World Poker Tour season 23 results
Below are the results for season 23 (XXIII) of the World Poker Tour, the WPT Main Tour events for 2025.[1]
Results
Source:[1]
WPT Cambodia Championship
- Casino: NagaWorld Integrated Resort, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Buy-in: $3,500
- 6-Day Event: January 19-24, 2025
- Number of Entries: 750
- Total Prize Pool: $2,400,750
- Number of Payouts: 94
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Artem Vezhenkov |
$390,650 |
| 2nd |  Ronald Haverkamp |
$255,000 |
| 3rd |  Ankit Ahuja |
$189,000 |
| 4th |  Supakit Anukoolpitaknil |
$142,000 |
| 5th |  Dominik Nitsche |
$107,000 |
| 6th |  Daniel Charlton |
$82,000 |
*First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
WPT Rolling Thunder
- Casino: Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, California
- Buy-in: $3,500
- 4-Day Event: March 16-19, 2025
- Number of Entries: 404
- Total Prize Pool: $1,292,800
- Number of Payouts: 51
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Shawn Daniels |
$257,600 |
| 2nd | Harvey Castro |
$165,000 |
| 3rd |  Eric Afriat |
$122,000 |
| 4th | Paul Richardson |
$91,000 |
| 5th | David Ha |
$69,000 |
| 6th | Benjamin Primus |
$53,000 |
*First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
- Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida
- Buy-in: $3,500
- 6-Day Event: April 4-8, 2025 + Final Table May 29, 2025 (Las Vegas)
- Number of Entries: 1,755
- Total Prize Pool: $5,616,000
- Number of Payouts: 221
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Arthur Peacock |
$776,000 |
| 2nd |  Mihai Niste |
$515,000 |
| 3rd | Daniel Marcus |
$380,000 |
| 4th | Mitchell Hynam |
$285,000 |
| 5th | Jared Hemingway |
$215,000 |
| 6th | Jeffery Fritz |
$164,000 |
*First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
WPT Choctaw Championship
- Casino: Choctaw Casino & Resort, Durant, Oklahoma
- Buy-in: $3,800
- 5-Day Event: May 1-5, 2025 + Final Table May 30, 2025 (Las Vegas)
- Number of Entries: 586
- Total Prize Pool: $2,051,000
- Number of Payouts: 74
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Vanier |
$338,000 |
| 2nd | Mason Vieth |
$220,000 |
| 3rd | Lifu Zhang |
$163,000 |
| 4th | Charles Adkins |
$122,000 |
| 5th | Ryan Brown |
$92,000 |
| 6th | Logan Hoover |
$70,000 |
*First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
WPT Venetian Las Vegas Championship
- Casino: The Venetian Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Buy-in: $5,000
- 7-Day Event: July 11-17, 2025
- Number of Entries: 5861,153
- Total Prize Pool: $5,303,800
- Number of Payouts: 145
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Nicolás Betbesé |
$706,960 |
| 2nd |  Francis Cruz |
$623,540 |
| 3rd |  Oliver Bösch |
$395,000 |
| 4th | Iulian Blebea |
$295,000 |
| 5th | Elvyn Santos |
$220,000 |
| 6th |  Jamie Flynn |
$169,000 |
*First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
WPT Cyprus Championship
- Casino: Chamada Prestige Hotel & Spa, Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus, Cyprus
- Buy-in: $3,500
- 6-Day Event: August 13-18, 2025
- Number of Entries: 775
- Guaranteed Prize Pool: $2,402,500
- Number of Payouts: 97
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Ilia Kitsbabashvili |
$401,100* |
| 2nd | James Mahone |
$255,000 |
| 3rd |  Rafal Chmura |
$190,000 |
| 4th | Elena Litviniuk |
$142,000 |
| 5th | Nikolay Zhadanov |
$107,000 |
| 6th |  Uladzimir Zhyharau |
$82,000 |
*First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
WPT Australia
- Casino: The Star Gold Coast, Gold Coast, Australia
- Buy-in: $5,500
- 5-Day Event: September 27-October 1, 2025
- Number of Entries: 600
- Total Prize Pool: A$3,000,000 (~$1,979,989)
- Number of Payouts: 75
| Place | Name | Prize A$-(U$D) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alan Pham |
A$558,211 (~$368,417) |
| 2nd | Jordan Bautista |
A$371,693 (~$245,316) |
| 3rd | Jarrod Thatcher |
A$273,928 (~$180,791) |
| 4th | Luo Liu |
A$203,971 (~$134,620) |
| 5th | Corey Kempson |
A$153,458 (~$101,282) |
| 6th |  Jiaxu Chen |
A$116,656 (~$76,993) |
*First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship
- Casino: Bay 101, San Jose, California
- Buy-in: $5,300
- 5+1-Day Event: October 25-29, 2025 + Final Table at WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas - December 13-19,2025
- Number of Entries: 672
- Guaranteed Prize Pool: $3,028,100
- Number of Payouts: 84
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kharlin Sued |
$480,700 |
| 2nd | Danny Wong |
$315,000 |
| 3rd |  Alfie Poetra |
$235,000 |
| 4th | Matthew Widdoes |
$175,000 |
| 5th | Daniel Maor |
$132,000 |
| 6th | Chance Kornuth |
$101,000 |
*First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
WPT bestbet Scramble
- Casino: bestbet Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
- Buy-in: $5,000
- 5-Day Event: November 14–18, 2025
- Number of Entries: 327
- Total Prize Pool: $1,487,850
- Number of Payouts: 41
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Connor Rash |
$315,350 |
| 2nd | Dylan Smith |
$200,000 |
| 3rd | Byron Kaverman |
$150,000 |
| 4th | Russell Dizer |
$112,000 |
| 5th | Matthew Ahern |
$85,000 |
| 6th | Jessica Dawley |
$65,000 |
*First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
Seminole Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open
- Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida
- Buy-in: $3,500
- 6-Day Event: November 28-December 3, 2025
- Number of Entries: 1,224
- Total Prize Pool: $3,916,800
- Number of Payouts: 153
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kevin Nee |
$605,100 |
| 2nd | Joel Gola |
$395,000 |
| 3rd | Aram Zobian |
$295,000 |
| 4th | Chad Eveslage |
$220,000 |
| 5th | Anthony Merlo |
$166,000 |
| 6th | Hyndi Khomutetsky |
$127,000 |
*First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas
- Casino: Wynn Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Buy-in: $10,400
- 5-Day Event: December 13–19, 2025
- Number of Entries: 1,865
- Total Prize Pool: $18,277,000
- Number of Payouts: 233
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Schuyler Thornton |
$2,258,856 |
| 2nd | Soheb Porbandarwala |
$1,969,344 |
| 3rd | Jeremy Brown |
$1,250,000 |
| 4th | Chad Lipton |
$940,000 |
| 5th | Jeremy Becker |
$710,000 |
| 6th | Maxx Coleman |
$540,000 |
References
- ^ a b "World Poker Tour Season 23". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ "Artem Vezhenkov Wins the WPT Cambodia Championship for a Career-Best $390,650". Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ "Shawn Daniels Wins WPT Rolling Thunder for $257,600". Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ^ "Art Peacock Wins WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event". Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- ^ "Redemption as 2023 Final Tablist Mike Vanier Wins WPT Choctaw Championship". Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- ^ "Nico Betbese Wins WPT Venetian Las Vegas Championship ($706,960)". Retrieved 2025-12-11.
- ^ "It's a Hattrick! Ilia Kitsbabahvili Wins Two Side Events Plus WPT Cyprus Championship ($401,100)". Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ^ "Alan Pham Crosses $1 Million in Earnings With WPT Australia Championship Victory". Retrieved 2025-11-12.
- ^ "Kharlin Sued Plays Big Stack to Perfection in WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Victory". Retrieved 2026-01-06.
- ^ "Connor Rash Wins WPT bestbet Scramble for $315,530 in Jacksonville". Retrieved 2025-11-27.
- ^ "Kevin Nee Wins 20 Times Previous Biggest Score in WPT Seminole RRPO Championship". Retrieved 2025-12-11.
- ^ "WPT World Championship Final Table Turns into The Schuyler Thornton Show". Retrieved 2026-01-06.