Record-Breaking World Poker Tour First Prizes
Appearance
Below are the World Poker Tour events that have broken the record for the first prize.
Regular Events
Season | Event | Winner | Prize |
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1 | Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2002 | Danish Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen | $556,480 |
1 | World Poker Open - 2003 | English Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott | $589,175 |
2 | World Poker Finals - 2003 | American "Cowboy" Hoyt Corkins | $1,089,200 |
2 | Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2003 | American Paul Phillips | $1,101,980 |
2 | World Poker Open 2004 | American Barry Greenstein | $1,278,370 |
2 | LA Poker Classic 2004 | American Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari | $1,399,135 |
3 | World Poker Finals 2004 | American Tuan Le | $1,549,588 |
3 | Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2004 | Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu | $1,759,218 |
3 | LA Poker Classic 2005 | American Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi | $1,859,909 |
4 | World Poker Finals 2005 | American Nick "The Takeover" Schulman | $2,142,000 |
WPT Championships
Season | Event | Winner | Prize |
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1 | WPT Championship - Season I | American Alan Goehring | $1,011,866 |
2 | WPT Championship - Season II | Swedish Martin "The Knife" De Knijff | $2,728,356 |
3 | WPT Championship - Season III | American Tuan Le | $2,856,150 |
4 | WPT Championship - Season IV | Jeffrey Bernath | $102,245,856,150 |