Leaderboard: World Poker Tour Earnings

The magnitude of the 2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas is hard to overstate. The record turnout of 3,835 entries made this event so large that the runner-up finisher (Georgios Sotiropoulos) joined the top 10 on the World Poker Tour’s all-time money list* despite not having any prior WPT cashes to his name. The three-time WSOP bracelet winner from Greece took home more than $4.1 million for his podium finish this year, and in doing so vaulted ahead of three-time champion Gus Hansen.

By taking down this massive tournament, Daniel Sepiol surged past the likes of all-time WPT title leader Darren Elias ($4,638,494) and two-time champion Michael Mizrachi ($5,135,478) to lay claim to the third-place spot on the leaderboard. This was just the third WPT main tour cash so far for Sepiol. He also finished 52nd in this same event last year for $71,400. He was actually among the biggest stacks in the field when his king-high flush ran into the fours full of nines held by eventual runner-up Benny Glaser.

Third-place finisher Andrew Lichtenberger was at his fourth career WPT main tour final table. Prior to this deep run, his best finish had been a third-place showing in the 2018 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $802,973. And while it doesn’t count towards this leaderboard, Lichtenberger did also take down a WPT Alpha8 $100,000 high roller back in 2014 for $2,104,245. That had been Lichtenberger’s top career payday until finishing third in this event for nearly $2.8 million.

Carlos Mortensen remains the tour’s all-time money leader. He has captured three titles, including taking down the 2007 WPT Championship for $3,970,415, back when the buy-in was $25,000. Two-time champion and seven-time final tablist Daniel Negreanu sits in second with nearly $6 million in total WPT cashes. ♠