Schuyler Thornton wins 2025 WPT World Champion title.
Prize pool of $18.3M; Thornton won $2.26M.
Final moments marked by strategic plays and strong hands.
Final tables don’t usually run like a speedrun, but this one leaned that way once Schuyler Thornton got comfortable. He started the day chasing Soheb Porbandarwala’s big lead, then flipped the script, won the key pots, and finished the job to become the 2025 WPT World Champion at Wynn Las Vegas.
The Setup: A Monster Field and a Deal at the Top
The $10,400 WPT World Championship drew 1,865 entries and built a prize pool of $18,277,000, paying 233 players with $19,600 as the min-cash.
By the time Thornton and Porbandarwala got heads-up, they reached an agreement that adjusted the remaining payouts. The official WPT results list Thornton at $2,258,856 (including a $10,400 seat into next season’s event) and Porbandarwala at $1,969,344.
2025 WPT World Champion: Schuyler Thornton Thornton’s quote after the win captured the vibe:
I ran better than anyone could ever dream of running at a final table.
Final Table Results
All five players below are listed as United States on Hendon Mob’s event listing for the championship.
Place
Player
Winnings
1
Schuyler Thornton
$2,258,856
2
Soheb Porbandarwala
$1,969,344
3
Jeremy Brown
$1,250,000
4
Chad Lipton
$940,000
5
Jeremy Becker
$710,000
How the Final Table Went Down
Thornton didn’t arrive at the final table with control of the room, but he didn’t take long to establish it. His first knockout came when hisA♠Q♦held against Maxx ColemanA♣10♥, sending Coleman out in sixth place and giving Thornton early momentum.
Jeremy Becker followed soon after. The two got involved in an A-A confrontation, but Becker’s weaker kicker left him in trouble from the outset. The board offered no escape, and Thornton collected another elimination to push further ahead.
The most chaotic hand of the night came during Chad Lipton’s exit. On aJ♥Q♥4♦flop, Thornton heldA♥Q♦for top pair. Jeremy Brown check-raised all-in with10♠J♣, and Lipton became tangled in the same pot. When the turn and river failed to shift the balance, Lipton was eliminated in fourth place.
Schuyler Thornton Jeremy Brown briefly slowed the momentum with a timely double-up. He four-bet jammed with9♣Q♣into Soheb Porbandarwala’sJ♦A♦, keeping Brown alive with top pair. The reprieve didn’t last long. Brown later committed his stack with top pair again, this time running directly into one of Thornton’s sets, ending his run in third place.
Heads-up play didn’t linger. The defining moment came when Thornton won a massive pot holdingA♣A♦. After preflop action, the flop fell4♠9♣3♥, Porbandarwala applied pressure, and Thornton continued. TheA♠on the turn strengthened Thornton’s hand, and when theJ♠landed on the river, Thornton built one final bet and was paid off, opening a commanding chip lead.
Soheb Porbandarwala The tournament ended shortly after. On the final hand, Thornton limped withK♠A♦and called Porbandarwala’s shove holding6♥A♥. The flop brought a flush draw, but the full board ran10♠K♣4♥5♥10♦, pairing the river and giving Thornton two pair to seal the WPT World Championship.
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