Below are the results of season 18 of the World Poker Tour (2019–21). There were 29 scheduled events.[ 1]
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic , several events on the schedule were postponed. In addition, three final tables that were supposed to take place at the HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas were also delayed.[ 2]
In January 2021, the WPT returned with the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open, the first live event since March 2020.[ 3] The three final tables that were delayed were played in either March or May, more than a year after the lineup was set.[ 4]
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, the final event on the schedule, set a new record for the largest WPT event with 2,482 entrants.[ 5]
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Gardens Poker Festival[ edit ] Casino: The Gardens Casino, Hawaiian Gardens, California Buy-in: $5,000 6-Day Event: July 20–25, 2019 Number of Entries: 373 Total Prize Pool: $1,753,100 Number of Payouts: 48 Final Table [ 7] Place Name Prize 1st Roger Teska $368,475 2nd Laszlo Molnar $235,615 3rd Lior Orel $172,770 4th Lars Kamphues $128,320 5th Andrew Wisdom $96,545 6th Cord Garcia $73,600
Casino: The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California Buy-in: $5,000 5-Day Event: August 31-September 4, 2019 Number of Entries: 520 Total Prize Pool: $2,392,000 Number of Payouts: 65 Final Table [ 8] Place Name Prize 1st Aaron Van Blarcum $474,390 2nd Gueorgui Gantchev $306,265 3rd Jared Griener $226,040 4th Vahan Sudzhyan $168,630 5th Jisup Hwang $127,165 6th Antonios Roungeris $96,955
Casino: Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey Buy-in: $3,500 6-Day Event: September 15–20, 2019 Number of Entries: 1,156 Total Prize Pool: $3,700,356 Number of Payouts: 145 Final Table [ 9] Place Name Prize 1st Donald Maloney $616,186 2nd Uke Dauti $410,787 3rd Kevin Albers $303,903 4th Dave Farah $227,077 5th Jerry Maher $171,386 6th Victor Ramdin $130,672
WPT Maryland at Live! Casino[ edit ] Casino: Live! Casino & Hotel, Hanover, Maryland Buy-in: $3,500 5-Day Event: September 28-October 2, 2019 Number of Entries: 495 Total Prize Pool: $1,584,000 Number of Payouts: 62 Final Table [ 10] Place Name Prize 1st Nitis Udornpim $319,415 2nd Stephen Deutsch $202,905 3rd Brian Altman $149,515 4th Anthony Zinno $111,415 5th Robert McLaughlin $83,970 6th Jeffrey Colpitts $64,020
Casino: Dusk Till Dawn Poker & Casino, Nottingham, England Buy-in: $3,300 5-Day Event: October 2–6, 2019 Number of Entries: 690 Total Prize Pool: $2,007,900 Number of Payouts: 100 Final Table [ 11] Place Name Prize 1st Simon Brändström $330,000 2nd Ryan Mandara $221,650 3rd James Rann $168,500 4th Matthew Eardley $128,500 5th Maria Lampropulos $98,500 6th Paul Siddle $76,000
bestbet Bounty Scramble[ edit ] Casino: bestjet Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida Buy-in: $5,000 5-Day Event: October 11–15, 2019 Number of Entries: 349 Total Prize Pool: $1,615,870 Number of Payouts: 45 Final Table [ 12] Place Name Prize 1st Josh Adkins $331,480 2nd Tan Nguyen $210,988 3rd Josh Kay $155,340 4th Jason Lee $115,691 5th Jonathan Cronin $87,170 6th Jeff Cunningham $66,457
Casino: Playground Poker Club, Kahnawake, Quebec Buy-in: $3,300 6-Day Event: October 29-November 3, 2019 Number of Entries: 1,109 Total Prize Pool: $3,327,000 Number of Payouts: 159 Seminole Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open[ edit ] Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida Buy-in: $3,500 6-Day Event: November 29-December 4, 2019 Number of Entries: 988 Total Prize Pool: $3,161,600 Number of Payouts: 124 Final Table [ 14] Place Name Prize 1st Milen Stefanov $545,070 2nd Fabian Gumz $353,380 3rd David Novosel $260,845 4th Roman Korenev $194,605 5th Cesar Fuentes $146,760 6th Francis Anderson $111,895
Five Diamond World Poker Classic[ edit ] Casino: Bellagio Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Buy-in: $10,400 5-Day Event: December 16–21, 2019 Number of Entries: 1,035 Total Prize Pool: $10,039,500 Number of Payouts: 130 Final Table [ 15] Place Name Prize 1st Alex Foxen $1,694,995 2nd Toby Joyce $1,120,040 3rd Seth Davies $827,285 4th Peter Neff $617,480 5th Daniel Park $465,780 6th Jonathan Jaffe $355,125
Gardens Poker Championship[ edit ] Casino: The Gardens Casino, Hawaiian Gardens, California Buy-in: $10,000 5-Day Event: January 9-13, 2020 (Final Table: March 10, 2021) Number of Entries: 257 Total Prize Pool: $2,467,200 Number of Payouts: 33 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Markus Gonsalves $554,495 2nd Tuan Phan $359,650 3rd Jonathan Cohen $263,090 4th Chance Kornuth $195,085 5th Straton Wilhelm $146,655 6th Qing Liu $111,795
Lucky Hearts Poker Open[ edit ] Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida Buy-in: $3,500 6-Day Event: January 17–22, 2020 Number of Entries: 843 Total Prize Pool: $2,697,600 Number of Payouts: 106 Note: Altman becomes the first player to win the same WPT event twice.[ 16] Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Brian Altman $482,636 2nd John Dollinger $311,751 3rd Chanracy Khun $230,086 4th Nadya Magnus $171,642 5th Nadeem Hirani $129,438 6th Peter Walsworth $98,686
Casino: Casino Sochi, Sochi, Russia Buy-in: RUB 210,000 6-Day Event: January 21–26, 2020 Number of Entries: 489 Total Prize Pool: RUB 95,500,000 Number of Payouts: 71 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Aleksey Badulin RUB 16,257,000 2nd Vlada Stojanovic RUB 11,550,000 3rd Ernest Shakaryan RUB 8,442,490 4th Vahe Martirosyan RUB 6,370,000 5th Sergey Kharlamov RUB 4,900,000 6th Roman Timergazin RUB 3,745,000
Borgata Winter Poker Open[ edit ] Casino: Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey Buy-in: $3,500 5-Day Event: January 26–30, 2020 (Final Table: May 16, 2021) Number of Entries: 1,290 Total Prize Pool: $4,129,290 Number of Payouts: 162 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Veerab Zakarian $674,840 2nd James Anderson $449,904 3rd Brian Altman $333,012 4th Nathan Russler $248,913 5th Bin Weng $187,900 6th Andrew Hanna $143,264
Casino: King's Resort, Rozvadov , Czech Republic Buy-in: €3,300 6-Day Event: February 18–23, 2020 Number of Entries: 510 Total Prize Pool: €1,453,500 Number of Payouts: 73 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Christopher Puetz €270,000 2nd Laszlo Papai €174,500 3rd Joep van den Bijgaart €125,000 4th Josef Gulas €91,000 5th Gianluca Speranza €68,000 6th Farukh Tach €52,000
Fallsview Poker Classic[ edit ] Casino: Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario Buy-in: $5,000 3-Day Event: February 21–23, 2020 Number of Entries: 594 Total Prize Pool: $2,708,046 Number of Payouts: 75 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Eric Afriat $508,021 2nd Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault $356,180 3rd Adam Hui $229,013 4th Trung Hien Nguyen $163,965 5th Demo Kiriopoulos $125,850 6th Zuhair Al-Pachachi $103,217
Casino: The Commerce Hotel & Casino, Commerce, California Buy-in: $10,000 5-Day Event: February 29-March 4, 2020 (Final Table: May 17, 2021) Number of Entries: 490 Total Prize Pool: $4,727,550 Number of Payouts: 62 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Balakrishna Patur $1,015,000 2nd Matas Cimbolas $600,060 3rd James Carroll $431,585 4th Scott Hempel $323,485 5th Ka Kwan Lau $243,330 6th Upeshka De Silva $185,330
WPT Rolling Thunder[ edit ] Casino: Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, California Buy-in: $5,000 4-Day Event: March 7-10, 2020 Number of Entries: 250 Total Prize Pool: $1,162,500 Number of Payouts: 32 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Tony Tran $279,270 2nd Jake Schwartz $177,680 3rd Robert Heidorn $122,105 4th Kevin Rabichow $85,800 5th Erkut Yilmaz $61,685 6th Shankar Pillai $45,390
WPT Online Championship[ edit ] Casino: Online (partypoker) Buy-in: $3,200 7-Day Event: May 10–20, 2020 Number of Entries: 2,130 Total Prize Pool: $6,390,000 Number of Payouts: 312 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Christian Jeppsson $923,786 2nd Viktor Ustimov $865,542 3rd Jukka Koskela $477,333 4th Nikolay Ponomarev $317,583 5th Alexander Clark $221,733 6th Pascal Hartmann $151,443
World Championship 8-Max by partypoker[ edit ] Casino: Online (partypoker) Buy-in: $3,200 4-Day Event: August 1–4, 2020 Number of Entries: 1,062 Total Prize Pool: $3,186,000 Number of Payouts: 136 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Gavin Cochrane $540,664 2nd Thomas Boivin $388,119 3rd Lars Kamphues $256,728 4th Dmitry Yurasov $173,956 5th Shyngis Satubayev $123,298 6th Dan Colpoys $87,296
World Championship 6-Max by partypoker[ edit ] Casino: Online (partypoker) Buy-in: $3,200 4-Day Event: August 8-11, 2020 Number of Entries: 999 Total Prize Pool: $3,000,000 Number of Payouts: 120 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Nick Petrangelo $494,550 2nd Artsiom Prostak $368,250 3rd Arsenii Karmatckii $278,448 4th Patrice Brandt $192,900 5th Jiachen Gong $128,100 6th Elior Sion $93,630
World Championship Knockout by partypoker[ edit ] Casino: Online (partypoker) Buy-in: $3,200 4-Day Event: August 15–18, 2020 Number of Entries: 1,035 Total Prize Pool: $3,105,000 Number of Payouts: 136 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Daniel Smyth $408,330 2nd Manig Löser $272,234 3rd Joao Maureli $172,073 4th Pim Gieles $118,231 5th Pedro Marques $85,320 6th Artur Martirosyan $62,000
World Championship Mix-Max by partypoker[ edit ] Casino: Online (partypoker) Buy-in: $3,200 4-Day Event: August 22–25, 2020 Number of Entries: 989 Total Prize Pool: $3,000,000 Number of Payouts: 132 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Andrey Kotelnikov $488,508 2nd Stuart Guite $366,605 3rd Sven Andersson $271,903 4th Oleg Vasylchenko $190,500 5th Maciej Gasior $124,500 6th Dimitar Danchev $89,016
WPT World Championship Main Event[ edit ] Casino: Online (partypoker) Buy-in: $10,300 11-Day Event: September 6-16, 2020 Number of Entries: 1,011 Total Prize Pool: $10,110,000 Number of Payouts: 136 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Phillip Mighall $1,715,667 2nd Teun Mulder $1,231,600 3rd Damian Salas $814,664 4th Blaz Zerjav $552,006 5th Victor Simionato $391,257 6th Dzmitry Urbanovich $277,014
WPT Online Poker Open[ edit ] Casino: Online (partypoker US Network) Buy-in: $3,500 3-Day Event: December 27–29, 2020 Number of Entries: 395 Total Prize Pool: $1,264,000 Number of Payouts: 64 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Soheb Porbandarwala $239,820 2nd Balakrishna Patur $164,868 3rd Matt Iles $127,398 4th unknown $95,948 5th Obli Prabu $75,565 6th Alex Farin $56,830
WPT Montreal Online[ edit ] Casino: Online (partypoker) Buy-in: $3,200 5-Day Event: January 17–27, 2021 Number of Entries: 888 Total Prize Pool: $2,664,000 Number of Payouts: 133 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Jack Hardcastle $447,859 2nd Rayan Chamas $308,703 3rd Dan Shak $212,459 4th Felix Schulze $139,164 5th Andrei Kriazhev $95,673 6th Charles Chattha $74,119
WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open[ edit ] Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida Buy-in: $3,500 5-Day Event: January 22–26, 2021 Number of Entries: 1,573 Total Prize Pool: $5,033,600 Number of Payouts: 197 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Ilyas Muradi $620,000 2nd Robel Andemichael $545,500 3rd Ronnie Bardah $566,135 4th Francis Margaglione $293,510 5th Jesse Lonis $223,895 6th Philip Shing $168,990
Casino: Casino Sochi, Sochi, Russia Buy-in: 245,000 RUB 6-Day Event: February 23–28, 2021 Number of Entries: 251 Total Prize Pool: $ Number of Payouts: 118 Final Table Place Name Prize (RUB) 1st Maksim Sekretarev 11,996,600 ($160,694) 2nd Andrey Volkov 7,998,200 ($107,135) 3rd Ravil Khamatgareev 5,840,450 ($78,232) 4th Vladimir Bozinovic 4,325,650 ($57,942) 5th Vanush Mnatsakanyan 3,249,750 ($43,530) 6th Sergey Bobrik 2,477,300 ($33,183)
Casino: The Venetian Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada Buy-in: $5,000 5-Day Event: March 5–9, 2021 Number of Entries: 937 Total Prize Pool: $4,333,625 Number of Payouts: 118 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Qing Liu $752,880 2nd Joe McKeehen $491,960 3rd Roland Rokita $363,235 4th Jack Hardcastle $271,050 5th Kou Vang $204,430 6th Trace Henderson $155,865
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown[ edit ] Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida Buy-in: $3,500 5-Day Event: April 23-27, 2021 (Final Table: May 18) Number of Entries: 2,482 Total Prize Pool: $7,942,000 Number of Payouts: 311 Note: Established a new record for largest WPT event Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Brek Schutten $1,261,095 2nd Steven Snyder $899,295 3rd Viet Vo $593,140 4th Sonny Franco $438,500 5th Albert Calderon $326,750 6th Ken Aldridge $261,700
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Standings Rank Name Points 1 Brian Altman 3,200 2 Balakrishna Patur 2,300 3 Jack Hardcastle 2,200 4 Qing Liu 2,000 5 Eric Afriat 1,750
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