Las Vegas, NV (Dec. 22, 2024) – The WPT® World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas has a new reigning champ: Scott Stewart, taking home $2,563,900, as he ads his name to the Mike Sexton Champions Cup.
“No plans for the money, but plans to have some fun and I can’t be more excited,” said Stewart to WPT staff following his victory. “I got the best friends in the world… A lot of friends came out. Shout out to you guys. You’re the best. We like to have fun, anything we do. We had a little bit of extra fun today and it was worth it.”
The tournament drew 2,392 entrants playing for a $23.4 million prize pool, with no guaranteed prize pool this year, after WPT missed their $40 Million Guarantee in the 2023 version of this tournament.
“I would like to offer a huge thank you to all the players and Wynn staff that made the third annual WPT World Championship an event to remember,” said WPT CEO Adam Pliska. “There were some exceptional competitors this year. Our compliments go out to Scott for coming out on top and cementing his spot in WPT history.”
All six players at the televised final table took home more than $600,000. A deal was made during three-handed play, evening out the top three payouts. Rob Sherwood claimed $2,200,000 as the runner-up, Eddie Pak placed third for $2,000,000, Chris Moorman placed fourth, an identical finish to his previous run in 2023, for $1,150,000, Ryan Yu placed fifth for $875,000, and Christian Roberts placed sixth for $665,000.
Other notable players earned a WPT World Championship cash, including 2024 WPT Prime Slovakia Champion Fabian Gumz (12th), WPT Big One for One Drop Champion Mikita Badziakouski (19th), 2021 GPI Female Player of the Year Nadya Magnus (63rd), WPT Champions Michael Wang (88th), Robert Mizrachi (94th), and David “ODB” Baker (104th), 2023 WPT Prime Championship winner Calvin Anderson (122nd ), three-time WPT Champion Chino Rheem (194th), and more.
Season 23 of the World Poker Tour kicks off Feb. 14 with WPT Prime Cambodia and leads right into the WPT Cambodia Championship – awarding the first Prime and Main Tour champions of the year.
