World Poker Tour season 16 results

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Below are the results for season 16 (XVI) of the World Poker Tour (2017–18).

Results

WPT Beijing

Casino: NUO Hotel, Beijing, China
Buy-in: Invitational
5-Day Event: April 15-19, 2017
Number of Entries: 400
Total Prize Pool: CNY 9,600,000
Number of Payouts: 50

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize (CNY)
1st	Pete Chen	2,063,454
2nd	Ke Chen	1,373,026
3rd	Yingqi Lu	882,619
4th	Wenbin Zhang	585,468
5th	Yancheng Tan	450,616
6th	Bryan Huang	373,218

WPT Amsterdam

Casino: Holland Casino, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Buy-in: €3,300
5-Day Event: May 9-13, 2017
Number of Entries: 224
Total Prize Pool: €672,000
Number of Payouts: 28

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Daniel Daniyar	€152,600
2nd	Louis Salter	€106,710
3rd	Jan Jansma	€65,570
4th	Shyngis Satubayev	€39,885
5th	Jorn Walthaus	€30,800
6th	Jonathan Rozema	€25,525

WPT Choctaw

Casino: Choctaw Casino Resort, Durant, Oklahoma
Buy-in: $3,700
5-Day Event: August 4-8, 2017
Number of Entries: 924
Total Prize Pool: $3,121,980
Number of Payouts: 99

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Jay Lee	$593,173
2nd	Jeb Hutton	$366,895
3rd	Josh Kay	$270,801
4th	Michael Stashin	$202,617
5th	Paul Fisher	$153,508
6th	Eric Bunch	$117,761

Legends of Poker

Casino: The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California
Buy-in: $4,000
7-Day Event: August 25-31, 2017
Number of Entries: 763
Total Prize Pool: $2,738,407
Number of Payouts: 81

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Art Papazyan	$668,692
2nd	Phil Hellmuth	$364,370
3rd	J.C. Tran	$217,040
4th	D.J. Alexander	$161,490
5th	Marvin Rettenmaier	$120,775
6th	Adam Swan	$91,825

Borgata Poker Open

Casino: Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Buy-in: $3,500
6-Day Event: September 17-22, 2017
Number of Entries: 1,132
Total Prize Pool: $3,623,532
Number of Payouts: 110

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Guo Liang Chen	$789,058
2nd	Gregory Weber	$471,059
3rd	Jia Liu	$288,071
4th	Matt Parry	$240,965
5th	Cliff Josephy	$199,294
6th	Thomas Paul	$161,247

WPT Maryland

Casino: Maryland Live! Casino, Hanover, Maryland
Buy-in: $3,500
5-Day Event: September 30-October 4, 2017
Number of Entries: 561
Total Prize Pool: $2,000,000
Number of Payouts: 71

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Art Papazyan	$389,405
2nd	Zachary Donovan	$262,930
3rd	Tom Reynolds	$168,990
4th	Randal Heeb	$120,165
5th	Grigoriy Shvarts	$92,015
6th	Timothy Chang	$76,620

bestbet Bounty Scramble

Casino: bestbet Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
Buy-in: $5,000
5-Day Event: October 21-25, 2017
Number of Entries: 323
Total Prize Pool: $1,501,950
Number of Payouts: 41

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Paul Petraglia	$315,732
2nd	Sam Panzica	$210,783
3rd	Darren Elias	$135,548
4th	John Esposito	$86,440
5th	Gaurav Raina	$66,674
6th	Shankar Pillai	$55,191

WPT Montreal

Casino: Playground Poker Club, Kahnawake, Quebec
Buy-in: $3,850
7-Day Event: November 10-16, 2017
Number of Entries: 606
Total Prize Pool: $2,057,370
Number of Payouts: 76

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize (CAD)
1st	Maxime Heroux	$403,570
2nd	Pat Quinn	$271,030
3rd	Derek Wolters	$173,220
4th	Brendan Baksh	$124,310
5th	Eric Afriat	$95,370
6th	David Peters	$78,050

Five Diamond World Poker Classic

Casino: Bellagio Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Buy-in: $10,400
6-Day Event: December 5-10, 2017
Number of Entries: 812
Total Prize Pool: $7,876,400
Number of Payouts: 81

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Ryan Tosoc	$1,958,065
2nd	Alex Foxen	$1,134,202
3rd	Mike Del Vecchio	$752,196
4th	Sean Perry	$504,090
5th	Ajay Chabra	$350,500
6th	Richard Kirsch	$271,736

WPT Berlin

Casino: Casino Spielbank, Berlin, Germany
Buy-in: €3,300
4-Day Event: January 12-15, 2018
Number of Entries: 339
Total Prize Pool: €1,000,000
Number of Payouts: 43

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Ole Schemion	€218,435
2nd	Michal Mrakes	€143,845
3rd	Patrice Brandt	€93,105
4th	Michael Behnert	€60,730
5th	Hanyong Kuo	€46,705
6th	Amjad Nader	€39,010

Lucky Hearts Poker Open

Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida
Buy-in: $3,500
6-Day Event: January 19-24, 2018
Number of Entries: 911
Total Prize Pool: $2,915,200
Number of Payouts: 114

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Darryll Fish	$511,604
2nd	Aleksandr Shevelev	$331,116
3rd	Andy Frankenberger	$244,342
4th	Ness Reilly	$182,249
5th	Brett Bader	$137,440
6th	Alan Krockey	$104,784

Borgata Winter Poker Open

Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Buy-in: $3,500
6-Day Event: January 28-February 2, 2018
Number of Entries: 1,244
Total Prize Pool: $3,967,000
Number of Payouts: 157

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Eric Afriat	$651,928
2nd	Justin Zaki	$434,614
3rd	Zach Gruneberg	$321,533
4th	Joe McKeehen	$240,251
5th	Michael Marder	$181,329
6th	Stephen Song	$138,254

Fallsview Poker Classic

Casino: Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, Ontario
Buy-in: $5,000
3-Day Event: February 10-12, 2018
Number of Entries: 517
Total Prize Pool: $2,337,803
Number of Payouts: 67

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Mike Leah	$451,821
2nd	Ryan Yu	$301,217
3rd	Tim Rutherford	$222,315
4th	Carlos Chadha	$165,847
5th	Daniel Wagner	$125,069
6th	Joe Ferrier	$95,355

L.A. Poker Classic

Casino: Commerce Casino, Commerce, California
Buy-in: $10,000
6-Day Event: February 24-March 1, 2018
Number of Entries: 493
Total Prize Pool: $4,681,035
Number of Payouts: 62

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Dennis Blieden	$1,000,000
2nd	Toby Lewis	$600,630
3rd	Derek Wolters	$430,210
4th	Marc Macdonnell	$319,310
5th	Peter Hengsakul	$244,430
6th	Manuel Martinez	$186,325

WPT Rolling Thunder

Casino: Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, California
Buy-in: $3,500
5-Day Event: March 2-6, 2018
Number of Entries: 440
Total Prize Pool: $1,408,000
Number of Payouts: 55

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	David Larson	$295,128
2nd	Ian Steinman	$201,428
3rd	Joe McKeehen	$131,081
4th	Ping Liu	$97,510
5th	Rayo Kniep	$69,650
6th	D.J. Alexander	$56,417

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown

Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida
Buy-in: $3,500
6-Day Event: April 13-18, 2018
Number of Entries: 1,309
Total Prize Pool: $4,188,800
Number of Payouts: 164

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Scott Margereson	$696,740
2nd	Faraz Jaka	$454,496
3rd	Brian Hastings	$336,466
4th	Joey Couden	$251,523
5th	Matt Stout	$189,880
6th	Jeff Fielder	$144,775

WPT Amsterdam

Casino: Holland Casino, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Buy-in: €3,300
5-Day Event: April 16-20, 2018
Number of Entries: 207
Total Prize Pool: €590,170
Number of Payouts: 26

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Rens Feenstra	€156,370
2nd	Ema Zajmović	€100,260
3rd	Firoz Mangroe	€60,140
4th	Gary Miller	€36,795
5th	Louis Salter	€28,415
6th	Paul Berende	€23,550

Bellagio Elite Poker Championship

Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada
Buy-in: $10,400
6-Day Event: May 1-6, 2018
Number of Entries: 126
Total Prize Pool: $1,220,200
Number of Payouts: 16

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Larry Greenberg	$378,879
2nd	Danny Qutami	$223,663
3rd	Jim Collopy	$146,644
4th	Adrian Garduno	$100,832
5th	Ryan Van Sanford	$78,221
6th	Cary Katz	$60,499

Bobby Baldwin Classic

Casino: Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Buy-in: $10,000
4-Day Event: May 20-23, 2018
Number of Entries: 162
Total Prize Pool: $1,555,200
Number of Payouts: 21
Note: Elias became the first player to win four WPT titles

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Darren Elias	$387,580
2nd	Kitty Kuo	$248,380
3rd	Joe McKeehen	$178,610
4th	Dietrich Fast	$130,895
5th	Sam Panzica	$97,795
6th	Jonathan Little	$74,520

WPT Tournament of Champions

Casino: Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Buy-in: $15,000
3-Day Event: May 24-26, 2018
Number of Entries: 80
Total Prize Pool: $1,365,000
Number of Payouts: 10

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Matthew Waxman	$463,375
2nd	Matas Cimbolas	$265,590
3rd	Darren Elias	$177,060
4th	David Benyamine	$123,045
5th	Nick Schulman	$89,290
6th	J.C. Tran	$67,800

Player of the Year

Final Standings
Rank	Name	Points
1	Art Papazyan	2,450
2	Joe McKeehen	2,350
3	Darren Elias	1,850
3	Derek Wolters	1,850
5	Eric Afriat	1,750

References

"World Poker Tour Season 16: Hendon Mob Poker Database". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 2024-11-12.

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