World Poker Tour season 18 results

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]

Events

Source:^[6]

Gardens Poker Festival

• 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

Legends of Poker

• Casino: The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California
• Buy-in: $5,000^[8]
• 5-Day Event: August 31-September 4, 2019
• Number of Entries: 520
• Total Prize Pool: $2,392,000
• Number of Payouts: 65

Final Table^[9]

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

Borgata Poker Open

• 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^[10]

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

• 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^[11]

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

WPT UK

• 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^[12]

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

• 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^[13]

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

WPT Montreal

• 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

Final Table^[14]

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Geoffrey Hum	$500,000
2nd	Adedapo Ajayi	$335,000
3rd	Joseph Cheong	$235,290
4th	Mike Watson	$180,000
5th	Kristen Bicknell	$140,000
6th	Martin Jacobson	$110,000

Seminole Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open

• 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^[15]

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

• 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^[16]

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

• 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

• 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.^[17]

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

WPT Russia

• 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

• 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

WPT Germany

• 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 Pütz	€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

• 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

L.A. Poker Classic

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

WPT Russia

• 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)

WPT at Venetian

• 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

• 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

Player of the Year

Source:^[18]

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

External links

• Official site