Below are the results of season five of the
World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is an internationally televised gaming and entertainment brand. Since 2002, the World Poker Tour has operated a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting playdown and the f ...
(2006–2007). Following on from his win in the 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event
Carlos Mortensen
Juan Carlos Mortensen (born April 13, 1972, in Ambato, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian professional poker player of Danish descent and the first South American Main Event winner of the World Series of Poker. Mortensen is known for his loose play, bl ...
won the 2007 WPT Championship. This meant he became the first player to win both the World Series of Poker Main Event and WPT Championship.
Results
Mirage Poker Showdown
* Casino:
The Mirage
The Mirage is a casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Hard Rock International. The 65-acre property includes a casino and 3,044 rooms.
Golden Nugget, Inc., le ...
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 4-Day Event: May 14, 2006 to May 17, 2006
* Number of Entries: 384
* Total Prize Pool: $3,724,800
* Number of Payouts: 36
* Winning Hand: K-5
Mandalay Bay Poker Championship
* Casino:
Mandalay Bay
Mandalay Bay is a 43-story luxury resort and casino at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned by Vici Properties and The Blackstone Group and operated by MGM Resorts International. It was developed by Circus Circu ...
, Las Vegas
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 5-Day Event: June 4, 2006 to June 8, 2006
* Number of Entries: 349
* Total Prize Pool: $3,385,300
* Number of Payouts: 50
* Winning Hand:
Grand Prix de Paris
* Casino: Aviation Club de France,
Paris
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* Buy-in: €10,000
* 5-Day Event: June 12, 2006 to June 16, 2006
* Number of Entries: 232
* Total Prize Pool: €2,320,000 ($2,805,856)
* Number of Payouts: 27
Legends of Poker
* Casino:
Bicycle Casino
The Bicycle Hotel & Casino (commonly, "The Bike") is a poker cardroom in California.
Founded by George Hardie Sr. in 1984, located in Bell Gardens, California, The Bicycle Casino offers a selection of poker games and Asian games, with a wide ...
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Los Angeles
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* Buy-in: $10,000
* 5-Day Event: August 26, 2006 to August 30, 2006
* Number of Entries: 466
* Total Prize Pool: $4,520,200
* Number of Payouts: 45
* Winning Hand:
Borgata Poker Open
* Casino: Borgata,
Atlantic City
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 5-Day Event: September 15, 2006 to September 19, 2006
* Number of Entries: 540
* Total Prize Pool: $5,238,000
* Number of Payouts: 54
* Winning Hand:
Festa Al Lago
* Casino:
Bellagio,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 5-Day Event: October 16, 2006 to October 20, 2006
* Number of Entries: 433
* Total Prize Pool: $4,200,100
* Number of Payouts: 100
* Winning Hand:
Canadian Open Championship
* Casino: Fallsview Casino Resort,
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is on the western bank of the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario, with a population of 88,071 at the 2016 census. It is part of the St. Catharines - Niagara Census M ...
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
* Buy-in:
Can$
The Canadian dollar (symbol: $; code: CAD; french: dollar canadien) is the currency of Canada. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, there is no standard disambiguating form, but the abbreviation Can$ is often suggested by notable style ...
2,500
* 3-Day Event: October 22, 2006 to October 24, 2006
* Number of Entries: 298
* Total Prize Pool: Can$720,533 (US$639,913)
* Number of Payouts: 27
North American Poker Championship
* Casino: Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
* Buy-in: Can$10,000
* 5-Day Event: October 25, 2006 to October 29, 2006
* Number of Entries: 497
* Total Prize Pool: Can$4,829,332 (US$4,288,965)
* Number of Payouts: 45
* Winning Hand:
World Poker Finals
* Casino: Foxwoods,
Mashantucket, Connecticut
Mashantucket is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northeast part of the town of Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut, United States. It consists of land held by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe. The Foxwoods Resort Casino
Foxwoods Resort ...
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 4-Day Event: November 12, 2006 to November 16, 2006
* Number of Entries: 609
* Total Prize Pool: $5,749,481
* Number of Payouts: 60
* Winning Hand:
Doyle Brunson North American Poker Classic
* Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
* Buy-in: $15,000
* 6-Day Event: December 14, 2006 to December 19, 2006
* Number of Entries: 583
* Total Prize Pool: $8,482,650
* Number of Payouts: 100
* Winning Hand:
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
* Casino: Atlantis,
Paradise Island
* Buy-in: $7,800
* 6-Day Event: January 5, 2007 to January 10, 2007
* Number of Entries: 937
* Total Prize Pool: $7,063,842
* Number of Payouts: 180
* Winning Hand:
World Poker Open
* Casino:
Gold Strike Resort and Casino
Gold Strike Tunica (formerly Circus Circus Tunica) is a casino hotel in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi, 20 minutes south of Memphis, Tennessee. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International.
Casino
In 2008, MGM Mirage m ...
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Tunica
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 5-Day Event: January 21, 2007 to January 25, 2007
* Number of Entries: 294
* Total Prize Pool: $2,812,000
* Number of Payouts: 27
* Winning Hand:
Borgata Winter Poker Open
* Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 5-Day Event: January 26, 2007 to January 30, 2007
* Number of Entries: 571
* Total Prize Pool: $5,529,000
* Number of Payouts: 54
* Winning Hand:
L.A. Poker Classic
* Casino:
Commerce Casino, Los Angeles
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 6-Day Event: February 24. 2007 to March 1, 2007
* Number of Entries: 791
* Total Prize Pool: $7,593,600
* Number of Payouts: 54
* Winning Hand:
L.A. Poker Classic
* Casino:
Commerce Casino, Los Angeles
* Buy-in:
* 2-Day Event: March 3, 2007
* Number of Entries: 420
* Total Prize Pool:
* Number of Payouts:
* Winning Hand:
Bay 101 Shooting Star
* Casino:
Bay 101,
San Jose, California
San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popu ...
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 5-Day Event: March 12, 2007 to March 16, 2007
* Number of Entries: 450
* Total Prize Pool: $4,490,000
* Number of Payouts: 45
* Winning Hand:
World Poker Challenge
* Casino: Reno Hilton,
Reno
Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the ...
* Buy-in: $5,000
* 4-Day Event: March 25, 2007 to March 28, 2007
* Number of Entries: 475
* Total Prize Pool: $2,278,250
* Number of Payouts: 45
* Winning Hand:
Foxwoods Poker Classic
* Casino: Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut
* Buy-in: $10,000
* 6-Day Event: March 30, 2007 to April 4, 2007
* Number of Entries: 415
* Total Prize Pool: $3,898,635
* Number of Payouts: 40
WPT Championship
* Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas
* Buy-in: $25,000
* 7-Day Event: April 21, 2007 to April 27, 2007
* Number of Entries: 639
* Total Prize Pool: $15,495,750
* Number of Payouts: 100
* Winning Hand:
Other Events
During season 5 of the WPT there was one special event that did not apply to the Player of the Year standings:
* The WPT Celebrity Invitational - March 3–5, 2007 - Commerce Casino - postscript to Event #14: L.A. Poker Classic
References
{{Major Poker Tournaments
World Poker Tour
2006 in poker
2007 in poker