World Poker Tour season 5 results

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Below are the results of season five of the World Poker Tour (2006–2007). Note that only events played to date are displayed.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Event Winner Prize Runner-Up Other Finalists
Battle of Champions IV Nick Schulman (1) $25,500 Kassem "Freddy" Deeb
Mirage Poker Showdown Stanley Weiss $1,294,755 Harry Demetriou
Mandalay Bay Poker Championship Joe Tehan $1,033,440 Burt Boutin
Grand Prix de Paris Christian Grundtvig €712,500 Jani Sointula
  • Thomas Wahlroos
  • Henrik Witt
  • Philip Yeh
  • Patrick Schuhl
Legends of Poker Joe Pelton $1,577,170 Frankie O'Dell
Ladies Night IV J.J. Liu (1) $25,500 Kelli Griggs
Borgata Poker Open Mark Newhouse $1,519,020 Chris McCormack
Festa Al Lago Andreas Walnum $1,090,025 Steve Wong
North American Poker Championship Soren Turkewitsch $1,352,224 Jason Sagle
WPT Canadian Open Championship Scott Clements $250,027 Tony O'Hagan
  • Vince Sessa
  • Terris Preston
  • Steven Buttery
  • Gia Trinh
World Poker Finals Nenad Medic $1,717,194 EG Harvin
Bellagio Five Diamonds Poker Classic Joseph Hachem $2,182,075 Jim Hanna
PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure Ryan Daut $1,535,255 Isaac Haxton
  • Robert Ford
  • Robert Mizrachi
  • Jonathan Little
  • Frank Rusnak
World Poker Open Bryan Sumner $913,986 Daniel Negreanu
  • Young Cho
  • Gary Kainer
  • Thang "Kido" Pham
  • J. C. Tran
Winter Poker Open John Hennigan $1,606,223 Chuck Kelley
  • John Gale
  • Joe Simmons
  • Michael Sukonik
  • John James
L.A. Poker Classic Eric Hershler $2,429,970 J.C. Tran
Bay 101 Shooting Star Ted Forrest $1,125,500 J.J. Liu
World Poker Challenge J.C. Tran $683,473 Juan Carlos Alvarado
Foxwoods Poker Classic Raj Patel $1,298,405 Paul Matteo
  • Antonio Cavezza
  • Fred Goldberg
  • Seth Berger
  • Allen Kessler

(1) Nick Schulman and J. J. Liu won single table invitation tournaments, qualifying for end of season $25,000 WPT Championship event, but not for season 5 Battle of Champions event (presumably to be held during season 6)


Major poker tournaments
World Series of Poker ('70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '87, '88, '89, '90, '91, '92, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, '00, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, World Series of Poker circuit events, World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions)
World Poker Tour (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) - European Poker Tour (1, 2, 3) - Late Night Poker (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Professional Poker Tour - Poker Million - Poker Superstars (1, 2, 3) - Poker Nations Cup - World Heads-Up - National Heads-Up - Ultimate Poker Challenge (1, 2, 3) - Aussie Millions - Grand Prix
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