Robin Hegele aus Deutschland ist der Mann des Tages bei der WPT Five Diamond Poker Classic im Bellagio. Beim $10.400 Championship Event der World Poker Tour in Las Vegas stürmte er dem gesamten Spielerfeld davon und füllte seinen Plastikbeutel am Tagesende mit 185.000 Chips. Am ersten Tag des prestigeträchtigen WPT-Turniers kamen 519 Entries zusammen, wovon es 385 durch den Tag schafften. Unter den Teilnehmern anzutreffen, jede Menge Stars der Pokerszene.
In die oberen Regionen der Chipcounts nach Tag 1 spielten sich dabei bekannte Profis wie Jennifer Tilly, David Pham, Brian Rast, Joe McKeehen, Jared Jaffe, JC Tran, Chance Kornuth und Daniel Negreanu. Aber auch die deutschsprachige Fraktion legte in Person von Igor Kurganov und Dominik Nitsche einen durchaus starken Start hin.
Heute geht es direkt mit Tag 2 weiter. Die Spätregistrierung ist noch bis Level 9 geöffnet. Ob es ausreichen wird, um das Spielerfeld aus dem vergangenen Jahr zu übertreffen bleibt abzuwarten. Letztes Jahr wurde das Buy-In 639 Mal gelöst. Einen Preispool von $5 Millionen hat das Turnier bereits erreicht.
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WPT $10.400 Five Diamond Poker Classic – Bellagio Las Vegas
Entries: 519
Preispool: Offen
Survivors: 385
| Name | Chips |
| Robin Hegele | 185,000 |
| Lucas Blanco Oliver | 139,325 |
| Andjelko Andrejevic | 136,400 |
| Jennifer Tilly | 134,225 |
| Chris Wieners | 121,000 |
| David Pham | 120,100 |
| Soren Jensen | 116,975 |
| Lazaro Hernandez | 106,975 |
| Corey Hochman | 106,150 |
| Nicholas Manganaro | 104,350 |
| Grayson Ramage | 103,675 |
| Shawn Cunix | 99,250 |
| Brian Rast | 95,300 |
| Joe McKeehen | 93,100 |
| Curt Kohlberg | 92,725 |
| Doug Hartwick | 88,375 |
| AJ Gambino | 86,150 |
| Jared Jaffee | 86,000 |
| Ben Keeline | 85,900 |
| Chance Kornuth | 85,550 |
| Jake Schwartz | 84,075 |
| Sam Panzica | 83,900 |
| JC Tran | 83,300 |
| Kristina Holst | 82,575 |
| Daniel Negreanu | 80,825 |
| Igor Kurganov | 80,000 |
| Joey Weissman | 78,750 |
| Frank Rusnak | 77,875 |
| Stephen Graner | 77,525 |
| Larry Greenberg | 75,550 |
| Ryan Belz | 72,200 |
| Dominik Nitsche | 70,375 |
| Eric Afriat | 70,000 |
| Chino Rheem | 68,650 |
| Matt Stout | 65,525 |
| Lily Kiletto | 65,000 |
| Matthew Wantman | 64,050 |
| Ryan Welch | 63,700 |
| Brian Yoon | 62,750 |
| Isaac Baron | 61,450 |
| Jake Schindler | 61,000 |
| Taylor von Kriegenbergh | 60,000 |
| Dutch Boyd | 59,825 |
| Bill Jennings | 57,600 |
| Calvin Anderson | 56,475 |
| Cord Garcia | 56,175 |
| Jared Hamby | 55,925 |
| Dzmitry Urbanovich | 55,000 |
| Chris Klodnicki | 54,450 |
| Ryan Olisar | 54,000 |
| Samuel Chartier | 53,375 |
| Justin Bonomo | 53,300 |
| Eric Baldwin | 53,075 |
| Blake Bohn | 53,050 |
| David Paredes | 53,000 |
| Lee Markholt | 53,000 |
| Ryan D’Angelo | 52,750 |
| Frank Kassela | 52,000 |
| Jon Turner | 52,000 |
| Ram Gajawada | 52,000 |
| Dan O’Brien | 51,250 |
| Sean Berrios | 51,200 |
| Sorel Mizzi | 51,050 |
| Dani Stern | 51,000 |
| John Krpan | 50,000 |
| Shankar Pillai | 49,675 |
| Antonio Esfandiari | 48,900 |
| Darren Rabinowitz | 48,675 |
| Haixia Zhang | 47,550 |
| Natasha Mercier | 46,050 |
| Russell Thomas | 46,000 |
| Cliff Josephy | 45,975 |
| Jesse Sylvia | 45,800 |
| Leo Wolpert | 45,700 |
| Cate Hall | 45,550 |
| Pratyush Buddiga | 45,000 |
| Tim West | 45,000 |
| James Joyner | 44,500 |
| Darryll Fish | 44,375 |
| Mark Radoja | 44,000 |
| Ravi Raghavan | 43,000 |
| Taylor Paur | 43,000 |
| Jason Koon | 42,500 |
| Adam Weinraub | 42,250 |
| Layne Flack | 40,850 |
| Barry Hutter | 40,800 |
| Samantha Abernathy | 40,125 |
| Andy Frankenberger | 39,800 |
| Robert Buckenmayer | 39,800 |
| Dan Smith | 39,600 |
| Kyle Keranen | 38,000 |
| Michael Gagliano | 38,000 |
| Jason Lee | 37,375 |
| Noah Schwartz | 37,300 |
| Adrian Mateos | 37,000 |
| Ryan Olisar | 37,000 |
| Larry Wright | 35,600 |
| Brandon Meyers | 35,300 |
| Brian Altman | 35,000 |
| Cary Katz | 35,000 |
| Eric Wasserson | 35,000 |
| Sean Winter | 35,000 |
| Brad Garrett | 34,475 |
| Dylan Wilkerson | 34,250 |
| Joseph Cheong | 34,250 |
| Sam Stein | 34,100 |
| Esther Taylor-Brady | 34,000 |
| David Sands | 33,500 |
| Dan Shak | 33,075 |
| Anthony Spinella | 33,000 |
| Krzysztof Stybaniewicz | 33,000 |
| Rainer Kempe | 33,000 |
| Jerry Payne | 32,000 |
| Tom Marchese | 32,000 |
| David Peters | 31,100 |
| Alex Foxen | 31,100 |
| Eddy Sabat | 31,025 |
| Richard Seymour | 31,000 |
| Steve Gross | 31,000 |
| John Dolan | 30,975 |
| Seth Davies | 30,775 |
| Joseph Elpayaa | 30,750 |
| Rep Porter | 30,300 |
| Ben Tollerene | 30,000 |
| David Vamplew | 30,000 |
| Farid Jattin | 30,000 |
| Tom McCormick | 30,000 |
| Bill Klein | 30,000 |
| Antonio Esfandiari | 29,000 |
| John Gordon | 28,600 |
| Alex Keating | 28,000 |
| Brandon Steven | 28,000 |
| Farzad Bonyadi | 28,000 |
| James Carroll | 28,000 |
| Sam Soverel | 28,000 |
| David Malka | 28,000 |
| Byron Kaverman | 27,675 |
| Phil Laak | 27,675 |
| Mike Dentale | 27,600 |
| Ben Yu | 27,600 |
| Tony Cousineau | 27,000 |
| Timothy Nelson | 27,000 |
| Daniel Strelitz | 26,000 |
| Peter Neff | 26,000 |
| Dylan Linde | 25,725 |
| Paul Klann | 25,500 |
| Jerry Wong | 25,100 |
| Bob Bounahra | 25,000 |
| Ismael Bojang | 25,000 |
| Joe Hachem | 25,000 |
| Jonathan Jaffe | 25,000 |
| Scott Clements | 24,100 |
| Joe Serock | 24,000 |
| Liv Boeree | 24,000 |
| Nipun Java | 23,725 |
| Shannon Shorr | 23,100 |
| Kevin Saul | 23,000 |
| Kitty Kuo | 23,000 |
| Mark Dube | 23,000 |
| Dan Colman | 22,975 |
| Bruce Kramer | 22,000 |
| Steve Zolotow | 21,375 |
| Ben Lamb | 21,250 |
| Glenn Lafaye | 20,225 |
| Ted Lawson | 20,200 |
| Ankush Mandavia | 19,125 |
| Bryan Campanello | 18,875 |
| Ian O’Hara | 18,000 |
| Jeremy Ausmus | 18,000 |
| Qui Nguyen | 17,000 |
| Eric Worre | 16,350 |
| Chris Johnson | 16,000 |
| Stan Jablonski | 15,350 |
| Mike Matusow | 15,250 |
| Harrison Gimbel | 14,275 |
| Benjamin Zamani | 14,250 |
| Kevin Eyster | 14,050 |
| Stephen Chidwick | 11,375 |
| Jordan Cristos | 11,275 |
| Paul Volpe | 11,100 |
| Darlene Lee | 10,250 |
| Will Failla | 10,050 |
| Shaun Suller | 10,000 |
| Mohsin Charania | 9,675 |
| Joe Kuether | 9,200 |
| Adam Geyer | 8,975 |
| Erik Seidel | 8,900 |
| Keven Stammen | 8,525 |
| Anthony Zinno | 8,450 |
| Ray Dehkharghani | 7,775 |
| Bernard Lee | 7,125 |
| Matt Salsberg | 6,825 |
| Larry Ormson | 6,100 |
| Garrett Greer | 4,400 |
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