# World Poker Tour season 17 results

Below are the results for season 17 (XVII) of the World Poker Tour (2018–19).
Beginning this season, all televised final tables will be delayed and played at the Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas, Nevada.

## Results
### Gardens Poker Festival

* Casino: The Gardens Casino, Hawaiian Gardens, California
* Buy-in: $5,000
* 6-Day Event: July 21–26, 2018
* Number of Entries: 584
* Total Prize Pool: $2,944,800
* Number of Payouts: 73
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Simon Lam | $565,055 |
| 2nd | Jake Schindler | $366,740 |
| 3rd | Men Nguyen | $270,430 |
| 4th | Craig Varnell | $201,615 |
| 5th | Saya Ono | $151,995 |
| 6th | Jared Griener | $115,885 |

### WPT Choctaw

* Casino: Choctaw Casinos & Resorts, Durant, Oklahoma
* Buy-in: $3,700
* 5-Day Event: August 3–7, 2018
* Number of Entries: 755
* Total Prize Pool: $2,548,225
* Number of Payouts: 96
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Brady Holiman | $469,185 |
| 2nd | Viet Vo | $302,725 |
| 3rd | Christopher Smith | $223,370 |
| 4th | Tony Ruberto | $166,605 |
| 5th | Anthony Zinno | $125,630 |
| 6th | Timothy Domboski | $95,780 |

### Borgata Poker Open

* Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City, New Jersey
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 5-Day Event: September 16–21, 2018
* Number of Entries: 1,075
* Total Prize Pool: $3,441,075
* Number of Payouts: 136
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Erkut Yilmaz | $575,112 |
| 2nd | T.K. Miles | $383,399 |
| 3rd | Oleg Shnaider | $283,341 |
| 4th | Austin Wentling | $211,562 |
| 5th | Liam He | $159,616 |
| 6th | Anthony Maio | $121,697 |

### WPT Maryland at Live! Casino

* Casino: Live! Casino & Hotel, Hanover, Maryland
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 5-Day Event: September 21–25, 2018
* Number of Entries: 554
* Total Prize Pool: $1,757,800
* Number of Payouts: 70
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Tony Ruberto | $344,755 |
| 2nd | Shankar Pillai | $220,780 |
| 3rd | Jeremy Ausmus | $162,597 |
| 4th | Will Givens | $121,112 |
| 5th | Aaron Pinson | $91,230 |
| 6th | Mark Sandness | $69,609 |

### bestbet Bounty Scramble

* Casino: bestbet Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
* Buy-in: $5,000
* 5-Day Event: October 19–23, 2018
* Number of Entries: 356
* Total Prize Pool: $1,648,280
* Number of Payouts: 45
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Tony Tran | $341,486 |
| 2nd | Jake Schwartz | $228,590 |
| 3rd | Kelly Minkin | $146,973 |
| 4th | Ray Qartomy | $95,684 |
| 5th | Ping Liu | $73,734 |
| 6th | Dominique Mosley | $60,981 |

### WPT Montreal

* Casino: Playground Poker Club, Kahnawake, Quebec
* Buy-in: $5,300
* 8-Day Event: October 28-November 4, 2018
* Number of Entries: 792
* Total Prize Pool: $5,000,000
* Number of Payouts: 103
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Patrick Serda | $855,000 |
| 2nd | Ema Zajmović | $556,000 |
| 3rd | Sorel Mizzi | $410,000 |
| 4th | Kauvsegan Ehamparam | $305,450 |
| 5th | Upeshka De Silva | $230,250 |
| 6th | Todd Callewaert | $175,500 |

### Seminole Rock N' Roll Poker Open

* Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 6-Day Event: November 23–28, 2018
* Number of Entries: 898
* Total Prize Pool: $2,873,600
* Number of Payouts: 113
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Pavel Plesuv | $504,820 |
| 2nd | James Gilbert | $326,565 |
| 3rd | Jeremy Joseph | $240,945 |
| 4th | Marius Gierse | $179,710 |
| 5th | Christopher Kennedy | $135,505 |
| 6th | Ravi Raghavan | $103,310 |

### Five Diamond World Poker Classic

* Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada
* Buy-in: $10,400
* 5-Day Event: December 11–15, 2018
* Number of Entries: 1,001
* Total Prize Pool: $9,709,700
* Number of Payouts: 126
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Dylan Linde | $1,631,468 |
| 2nd | Milos Skrbic | $1,087,603 |
| 3rd | Andrew Lichtenberger | $802,973 |
| 4th | Ping Liu | $599,147 |
| 5th | Lisa Hamilton | $451,880 |
| 6th | Barry Hutter | $344,529 |

### Gardens Poker Championship

* Casino: The Gardens Casino, Hawaiian Gardens, California
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 5-Day Event: January 12–16, 2019 (Final Table: March 12)
* Number of Entries: 253
* Total Prize Pool: $2,428,800
* Number of Payouts: 32
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Frank Stepuchin | $548,825 |
| 2nd | Shannon Shorr | $355,885 |
| 3rd | Steve Sung | $259,880 |
| 4th | Brent Roberts | $192,465 |
| 5th | Ray Qartomy | $144,595 |
| 6th | Jonathan Abdellatif | $110,225 |

### WPT Russia

* Casino: Casino Sochi, Sochi, Russia
* Buy-in: RUS 198,000
* 7-Day Event: January 21–27, 2019
* Number of Entries: 503
* Total Prize Pool: RUS 86,815,190
* Number of Payouts: 63
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize (RUS) |
| 1st | Denys Shafikov | 16,800,000 |
| 2nd | Aleksey Gortikov | 11,270,000 |
| 3rd | Yauhen Kontush | 7,288,190 |
| 4th | Nikolay Fal | 5,250,000 |
| 5th | Mikhail Galitskiy | 4,130,000 |
| 6th | Oleg Pavlyuchuk | 3,360,000 |

### Borgata Winter Poker Open

* Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City, New Jersey
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 5-Day Event: January 27–31, 2019 (Final Table: March 13)
* Number of Entries: 1,415
* Total Prize Pool: $4,529,415
* Number of Payouts: 177
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Vinicius Lima | $728,430 |
| 2nd | Dave Farah | $485,611 |
| 3rd | Joseph Di Rosa Rojas | $359,555 |
| 4th | Brandon Hall | $268,810 |
| 5th | Daniel Buzgon | $202,942 |
| 6th | Ian O'Hara | $154,734 |

### Fallsview Poker Classic

* Casino: Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, Ontario
* Buy-in: $5,000
* 3-Day Event: February 23–25, 2019
* Number of Entries: 602
* Total Prize Pool: $2,744,518
* Number of Payouts: 76
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize (CAD) |
| 1st | Demo Kiriopoulos | $517,424 |
| 2nd | Wing Yeung | $362,853 |
| 3rd | Andrew Pantling | $233,339 |
| 4th | Jake Schwartz | $167,388 |
| 5th | James Morgan | $128,471 |
| 6th | Noeung Troeung | $105,170 |

### L.A. Poker Classic

* Casino: Commerce Casino, Commerce, California
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 5-Day Event: March 2–6, 2019 (Final Table: March 11)
* Number of Entries: 546
* Total Prize Pool: $5,169,270
* Number of Payouts: 69
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | David Baker | $1,015,000 |
| 2nd | Matas Cimbolas | $646,930 |
| 3rd | Darren Elias | $473,280 |
| 4th | Jean-Claude Moussa | $346,550 |
| 5th | John Smith | $267,400 |
| 6th | Steve Yea | $201,650 |

### WPT Rolling Thunder

* Casino: Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, California
* Buy-in: $5,000
* 5-Day Event: March 8–12, 2019
* Number of Entries: 280
* Total Prize Pool: $1,302,000
* Number of Payouts: 35
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Erkut Yilmaz | $303,920 |
| 2nd | Jim Collopy | $200,780 |
| 3rd | Ajay Chabra | $130,345 |
| 4th | Dylan Linde | $95,350 |
| 5th | Anthony Zinno | $68,860 |
| 6th | Jerry Robinson | $50,720 |

### WPT Barcelona

* Casino: Casino Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
* Buy-in: €3,300
* 7-Day Event: March 11–17, 2019
* Number of Entries: 1,227
* Total Prize Pool: €3,570,570
* Number of Payouts: 151
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Vitalijs Zavorotnijs | €600,000 |
| 2nd | Boris Kolev | €375,000 |
| 3rd | Eric Sfez | €281,570 |
| 4th | Niko Koop | €215,000 |
| 5th | Jerry Odeen | €160,000 |
| 6th | Alain Zeidan | €120,000 |

### WPT at Venetian

* Casino: The Venetian, Las Vegas, Nevada
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 5-Day Event: March 22–26, 2019
* Number of Entries: 734
* Total Prize Pool: $2,333,800
* Number of Payouts: 92
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Ben Palmer | $431,655 |
| 2nd | Tony Gargano | $277,760 |
| 3rd | Danny Qutami | $204,810 |
| 4th | Orlando Barrera | $152,690 |
| 5th | Mark Ioli | $115,105 |
| 6th | Will Givens | $87,760 |

### Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown

* Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida
* Buy-in: $3,500
* 5-Day Event: April 12–16, 2019 (Final Table: May 30)
* Number of Entries: 1,360
* Total Prize Pool: $4,352,000
* Number of Payouts: 170
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | James Carroll | $715,175 |
| 2nd | Eric Afriat | $465,120 |
| 3rd | Maria Ho | $344,960 |
| 4th | Jerry Wong | $257,815 |
| 5th | Ami Alibay | $194,610 |
| 6th | Chad Eveslage | $148,380 |

### WPT Choctaw

* Casino: Choctaw Casino Resort, Durant, Oklahoma
* Buy-in: $3,700
* 4-Day Event: May 17–20, 2019 (Final Table: May 31)
* Number of Entries: 577
* Total Prize Pool: $1,958,915
* Number of Payouts: 74
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Craig Varnell | $379,990 |
| 2nd | Will Berry | $243,330 |
| 3rd | Nick Pupillo | $179,430 |
| 4th | Trung Pham | $133,770 |
| 5th | Stacey Jones | $100,850 |
| 6th | Austin Lewis | $76,890 |

### Aria Summer Championship

* Casino: Aria Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 4-Day Event: May 27–31, 2019
* Number of Entries: 192
* Total Prize Pool: $1,824,000
* Number of Payouts: 24
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Matthew Wantman | $443,475 |
| 2nd | Igor Kurganov | $285,650 |
| 3rd | Art Papazyan | $209,980 |
| 4th | Kevin Eyster | $156,220 |
| 5th | Jim Collopy | $117,640 |
| 6th | Ryan Laplante | $89,685 |

### WPT Tournament of Champions

* Casino: Aria Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
* Buy-in: $15,000
* 3-Day Event: June 1–3, 2019
* Number of Entries: 76
* Total Prize Pool: $1,290,000
* Number of Payouts: 10
Final Table :
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Ole Schemion | $440,395 |
| 2nd | Tony Dunst | $250,265 |
| 3rd | Ryan Tosoc | $166,845 |
| 4th | Simon Lam | $115,945 |
| 5th | Griffin Paul | $84,140 |
| 6th | Nick Schulman | $63,890 |

## Player of the Year

Erkut Yilmaz won Player of the Year.
Standings :
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Erkut Yilmaz | 2,300 |
| 2 | Dylan Linde | 2,150 |
| 3 | James Carroll | 2,100 |
| 4 | Ping Liu | 2,000 |
| 5 | Tony Ruberto | 1,850 |