Two months ago Daniel Weinman added his name to the World Poker Tour Champions Cup with a win at the Borgata Winter Poker Open in Atlantic City. Sunday night in Hollywood, Florida the 29-year-old capped off Season XV of the WPT by winning the Tournament of Champions.

“I feel incredible, this was such a tough tournament and to come out on top it’s super special,” said Weinman, who had to pass up a trip to The Masters final round after making the final table. “”It’s crazy, usually you play these tournaments with a thousand people and there may be 850 people that really don’t have a chance at winning the tournament that you go deep. They’re just not comfortable with all the spots they’re going to encounter. Having 66 people that have already won this and have had some success in the poker world, coming out on top is incredible.”

After running kings into aces, Dylan Wilkerson wasn’t left with much of a stack to work with. Daniel Santoro raised to 40,000 from UTG and Wilkerson moved all in from the cut off for 179,000. Santoro called and showed while Wilkerson had . The flop put Santoro ahead and neither the turn or river were any help to Wilkerson and he was out in sixth.

Just six hands later Santoro picked up another elimination. With blinds of 8,000/16,000, Seidel all in for 138,000 from UTG and Santoro called, this time showing and again found himself up against an ace as Erik Seidel showed . The flop put Santoro ahead with second pair and left Seidel hoping for one of the three remaining kings or running fives. The turn was no help and neither was the turn and the Hall of Famer Seidel was eliminated in fifth.

The Daniel Santoro show kept on going. David Ormsby moved all in from the button for his last 286,000 and Santoro re-raised from the small blind, forcing big blind Michael Mizrachi to fold. Ormbsy tabled but this time Santoro was ahead with . The board ran out to eliminate Ormbsy in fourth place and leave Santoro as the chip leader with three players remaining.

Unfortunately for Santoro, just over two and a half hours later, the show came to an abrupt halt. Mizrachi folded his button, Weinman moved all in from the small blind and Santoro called all in from the big blind. Weinman showed while Santoro had . The flop put Santoro ahead and he dodged the turn, but the gave Weinman a better pair and eliminated Santoro.

When heads-up play began, Weinman had Mizrachi outchipped 4.5-1 and it took him just 18 hands to end things. Mizrachi moved all in for 890,000 and Weinman called and showed while Mizrachi showed . The flop kept Mizrachi ahead, but the turn gave Weinman third pair. The river card was no good for Mizrachi and he was eliminated in second place, improving his TOC finish from last year by one spot and leaving Weinman as the Season XV TOC winner.

Along with the $381,500 first place prize money, Weiman also won a 2018 Audi S5 Coupe, a pair of rose gold wireless Monster Headphones, a custom poker table, a seat in Tiger’s Poker Night and a one-week stay with Wyndham Extra holidays.

Final Table Payouts

1. Daniel Weinman – $381,500
2. Michael Mizrachi – $218,000
3. Daniel Santoro – $133,525
4. David Ormsby – $95,375
5. Erik Seidel – $73,575
6. Dylan Wilkerson – $57,225