael Mizrachi (2)	$1,173,373
		16-21 February 2006	L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Alan Goehring (2)	$2,391,550
		22-24 February 2006	WPT Celebrity Invitational	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Barry Greenstein (2)	$100,000
		10-14 March 2006	Bay 101 Shooting Star	Bay 101, San José	Nam Le	$1,198,300
		27-30 March 2006	World Poker Challenge		Mike Simon	$1,052,890
		6-9 April 2006	Foxwoods Poker Classic	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket	Victor Ramdin	$1,331,889
		18-24 April 2006	World Championship	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Joe Bartholdi Jr.	$3,760,165
5	2006–2007	14-17 May 2006	Mirage Poker Showdown	The Mirage, Las Vegas	Stanley Weiss	$1,320,255
		4-8 June 2006	Mandalay Bay Poker Championship	Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino	Joseph Tehan	$1,033,440
		12-16 June 2006	Grand Prix De Paris	Aviation Club de France, Paris	Christian Grundtvig	$907,066 (€712,500)
		26-30 August 2006	Bicycle Casino Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	Joe Pelton	$1,602,670
		15-19 September 2006	Borgata Poker Open	Borgata, Atlantic City	Mark Newhouse	$1,519,020
		16-20 October 2006	Festa Al Lago	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Andreas Walnum	$1,090,025
		22-30 October 2006	Canadian Poker Open	Fallsview Casino Resort	Scott Clements	$222,524 (C$250,027)
		25-29 October 2006	North American Poker Championship	Fallsview Casino Resort	Soren Turkewitsch	$1,225,920 (C$1,380,378)
		12-16 November 2006	World Poker Finals	Foxwoods Resort Casino	Nenad Medić	$1,717,194
		14-19 December 2006	Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Joe Hachem	$2,207,575
		5-10 January 2007	PokerStars Caribbean Adventure	Atlantis Casino and Resort, Paradise Island	Ryan Daut	$1,535,255
		21-25 January 2007	World Poker Open	Binion's Horseshoe, Tunica	Bryan Sumner	$913,986
		26-30 January 2007	Borgata Poker Classic	Borgata, Atlantic City	John Hennigan	$1,606,223
		24 February-1 March 2007	L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Eric Hershler	$2,429,970
		3-5 March 2007	WPT Celebrity Invitational	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Adam Weinraub	$125,000
		12-16 March 2007	Bay 101 Shooting Star	Bay 101, San José	Ted Forrest	$1,100,000
		25-28 March 2007	World Poker Challenge	Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada	J. C. Tran	$683,473
		30 March-4 April 2007	Foxwoods Poker Classic	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut	Raj Patel	$1,298,405
		21-27 April 2007	WPT World Championship	Bellagio Resort & Casino, Las Vegas	Carlos Mortensen (2)	$3,970,415
6	2007–2008	19-23 May 2007	WPT Mirage Poker Showdown	The Mirage, Las Vegas	Jonathan Little	$1,091,295
		29 May-2 June 2007	Mandalay Bay Poker Championship	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas	Shawn Buchanan	$768,775
		10-15 July 2007	Bellagio Cup III	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Kevin Saul	$1,342,320
		25-30 August 2007	WPT Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	Dan Harrington	$1,599,865
		6-9 September 2007	Gulf Coast Poker Championship	Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi	William Edler	$747,615
		16-20 September 2007	WPT Borgata Poker Open	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Roy Winston	$1,575,280
		25-30 September 2007	WPT Turks & Caicos Poker Classic	The Players Club, Turks and Caicos Islands	Rhynie Campbell	$436,675
		11-16 October 2007	WPT Spanish Championship	Casino Barcelona, Barcelona Spain	Markus Lehmann	$789,592 (€537,000)
		26 October-2 November 2007	North American Poker Championships	Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario	Scott Clements (2)	$1,505,312 (C$1,456,585)
		7-13 November 2007	WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut	Michael Vela	$1,704,986
		12-18 December 2007	Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Eugene Katchalov	$2,482,605
		20-24 January 2008	World Poker Open	Gold Strike Casino & Resort, Tunica County, Mississippi	Brett Faustman	$892,413
		27-31 January 2008	WPT Borgata Poker Classic	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Gavin Griffin	$1,401,109
		23-28 February 2008	WPT L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Phil Ivey	$1,596,100
		1-3 March 2008	WPT Celebrity Invitational	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Van Tuyet Nguyen	$125,500
		10-14 March 2008	Bay 101 Shooting Star	Bay 101, San Jose, California	Brandon Cantu	$1,000,000
		25-28 March 2008	World Poker Challenge	Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada	Lee Markholt	$493,815
		4-9 April 2008	Foxwoods Poker Classic	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut	Erik Seidel	$992,890
		19-26 April 2008	WPT World Championship	Bellagio, Las Vegas	David Chiu	$3,389,140
7	2008–2009	23-27 May 2008	WPT Spanish Championship 2008	Casino Barcelona, Barcelona Spain	Casper Hansen	$662,592 (€425,000)
		11-17 July 2008	WPT Bellagio Cup IV	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Mike Watson	$1,673,770
		23-28 August 2008	WPT Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	John Phan	$1,116,428
		14-18 September 2008	WPT Borgata Poker Open	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Vivek Rajkumar	$1,424,500
		10-16 October 2008	North American Poker Championships	Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario	Glen Witmer	$1,084,256 (C$1,224,852)
		20-25 October 2008	WPT Festa al Lago	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Bertrand Grospellier	$1,411,015
		5-11 November 2008	WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut	Jonathan Little (2)	$1,120,310
		13-19 December 2008	Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	David Rheem	$1,538,730
		14-17 January 2009	WPT Southern Poker Championship	Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi	Allen Carter	$1,025,500
		21-26 February 2009	WPT L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Cornel Andrew Cimpan	$1,686,760
		28 February-2 March 2009	WPT Celebrity Invitational	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Freddy Deeb (2)	$100,000
		16-20 March 2009	WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star	Bay 101, San Jose, California	Steve Brecher	$1,025,500
		3-8 April 2009	WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut	Vadim Trincher	$731,079
		18-25 April 2009	WPT World Championship	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Yevgeniy Timoshenko	$2,143,655
8	2009–2010	6-10 May 2009	WPT Venice	Casino Di Venezia, Venice, Italy	Sven-Ragnar Arstrom	$532,388
		26-30 June 2009	WPT Spanish Championship 2008	Casino Barcelona, Barcelona Spain	Mark Flowers Jr	$386,170 (€277,0000
		13-19 July 2009	WPT Bellagio Cup V	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Alexandre Gomes	$1,187,670
		22-26 August 2009	WPT Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	Prahlad Friedman	$1,009,000
		31 August-4 September 2009	WPT Slovakia	Golden Vegas, Bratislava, Slovakia	Richard Toth	$148,756 (€104,000)
		6-12 September 2009	WPT Merit Cyprus Classic	Merit Crystal Cove Hotel-Casino, Kyrenia, Cyprus	Thomas Bichon	$579,165
		19-24 September 2009	WPT Borgata Poker Open	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Olivier Busquet	$925,514
		16-18 October 2009	WPT Marrakech	Casino de Marrakesh, Marrakesh, Morocco	Christophe Savary	$558,515 (€379,014)
		21-26 October 2009	WPT Festa al Lago	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Tommy Vedes	$1,218,225
		5-10 November 2009	WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut	Cornel Andrew Cimpan (2)	$910,058
		14-19 December 2009	Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Daniel Alaei	$1,428,430
		24-27 January 2010	WPT Southern Poker Championship	Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi	Hoyt Corkins (2)	$739,486
		20 February 2010	WPT Celebrity Invitational	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Leron Washington	$100,000
		26 February-4 March 2010	WPT L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Andras Koroknai	$1,788,001
		8-12 March 2010	WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star	Bay 101, San Jose, California	McLean Karr	$878,500
		20-24 March 2010	WPT Hollywood Poker Open	Hollywood Casino, Lawrenceburg, Indiana	Carlos Mortensen (3)	$391,212
		27 March-2 April 2010	WPT Bucharest	Regent Casino, Bucharest, Romania	Guillaume Darcourt	$193,387 (€144,530)
		18-24 April 2010	WPT World Championship	Bellagio, Las Vegas	David Williams	$1,530,537
9	2010–2011	8-15 May 2010	WPT Grand Prix de Paris	Aviation Club de France, Paris, France	Theo Jørgensen	$848,736 (€638,377)
		19-23 May 2010	WPT Spanish Championship 2010	Casino Barcelona, Barcelona Spain	Ali Tekintamgac	$343,307 (€278,000)
		11-15 July 2010	WPT Bellagio Cup VI	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Moritz Kranich	$875,150
		20-25 August 2010	WPT Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	Andy Frankenberger	$750,000
		30 August-4 September 2010	WPT London	Palm Beach Casino, London, UK	Jake Cody	$425,492 (£273,783)
		18-23 September 2010	WPT Borgata Poker Open	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Dwyte Pilgrim	$733,802
		15-20 October 2010	WPT Festa al Lago	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Mark Flowers Jr (2)	$831,500
		28 October-2 November 2010	WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut	Jeff Forrest	$548,752
		2-6 November 2010	WPT Amneville	Casino Tranchant Seven, Amnéville, France	Sam El Sayed	$594,627 (€426,425)
		27-30 November 2010	WPT Marrakech	Casino de Marrakesh, Marrakesh, Morocco	Sébastian Homann	$341,798 (€250,196)
		3-8 December 2010	Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Antonio Esfandiari (2)	$870,124
		23-27 January 2011	WPT Southern Poker Championship	Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi	Alexander Kuzmin	$575,969
		3-8 February 2011	WPT Venice	Casino Di Venezia, Venice, Italy	Alessio Isaia	$518,382 (€380,000)
		19-20 February 2011	WPT Celebrity Invitational	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Davidi Kitai	$100,000
		25 February-3 March 2011	WPT L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Gregory Brooks	$1,654,120
		14-18 March 2011	WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star	Bay 101, San Jose, California	Alan Sternberg	$1,039,000
		25-29 March 2011	WPT Vienna	Montesino Wien, Vienna, Austria	Dmitry Gromov	$636,733 (€447,840)
		30 March-3 April 2011	WPT Slovakia	Golden Vegas, Bratislava, Slovakia	Roberto Romanello	$197,861 (€140,685)
		9-13 April 2011	WPT Hollywood Poker Open	Hollywood Casino, Lawrenceburg, Indiana	Michael Scarborough	$273,664
		27 April-2 May 2011	WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida	Taylor von Kriegenbergh	$1,122,340
		14-20 May 2011	WPT World Championship	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Scott Seiver	$1,618,344
10	2011–2012	25-29 May 2011	WPT Spanish Championship 2010	Casino Barcelona, Barcelona Spain	Lukas Berglund	$327,546 (€231,500)
		17-21 July 2011	WPT Slovenia	Grand Casino Portorož, Slovenia	Miha Travnik	$144,399 (€102,623)
		25-30 August 2011	WPT Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	Will Failla	$758,085
		5-10 September 2011	WPT Grand Prix de Paris	Aviation Club de France, Paris, France	Matthew Waxman	$721,178 (€500,000)
		18-23 September 2011	WPT Borgata Poker Open	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Bobby Oboodi	$922,441
		20-24 September 2011	WPT Malta	Portomaso#Portomaso Casino, St. Julian's, Malta	Matt Giannetti	$276,457 (€200,000)
		27 October-1 November 2011	WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut	Daniel Santoro	$449,910
		1-6 November 2011	WPT Amneville	Casino Tranchant Seven, Amnéville, France	Adrien Allain	$471,025 (€336,133)
		18-22 November 2011	WPT Jacksonville	BestBet Poker Room Jacksonville, Florida	Anthony Ruberto	$325,928
		24-27 November 2011	WPT Marrakech	Casino de Marrakesh, Marrakesh, Morocco	Mohamed Ali Houssam	$214,983 (€159,150)
		1-5 December 2011	WPT Prague	King's Casino, Prague, Czech Republic	Andrey Pateychuk	$599,720 (€450,000)
		6-10 December 2011	Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	James Dempsey	$821,612
		13-18 December 2011	WPT Venice	Casino Di Venezia, Venice, Italy	Edoardo Alescio	$234,597 (€175,000)
		5-8 January 2012	WPT Dublin	Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland	David Shallow	$289,032 (€222,280)
		6-10 February 2012	WPT Venice Grand Prix	Casino Di Venezia, Venice, Italy	Rinat Bogdanov	$301,939 (€229,800)
		10-14 February 2012	Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida	Matt Juttelstad	$268,444
		24-29 February 2012	WPT L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Sean Jazayeri	$1,370,240
		5-9 March 2012	WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star	Bay 101, San Jose, California	Moon Kim	$960,900
		10-15 April 2012	WPT Vienna	Montesino Wien, Vienna, Austria	Morten Christensen	$417,458 (€313,390)
		18-23 April 2012	WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida	Tommy Vedes (2)	$779,520
		27 April-2 May 2012	WPT Jacksonville	BestBet Poker Room Jacksonville, Florida	Shawn Cunix	$426,100
		19-26 May 2012	WPT World Championship	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Marvin Rettenmaier	$1,196,858
11	2012–2013	4-9 August 2012	WPT Merit Cyprus Classic	Merit Crystal Cove Hotel-Casino, Kyrenia, Cyprus	Marvin Rettenmaier (2)	$287,784
		10-15 August 2012	WPT Parx Open Poker Classic	Parx Casino, Bensalem, Pennsylvania	Anthony Gregg	$416,127
		24-28 August 2012	WPT Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	Josh Hale	$500,000
		10-15 September 2012	WPT Grand Prix de Paris	Aviation Club de France, Paris	Matthew Salsberg	$478,415 (€380,000)
		16-20 September 2012	WPT Malta	Portomaso#Portomaso Casino, St. Julian's, Malta	Yorane Kerignard	$155,049 (€120,000)
		18-21 September 2012	WPT Borgata Poker Open	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Ben Hamnett	$818,847
		22-26 October 2012	WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic	Emperors Palace Hotel Casino, Johannesburg, South Africa	Dominik Nitsche	$206,153
		9-13 November 2012	WPT Jacksonville bestbet Fall Poker Scramble	BestBet Poker Room Jacksonville, Florida	Noah Schwartz	$402,972
		12-17 November 2012	WPT Copenhagen	Casino Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark	Emil Olsson	$230,036 (DKr1,346,000)
		23-26 November 2012	WPT Montreal	Playground Poker Club, Kahnawake, Canada	Jonathan Roy	$779,210
		27 November-1 December 2012	WPT Mazagan	Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida, Morocco	Giacomo Fundaro	$166,704 (درهم 4,731,700)
		3-9 December 2012	WPT Prague	King's Casino, Prague, Czech Republic	Marcin Wydrowski	$413,667 (€318,295)
		4-9 December 2012	Five Diamond World Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Ravi Raghavan	$1,268,571
		27 January-1 February 2013	WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Yung Hwang	$730,053
		8-12 February 2013	Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida	Matt Giannetti (2)	$298,304
		19-24 February 2013	WPT Baden	Casinos Austria, Baden, Austria	Vladimir Bozinovic	$247,588 (€185,000)
		23-28 February 2013	WPT L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Paul Klann	$1,004,090
		4-8 March 2013	WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star	Bay 101, San Jose, California	WeiKai Chang	$1,138,350
		25-30 March 2013	Gioco Digitale WPT Venice Grand Prix	Casino Di Venezia, Venice, Italy	Rocco Palumbo	$180,692 (€140,000)
		5-10 April 2013	bwin WPT Barcelona	Casino Barcelona, Barcelona Spain	Chanracy Khun	$232,487 (€181,400)
		11-16 April 2013	WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida	Kevin Eyster	$660,395
		26-30 April 2013	WPT Jacksonville bestbet Open	BestBet Poker Room Jacksonville, Florida	Mike Linster	$296,521
		3-9 May 2013	partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship	Playground Poker Club, Kahnawake, Canada	Amir Babakhani	$430,986 (C$442,248)
		18-24 May 2013	WPT World Championship	Bellagio, Las Vegas	David Rheem (2)	$1,150,297
12	2013–2014	16-21 August 2013	bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic	Merit Crystal Cove Hotel-Casino, Kyrenia, Cyprus	Alexey Rybin	$258,000
		29 August-4 September 2013	WPT Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	Jordan Cristos	$613,355
		15-20 September 2013	WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Anthony Zinno	$825,099
		25-30 October 2013	bwin WPT Grand Prix de Paris	Aviation Club de France, Paris	Mohsin Charania	$449,856 (€328,750)
		7-11 November 2013	WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic	Emperors Palace Hotel Casino, Johannesburg, South Africa	Daniel Brits	$132,128
		15-19 November 2013	WPT Jacksonville bestbet Fall Poker Scramble	BestBet Poker Room Jacksonville, Florida	Jared Jaffee	$252,749
		19-24 November 2013	WPT Caribbean	Casino Royale, St. Maarten	Tony Dunst	$145,000
		29 November-5 December 2013	partypoker WPT Montreal	Playground Poker Club, Kahnawake, Canada	Derrick Rosenbarger	$517,049
		6-11 December 2013	Five Diamond World Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Dan Smith	$1,161,135
		15-19 December 2013	WPT Korea	Ramada Hotel, Jeju, South Korea	Masato Yokosawa	$100,000
		15-21 December 2013	bwin WPT Prague	Andel's Hotel & Card Casino, Prague, Czech Republic	Julian Thomas	$280,097 (€206,230)
		26-31 January 2014	WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Robert Merulla	$842,379
		7-11 February 2014	Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open	Seminole Casino, Coconut Creek, Florida	James Calderaro	$271,103
		22-24 February 2014	WPT Fallsview Poker Classic	Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario	Matthew Lapossie	$326,235 (C$363,197)
		1-6 March 2014	WPT L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Chris Moorman	$1,015,460
		10-14 March 2014	WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star	Bay 101, San Jose, California	James Carroll	$1,256,550
		10-15 March 2014	Gioco Digitale WPT Venice Carnival	Casino Di Venezia, Venice, Italy	Andrea Dato	$145,439 (€104,822)
		15-19 March 2014	WPT Rolling Thunder	Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, California	J. C. Tran (2)	$302,750
		21-25 March 2014	WPT Jacksonville bestbet Open	BestBet Poker Room Jacksonville, Florida	Nabil Hirezi	$206,041
		10-16 April 2014	WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida	Eric Afriat	$1,081,184
		21-26 April 2014	WPT World Championship	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Keven Stammen	$1,350,000
13	2014–2015	1-6 July 2014	partypoker presents WPT500 Aria	Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas	Sean Yu	$260,000
		23-29 August 2014	WPT Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	Harry Arutyunyan	$560,969
		5-10 September 2014	partypoker WPT Merit Classic North Cyprus	Merit Crystal Cove Hotel-Casino, Kyrenia, Cyprus	Alexander Lakhov	$325,400
		14-19 September 2014	WPT Borgata Poker Open	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Darren Elias	$843,744
		3-7 November 2014	WPT Caribbean	Casino Royale, St. Maarten	Darren Elias (2)	$127,680
		7-11 November 2014	WPT Jacksonville bestbet Bounty Scramble	BestBet Poker Room Jacksonville, Florida	Ryan Van Sanford	$421,668
		9-16 November 2014	partypoker presents WPT500 Nottingham	Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham, England	Eleanor Gudger	$222,176 (£140,000)
		14-16 November 2014	WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic	Emperors Palace Hotel Casino, Johannesburg, South Africa	Dylan Wilkerson	$145,836
		18-23 November 2014	partypoker WPT Nottingham	Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham, England	Matas Cimbolas	$313,327 (£200,000)
		20-26 November 2014	partypoker WPT Montreal	Playground Poker Club, Kahnawake, Canada	Jonathan Jaffe	$409,657 (C$464,252)
		15-20 December 2014	Five Diamond World Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Mohsin Charania (2)	$1,177,890
		25-30 January 2015	WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Aaron Mermelstein	$712,305
		5-11 February 2015	WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida	Brian Altman	$723,008
		13-16 February 2015	WPT Fallsview Poker Classic	Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario	Anthony Zinno (2)	$302,235 (C$380,021)
		28 February-5 March 2015	WPT L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Anthony Zinno (3)	$1,015,860
		9-13 March 2015	WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star	Bay 101, San Jose, California	Taylor Paur	$1,214,200
		12-17 March 2015	partypoker WPT Vienna	Montesino Wien, Vienna, Austria	Konstantinos Nanos	$159,464 (€150,000)
		15-19 March 2015	WPT Rolling Thunder	Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, California	Ravee Mathi Sundar	$266,857
		16-22 April 2015	WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida	Griffin Paul	$1,000,000
		25-29 April 2015	WPT World Championship	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Asher Conniff	$973,683
14	2015–2016	1-6 May 2015	partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship	Playground Poker Club, Kahnawake, Canada	Sheraz Nasir	$197,025 (C$237,390)
		11-16 May 2015	WPT Amsterdam	Holland Casino Amsterdam City centre, Netherlands	Farid Yachou	$225,073 (€201,000)
		31 May-6 July 2015	partypoker presents WPT500 Aria	Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas	Craig Varnell	$185,800
		31 July-4 August 2015	WPT Choctaw	Choctaw Casinos & Resorts, Durant, Oklahoma	Jason Brin	$667,575
		29 August-4 September 2015	WPT Legends of Poker	The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California	Mike Shariati	$675,942
		20-25 September 2015	WPT Borgata Poker Open	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	David Paredes	$723,227
		25-29 September 2015	WPT Maryland Live	Live! Casino & Hotel, Hanover, Maryland	Aaron Mermelstein (2)	$250,222
		24 October-3 November 2015	partypoker presents WPT500 Nottingham	Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham, England	Richard Harris	$230,641 (£150,000)
		30 October-1 November 2015	WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic	Emperors Palace Hotel Casino, Johannesburg, South Africa	Ben Cade	$100,218 (ZAR1,382,000)
		3-8 November 2015	partypoker WPT Nottingham	Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham, England	Iaron Lightbourne	$308,766 (£200,000)
		6-10 November 2015	WPT Jacksonville bestbet Bounty Scramble	BestBet Poker Room Jacksonville, Florida	Tyler Patterson	$375,270
		13-19 November 2015	partypoker WPT Montreal	Playground Poker Club, Kahnawake, Canada	Jared Mahoney	$341,332 (C$453,122)
		1-6 December 2015	partypoker WPT Prague	King's Casino, Prague, Czech Republic	Javier Gomez	$185,110 (€175,000)
		14-19 December 2015	Five Diamond World Poker Classic	Bellagio, Las Vegas	Kevin Eyster (2)	$1,587,382
		31 January-5 February 2016	WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open	Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Christopher Leong	$816,246
		21-24 February 2016	WPT Fallsview Poker Classic	Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario	David Ormsby	$278,426 (C$383,407)
		27 February-3 March 2016	WPT L.A. Poker Classic	Commerce Casino, Los Angeles	Dietrich Fast	$1,000,800
		7-11 March 2016	WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star	Bay 101, San Jose, California	Stefan Schillhabel	$1,298,000
		12-16 March 2016	WPT Rolling Thunder	Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, California	Harrison Gimbel	$275,112
		15-20 March 2016	partypoker WPT Vienna	Montesino Wien, Vienna, Austria	Vlad Darie	$174,735 (€157,000)
		15-20 April 2016	WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida	Justin Young	$669,161
		17-21 April 2016	WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida	David Rheem (3)	$705,885
		22-24 April 2016	Monster WPT Tournament of Champions	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida	Farid Yachou (2)	$381,600
15	2016–2017				Seth Davies	$
					Andjelko Andrejevic	$
					James Mackey	$
					Pat Lyons	$
					Jesse Sylvia	$
					Zachary Smiley	$
					Sam Panzica	$
					Luis Rodriguez Cruz	$
					Mike Sexton	$
					Niall Farrell	$
					Oleg Vasylchenko	$
					James Romero	$
					Daniel Weinman	$
					Ema Zajmović	$
					Darren Elias (3)	$
					Daniel Strelitz	$
					Sam Panzica (2)	$
					Mike Del Vecchio	$
					Tony Sinishtaj	$
					Ryan Riess	$
					Daniel Weinman (2)	$
16	2017–2018				Pete Chen	$
					Daniel Daniyar	$
					Jay Lee	$
					Art Papazyan	$
					Guo Liang Chen	$
					Art Papazyan (2)	$
					Paul Petraglia	$
					Maxime Heroux	$
					Ryan Tosoc	$
					Ole Schemion	$
					Darryll Fish	$
					Eric Afriat (2)	$
					Mike Leah	$
					Dennis Blieden	$
					David Larson	$
					Scott Margereson	$
					Rens Feenstra	$
					Larry Greenberg	$
					Darren Elias (4)	$
					Matthew Waxman (2)	$
17	2018–2019				Simon Lam	$
					Brady Holiman	$
					Erkut Yilmaz	$
					Tony Ruberto	$
					Tony Tran	$
					Patrick Serda	$
					Pavel Plesuv	$
					Dylan Linde	$
					Frank Stepuchin	$
					Denys Shafikov	$
					Vinicius Lima	$
					Demo Kiriopoulos	$
					David "ODB" Baker	$
					Erkut Yilmaz (2)	$
					Vitalijs Zavorotnijs	$
					Ben Palmer	$
					James Carroll (2)	$
					Craig Varnell	$
					Matthew Wantman	$
					Ole Schemion (2)	$
18	2019–2021				Roger Teska	$
					Aaron Van Blarcum	$
					Donald Maloney	$
					Nitis Udornpim	$
					Simon Brändström	$
					Josh Adkins	$
					Geoffrey Hum	$
					Milen Stefanov	$
					Alex Foxen	$
					Markus Gonsalves	$
					Brian Altman (2)	$
					Aleksey Badulin	$
					Veerab Zakarian	$
					Christopher Puetz	$
					Eric Afriat (3)	$
					Balakrishna Patur	$
					Tony Tran (2)	$
					Christian Jeppsson	$
					Gavin Cochrane	$
					Nick Petrangelo	$
					Daniel Smyth	$
					Andrey Kotelnikov	$
					Phillip Mighall	$
					Soheb Porbandarwala	$
					Jack Hardcastle	$
					Ilyas Muradi	$
					Maksim Sekretarev	$
					Qing Liu	$
					Brek Schutten	$
19	2021–2022				Christian Rudolph	$
					Brian Altman (3)	$
					Chad Eveslage	$
					Adedapo Ajayi	$
						$
						$
						$
						$
						$

Records

Information correct as of May 24, 2024

Titles

Rank	Name	Titles
1	Darren Elias	4
2	Eric Afriat	3
	Brian Altman
	Gus Hansen
	Carlos Mortensen
	David Rheem
	Anthony Zinno

Final tables

Rank	Name	Final tables
1	Darren Elias	13
2	Phil Ivey	9
3	Scotty Nguyen	8
4	Eric Afriat	7
	Brian Altman
	Tony Dunst
	Darryll Fish
	Gus Hansen
	Michael Mizrachi
	Daniel Negreanu
	David Pham
	J.C. Tran
	Anthony Zinno

Money finishes

Rank	Name	Money finishes
1	Darren Elias	46
2	Anthony Zinno	39
3	Brian Altman	34
4	Jake Schwartz	33
T5	Mohsin Charania	32
	Justin Zaki

Record winnings

The largest win in a WPT event is the $5,282,954 paid to Daniel Sepiol for winning the season-ending WPT Championship for season 21.

Progression of largest winnings

The progression of the "highest payout" through the history of the WPT, starting with the win by Gus Hansen in Event 1 of WPT Season 1. Entries have declined since the poker boom ended, with no increase in "highest payout" for a number of years – the highest has not increased since an event in 2007.

Season	Event	Winner	Prize
1	#1 – Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2002	Gus Hansen	$556,480
1	#6 – World Poker Open 2003	Dave Ulliott	$589,175
2	#5 – World Poker Finals 2003	Hoyt Corkins	$1,089,200
2	#6 – Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2003	Paul Phillips	$1,101,980
2	#8 – World Poker Open 2004	Barry Greenstein	$1,278,370
2	#9 – LA Poker Classic 2004	Antonio Esfandiari	$1,399,135
3	#7 – World Poker Finals 2004	Tuan Le	$1,549,588
3	#8 – Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2004	Daniel Negreanu	$1,759,218
3	#11 – LA Poker Classic 2005	Michael Mizrachi	$1,859,909
4	#7 – World Poker Finals 2005	Nick Schulman	$2,142,000
4	#12 – LA Poker Classic 2006	Alan Goehring	$2,391,550
5	#14 – LA Poker Classic 2007	Eric Hershler	$2,429,970
6	#11 – Doyle Brunson Classic 2007	Eugene Katchalov	$2,482,605

WPT World Championship ($25,000 buy-in)

Each WPT season culminates with the $25,000 buy-in WPT World Championship (simply the WPT Championship before season 9). As with regular events, the prize pool has declined since the poker boom ended: participants dropped from a peak of 639 in 2007, to 146 in 2013. The WPT organizers reacted by dropping the buy-in to $15,000 from 2014 onwards, limiting participation to winners of WPT events since the start of the series, and changing the name again, to WPT Tournament of Champions. There has been no increase in "highest payout" since the $3,970,415 at the 2005 World Championship, and the top prize has consistently been under $500,000 since the 2016 World Championship. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the WPT rebranded its World Championship event with a $10,000 buy-in open tournament in 2022 and 2023, hosted at the Wynn Las Vegas. Both events set WPT records in field size and prize pools guarantees, with the 2023 edition prize pool guarantee of 40 million setting a poker industry record and a top prize of over $5 million.

Season	Event	Winner	Prize
1	WPT Championship – Season I	Alan Goehring	$1,011,866
2	WPT Championship – Season II	Martin de Knijff	$2,728,356
3	WPT Championship – Season III	Tuan Le	$2,856,150
4	WPT Championship – Season IV	Joe Bartholdi Jr.	$3,760,165
5	WPT Championship – Season V	Carlos Mortensen	$3,970,415
6	WPT Championship – Season VI	David Chiu	$3,389,140
7	WPT Championship – Season VII	Yevgeniy Timoshenko	$2,149,960
8	WPT Championship – Season VIII	David Williams	$1,530,537
9	WPT World Championship – Season IX	Scott Seiver	$1,618,344
10	WPT World Championship – Season X	Marvin Rettenmaier	$1,196,858
11	WPT World Championship – Season XI	David Rheem	$1,150,279
12	WPT World Championship – Season XII	Keven Stammen	$1,350,000
13	WPT World Championship – Season XIII	Asher Conniff	$973,683
14	WPT Tournament of Champions – Season XIV	Farid Yachou	$381,600
15	WPT Tournament of Champions – Season XV	Daniel Weinman	$381,500
16	WPT Tournament of Champions – Season XVI	Matthew Waxman	$463,375
17	WPT Tournament of Champions – Season XVII	Ole Schemion	$440,395
18–19	No events
20	WPT World Championship 2022	Eliot Hudon	$4,136,000
21	WPT World Championship 2023	Daniel Sepiol	$5,282,954

WPT Ladies

In January 2008, the WPT announced a set of tournaments for women, known as WPT Ladies. ^[27] The first season had five events, with buy-ins ranging from $300 to $1,500. Nancy Todd finished first in the Ladies Championship with Vanessa Selbst finishing second. There are currently no WPT Ladies events scheduled.

WPT Walk of Fame

See also: Poker Hall of Fame

The World Poker Tour Walk of Fame was designed to honor those poker players who have played the game well at the highest levels as well as those who have promoted the spread of it through film, television, and literature.

The first inductees were poker legends Doyle Brunson and Gus Hansen, as well as actor James Garner. ^[28]

In February 2004, the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame inducted its second members at the Commerce Casino in a ceremony before top pros and celebrities in town for the World Poker Tour Invitational Poker Tournament. The induction ceremony was staged on the doorstep of Commerce Casino.

No new players have been inducted since 2004.^{[ citation needed ]}

WPT Honors Award

The WPT Honors Award launched in early 2017, with Ms. Linda Johnson named as the first recipient. ^[29] Later that year, 15-year WPT commentator Mike Sexton and gaming industry icon Bruno Fitoussi became the second and third honorees. ^[30] In 2018, Steve Lipscomb and Lyle Berman each received the fourth and fifth honors. ^[31]

The WPT Honors Award is the WPT's highest honor, awarded to members of the poker industry in celebration and appreciation of exceptional contributions made to the World Poker Tour and the poker community as a whole. Presented as determined by WPT CEO Adam Pliska and the World Poker Tour, the WPT Honors Award is given in recognition to those who distinguish themselves by excellence and dedication beyond expectations.

WPT Honors Award Recipients

• 2017: Bruno Fitoussi, Linda Johnson, Mike Sexton
• 2018: Lyle Berman, Steve Lipscomb
• 2019: Deb Giardina, Matt Savage
• 2022: Isai Scheinberg, Vincent Van Patten

Deal

A fictional WPT championship match is the setting for the 2007 feature film Deal . Sexton, Van Patten, and Friel play themselves and a number of other poker professionals and poker-playing celebrities are reportedly in the cast. The WPT set was shipped to New Orleans for filming following the season 4 championship.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• List of television shows set in Las Vegas

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External links

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