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Record-Breaking World Poker Tour First Prizes

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Below are the World Poker Tour events that have broken the record for the first prize.

Regular Events

Season Event Winner Prize
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 Canadian 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
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 American/Japan Jeffrey Bernath $102,245,856,150