The 2025 World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship ran at Wynn Las Vegas from December 2-22. The competition made headlines when Schuyler Thornton topped a 1,865-entry area to win the $10,400 WPT World Championship for $2,258,856, and when Aaron Johnson bested a 9,876-entry area to win the $1,100 WPT Prime Championship for $1,010,400.
Nonetheless, there was a full schedule of aspect occasions that befell and awarded thousands and thousands extra. Maxx Coleman took down the $3,000 5-Card PLO occasion for $100,245, whereas Benjamin Greenberg gained the particular Membership WPT Gold Thriller Quest for $136,475. One other participant to have success was Richard Ashby, who claimed two titles. First, he gained the $1,100 PLO for $47,728 after which two days later gained the $1,600 T.O.R.S.E. Championship for $52,896.
Right here’s a have a look at a number of the greater names to say aspect occasion titles on the 2025 WPT World Championship. You possibly can view full outcomes from the collection over at The Hendon Mob.
Early Title for Eric Baldwin
At the start of the collection, the $800 buy-in, $1 million GTD No-Restrict Maintain’em match attracted 2,941 entries and greater than doubled the assure by producing a $2,043,995 prize pool.
That was paid out to the highest 365 finishers, and a few acquainted names to make deep runs have been Justin Lapka (14th – $11,461), Jessica Vierling (twentieth – $7,412), Jeremy Becker (twenty fifth – $5,619), Matt Affleck (thirty seventh – $4,231), and Cherish Andrews (forty fifth – $3,620).
Las Vegas crusher Eric Baldwin, no stranger to success on the Wynn, ended up the final participant standing to say the title and $247,318 first-place prize.
$800 NLH Closing Desk Outcomes
1Eric Baldwin$247,318
2Shundan Xiao$211,213
3Anthony Lewis$176,886
4Anonymous$172,513
5Taylor Black$96,248
6Brandon Sunshine$72,324
7Timothy Acker$54,498
8Anze Smajd$40,481
9Butuc Gheorghe$28,965
New Profession-Excessive Rating for Arnwine
From December 5-7, the $1,600 NLH Thriller Bounty performed out as 1,253 runners took their shot at a $1,472,190 prize pool.
Popping out on high in that match was Justin Arnwine, who is understood to the poker lots due to his hardcore affinity for Hiya Kitty. An East Coast grinder, Arnwine traveled to Las Vegas and ended up leaving with a brand new career-high rating of $259,670.
The win got here a little bit over a month after Arnwine had gained the RGPS MGM Nationwide Harbor $1,700 Fundamental Occasion for $80,646.pokerne
$1,600 Thriller Bounty Closing Desk Outcomes
1Justin Arnwine$259,670
2Qun Dang$164,795
3Agharazi Babyev$125,223
4Mohamed Aissani$96,091
5Mearl Wisehart$74,033
6John Ypma$56,400
7Johnson Nguyen$42,381
8Hyundong Lee$31,139
9Stephen Nussrallah$22,574
Rob Wazwaz Finishes Off Profession Yr with a Win
It’s been yr for Minnesota’s Rob Wazwaz, a WSOP bracelet winner and MSPT Corridor of Famer. Over the summer time, he practically gained a second gold bracelet when he completed runner-up in Occasion #92: $1,979 NLH Poker Corridor of Fame Bounty for $207,510.
Nicely, he returned to Las Vegas for the WPT World Championship and ended up strolling away with a title when he topped a 200-entry area to win the $3,000 PLO Progressive Bounty occasion for $68,860 plus bounties.
It helped push Wazwaz as much as a career-high $561,905 in match earnings in 2025, in line with The Hendon Mob.
$3,000 PLO PKO Closing Desk Outcomes
1Rob Wazwaz$68,860
2Lawrence Brandt$68,860
3Samuel Uhlmann$37,534
4Zachary Schwartz$27,354
5Brevin Andreadis$20,192
6Michael Lavenburg$15,377
7Oleksandr Trokhymenko$12,027
8Jonathan Leone$9,664
9Cliff Josephy$8,001
World Poker Tour G.O.A.T. Darren Elias Wins $25k Excessive Curler at Wynn
Cliff Josephy Scores Huge
From December 18-21, the $3,000 buy-in, $3 million GTD No-Restrict Maintain’em occasion befell. The match drew 1,544 runners, which surpassed the assure by making a $3,928,462 prize pool that was paid out to the highest 191 finishers.
Amongst these to make comparatively deep runs have been Brock Wilson (twelfth – $36,835), Ray Qartomy (14th – $27,080), Boris Kolev (twenty seventh – $13,187), Dylan Linde (thirty second – $12,381), and Michael Wang (forty first – $10,991).
The ultimate desk performed host to high competitors like Shannon Shorr and Jack Duong, however finally, it was poker veteran Cliff Josephy defeating Ben Ramon in heads-up play to say the title and a hefty $700,157 first-place prize.
$3,000 NLH Closing Desk Outcomes
1Cliff Josephy$700,157
2Ben Ramon$456,229
3Jack Duong$350,612
4Michael Levenburg$209,042
5Shannon Shorr$161,536
6Yiannis Liperis$120,383
7Stephen Kehoe$88,184
8Samuel Bekerian$64,326
2025 WPT World Championship Facet Occasion Winners
12/2/25$600 Restrict Omaha 8123$62,730Edward Spivack$17,251
12/2/25$800 NLH $1M GTD2,941$2,043,995Eric Baldwin$247,318
12/3/25$600 TORSE116$59,160Michael Parizon$13,290
12/5/25$1,600 Thriller Bounty $1M GTD1,253$2,261,190Justin Arnwine$259,670
12/5/25$1,100 NLH Turbo NLH145$141,375Adi Aizin$38,170
12/6/25$1,100 NLH Turbo141$137,475Boris Kolev$37,118
12/7/25$1,100 HORSE151$145,715Richard Bai$37,365
12/7/25$1,600 PLO Thriller Bounty526$752,180Chase Crouch$91,775
12/8/25$1,100 Restrict Omaha 8147$141,855Ben Landowski$38,301
12/8/25$600 5-Card PLO163$83,130Liran Betito$19,253
12/8/25$3,000 PLO121$330,330Jonathan Borenstein$90,837
12/8/25$1,100 PLO Turbo187$182,325Ezra Abugazal$44,622
12/9/25$3,000 5-Card PLO136$371,280Maxx Coleman$100,245
12/9/25$1,100 TORSE170$164,050Joseph Carlson$35,000
12/9/25$600 NLH Turbo252$129,780Mark Crispin$21,794
12/10/25$600 NLH Turbo305$157,075Zachary Frank$23,362
12/11/25$600 NLH Turbo358$184,370Jose Luis Medina Vargas$36,548
12/11/25$600 Restrict Omaha 8/Stud 8216$110,160Charles Honkonen$25,792
12/12/25$1,600 NLH $1M GTD1,300$1,859,000Antonio Vargas Alvarado$307,794
12/12/25$600 TORSE191$97,410Ross Hoffman$23,839
12/12/25$1,600 PLO Turbo $500 Bounty221$207,740Nitesh Rawtani$41,225
12/13/25$1,100 5-Card PLO295$287,625Rafael Lebron$51,122
12/13/25$600 NLH Turbo228$117,420Roger Franco$24,496
12/13/25Club WPT Gold Thriller Quest100$2,000,000Benjamin Greenberg$136,475
12/13/25-12/15/25$600 NLH $250K GTD1,353$690,030David Bradshaw$88,172
12/14/25$1,600 PLU Turbo $500 Bounty163$153,220Michael Wilson$39,290
12/14/25$1,100 Huge O328$319,800Veerachai Vongxaiburana$57,464
12/14/25$1,100 Women Championship445$429,425Lily Lotfy$82,636
12/15/25$1,100 NLH422$411,540Josef Snejberg$79,169
12/15/25$1,100 2-7 Combined Limits143$139,425Michael Wilklow$35,252
12/15/25$1,600 NLH Turbo $500 Bounty183$263,520Dan Ionut Hila$33,735
12/15/25$3,000 NLH Progressive Bounty200$546,000Rob Wazwaz$68,860
12/16/25$3,000 NLH Progressive Bounty186$321,780Erick De Leon$63,585
12/16/25 – 12/19/25$1,100 NLH3,284$3,169,060Viet Vo$374,230
12/16/25-12/17/25$1,600 Restrict Omaha 8 Championship129$184,470Kathy Chang$49,807
12/17/25-12/18/25$1,600 HORSE Championship139$198,770Kristan Lord$53,668
12/17/25$1,100 Pot-Restrict Omaha237$231,075Richard Ashby$47,728
12/17/25-12/18/25$25,400 Excessive Roller89$2,225,000Darren Elias$631,800
12/18/25-12/20/25$1,100 NLH Seniors Championship 50+749$722,785David Porter$130,888
12/18/25-12/21/25$3,000 NLH $3M GTD1,544$3,928,462Cliff Josephy$700,157
12/18/25-12/19/25$1,600 TORSE Championship137$195,910Richard Ashby$52,896
12/18/25-12/19/25$25,400 Excessive Roller39$975,000Brandon Wilson$341,250
12/19/25$600 Combined Triple Draw132$68,340Derek Bugg$14,923
12/19/25$800 NLH307$214,900Antuan Bunkley$43,492
12/20/25-12/22/25$10,000 Seniors Excessive Curler 50+93$883,500Maxim Panyak$217,011
12/20/25-12/22/25$1,600 Thriller Bounty1,478$1,374,540Kelly Becker$239,688
12/20/25$3,000 NLH 6-Max314$857,220Tyler Jamison$172,730
12/20/25$1,100 NLH 6-Max Turbo243$236,925Todd Ivens$52,360
12/21/25$600 NLH204$105,060Yansong Kou$22,305
12/21/25$10,500 NLH 8-Max94$902,400Clemen Deng$267,742
12/21/25$600 PLO 5-Card turbo136$70,040Steven Levy$18,908
12/22/25$1,100 NLH376$366,600Agharazi Babayev$72,139
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