Scott Heiligman Wins 2025 WPO Championship Outright for $127,020!

2025 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 8
$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  425
Prize Pool:  $637,500
January 30 – February 3, 2025

Scott Heiligman, 2025 WPO Champion

The 2025 Winter Poker Open wrapped up its final weekend with the headliner, the WPO Championship, with a $1,700 buy-in and $300,000 guaranteed prize pool. The tournament drew 425 entries, more than doubling that guarantee, and Scott Heiligman conquered a tough final table to take the title outright for $127,020.

Our players helped put together a prize pool worth $637,500 and the last 55 players made the money for a Day 2 bag. David Moses took advantage of the best-stack-forward format to get paid twice, a min-cash for his smaller bag, and he finished 31st with his biggest.

The tournament quickly played down to its final table, and it became a battle. Nine tough players, including Ryan Hogan coming off a series in Hollywood where he cashed for more than $300K in two tournaments.

They played nearly four hours four-handed before Sandro Vianna De Sa was eliminated. Gabe Fuller was a masterful short-stacked player, working his way up to third when they finally sent him out.

Hogan had the chip lead at the start of heads-up play, but Heiligman battled back and took the title outright, winning a big tournament against tough players.

Congrats to Scott, and thank you to everyone who came out!

Results:

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCityStatePrize Amount
1ScottHeiligmanNaplesFL$127,020
2RyanHoganWinter GardenFL$84,520
3GabeFullerTampaFL$62,230
4SandroVianna De SaWinter GardenFL$46,280
5JohnKamisChicagoIL$34,770
6WilliamMedina DiazLand O LakesFL$26,380
7StephenDeesDaytonOH$20,220
8RustyWadsworth JrWeirsdaleFL$15,640
9DanClementeWesley ChapelFL$12,220
10FredParadisOldsmarFL$12,220
11VincentCensabellaWinter SpringsFL$9,640
12DakotaDiazSeminoleFL$9,640
13WayneLeonardTampaFL$7,860
14DavidMeagherMulberryFL$7,860
15AaronMederosTampaFL$6,500
16JeffreyTrudeau JrMount DoraFL$6,500
17ColbyCovingtonMiramarFL$5,460
18WilliamWolfTampaFL$5,460
19FilippKhavinSaint PetersburgFL$5,460
20RobertGillRiverviewFL$5,460
21JamesDoepkerFort ThomasKY$4,660
22MarkGlazewskiHernandoFL$4,660
23PhiNguyenTampaFL$4,660
24DionJagrooWinter GardenFL$4,660
25PaulSneadKings ParkNY$4,050
26DavidTuthillSt PetersburgFL$4,050
27MikeAhmadLutzFL$4,050
28JamesMaitaTampaFL$4,050
29DrewDodgeSpring HillFL$4,050
30StephenBriteBradentonFL$4,050
31DavidMosesAshevilleNC$4,050
32MitchMitchellSatellite BeachFL$4,050
33TamasHartmanTampaFL$3,580
34RJSullivanRiverviewFL$3,580
35JennFrankensteinLongwoodFL$3,580
36JamesCalderaroEnglewoodFL$3,580
37RayManciniSarasotaFL$3,580
38WasimAssafOrlandoFL$3,580
39MichaelLaakeApollo BeachFL$3,580
40BrianRayTampaFL$2,580
41PeterBozekSarasotaFL$3,220
42JaredReinstenTallahasseeFL$3,220
43ReeseCombsLutzFL$3,220
44SalvadorRamosOcalaFL$3,220
45PratikShahTampaFL$3,220
46MatthewWhiteNorth PortFL$3,220
47GustavoFelicio MachadoCampinas$3,220
48KumarKantamaneniRiverviewFL$3,220
49SihaoZhangUseldange$2,960
50KenFishmanTarpon SpringsFL$2,960
51DorianRios PavonLas VegasNV$2,960
52ChristopherHydenSt PetersburgFL$2,960
53MansoorKaderSt PetersburgFL$2,960
54DanielChalifourSpoffordNH$2,960
55DavidMosesAshevilleNC$2,960