World Poker Tour Champions Club
The World Poker Tour has operated a series of international poker tournaments since 2002 with winners of WPT Main Tour stops awarded a membership to the WPT Champions Club. The WPT Champions Cup is the trophy awarded to all winners of WPT Main Tour stops, and champions have their names engraved on the WPT Champions Cup.
On July 21, 2020, the WPT Champions Cup was renamed to the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup in honor of WPT commentator and WPT Champions Club member Mike Sexton. Sexton died on September 6, 2020, after battling prostate cancer.
World Poker Tour champions
Season 1 (I)
The inaugural season of the WPT featured 13 events running from May 2002 to April 2003.| Date | Event | Location | Winner | Prize | Runner-up | Entrants | Buy-in | Prizepool |
| May 27-June 1 | Five Diamond World Poker Classic | Bellagio Resort & Casino | Gus Hansen | $556,460 | John Juanda | 146 | $10,000 | $1,416,200 |
| August 30–31 | Legends of Poker | Bicycle Casino | Chris Karagulleyan | $258,000 | Hon Le | 134 | $5,000 | $670,000 |
| October 9–11 | Aruba Poker Classic | The Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino | Juha Helppi | $50,000 | Anssi Tuulivirda | 100 | $300 | $350,000 |
| October 19 | Costa Rica Classic | Casinos Europa | Jose Rosenkrantz | $108,730 | Jamie Ligator | 134 | $500 | $234,858 |
| November 10–11 | Gold Rush | Lucky Chances Casino | Paul Darden | $146,000 | Chris Bigler | 152 | $3,000 | $456,000 |
| November 14–17 | World Poker Finals | Foxwoods Resort Casino | Howard Lederer | $320,400 | Layne Flack | 89 | $10,000 | $915,000 |
| January 28–31 | World Poker Open | Binion's Horseshoe Tunica | Dave Ulliott | $589,175 | Phil Ivey | 160 | $10,000 | $1,600,000 |
| February 12–15 | Euro Finals of Poker | Aviation Club de France | Christer Johansson | €500,000 | Claude Cohen | 86 | €10,000 | €831,000 |
| February 21–24 | L.A. Poker Classic | Commerce Casino | Gus Hansen | $532,490 | Daniel Rentzer | 136 | $10,000 | $1,360,000 |
| February 25–26 | Celebrity Invitational | Commerce Casino | Layne Flack | $125,300 | Jerry Buss | 104 | $0 | $208,300 |
| March 6 | Party Poker Million II | Holland America Cruise | Howard Lederer | $289,150 | Chip Jett | 177 | $5,300 | $1,013,800 |
| March 31-April 2 | World Poker Challenge | Reno Hilton | Ron Rose | $168,298 | Cal Dykes | 87 | $5,000 | $421,746 |
| April 14–18 | WPT World Championship | Bellagio Resort & Casino | Alan Goehring | $1,011,886 | Kirill Gerasimov | 111 | $25,000 | $2,691,750 |
- Costa Rica Classic was a $500 buy-in with $500 rebuys.
- Party Poker Million II was held a Limit Hold'em tournament.
- Party Poker Million II was held on Holland America's MS Zaandam cruise ship sailing from Port Canaveral, Florida, to the Virgin Islands.
- Gus Hansen became the first player to win two WPT titles.
- Howard Lederer won WPT Player of the Year for Season 1.
Season 2 (II)
| Date | Event | Location | Winner | Prize | Runner-up | Entrants | Buy-in | Prizepool |
| July 10–13 | Grand Prix de Paris | Aviation Club de France | David Benyamine | €357,000 | Jan Boubli | 96 | €10,000 | €894,400 |
| September 1–3 | Legends of Poker | Bicycle Casino | Mel Judah | $579,375 | Paul Phillips | 309 | $5,000 | $1,545,000 |
| September 20–22 | Borgata Poker Open | Borgata Hotel & Casino | Noli Francisco | $470,000 | Charlie Shoten | 235 | $5,000 | $1,175,000 |
| October 18 | Ultimate Poker Classic | Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino | Erick Lindgren | $500,000 | Daniel Larsson | 436 | $4,000 | $1,697,460 |
| November 14–17 | World Poker Finals | Foxwoods Resort Casino | Hoyt Corkins | $1,089,200 | Mohamed Ibrahim | 313 | $10,000 | $3,155,000 |
| December 15–18 | Five Diamond World Poker Classic | Bellagio Resort & Casino | Paul Phillips | $1,101,908 | Dewey Tomko | 314 | $10,000 | $3,044,750 |
| January 25 | PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure | Royal Caribbean | Gus Hansen | $455,780 | Hoyt Corkins | 221 | $7,500 | $1,657,501 |
| January 26–29 | World Poker Open | Horseshoe Casino & Hotel | Barry Greenstein | $1,278,370 | Randy Jensen | 367 | $10,000 | $3,455,050 |
| February 21–24 | L.A. Poker Classic | Commerce Casino | Antonio Esfandiari | $1,399,135 | Vinnie Vinh | 382 | $10,000 | $3,781,500 |
| February 24 | Celebrity Invitational | Commerce Casino | Phil Laak | $100,000 | Humberto Brenes | 196 | $0 | $200,000 |
| March 3–5 | Bay 101 Shooting Star | Bay 101 | Phil Gordon | $360,000 | Chris Moneymaker | 243 | $5,000 | $1,125,000 |
| March 18 | PartyPoker Million III | Card Player Cruise | Erick Lindgren | $1,000,000 | Daniel Negreanu | 546 | $7,500 | $3,682,337 |
| March 30-April 1 | World Poker Challenge | Reno Hilton | Mike Kinney | $629,469 | Paul Clark | 342 | $5,000 | $1,658,700 |
| April 19–23 | WPT World Championship | Bellagio Resort & Casino | Martin de Knijff | $2,728,356 | Hasan Habib | 343 | $25,000 | $8,342,000 |
- PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure was held on Royal Caribbean Voyager of the Seas cruise ship.
- PartyPoker Million III was held as a Limit Hold'em tournament.
- PartyPoker Million III was held on a Card Player Cruise on the Sea of Cortez.
- Gus Hansen became the first player to win three WPT titles.
- Erick Lindgren won WPT Player of the Year for Season 2.
Season 3 (III)
| Date | Event | Location | Winner | Prize | Runner-up | Entrants | Buy-in | Prizepool |
| July 17–21 | Grand Prix de Paris | Aviation Club de France | Surinder Sunar | €679,860 | Tony G | 205 | €10,000 | €1,957,750 |
| July 29-August 1 | Mirage Poker Showdown | The Mirage | Eli Elezra | $1,024,574 | Lee Watkinson | 281 | $10,000 | $2,725,200 |
| August 28–31 | Legends of Poker | Bicycle Casino | Doyle Brunson | $1,198,260 | Lee Watkinson | 667 | $5,000 | $3,335,000 |
| September 19–22 | Borgata Poker Open | Borgata Hotel & Casino | Daniel Negreanu | $1,117,400 | David Williams | 302 | $10,000 | $3,020,000 |
| September 26-October 1 | Aruba Poker Classic | Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino | Eric Brenes | $1,000,000 | Layne Flack | 647 | $6,000 | $3,879,000 |
| October 19–22 | Festa al Lago | Bellagio Resort & Casino | Carlos Mortensen | $1,000,000 | Kido Pham | 312 | $10,000 | $3,026,400 |
| November 13–17 | World Poker Finals | Foxwoods Resort Casino | Tuan Le | $1,549,588 | Temperance Hutter | 674 | $10,000 | $6,765,000 |
| December 14–18 | Five Diamond World Poker Classic | Bellagio Resort & Casino | Daniel Negreanu | $1,770,218 | Humberto Brenes | 376 | $15,000 | $5,470,800 |
| January 8–11 | PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure | Atlantis Paradise Island | John Gale | $890,600 | Alex Balandin | 461 | $8,000 | $3,487,200 |
| January 24–27 | World Poker Open | Gold Strike Resort and Casino | Johnny Stolzmann | $1,491,444 | Chau Giang | 512 | $10,000 | $3,832,773 |
| February 18–22 | L.A. Poker Classic | Commerce Casino | Michael Mizrachi | $1,859,909 | Haralabos Voulgaris | 538 | $10,000 | $5,166,414 |
| February 23–24 | Celebrity Invitational | Commerce Casino | Alex Brenes | $125,500 | Johan Storakers | 233 | $0 | $225,500 |
| March 7–11 | Bay 101 Shooting Star | Bay 101 | Danny Nguyen | $1,025,000 | Jay Martens | 438 | $10,000 | $4,070,000 |
| March 19–25 | PartyPoker Million IV | Holland America Cruise | Michael Gracz | $1,500,000 | David Minto | 735 | $10,000 | $7,430,000 |
| March 29-April 1 | World Poker Challenge | Reno Hilton | Arnold Spee | $633,880 | Blair Rodman | 345 | $5,000 | $1,725,350 |
| April 18–24 | WPT World Championship | Bellagio Resort & Casino | Tuan Le | $2,856,150 | Paul Maxfield | 453 | $25,000 | $10,961,000 |
- PartyPoker Million IV was held as a Limit Hold'em tournament.
- PartyPoker Million IV was held on Holland America's MS Oosterdam cruise ship on the Sea of Cortez.
- Daniel Negreanu and Tuan Le became the third and fourth players respectively to win two WPT titles in the same season after Gus Hansen and Howard Lederer each won two in Season 1.
- Doyle Brunson became the first player to win both the WSOP Main Event and a WPT title.
- Daniel Negreanu won WPT Player of the Year for Season 3.