The WSOP Main Event champion adds the grand final of the WPT to his trophy cabinet in Hollywood.

Ryan Riess

The poker world laughed in 2013 when unknown player Ryan Riess won the WSOP Main Event and immediately declared himself "the best in the world" in his first interview.

It may have taken four years but the first credible evidence to support that claim has materialised in Hollywood, as he has just won the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale for $716,088.

He defeated a field of 349 and a stacked final table that included Alan Sternberg, Jason Koon, Tim West and Cliff 'JohnnyBax' Josephy.

This is also the de facto World Poker Tour 'championship' event these days, meaning that Riess is the only other person to win the grand finale of both the WPT and WSOP (The other person being Carlos Mortensen).

His career earnings now stand at $10,035,044 and he will be in action again right away, as the WPT Tournament of Champions gets underway.

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale Position Player Prize 1st Ryan Riess $716,088 2nd Alan Sternberg $491,081 3rd Terry Schumacher $315,726 4th Tim West $204,466 5th Jason Koon $157,599 6th Cliff Josephy $130,370 349 entrants