Hands #140-141: Zak VanKeuren Wins the WPT Prime Championship

Photo:  WPT Prime Champion Zak VanKeuren

HAND #140  –  Jim Casement moves all in, and Zak VanKeuren folds.

HAND #141  –  Zak VanKeuren limps for 4 million, Jim Casement moves all in from the big blind for 69.4 million, and VanKeuren calls with .

Casement turns over , and needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and VanKeuren wins the pot — and the WPT Prime Championship — with a pair of kings and an ace kicker.

Jim Casement finishes as the runner-up, earning $759,890.

Zak VanKeuren wins the 2024 WPT Prime Championship, earning $1,162,350, a Wynn trophy (shaped like the Wynn itself), and the WPT Prime Championship trophy. VanKeuren’s first prize amount also includes his $10,400 entry into next year’s WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in 2025.

Congratulations to Zak VanKeuren!

1st:  Zak VanKeuren  –  $1,162,350*
2nd:  Jim Casement  –  $759,890
3rd:  Kevin Calenzo  –  $560,000
4th:  Malik Zaman  –  $420,000
5th:  Joe Ozimok  –  $320,000
6th:  Ryan Stiner  –  $240,000
7th:  Colin Hong  –  $186,000
8th:  Ralph Marquez  –  $145,000
9th:  Justin Young  –  $114,000

Photo:  Jim Casement

* First-place amount includes the winner’s $10,400 entry into next year’s WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in 2025.