# World Poker Tour season 18 results

Below are the results of season 18 of the World Poker Tour (2019–21). There were 29 scheduled events.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, several events on the schedule were postponed. In addition, three final tables that were supposed to take place at the HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas were also delayed.
In January 2021, the WPT returned with the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open, the first live event since March 2020. The three final tables that were delayed were played in either March or May, more than a year after the lineup was set.
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, the final event on the schedule, set a new record for the largest WPT event with 2,482 entrants.

## Events

Source:

### Gardens Poker Festival

* Casino: The Gardens Casino, Hawaiian Gardens, California
* Buy-in: $5,000
* 6-Day Event: July 20–25, 2019
* Number of Entries: 373
* Total Prize Pool: $1,753,100
* Number of Payouts: 48
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Roger Teska | $368,475 |
| 2nd | Laszlo Molnar | $235,615 |
| 3rd | Lior Orel | $172,770 |
| 4th | Lars Kamphues | $128,320 |
| 5th | Andrew Wisdom | $96,545 |
| 6th | Cord Garcia | $73,600 |

### Legends of Poker

* Casino: The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Bell Gardens, California
* Buy-in: $5,000
* 5-Day Event: August 31-September 4, 2019
* Number of Entries: 520
* Total Prize Pool: $2,392,000
* Number of Payouts: 65
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Aaron Van Blarcum | $474,390 |
| 2nd | Gueorgui Gantchev | $306,265 |
| 3rd | Jared Griener | $226,040 |
| 4th | Vahan Sudzhyan | $168,630 |
| 5th | Jisup Hwang | $127,165 |
| 6th | Antonios Roungeris | $96,955 |

### Borgata Poker Open

* Casino: Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 6-Day Event: September 15–20, 2019
* Number of Entries: 1,156
* Total Prize Pool: $3,700,356
* Number of Payouts: 145
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Donald Maloney | $616,186 |
| 2nd | Uke Dauti | $410,787 |
| 3rd | Kevin Albers | $303,903 |
| 4th | Dave Farah | $227,077 |
| 5th | Jerry Maher | $171,386 |
| 6th | Victor Ramdin | $130,672 |

### WPT Maryland at Live! Casino

* Casino: Live! Casino & Hotel, Hanover, Maryland
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 5-Day Event: September 28-October 2, 2019
* Number of Entries: 495
* Total Prize Pool: $1,584,000
* Number of Payouts: 62
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Nitis Udornpim | $319,415 |
| 2nd | Stephen Deutsch | $202,905 |
| 3rd | Brian Altman | $149,515 |
| 4th | Anthony Zinno | $111,415 |
| 5th | Robert McLaughlin | $83,970 |
| 6th | Jeffrey Colpitts | $64,020 |

### WPT UK

* Casino: Dusk Till Dawn Poker & Casino, Nottingham, England
* Buy-in: $3,300
* 5-Day Event: October 2–6, 2019
* Number of Entries: 690
* Total Prize Pool: $2,007,900
* Number of Payouts: 100
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Simon Brändström | $330,000 |
| 2nd | Ryan Mandara | $221,650 |
| 3rd | James Rann | $168,500 |
| 4th | Matthew Eardley | $128,500 |
| 5th | Maria Lampropulos | $98,500 |
| 6th | Paul Siddle | $76,000 |

### bestbet Bounty Scramble

* Casino: bestjet Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
* Buy-in: $5,000
* 5-Day Event: October 11–15, 2019
* Number of Entries: 349
* Total Prize Pool: $1,615,870
* Number of Payouts: 45
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Josh Adkins | $331,480 |
| 2nd | Tan Nguyen | $210,988 |
| 3rd | Josh Kay | $155,340 |
| 4th | Jason Lee | $115,691 |
| 5th | Jonathan Cronin | $87,170 |
| 6th | Jeff Cunningham | $66,457 |

### WPT Montreal

* Casino: Playground Poker Club, Kahnawake, Quebec
* Buy-in: $3,300
* 6-Day Event: October 29-November 3, 2019
* Number of Entries: 1,109
* Total Prize Pool: $3,327,000
* Number of Payouts: 159
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Geoffrey Hum | $500,000 |
| 2nd | Adedapo Ajayi | $335,000 |
| 3rd | Joseph Cheong | $235,290 |
| 4th | Mike Watson | $180,000 |
| 5th | Kristen Bicknell | $140,000 |
| 6th | Martin Jacobson | $110,000 |

### Seminole Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open

* Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 6-Day Event: November 29-December 4, 2019
* Number of Entries: 988
* Total Prize Pool: $3,161,600
* Number of Payouts: 124
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Milen Stefanov | $545,070 |
| 2nd | Fabian Gumz | $353,380 |
| 3rd | David Novosel | $260,845 |
| 4th | Roman Korenev | $194,605 |
| 5th | Cesar Fuentes | $146,760 |
| 6th | Francis Anderson | $111,895 |

### Five Diamond World Poker Classic

* Casino: Bellagio Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
* Buy-in: $10,400
* 5-Day Event: December 16–21, 2019
* Number of Entries: 1,035
* Total Prize Pool: $10,039,500
* Number of Payouts: 130
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Alex Foxen | $1,694,995 |
| 2nd | Toby Joyce | $1,120,040 |
| 3rd | Seth Davies | $827,285 |
| 4th | Peter Neff | $617,480 |
| 5th | Daniel Park | $465,780 |
| 6th | Jonathan Jaffe | $355,125 |

### Gardens Poker Championship

* Casino: The Gardens Casino, Hawaiian Gardens, California
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 5-Day Event: January 9–13, 2020 (Final Table: March 10, 2021)
* Number of Entries: 257
* Total Prize Pool: $2,467,200
* Number of Payouts: 33
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Markus Gonsalves | $554,495 |
| 2nd | Tuan Phan | $359,650 |
| 3rd | Jonathan Cohen | $263,090 |
| 4th | Chance Kornuth | $195,085 |
| 5th | Straton Wilhelm | $146,655 |
| 6th | Qing Liu | $111,795 |

### Lucky Hearts Poker Open

* Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 6-Day Event: January 17–22, 2020
* Number of Entries: 843
* Total Prize Pool: $2,697,600
* Number of Payouts: 106
* Note: Altman becomes the first player to win the same WPT event twice.
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Brian Altman | $482,636 |
| 2nd | John Dollinger | $311,751 |
| 3rd | Chanracy Khun | $230,086 |
| 4th | Nadya Magnus | $171,642 |
| 5th | Nadeem Hirani | $129,438 |
| 6th | Peter Walsworth | $98,686 |

### WPT Russia

* Casino: Casino Sochi, Sochi, Russia
* Buy-in: RUB 210,000
* 6-Day Event: January 21–26, 2020
* Number of Entries: 489
* Total Prize Pool: RUB 95,500,000
* Number of Payouts: 71
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Aleksey Badulin | RUB 16,257,000 |
| 2nd | Vlada Stojanovic | RUB 11,550,000 |
| 3rd | Ernest Shakaryan | RUB 8,442,490 |
| 4th | Vahe Martirosyan | RUB 6,370,000 |
| 5th | Sergey Kharlamov | RUB 4,900,000 |
| 6th | Roman Timergazin | RUB 3,745,000 |

### Borgata Winter Poker Open

* Casino: Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 5-Day Event: January 26–30, 2020 (Final Table: May 16, 2021)
* Number of Entries: 1,290
* Total Prize Pool: $4,129,290
* Number of Payouts: 162
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Veerab Zakarian | $674,840 |
| 2nd | James Anderson | $449,904 |
| 3rd | Brian Altman | $333,012 |
| 4th | Nathan Russler | $248,913 |
| 5th | Bin Weng | $187,900 |
| 6th | Andrew Hanna | $143,264 |

### WPT Germany

* Casino: King's Resort, Rozvadov, Czech Republic
* Buy-in: €3,300
* 6-Day Event: February 18–23, 2020
* Number of Entries: 510
* Total Prize Pool: €1,453,500
* Number of Payouts: 73
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Christopher Pütz | €270,000 |
| 2nd | Laszlo Papai | €174,500 |
| 3rd | Joep van den Bijgaart | €125,000 |
| 4th | Josef Gulas | €91,000 |
| 5th | Gianluca Speranza | €68,000 |
| 6th | Farukh Tach | €52,000 |

### Fallsview Poker Classic

* Casino: Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario
* Buy-in: $5,000
* 3-Day Event: February 21–23, 2020
* Number of Entries: 594
* Total Prize Pool: $2,708,046
* Number of Payouts: 75
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Eric Afriat | $508,021 |
| 2nd | Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault | $356,180 |
| 3rd | Adam Hui | $229,013 |
| 4th | Trung Hien Nguyen | $163,965 |
| 5th | Demo Kiriopoulos | $125,850 |
| 6th | Zuhair Al-Pachachi | $103,217 |

### L.A. Poker Classic

* Casino: The Commerce Hotel & Casino, Commerce, California
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 5-Day Event: February 29-March 4, 2020 (Final Table: May 17, 2021)
* Number of Entries: 490
* Total Prize Pool: $4,727,550
* Number of Payouts: 62
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Balakrishna Patur | $1,015,000 |
| 2nd | Matas Cimbolas | $600,060 |
| 3rd | James Carroll | $431,585 |
| 4th | Scott Hempel | $323,485 |
| 5th | Ka Kwan Lau | $243,330 |
| 6th | Upeshka De Silva | $185,330 |

### WPT Rolling Thunder

* Casino: Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, California
* Buy-in: $5,000
* 4-Day Event: March 7–10, 2020
* Number of Entries: 250
* Total Prize Pool: $1,162,500
* Number of Payouts: 32
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Tony Tran | $279,270 |
| 2nd | Jake Schwartz | $177,680 |
| 3rd | Robert Heidorn | $122,105 |
| 4th | Kevin Rabichow | $85,800 |
| 5th | Erkut Yilmaz | $61,685 |
| 6th | Shankar Pillai | $45,390 |

### WPT Online Championship

* Casino: Online (partypoker)
* Buy-in: $3,200
* 7-Day Event: May 10–20, 2020
* Number of Entries: 2,130
* Total Prize Pool: $6,390,000
* Number of Payouts: 312
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Christian Jeppsson | $923,786 |
| 2nd | Viktor Ustimov | $865,542 |
| 3rd | Jukka Koskela | $477,333 |
| 4th | Nikolay Ponomarev | $317,583 |
| 5th | Alexander Clark | $221,733 |
| 6th | Pascal Hartmann | $151,443 |

### World Championship 8-Max by partypoker

* Casino: Online (partypoker)
* Buy-in: $3,200
* 4-Day Event: August 1–4, 2020
* Number of Entries: 1,062
* Total Prize Pool: $3,186,000
* Number of Payouts: 136
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Gavin Cochrane | $540,664 |
| 2nd | Thomas Boivin | $388,119 |
| 3rd | Lars Kamphues | $256,728 |
| 4th | Dmitry Yurasov | $173,956 |
| 5th | Shyngis Satubayev | $123,298 |
| 6th | Dan Colpoys | $87,296 |

### World Championship 6-Max by partypoker

* Casino: Online (partypoker)
* Buy-in: $3,200
* 4-Day Event: August 8–11, 2020
* Number of Entries: 999
* Total Prize Pool: $3,000,000
* Number of Payouts: 120
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Nick Petrangelo | $494,550 |
| 2nd | Artsiom Prostak | $368,250 |
| 3rd | Arsenii Karmatckii | $278,448 |
| 4th | Patrice Brandt | $192,900 |
| 5th | Jiachen Gong | $128,100 |
| 6th | Elior Sion | $93,630 |

### World Championship Knockout by partypoker

* Casino: Online (partypoker)
* Buy-in: $3,200
* 4-Day Event: August 15–18, 2020
* Number of Entries: 1,035
* Total Prize Pool: $3,105,000
* Number of Payouts: 136
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Daniel Smyth | $408,330 |
| 2nd | Manig Löser | $272,234 |
| 3rd | Joao Maureli | $172,073 |
| 4th | Pim Gieles | $118,231 |
| 5th | Pedro Marques | $85,320 |
| 6th | Artur Martirosyan | $62,000 |

### World Championship Mix-Max by partypoker

* Casino: Online (partypoker)
* Buy-in: $3,200
* 4-Day Event: August 22–25, 2020
* Number of Entries: 989
* Total Prize Pool: $3,000,000
* Number of Payouts: 132
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Andrey Kotelnikov | $488,508 |
| 2nd | Stuart Guite | $366,605 |
| 3rd | Sven Andersson | $271,903 |
| 4th | Oleg Vasylchenko | $190,500 |
| 5th | Maciej Gasior | $124,500 |
| 6th | Dimitar Danchev | $89,016 |

### WPT World Championship Main Event

* Casino: Online (partypoker)
* Buy-in: $10,300
* 11-Day Event: September 6–16, 2020
* Number of Entries: 1,011
* Total Prize Pool: $10,110,000
* Number of Payouts: 136
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Phillip Mighall | $1,715,667 |
| 2nd | Teun Mulder | $1,231,600 |
| 3rd | Damian Salas | $814,664 |
| 4th | Blaz Zerjav | $552,006 |
| 5th | Victor Simionato | $391,257 |
| 6th | Dzmitry Urbanovich | $277,014 |

### WPT Online Poker Open

* Casino: Online (partypoker US Network)
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 3-Day Event: December 27–29, 2020
* Number of Entries: 395
* Total Prize Pool: $1,264,000
* Number of Payouts: 64
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Soheb Porbandarwala | $239,820 |
| 2nd | Balakrishna Patur | $164,868 |
| 3rd | Matt Iles | $127,398 |
| 4th | unknown | $95,948 |
| 5th | Obli Prabu | $75,565 |
| 6th | Alex Farin | $56,830 |

### WPT Montreal Online

* Casino: Online (partypoker)
* Buy-in: $3,200
* 5-Day Event: January 17–27, 2021
* Number of Entries: 888
* Total Prize Pool: $2,664,000
* Number of Payouts: 133
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Jack Hardcastle | $447,859 |
| 2nd | Rayan Chamas | $308,703 |
| 3rd | Dan Shak | $212,459 |
| 4th | Felix Schulze | $139,164 |
| 5th | Andrei Kriazhev | $95,673 |
| 6th | Charles Chattha | $74,119 |

### WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open

* Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 5-Day Event: January 22–26, 2021
* Number of Entries: 1,573
* Total Prize Pool: $5,033,600
* Number of Payouts: 197
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Ilyas Muradi | $620,000 |
| 2nd | Robel Andemichael | $545,500 |
| 3rd | Ronnie Bardah | $566,135 |
| 4th | Francis Margaglione | $293,510 |
| 5th | Jesse Lonis | $223,895 |
| 6th | Philip Shing | $168,990 |

### WPT Russia

* Casino: Casino Sochi, Sochi, Russia
* Buy-in: 245,000 RUB
* 6-Day Event: February 23–28, 2021
* Number of Entries: 251
* Total Prize Pool: $
* Number of Payouts: 118
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize (RUB) |
| 1st | Maksim Sekretarev | 11,996,600 ($160,694) |
| 2nd | Andrey Volkov | 7,998,200 ($107,135) |
| 3rd | Ravil Khamatgareev | 5,840,450 ($78,232) |
| 4th | Vladimir Bozinovic | 4,325,650 ($57,942) |
| 5th | Vanush Mnatsakanyan | 3,249,750 ($43,530) |
| 6th | Sergey Bobrik | 2,477,300 ($33,183) |

### WPT at Venetian

* Casino: The Venetian Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
* Buy-in: $5,000
* 5-Day Event: March 5–9, 2021
* Number of Entries: 937
* Total Prize Pool: $4,333,625
* Number of Payouts: 118
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Qing Liu | $752,880 |
| 2nd | Joe McKeehen | $491,960 |
| 3rd | Roland Rokita | $363,235 |
| 4th | Jack Hardcastle | $271,050 |
| 5th | Kou Vang | $204,430 |
| 6th | Trace Henderson | $155,865 |

### Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown

* Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 5-Day Event: April 23–27, 2021 (Final Table: May 18)
* Number of Entries: 2,482
* Total Prize Pool: $7,942,000
* Number of Payouts: 311
* Note: Established a new record for largest WPT event
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Brek Schutten | $1,261,095 |
| 2nd | Steven Snyder | $899,295 |
| 3rd | Viet Vo | $593,140 |
| 4th | Sonny Franco | $438,500 |
| 5th | Albert Calderon | $326,750 |
| 6th | Ken Aldridge | $261,700 |

## Player of the Year

Source:
Standings :
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Brian Altman | 3,200 |
| 2 | Balakrishna Patur | 2,300 |
| 3 | Jack Hardcastle | 2,200 |
| 4 | Qing Liu | 2,000 |
| 5 | Eric Afriat | 1,750 |