The $10,400 buy-in WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas on Sunday was a surprisingly quick and one-side affair, as Schuyler Thornton controlled the action throughout to win $2,098,456, beating Soheb Porbandarwala heads-up.
Thornton joins Eliot Hudon (2022), Dan Sepiol (2023), and Scott Stewart (2024) among champions of the World Poker Tour's season-ending event. Like previous editions, this year's champ beat a massive field — 1,865 entrants — and had to earn the victory with a hard-fought battle at the final table.
Thornton Makes it Quick and Painless
Porbandarwala held a massive chip lead when the final table began — better than a 2:1 chip advantage over Thornton, his nearest competitor.