After a thorough, extensive and completely scientific poll conducted on the WPT Facebook Page, the winners of the fan poll for Favorite WPT Champion and WPT Main Event are ready to be announced:
Favorite WPT Champion of 2011:
Taylor von Kriegenbergh – In the wee hours of the morning on May 3, 2011, in his first-ever ever WPT Main Event and just two weeks before his birthday, this 23-year-old Hollywood, Florida, resident added his name to the WPT Champions Cup at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown. Beating out a field of 433 entrants and a tough final table, von Kriegenbergh took home $1,122,340 for the victory, placing him third on the list of the Top 5 WPT Cashes of 2011. Not only was this his first WPT event, it was also his first year of playing major poker tournaments and he finished the year with a solid $1,369,340 in earnings.
Video below of Kimberly Lansing interviewing Taylor right after his win:
Favorite WPT Champion of 2011:
2011 WPT World Championship – No big surprise here. The WPT World Championship annually sports one of the most star-studded fields of any poker tournament in the world, and the WPT televised final table of this event is a who’s who of poker superstars. 2011 was no different. The $25,000 buy-in event drew 220 entrants, generating a massive $5,309,500 prizepool with $1,618,344 going to the eventual WPT Champion, Scott Seiver. Finishing is second place, Farzad Bonyadi received $1,061,900, which was enough to secure him fourth place on the aforementioned Top 5 Cash list, just two spots behind Seiver.
Video of Kimberly interviewing Scott post-victory: