Asher Conniff, who entered the final table with the second largest stack, is the winner of the 2015 World Poker Tour Championship! Conniff, a WPT regular from Brooklyn, New York, bested a field of 239 players to lay hands on the title, $973,683 in prize money, and a Hublot Oceanographic 4000 Watch, a pair of gold Monster 24K Headphones and a WPT Champions Trophy.
But that's not all! He will also have his name inscribed on the WPT Champions Cup trophy, on which all champions from 13 seasons have their names engraved, plus get a seat worth $15,400 into next season's WPT World Championship.
Conniff told WPT reporters that it was pure coincidence that he entered this tournament. He tried to enter a Sunday major online but misclicked into an online satellite to this event. The rest is history!
Final table results:
1. Asher Conniff - $973,683
2. Alexander Lakhov - $573,779
3. Brian Yoon - $330,358
4. Carlos Mortensen - $267,764
5. Ray Qartomy - $208,647
6. Tony Dunst - $173,873