Who won the 2025 WPT World Championship?

Schuyler Thornton, who beat 1,865 entries at Wynn Las Vegas for $2,258,856.

What is the biggest WPT World Championship prize?

$5,282,954, won by Dan Sepiol in 2023 (heads-up deal; the listed first prize was $5,678,000). The 2023 event also had the largest field, 3,835 entries.

Why was there no WPT World Championship from 2016 to 2021?

From 2016 the World Poker Tour dropped its open World Championship; its season finales became the invitational Tournament of Champions, for WPT title winners (with an online championship in 2020). The World Championship returned in December 2022 as a $10,400 event at Wynn Las Vegas.

Where is the WPT World Championship played?

At Wynn Las Vegas since 2022. It was played at Bellagio from 2003 to 2013 and at the Borgata in Atlantic City in 2014 and 2015.

Has anyone won the WPT World Championship and the WSOP Main Event?

Yes — Carlos Mortensen, who won the WSOP Main Event in 2001 and the WPT World Championship in 2007.

Poker history

WPT World Championship winners

By All In Central · Updated 30 September 2026

Schuyler Thornton is the reigning WPT world champion, winning the 2025 event for $2,258,856. The World Poker Tour's season finale has crowned 17 champions since 2003. The 2026 edition is played at Wynn Las Vegas in December.

2025 champion

Schuyler Thornton

$2,258,856

Biggest first prize

$5,282,954

Dan Sepiol, 2023

Largest field

3,835

2023

Champions

since 2003

Every champion

Newest first. Prizes in US dollars as paid. Not held from 2016 to 2021.

WPT World Championship winners by year
Year	Champion	Entries	Prize	Venue	Note
2025Season XXIII	United States: Schuyler Thornton	1,865	$2,258,856	Wynn Las Vegas
2024Season XXII	United States: Scott Stewart	2,392	$2,563,900	Wynn Las Vegas
2023Season XXI	United States: Dan Sepiol	3,835	$5,282,954	Wynn Las Vegas	Heads-up deal; the listed first prize was $5,678,000.
2022Season XX	Canada: Eliot Hudon	2,960	$4,136,000	Wynn Las Vegas	The first $10,400 edition at Wynn.
2015Season XIII	United States: Asher Conniff	239	$973,683	Borgata
2014Season XII	United States: Keven Stammen	328	$1,350,000	Borgata
2013Season XI	United States: Chino Rheem	146	$1,150,297	Bellagio
2012Season X	Germany: Marvin Rettenmaier	152	$1,196,858	Bellagio
2011Season IX	United States: Scott Seiver	220	$1,618,344	Bellagio
2010Season VIII	United States: David Williams	195	$1,530,537	Bellagio
2009Season VII	Ukraine: Yevgeniy Timoshenko	338	$2,149,960	Bellagio	Born in Ukraine, based in the US.
2008Season VI	United States: David Chiu	545	$3,389,140	Bellagio
2007Season V	Spain: Carlos Mortensen	639	$3,970,415	Bellagio	The 2001 WSOP Main Event champion too.
2006Season IV	United States: Joe Bartholdi Jr.	605	$3,760,165	Bellagio
2005Season III	United States: Tuan Le	452	$2,856,150	Bellagio
2004Season II	Sweden: Martin de Knijff	343	$2,728,356	Bellagio
2003Season I	United States: Alan Goehring	111	$1,011,886	Bellagio

Common questions

Who won the 2025 WPT World Championship?: Schuyler Thornton, who beat 1,865 entries at Wynn Las Vegas for $2,258,856.
What is the biggest WPT World Championship prize?: $5,282,954, won by Dan Sepiol in 2023 (heads-up deal; the listed first prize was $5,678,000). The 2023 event also had the largest field, 3,835 entries.
Why was there no WPT World Championship from 2016 to 2021?: From 2016 the World Poker Tour dropped its open World Championship; its season finales became the invitational Tournament of Champions, for WPT title winners (with an online championship in 2020). The World Championship returned in December 2022 as a $10,400 event at Wynn Las Vegas.
Where is the WPT World Championship played?: At Wynn Las Vegas since 2022. It was played at Bellagio from 2003 to 2013 and at the Borgata in Atlantic City in 2014 and 2015.
Has anyone won the WPT World Championship and the WSOP Main Event?: Yes — Carlos Mortensen, who won the WSOP Main Event in 2001 and the WPT World Championship in 2007.

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Sources: the World Poker Tour's results archive and PokerNews and Card Player coverage of each final, checked in September 2026. Timoshenko's flag is his country of birth. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.