title: World Poker Tour season 15 results
text: # 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 |
  