WPT 2022: Elliot Hadon Wins $4.1 Million in Las Vegas

The WPT 2022 championship tournament, with a buy-in of $10,400, was held at the Wynn hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The tournament attracted 2,960 participants and offered seven-figure prizes to all players who made it to the final table.

The tournament was opened by Doylе Branson. Notable participants included Daniel Negreanu, Sean Deeb, Chris Moneymaker, Maria Ho, and many others. The heads-up match featured Benni Glaser and Elliot Hadon, with Hadon emerging victorious and taking home $4,146,000.

The first level of Day 1A started with 342 players. The number of players reached 615 after the lunch break. 234 players made it to the chip packaging stage. Justin Bonomo finished the day with 1,011,000 chips, while Daniel Negreanu had 252,000. John 'apestyles' van Fleet finished with 270,000 chips, and Paulina Loeliger had 488,000. Andrew Neem finished the day with 160,000 chips. Artem Metalidi and Andrey Lyubovetsky, both from Ukraine, finished the day with 410,000 and 408,000 chips respectively. Nikita Kalinin finished the day with 180,000 chips, and Erik Lindgren finished the day with only 11 big blinds.