Keven Stammen (GPI No. 63) won the WPT World Championship last season, defeating fellow Ohio native Byron Kaverman (GPI No. 5) heads-up for the title. Stammen, a former Top 10 player in the world, would take home $1,350,000 for the biggest win of his poker career.
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One of the biggest names in the game, Daniel Negreanu (GPI No. 10), will be making a return to the Borgata for the first time in a very long time. Negreanu’s last cash in Atlantic City? A $1.17M windfall following his victory at the Borgata Poker Open way back in 2004!
WPT World Championship Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, NJ April 25-29, 2015 | $15,000 + 400 buy-in
2014 Event Information / Final Table Results $15,400 buy-in, 328 entries, $4,892,254 prize pool
1st: Keven Stammen (USA), $1,350,000 2nd: Byron Kaverman (USA), $727,860 3rd: Tony Dunst (USA), $452,729 4th: Ryan D’Angelo (USA), $363,930 5th: Curt Kohlberg (USA), $286,292 6th: Abraham Korotki (USA), $235,341
Past Season Champions 2003 (111 entries): Alan Goering (USA), $1,011,886 2004 (343 entries): Martin De Knijff (SWE), $2,728,356 2005 (452 entries): Tuan Le (USA), $2,856,150 2006 (605 entries): Joe Bartholdi (USA), $3,760,165 2007 (639 entries): Carlos Mortensen (ESP), $3,970,415 2008 (545 entries): David Chiu (USA), $3,389,140 2009 (338 entries): Yevgeniy Timoshenko (UKR), $2,149,960 2010 (195 entries): David Williams (USA), $1,530,537 2011 (220 entries): Scott Seiver (USA), $1,618,344 2012 (152 entries): Marvin Rettenmaier (GER), $1,196,858 2013 (146 entries): David “Chino” Rheem (USA), $1,150,297 2014* (328 entries): Keven Stammen (USA), $1,350,000*Event moved from Las Vegas to Atlantic City
WPT.com will keep you up-to-date with event on-goings and results starting on Saturday. The final table will be presented next Wednesday as the final six players will play down until the next WPT World Champion is crowned.
Cover photo/video courtesy of World Poker Tour, statistical information provided by Global Poker Index, The Hendon Mob Database
