# 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

* 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 |
| 5 | James Mackey | 1,650 |