World Poker Tour Completes Summer Alpha8 Trifecta

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on July 15th, 2024

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Poker summer camp in Las Vegas might revolve around the World Series of Poker for some players, but the other series at casinos around Sin City are big attractions as well. One of the biggest draws for players is always the Wynn Summer Classic. Its series this year offered $37M in prize pool guarantees as well as three World Poker Tour events.

The Wynn’s partnership with the World Poker Tour put three high-stakes WPT Alpha8 tournaments into the mix – the WPT Alpha8 Trifecta – each requiring a $25K buy-in.

Big Win for Brock Wilson

The first of the three tournaments delivered 78 entries and a prize pool of $1,864,200. It was enough to pay out the top 10 players. Ultimately, Brock Wilson prevailed to capture his first WPT title. In fact, this was his first major tournament title of any kind, and the payday was second only to his second-place finish in the 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS cash in the Bahamas.

• 1^st place:  Brock Wilson (USA) $571,400
• 2^nd place:  Seth Gottlieb (USA) $380,900
• 3^rd place:  Artur Martirosyan (Russia) $253,900
• 4^th place:  Matthias Eibinger (Austria) $176,400
• 5^th place:  Ilya Nikiforov (Estonia) $128,000
• 6^th place:  David Coleman (USA) $97,200
• 7^th place:  Daniel Sepiol (USA) $77,400
• 8^th place:  Atanas Malinov (Bulgaria) $64,800
• 9^th place:  Brian Kim (USA) $57,100

Sepiol Can’t Stop Winning

The second of the Alpha8 Trifecta tournaments brought in 108 entries for a $2,581,200 prize pool. That paid out the top 14 players, with initial cashes going to Brandon Adams, Adrian Mateos, Ian Bradley, Stephen Chidwick, and Dominik Nitsche.

Daniel Sepiol took down this tournament, with as much confidence as when he captured the WPT World Championship title in December 2023 at Wynn. That victory was worth a career high of nearly $5.3M, but he then parlayed that win into a PokerGo Tour title at the PGT Texas Poker Open in April and a WSOP gold bracelet in this summer’s WSOP $1,500 NLHE Shootout event.

• 1^st place:  Daniel Sepiol (USA) $672,200
• 2^nd place:  Jonathan Cohen (Canada) $450,000
• 3^rd place:  Mikita Bodyakovsky (Belarus) $335,000
• 4^th place:  Samuel Laskowitz (USA) $250,000
• 5^th place:  Chino Rheem (USA) $189,000
• 6^th place:  Igor Yaroshevskyy (Ukraine) $144,000
• 7^th place:  Christoph Vogelsang (Germany) $111,000
• 8^th place:  Samuel Ju (Germany) $86,000
• 9^th place: Nikita Kuznetsov (Russia) $67,000

Coleman Claims Trifecta Finale

The third and final tournament of the Alpha8 Trifecta was the largest, complete with 117 entries and a prize pool of $2,796,300. While the Hendon Mob database doesn’t have the full list of results, it does show the top eight finishers.

David Coleman was at the very top, taking down the event for his largest live career tournament cash to date and first of the World Poker Tour variety. The high-stakes player has several titles from the PokerGO Tour, including wins in the PGT Kickoff, PokerGO Cup, and US Poker Open.

• 1^st place:  David Coleman (USA) $730,300
• 2^nd place:  Nikita Kuznetsov (Russia) $480,000
• 3^rd place:  Martin Raus (Canada) $355,000
• 4^th place:  Andrew Lichtenberger (USA) $265,000
• 5^th place:  John Pennucci (USA) $200,000
• 6^th place:  Roman Hrabec (Czech Republic) $154,000
• 7^th place:  Pavel Plesuv (Moldova) $118,000
• 8^th place:  Isaac Haxton (USA) $92,000

All photos courtesy of the World Poker Tour.

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Jennifer Newell is a freelance writer at LegalUsPokerSites. She has two decades of experience in the iGaming industry. She is a respected poker media member, contributing to publications and websites like USA Today, PokerStars, and PokerScout. Her knowledge spans gambling legislation and the broader online gaming world. She has spent years advocating for diversity, most notably gender equity in the traditionally male-dominated poker sphere.