Thousands of poker players have descended on the Las Vegas Strip for 7 weeks of summer tournament action during the 2025 World Series of Poker, looking to win a prestigious WSOP Bracelet (and some cash!), including LearnWPT Instructors and Students.

In just the past 2 years alone during the summer in Vegas, LearnWPT Students (like Sean, T.J., Tamar, and Sue!) have achieved:

➧ WSOP Gold Bracelets: 3
➧ Around Town Win: 1
➧ WSOP Final Tables: 6
➧ Around Town Final Tables: 7
➧ Cashed For: $1,591,658

How is Team LearnWPT doing in 2025? Read about our successes...

🎉 WSOP Week 4 Successes
🎉 WSOP Week 3 Successes
🎉 WSOP Week 2 Successes
🎉 WSOP Week 1 Successes
👏 Success Around Town
📌️️ FREE Tips From Team LearnWPT
👀 Our Ones To Look Out For
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Check back soon for our Week 5 & 6 successes to celebrate.

Are you a LearnWPT student playing any WSOP events or tournaments around town this summer? If yes, we want to hear from you! Share your successes with us at [email protected].

WSOP Week 4 Achievements

🥉 LearnWPT Instructor Niall Farrell took 3rd in the 2025 WSOP Event #62 $5,000 6-Handed Championship

• Placed: 3rd out of
• Won: $398,409
• Tournament Results

💥 This is Niall's 5th cash of the Series!

➧ LearnWPT Student Gerald Paquette cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #64 $1,000 Super Seniors Championship

• Placed: 74th out of 3,338
• Won: $4,728
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Bob Buckenmayer cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #64 $1,000 Super Seniors Championship

• Placed: 378th out of 3,338
• Won: $2,002
• Tournament Results

🔥 Bob has cashed 3 times so far!

➧ LearnWPT Student Cathy Schenone cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #65 $1,000 Tag Team Championship

• Placed: 81st out of 1,373
• Won: $1,243
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Lisa Roberts cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #67 $300 Gladiators of Poker Championship

• Placed: 494th out of 24,629
• Won: $1,620
• Tournament Results

🔥 Lisa cashed 3 times during the Series!

WSOP Week 3 Achievements

➧ LearnWPT Student John Goodell cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #48 $1,000 Seniors Championship

• Placed: 188th out of 7,575
• Won: $4,738
• Tournament Results

🔥 John cashed 4 times during the summer!

➧ LearnWPT Student Bob Buckenmayer cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #48 $1,000 Seniors Championship

• Placed: 321st out of 7,575
• Won: $3,678
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Lisa Roberts cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #48 $1,000 Seniors Championship

• Placed: 355th out of 7,575
• Won: $3,280
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Bryant Morrison cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #48 $1,000 Seniors Championship

• Placed: 426th out of 7,575
• Won: $2,950
• Tournament Results

🌡️ Bryant also took 2nd at the Aria - He's just heating up!

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Brian Altman cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #49 $3,000 6-Handed Championship

• Placed: 44th out of 1,421
• Won: $12,161
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Bob Buckenmayer cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #53 $1,000 Millionaire Maker Championship

• Placed: 1,112th out of 11,996
• Won: $3,160
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Jed Dyrek cashed in two WSOP Daily Deepstack $250 Tournaments!

• WSOP Deepstack Event #271
  • Placed: 41st out of 1,388 and won $1,103
• WSOP Seniors Deepstack Event #278
  • Placed: 194th out of 1,354 and won $500

WSOP Week 2 Achievements

🥈 Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger took 2nd place in the 2025 WSOP Event #32 $50,000 High Roller Championship

• Placed: 2nd out of 171
• Won: $1,312,610
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student T.J. Murphy cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #19 $500 COLOSSUS Championship

• Placed: 870th out of 16,301
• Won: $1,320
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Paul Rezentes cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #19 $500 COLOSSUS Championship

• Placed: 1,145th out of 16,301
• Won: $1,230
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Sean Jazayeri cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #19 $500 COLOSSUS Championship

• Placed: 1,630th out of 16,301
• Won: $1,320
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #22 $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed Championship

• Placed: 49th out of 336
• Won: $50,299
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Brian Altman cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #29 $2,500 Championship

• Placed: 154th out of 1,493
• Won: $5,020
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Niall Farrell cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #31 $800 Deepstack Championship

• Placed: 223rd out of 4,481
• Won: $2,508
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Jon Towers cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #37 $1,500 MONSTER STACK Championship

• Placed: 708th out of 9,920
• Won: $3,645
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Tamar Abraham cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #37 $1,500 MONSTER STACK Championship

• Placed: 807th out of 9,920
• Won: $3,385
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #37 $1,500 MONSTER STACK Championship

• Placed: 344th out of 9,920
• Won: $6,707
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Niall Farrell cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #37 $1,500 MONSTER STACK Championship

• Placed: 1,151st out of 9,920
• Won: $3,018
• Tournament Results

WSOP Week 1 Achievements

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Niall Farrell cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #3 $5,000 8-Handed Championship

• Placed: 53rd out of 693
• Won: $12,089
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #11 $10,000 Mystery Bounty 8-Handed Championship

• Placed: 88th out of 616
• Won: $13,592
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Niall Farrell cashed in the 2025 WSOP Event #13 $1,500 6-Handed Championship

• Placed: 53rd out of 2,354
• Won: $3,344
• Tournament Results

Team LearnWPT Success Around Town

🥈 LearnWPT Student Bryant Morrison took 2nd place in the $1,600 Aria Poker Classic Event

• Placed: 2nd out of 297
• Won: $45,127
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Joe Bergh cashed in a $1,100 Wynn Summer Classic Tournament

• Placed: 13th out of 1,579
• Won: $12,772
• Tournament Results

💰 Joe cashed for almost $20K in wk1 - He's just getting started!

➧ LearnWPT Student Joe Bergh cashed in the $1,600 Wynn Summer Classic Seniors Tournament

• Placed: 21st out of 961
• Won: $6,463
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student John Goodell cashed in the $300 South Point Summer Kickoff Tournament

• Placed: 76th out of 1,057
• Won: $930
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student John Goodell cashed in the Event #29 $400 Golden Nugget Seniors Tournament

• Placed: 19th out of 210
• Won: $852
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Sandy Tabin cashed in the Event #51 $1,600 Venetian DeepStack Seniors Event

• Placed: 92nd out of 1,295
• Won: $4,062
• Tournament Results

🌡️ This is Sandy's 2nd cash of the summer - He's just heating up!

➧ LearnWPT Student Lisa Roberts cashed in the Event #51 $1,600 Venetian DeepStack Seniors Event

• Placed: 98th out of 1,295
• Won: $4,062
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Brian Altman final tabled the $3,000 Wynn Summer Classic 8-Max Tournament

• Placed: 7th out of 256
• Won: $25,896
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Sandy Tabin cashed in a $1,100 Wynn Summer Classic Tournament

• Placed: 11th out of 263
• Won: $4,690
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student John Goodell cashed in a $120 South Point Summer Dailies Tournament

• Placed: 20th out of 226
• Won: $347
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Tamar Abraham cashed in two South Point Summer Dailies Tournaments

• Placed 8th out of 87 and won $275
• Placed 3rd out of 88 and won $750

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the $3,500 Wynn Summer Classic Tournament

• Placed: 80th out of 2,091
• Won: $11,864
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger final tabled the $25,800 Wynn Summer Classic 8-Max Tournament

• Placed: 6th out of 56
• Won: $87,500
• Tournament Results

Get and Stay in the Zone All Summer

❝Will 2025 be my breakout year at the WSOP?❞.

The answer to that question depends a lot on your preparation, and there are specific protocols you should follow based on exactly how far away you are from starting your 1st event. While the exact process will vary somewhat based on each player, there are some tried-and-true techniques pros use to make sure they hit the felt ready to dominate.

Click below for FREE tips and strategies that will have you ready to crush from hand 1 in Vegas, no matter how much time you have to prepare, direct from Team LearnWPT...

• Tony Dunst: WPT Champion and 3x WSOP Bracelet Winner
• Michael "Gags30" Gagliano: 3x WSOP Bracelet Winner
• Eric “Rizen” Lynch: 5x WSOP Final Tables & acclaimed author
• Johan Schultz-Pedersen: WSOP Bracelet Winner

We asked Tony, Gags, Rizen, and Johan:

Get their answers below based on how much prep time you have before your 1st tournament, and get your poker game ready to execute and stay in the zone all summer long!

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Ones To Look Out For...

We'll be keeping a close eye on LearnWPT Students and tracking their performance during the Summer Season. Here are players who've already conquered gold that we’ll be keeping tabs on in Vegas!

➧ LearnWPT Student Tamar "Tammy" Abraham

In the 2023 WSOP Ladies Championship, Tammy took home her first WSOP Bracelet and banked an impressive $192,167 for the win. Surrounded by supporters and fellow members of the Women's Poker Association (WPA), Tammy secured her place in the record books as the victor of the largest Ladies Event field in poker history.

➧ LearnWPT Student T.J. Murphy

T.J. took home his first WSOP Bracelet, outlasted a huge field of 4,732 runners in the 2024 $800 Deepstack Championship, and banked an impressive $368,977 for the win. He continued his run with a 2nd place finish at the MSPT Grand Falls Main Event for $76K. He'll be back in Vegas to defend his title!

➧ LearnWPT Student Sean Jazayri

Sean won his first WSOP Gold Bracelet in the 2024 Super Seniors Championship, defeating a field of 3,362 runners and taking home $368,025. This was Sean's third cash in the 2024 series, which was also his largest-ever WSOP win and the 2nd biggest of his poker career!

➧ LearnWPT Student Sue Faber

Sue won her first WSOP Bracelet in the 2019 Salute to Warriors Championship, defeating the field of 1,723 runners, earning $121,161 in the process, and was the only woman to win an open NL event during the series. In 2024, Sue won 2 WSOP Circuit Cherokee Events (in 1 week!) to add 2 Circuit Rings to her collection.

Are You Playing The WSOP 2025 This Summer?

Are you on the tournament grind this summer in Vegas and have some results to share? Whether you’re shooting for gold at the WSOP, cashing in your first event, or making a deep run at one of the many other events happening in Las Vegas this summer—if you are a member of the LearnWPT Family, we want to hear from YOU!

Share your success at the table and tag us on social media or email [email protected], and we will highlight your achievement.

No win or cash is too small; we want to know about them all!

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Good luck and good playing,
Team LearnWPT

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