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.[ 1]
Canadian Spring Championship[ edit ]
Playground Poker Club
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
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
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
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
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
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[ edit ]
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
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
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
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
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[ edit ]
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[ edit ]
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
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[ edit ]
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
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[ edit ]
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[ edit ]
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[ edit ]
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[ edit ]
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[ edit ]
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