RPL Tournament of Champions – Main Event Recap

What. A. Night. The 2025 RPL Tournament of Champions delivered absolute chaos, records, drama, stupidity, brilliance, and everything we love about this ridiculous league.

Historic Season, Historic Payouts

The RPL family came through in a massive way this year.

• Total season payout: $52,905 — the highest in league history.

• TOC Prize Pool: A record-setting $17,390, fueled heavily by our all-time rebuy record: 178 rebuys adding $8,900to the pile.

• Players earning over $1,000: 16 members crossed the four-digit mark (see scoreboard).

• SSSB Contribution: A legendary $500 added to the TOC pool. Respect.

Every TOC qualifier also received a “free” scratch-off ticket, and while dreams of hundreds of $50 winners fell flat, we did have a few lucky degenerates:

• Weaz – $10

• Crime Dog – $10

• Scotty Lob – $5

Not exactly a retirement plan, but free money is free money.

Desperate Last Chance – Record Field, Two Survivors

The afternoon started with a record-breaking 15-player field in the Desperate Last Chance satellite, battling for twoseats to the TOC.
After more than three hours of carnage, the survivors were:

• Dead Money

• G Funk

Both punched their ticket to the Main Event… and then promptly busted 17th and 18th. But hey—at least they made it.

Opening Ceremonies, Ro-Sham-Bo, and the Battle Begins

Our Dealer of the Night, Black Clover, opened the festivities by taking down the infamous Ro-Sham-Bo Contest.
Announcements were made. Trash talk was delivered. The cards hit the air.

Mid-tourney, someone tabled Aces Full of 4’s to scoop a monster… only to later be outdone by the one and only Dub, who refuses to ever buy into the Best Hand pot but somehow still scooped the Best Hand of the Night with Aces Full of 10’s, good for a ridiculous $700 jackpot rollover.

The Final Table – Chaos, Chop Talk, and Pure Comedy

Rambo, the season points leader, busted in 10th, officially forming the final table.
Among the final 9 were:

• Two former TOC Champions

• Two first-time TOC competitors

• POTY contenders Shull Train and KO

• A gargantuan $180,000 in tournament chips

When NOLA Bridge busted 8th, Scotty Lob, sitting on a stack that barely covered the ante, immediately started campaigning for a 7-way chop.
Shockingly… people listened.
The clock paused. Discussions happened. Sanity left the building.

Ultimately, the group agreed to an ICM chop with 7 players left, with the following payouts based on the stacks at the moment of negotiation:

• Wheel – $3,280

• Crime Dog – $2,630

• Shull Train – $2,420

• Dub – $2,130

• KO – $1,680

• Neddy Nedcakes – $1,170

• Scotty Lob – $800

Once the deal was locked in, the table loosened up faster than a $2 hooker.
The eliminations flew:
7th – Neddy Nedcakes
6th – Dub
5th – KO
4th – Crime Dog (our bubble boy who somehow cashed $2,630… what a league)

The Finish – A New Record, a WSOP Dream, and POTY Locked Up

Top 3 included Shull Train, who still had a path to Player of the Year—until he bowed out in 3rd.
That elimination officially crowned Rambo (our 3-time bracelet winner) as the Player of the Year, good for a cool $500 bonus.

Heads-up play saw short-stack hero Scotty Lob catch fire with multiple double-ups before eventually cracking through Wheel for the win.

With that, Scotty Lob made RPL history, becoming the first-ever two-time TOC Champion.

…but also hilariously earning less money than every other paid finisher, and even less than the combined tips given to the dealers.
Still, he does walk away with the coveted $1,500 WSOP seat, which he plans to use in next year’s WSOP. If he turns that into millions, we expect at least 10%… or a signed hat.

Our official Bubble Boy Prize went to Crime Dog, who scratched his $4M lotto ticket prize and hit another $50. Man runs hot.

We also paid out $50 bounties on six targets:

• The Directa

• Neddy Nedcakes

• Dub

• Crime Dog

• Shull Train

• Wheel

Each hit their mark.

What a Season

This league keeps setting records, keeps growing, and keeps delivering absolute insanity every single event.
From massive prize pools to legendary characters to unforgettable moments—2025 will go down as one of the best seasons in RPL history.

Congratulations to all winners, qualifiers, and first-time participants.
And as always… see you at the next shuffle.

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