The WPT at the Wynn Las Vegas Casino is over and we've already met the all-important champion. The WPT World Championship was the Main Event of the December stop and had a buy-in of $10,400. Thanks to 2,392 entries, the prizepool was worth $23,441,600 and $3,138,900 awaited the winner.

The top 6 players made it to the final table and Eddie Pak was the top player with a stack of up to 66,200,000. Right behind him was Chris Moorman with the second largest stack of 60,800,000. Chris was also among the top 6 players last year when he finished in 4th place and took home nearly $2.1 million. Chris experienced deja vu at the table as he finished 4th in the tournament this year as well, but now that spot was worth $1,150,000.

After his elimination, the payout structure was adjusted where the third place player was to receive a straight $2,000,000 and the winner was to take home $2,563,900. The winner's purse also included a $10,400 ticket to next year's WPT World Championship.

The original final day chip leader, Eddie Pak, eventually had to say goodbye to the tournament in third place, which was worth $2,000,000. This pitted Scott Stewart and Rob Sherwood against each other in the final heads-up match.

Scott Stewart started as the massive chipleader here, with a stack as high as 161,300,000 (134bb), and Rob Sherwood started heads-up play with a stack worth 77,900,000 (65bb). The final showdown lasted almost 5 hours, during which the players moved their chips from side to side. Rob Sherwood moved into the chipleader position and held that lead for a long time.

However, Scott slowly began to chip away at his opponent until their stacks were almost even. Here came the key hand of the night, when we saw an all-in/call situation with KK against pocket sixes. On this hand, Scott had a stack of 114.2M and Rob had a stack of 121M. Scott's Kings held up and Rob busted out for his last 6,800,000.

Although Rob was able to multiply his stack on the next hand, the next one was already fatal for him. Scott immediately called all in for 221M and Rob, after a short thought, eventually put all in as well. The entire board didn't even have to be laid out to see the winner, as the graphics showed a zero next to Rob's name after the turn. Scott Stewart thus became the new WPT World Championship champion, taking home the trophy and $2,563,900 in prize money. This brings his lifetime live tournament winnings to over $5.5 million.

Rob Sherwood is now the runner-up of the 2024 WPT World Championship, for which he has earned $2,200,000. His live tournament winnings thus exceeded $3.3 million. For both players, this is their biggest hit of their lives.

1st: Scott Stewart - $2,563,900
2nd: Rob Sherwood - $2,200,000
3rd: Eddie Pak - $2,000,000
4th: Chris Moorman - $1,150,000
5th: Ryan Yu - $875,000
6th: Christian Roberts - $665,000

Adam Hendrix $3K NLH Champion

The WPT $3K NLH tournament also had its finale on the night with 1,570 entries and a prizepool of $4,317,500, where a prize of $702,844 awaited the winner. The most experienced player at the final table was Jeremy Becker, who eventually finished in 5th place with a prize of $217,907.

Adam Hendrix and Ian O'Hara made it to the final heads-up. The players made a deal together here, after which they blind spun 2 more times for the trophy. Even though O'Hara won both spins, Adam Hendrix was the winner, because according to Wynn Casino rules, the player with the bigger stack automatically takes home the trophy after the deal. Thus, Adam Hendrix added $629,000 to the trophy and Ian O'Hara won $541,246 on the deal.

1st. Adam Hendrix - $629,000*
2nd. Ian O'Hara - $541,246*
3rd. David McGowan - $354,316
4th. Cameron Rezaie - $277,939
5th. Jeremy Becker - $217,907
6th. Júlio Fantin - $166,068
7th. Derek Kwan - $124,789
8th. Emmanuel McKenzie - $91,686
9th. Dan Bekavac - $67,159

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