World Poker Tour season 15 results

Below are the results for season 15 (XV) of the World Poker Tour (2016–17).

A notable occurrence happened at the 14th event of the season, the WPT Playground, which saw Ema Zajmović become the first woman to win an open WPT event.

Results

Canadian Spring Championship

Playground Poker Club

• Casino: Playground Poker Club, Kahnawake, Quebec
• Buy-in: CAD$3,500
• 7-Day Event: April 20-May 5, 2016
• Number of Entries: 417
• Total Prize Pool: CAD$1,293,768
• Number of Payouts: 54

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize (CAD)
1st	Seth Davies	$274,540
2nd	Ruben Perceval	$180,088
3rd	Joel Miller	$115,570
4th	Thomas Taylor	$85,460
5th	Guillaume Nolet	$64,160
6th	Tony Dunst	$51,400

WPT Amsterdam

• Casino: Holland Casino, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Buy-in: €3,300
• 5-Day Event: May 10-14, 2016
• Number of Entries: 318
• Total Prize Pool: €911,880
• Number of Payouts: 36

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Andjelko Andrejevic	€200,000
2nd	Tomas Fara	€143,300
3rd	Anthony Zinno	€90,460
4th	Emrah Cakmak	€67,300
5th	Senh Ung	€50,518
6th	Hans Bosman	€40,396

WPT Choctaw

• Casino: Choctaw Casino Resort, Durant, Oklahoma
• Buy-in: $3,700
• 5-Day Event: July 29-August 2, 2016
• Number of Entries: 1,066
• Total Prize Pool: $3,619,070
• Number of Payouts: 109

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	James Mackey	$666,758
2nd	Benjamin Zamani	$412,234
3rd	Craig Varnell	$306,346
4th	Bastian Fischer	$230,300
5th	Jack Duong	$175,122
6th	Matthew Smith	$134,720

Legends of Poker

• Casino: The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California
• Buy-in: $4,000
• 6-Day Event: August 27-September 1, 2016
• Number of Entries: 687
• Total Prize Pool: $2,465,643
• Number of Payouts: 72

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Pat Lyons	$615,346
2nd	Benjamin Zamani	$341,412
3rd	Upeshka De Silva	$198,720
4th	Todd Peterson	$149,715
5th	William Vo	$113,105
6th	Rafael Oliveira	$85,760

Borgata Poker Open

• Casino: Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey
• Buy-in: $3,500
• 6-Day Event: September 18-23, 2016
• Number of Entries: 1,179
• Total Prize Pool: $3,773,979
• Number of Payouts: 110

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Jesse Sylvia	$821,811
2nd	Zach Gruneberg	$490,617
3rd	Taha Maruf	$300,031
4th	Simon Lam	$250,970
5th	Chris Limo	$207,569
6th	Farid Jattin	$167,942

WPT Maryland Live!

• Casino: Maryland Live! Casino, Hanover, Maryland
• Buy-in: $3,500
• 5-Day Event: October 1-5, 2016
• Number of Entries: 554
• Total Prize Pool: $1,772,800
• Number of Payouts: 63

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Zachary Smiley	$356,536
2nd	Ryan Belz	$239,412
3rd	Mario Silvestri	$153,983
4th	Darren Elias	$113,905
5th	Benjamin Zamani	$85,429
6th	Cate Hall	$68,554

bestbet Bounty Scramble

• Casino: bestbet Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
• Buy-in: $5,000
• 5-Day Event: October 14-18, 2016
• Number of Entries: 379
• Total Prize Pool: $1,762,350
• Number of Payouts: 48

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Sam Panzica	$354,335
2nd	Richard Malone Jr.	$237,616
3rd	Ankush Mandavia	$152,766
4th	Tyler Patterson	$100,643
5th	Noah Schwartz	$77,499
6th	Paul Balzano	$64,183

WPT UK

• Casino: Dusk Till Dawn Poker & Casino, Nottingham, United Kingdom
• Buy-in: £2,200
• 7-Day Event: October 31-November 6, 2016
• Number of Entries: 522
• Total Prize Pool: £1,044,000
• Number of Payouts: 54

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Luis Rodriguez Cruz	£200,000
2nd	Chris Yong	£135,000
3rd	Nabil Cardoso	£90,000
4th	Maxime Swennen	£67,080
5th	Seamus Cahill	£50,000
6th	Alex Lindop	£40,000

WPT Montreal

• Casino: Playground Poker Club, Kahnawake, Quebec
• Buy-in: CAD$3,850
• 7-Day Event: November 11-17, 2016
• Number of Entries: 648
• Total Prize Pool: CAD$2,199,960
• Number of Payouts: 81

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize (CAD)
1st	Mike Sexton	$425,980
2nd	Benny Chen	$286,110
3rd	Nadir Lalji	$183,320
4th	Ilan Boujenah	$132,750
5th	Ema Zajmović	$102,010
6th	Jake Schwartz	$81,740

WPT Caribbean

• Casino: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
• Buy-in: $5,000
• 5-Day Event: November 19-23, 2016
• Number of Entries: 323
• Total Prize Pool: $1,456,892
• Number of Payouts: 36

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Niall Farrell	$335,000
2nd	Troy Quenneville	$220,000
3rd	Anthony Augustino	$140,000
4th	Colin Moffatt	$105,392
5th	Yiannis Liperis	$80,000
6th	Stephen Woodhead	$66,000

WPT Prague

• Casino: Hotel Grandior, Prague, Czech Republic
• Buy-in: €3,300
• 5-Day Event: December 2-6, 2016
• Number of Entries: 167
• Total Prize Pool: €551,100
• Number of Payouts: 21

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Oleg Vasylchenko	€132,200
2nd	Anton Petrov	€82,000
3rd	Tonio Roder	€52,500
4th	Romain Lewis	€39,120
5th	Martin Kabrhel	€29,410
6th	Preben Stokkan	€23,520

Five Diamond World Poker Classic

• Casino: Bellagio Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Buy-in: $10,400
• 6-Day Event: December 5-10, 2016
• Number of Entries: 791
• Total Prize Pool: $7,672,700
• Number of Payouts: 72

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	James Romero	$1,938,118
2nd	Ryan Tosoc	$1,124,051
3rd	Jake Schindler	$736,579
4th	Alex Condon	$494,889
5th	Justin Bonomo	$345,272
6th	Igor Yaroshevskyy	$268,545

Borgata Winter Poker Open

• Casino: Borgata Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey
• Buy-in: $3,500
• 6-Day Event: January 29-February 3, 2017
• Number of Entries: 1,312
• Total Prize Pool: $4,199,712
• Number of Payouts: 130

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Daniel Weinman	$892,433
2nd	Nathan Bjerno	$524,964
3rd	Tyler Kenney	$327,578
4th	Jia Liu	$275,081
5th	Richard Foster	$228,884
6th	Nicholas Immekus	$184,787

WPT Playground

• Casino: Playground Poker Club, Kahnawake, Quebec
• Buy-in: $3,500
• 6-Day Event: February 10-15, 2017
• Number of Entries: 380
• Total Prize Pool: $1,179,520
• Number of Payouts: 48
• Note: Zajmović became the first woman to win an open WPT event.

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize (CAD)
1st	Ema Zajmović	$261,000
2nd	Jean-Francois Bouchard	$169,270
3rd	Eric Afriat	$108,690
4th	Tam Ho	$71,670
5th	Mekhail Mekhail	$55,200
6th	Jean-Pascal Savard	$45,690

Fallsview Poker Classic

• Casino: Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, Ontario
• Buy-in: $5,000
• 3-Day Event: February 22-24, 2017
• Number of Entries: 489
• Total Prize Pool: $2,229,954
• Number of Payouts: 63

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize (CAD)
1st	Darren Elias	$429,384
2nd	David Eldridge	$300,982
3rd	Jean-Christophe Ferreira	$193,583
4th	Andrew Chen	$143,199
5th	Manig Löser	$107,399
6th	Abdull Hassan	$86,184

L.A. Poker Classic

• Casino: Commerce Casino, Commerce, California
• Buy-in: $10,000
• 6-Day Event: February 25-March 2, 2017
• Number of Entries: 521
• Total Prize Pool: $5,001,600
• Number of Payouts: 66

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Daniel Strelitz	$1,001,110
2nd	Simeon Naydenov	$672,190
3rd	Jared Griener	$431,340
4th	Mike Sexton	$300,690
5th	Jesse Martin	$230,380
6th	Richard Tuhrim	$191,490

Bay 101 Shooting Star

• Casino: Bay 101, San Jose, California
• Buy-in: $7,500
• 5-Day Event: March 6-10, 2017
• Number of Entries: 806
• Total Prize Pool: $5,722,600
• Number of Payouts: 81

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Sam Panzica	$1,373,000
2nd	Anthony Spinella	$786,610
3rd	David Rheem	$521,660
4th	Paul Volpe	$349,610
5th	Dennis Stevermer	$243,090
6th	Rainer Kempe	$188,460

WPT Rolling Thunder

• Casino: Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, California
• Buy-in: $3,500
• 5-Day Event: March 11-15, 2017
• Number of Entries: 421
• Total Prize Pool: $1,347,200
• Number of Payouts: 53

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Mike Del Vecchio	$284,638
2nd	Sorel Mizzi	$190,105
3rd	Steven Tabb	$122,296
4th	John Hadley	$81,930
5th	Olivier Busquet	$63,013
6th	Connor Drinan	$52,222

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown

• Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida
• Buy-in: $3,500
• 6-Day Event: March 31-April 5, 2017
• Number of Entries: 1,207
• Total Prize Pool: $3,862,400
• Number of Payouts: 151

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Tony Sinishtaj	$661,283
2nd	Darryll Fish	$453,185
3rd	Robert Mizrachi	$293,864
4th	Daniel Colman	$217,686
5th	Eric Beller	$164,438
6th	Simeon Naydenov	$132,889

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale

• Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida
• Buy-in: $10,000
• 5-Day Event: April 2-6, 2017
• Number of Entries: 349
• Total Prize Pool: $3,315,500
• Number of Payouts: 44

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Ryan Riess	$716,088
2nd	Alan Sternberg	$491,081
3rd	Terry Schumacher	$315,726
4th	Tim West	$204,466
5th	Jason Koon	$157,599
6th	Cliff Josephy	$130,370

WPT Tournament of Champions

• Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida
• Buy-in: $15,000
• 3-Day Event: April 7-9, 2017
• Number of Entries: 66
• Total Prize Pool: $1,090,000
• Number of Payouts: 9

Final Table

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Daniel Weinman	$381,500
2nd	Michael Mizrachi	$218,000
3rd	Daniel Santoro	$133,525
4th	David Ormsby	$95,375
5th	Erik Seidel	$73,575
6th	Dylan Wilkerson	$57,225

Player of the Year

Final Standings

Rank	Name	Points
1	Benjamin Zamani	2,550
2	Sam Panzica	2,500
3	Mike Sexton	0	4	Simeon Naydenov	1,800
5	Darren Elias	1,650
	James Mackey

References

1. ^ "Ema Zajmovic becomes the first woman to win an open WPT event". Cardplayer. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
2. ^ "WPT Tournament of Champions". World Poker Tour. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

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