Overview
- Heads-up ended in 13 hands as Thornton won 12 in a row, including a pivotal pot with pocket aces.
- Before heads-up, the finalists agreed to an ICM deal that set $2,098,456 for first, $1,969,344 for second, and left $160,000 plus a 2026 WPT World Championship seat to play for, giving Thornton $2,258,856.
- Soheb Porbandarwala started the final table with a big lead and finished runner-up after Thornton dispatched Maxx Coleman (6th), Jeremy Becker (5th), Chad Lipton (4th), and Jeremy Brown (3rd).
- The championship drew 1,865 entrants for the $10,400 event, capping the World Poker Tour’s season at Wynn Las Vegas.
- Thornton’s lifetime tournament earnings now exceed $4 million, according to The Hendon Mob.