2025 WPO in Review

Scott Heiligman, 2025 WPO Champion

The 2025 Winter Poker Open was a 13-day series with ten trophy events, more than $600,000 in guaranteed money, and a ton of fun from start to finish.

Events: 10
Entries: 2,879
Guarantees: $605,000
Prize Pools: $1,426,570

Nearly 3,000 entries over those ten events, including the huge opener with 1,397 of them, and just shy of $1.5 million awarded.

Those are, once again, fantastic numbers and we cannot thank our players enough for another great turnout.

See you in April for the Tampa Poker Classic from April 23 – May 5; look for the tournament schedule to be released soon!

$1,700 WPO Championship: Scott Heiligmann – $127,020
Event 1 ($400 NLH): Don Manns – $66,163
Event 2 ($200 Bankroll Builder): Gabe Fuller – $8,740
Event 3 ($400 O8): Jay Kerbel – $5,295
Event 4 ($700 DeepStack Challenge): Ken O’Donnell – $30,190
Event 5 ($400 OE): Frank Muir – $4,263
Event 6 ($200 Bounty): Daniel D’Alessandro – $3,860
Event 7 ($400 PLO): Josh Nicholson – $6,580
Event 9 ($400 NLH): Ethan Mellish – $10,960
Event 10 ($250 Seniors): Robert Fiore – $5,898

Don Manns, 2025 WPO Event 1 Champion
Gabe Fuller, 2025 WPO Event 2 Champ
Jay Kerbel, 2025 WPO Event 3 champ
Ken O’Donnell, 2025 WPO Event 4 champ
Frank Muir, 2025 WPO Event 5 champ
Daniel D’Allesandro, 2025 WPO Event 6 champ
Josh Nicholson, 2025 WPO Event 7 champ
Ethan Mellish, 2025 WPO Event 9 champ
Robert Fiore, 2025 WPO Event 10 champ