The World Poker Tour debuted at Wynn Las Vegas for the 2022 WPT World Championship. Now, WPT returns to Wynn for the fourth consecutive year for its signature December event.
Season 23 of the WPT reaches its climax with a $10,400 buy-in WPT World Championship starting on Saturday, December 13. Starting flights also take place on Sunday, December 14, and Monday, December 15.
The field eventually combines for day 2 on December 16. Tournament action continues through the week, and the field subsequently plays down to a final table on December 19. The 2025 WPT World Championship culminates on December 21, when a winner is crowned.
“The WPT World Championship is a true celebration of poker, and Wynn Las Vegas has proven to be the ultimate stage,” said WPT CEO Adam Pliska. “This event has become one of the most anticipated events on the global poker calendar and we look forward to welcoming players from all over the world to compete for life changing sums of money and their chance to make history.”
Thousands of players will compete to follow in the foot steps of Scott Stewart, who won the 2024 WPT World Championship.
Scott Stewart (@YaBoyStu) is your Season 22 @WPT WORLD CHAMPION! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
He takes home the title and $2,563,900 including a seat to the 2025 @WPT World Championship @WynnLasVegas @WynnPoker!
Congratulations to our newest @WPT World Champion! pic.twitter.com/DEQVNXjrjX
— World Poker Tour (@WPT) December 22, 2024
Building Upon History
The 2025 WPT World Championship is the signature event of a nearly monthlong festival at Wynn Las Vegas. The action starts on December 2, with a full event schedule set for release over the next few weeks.
For the fourth consecutive year, the WPT Prime Championship also returns as a cornerstone event. The $1,100 buy-in tournament with four starting flights runs from December 7 through December 12, and the delayed final table plays out on December 20. Zak VanKeuren added his name to an impressive list of WPT Prime Championship winners in 2024, and took home more than $1.1 million.
In 2022, Eliot Hudon won the inaugural WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas for over $4.1 million. That year, Stephen Song won the first-ever WPT Prime Championship, and $712,650.
The following year, in 2023, Dan Sepiol won a WPT record $5,282,954 in that year’s WPT World Championship. Calvin Anderson secured a WPT Prime record $1.4 million in 2023 as well.
Photo courtesy of World Poker Tour
