Wie in jedem Jahr kurz vor Weihnachten, bildet das $10.400 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classics Main Event, den krönenden Jahresabschluss. Alles was Rang und Namen in der Poker-Szene hat, findet sich an den Pokertischen im Bellagio Resort & Casino Las Vegas ein.
Am Montag ging es los mit dem Tag 1 und hier durfte man bereits 705 Entries verbuchen. Damit waren es schon acht Starts mehr, als beim Rekord-Event im vergangenen Jahr, als man am Ende auf 1.001 Entries kam. Die Late-Registration war noch für die ersten drei Level am Tag 2 geöffnet, so dass ein neuer Rekord gut möglich war. Gespielt wurde mit einer Startdotation von 40.000 und auf dem Programm standen am Tag 1 acht Level à 60 Minuten. Neben den Big-Names der internationalen Szene wie Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Eli Elezra, Antonio Esfandiari, Michael Mizrachi oder auch Chris Moorman, waren auch einige deutschsprachige Karten-Cracks angetreten. In Tag 2 schafften es Roland Rokita (AUT), Timo Kamphues (GER), Giuseppe Pantaleo (ITA/GER), Leonard Maue (GER), Mario Mosböck (AUT), Lars Kamphues (GER) und Manig Loeser (GER).
Am Dienstagabend um 21:00 Uhr (MEZ) nahmen dann 417 Spieler den Tag 2 in Angriff. Auf dem Programm standen fünf Level à 90 Minuten. Bis zum Ende der Late-Registration kamen noch 330 Starts zusammen und so durfte man mit 1.035 Entries einen neuen Rekord verbuchen. Damit geht es um ein Preisgeld in Höhe von $10.039.500, welches unter den besten 130 aufgeteilt wird. Der Min-Cash bringt $18.530 und auf den Champion warten $1.694.995 sowie eine Wild Card für das WPT Tournament of Champions. Bis zum Ende des Tages mussten sich von unseren Jungs leider noch Leonard Maue (GER) und Lars Kamphues (GER) verabschieden. Am Ende durften noch 224 Poker-Cracks ihre Chips für Tag 3 eintüten. Den Chiplead holte sich T.K. Miles (USA) mit 668.500 (229,5 Big Blinds). Einen super Tag erwische auch der Österreicher Roland Rokita, der auf Rang 6 mit 553.500 (184,5 Big Blinds) übernachten darf. Außerdem sind noch Timo Kamphues (GER- 58 Big Blinds), Giuseppe Pantaleo (ITA/GER – 125 Big Blinds), Manig Loeser (GER – 30,5 Big Blinds) und Mario Mosböck (AUT – 32,5 Big Blinds) mit im Rennen.
Der Tag 3 startet am Mittwoch um 21:00 Uhr (MEZ) im Level 14 bei Blinds 1.500/3.000 (Big Blind Ante). Die Level-Zeiten betragen 90 Minuten. Der Average liegt aktuell bei 184.821 (61,5 Big Blinds). Sobald man kurz vor der Bubble ist, wird das Turnier mit einer 30 Sekunden Action Clock gespielt. Der Champion wird erst im Finale am 21. Dezember ermittelt. Der Final Table wird dann exklusive auf PokerGo übertragen.
Bei unseren Kollegen von WPT.com gibt es auch einen Live-Blog zum Turnier.
Alle weiteren Informationen zur WPT Five Diamond gibt es hier.
Hier sind die Payouts:
| Rang | Payouts $ |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,694,995 |
| 2 | $1,120,040 |
| 3 | $827,285 |
| 4 | $617,480 |
| 5 | $465,780 |
| 6 | $355,125 |
| 7 | $273,695 |
| 8 | $213,225 |
| 9 | $168,005 |
| 10 | $168,005 |
| 11 | $133,845 |
| 12 | $133,845 |
| 13 | $107,840 |
| 14 | $107,840 |
| 15 | $87,885 |
| 16 | $87,885 |
| 17 | $72,450 |
| 18 | $72,450 |
| 19 | $72,450 |
| 20 | $72,450 |
| 21 | $60,435 |
| 22 | $60,435 |
| 23 | $60,435 |
| 24 | $60,435 |
| 25 | $51,005 |
| 26 | $51,005 |
| 27 | $51,005 |
| 28 | $51,005 |
| 29 | $51,005 |
| 30 | $51,005 |
| 31 | $51,005 |
| 32 | $51,005 |
| 33 | $43,570 |
| 34 | $43,570 |
| 35 | $43,570 |
| 36 | $43,570 |
| 37 | $43,570 |
| 38 | $43,570 |
| 39 | $43,570 |
| 40 | $43,570 |
| 41 | $37,670 |
| 42 | $37,670 |
| 43 | $37,670 |
| 44 | $37,670 |
| 45 | $37,670 |
| 46 | $37,670 |
| 47 | $37,670 |
| 48 | $37,670 |
| 49 | $32,970 |
| 50 | $32,970 |
| 51 | $32,970 |
| 52 | $32,970 |
| 53 | $32,970 |
| 54 | $32,970 |
| 55 | $32,970 |
| 56 | $32,970 |
| 57 | $29,220 |
| 58 | $29,220 |
| 59 | $29,220 |
| 60 | $29,220 |
| 61 | $29,220 |
| 62 | $29,220 |
| 63 | $29,220 |
| 64 | $29,220 |
| 65 | $26,220 |
| 66 | $26,220 |
| 67 | $26,220 |
| 68 | $26,220 |
| 69 | $26,220 |
| 70 | $26,220 |
| 71 | $26,220 |
| 72 | $26,220 |
| 73 | $23,830 |
| 74 | $23,830 |
| 75 | $23,830 |
| 76 | $23,830 |
| 77 | $23,830 |
| 78 | $23,830 |
| 79 | $23,830 |
| 80 | $23,830 |
| 81 | $21,940 |
| 82 | $21,940 |
| 83 | $21,940 |
| 84 | $21,940 |
| 85 | $21,940 |
| 86 | $21,940 |
| 87 | $21,940 |
| 88 | $21,940 |
| 89 | $21,940 |
| 90 | $20,465 |
| 91 | $20,465 |
| 92 | $20,465 |
| 93 | $20,465 |
| 94 | $20,465 |
| 95 | $20,465 |
| 96 | $20,465 |
| 97 | $20,465 |
| 98 | $20,465 |
| 99 | $19,345 |
| 100 | $19,345 |
| 101 | $19,345 |
| 102 | $19,345 |
| 103 | $19,345 |
| 104 | $19,345 |
| 105 | $19,345 |
| 106 | $19,345 |
| 107 | $19,345 |
| 108 | $19,345 |
| 109 | $19,345 |
| 110 | $19,345 |
| 111 | $19,345 |
| 112 | $19,345 |
| 113 | $19,345 |
| 114 | $19,345 |
| 115 | $19,345 |
| 116 | $19,345 |
| 117 | $18,530 |
| 118 | $18,530 |
| 119 | $18,530 |
| 120 | $18,530 |
| 121 | $18,530 |
| 122 | $18,530 |
| 123 | $18,530 |
| 124 | $18,530 |
| 125 | $18,530 |
| 126 | $18,530 |
| 127 | $18,530 |
| 128 | $18,530 |
| 129 | $18,530 |
| 130 | $18,530 |
Hier sind die Chipcounts für Tag
| Rang | Table/Seat - Name/Chipcount |
|---|---|
| 1 | 36-4: T.K. Miles - 688,500 |
| 2 | 29-2: Mike Vanier - 631,000 |
| 3 | 33-6: Alex Papazian - 601,000 |
| 4 | 39-4: Qi Hu - 568,500 |
| 5 | 22-4: Isaac Baron - 557,000 |
| 6 | 18-3: Roland Rokita - 553,500 |
| 7 | 30-7: Jerry Wong - 503,500 |
| 8 | 39-6: Raul Martinez - 489,000 |
| 9 | 26-5: Tony Sinishtaj - 487,500 |
| 10 | 27-7: Matthew Stone - 484,500 |
| 11 | 22-9: Dan Smith - 473,500 |
| 12 | 28-6: Ryan Yu - 472,500 |
| 13 | 35-9: Govert Metaal - 465,500 |
| 14 | 9-5: Jake Schwartz - 446,000 |
| 15 | 16-9: Ivan Galinec - 443,000 |
| 16 | 8-7: Barak Wisbrod - 442,000 |
| 17 | 16-2: Dominique Mosley - 442,000 |
| 18 | 30-4: Allen Pock - 420,000 |
| 19 | 20-2: Daniel Park - 417,500 |
| 20 | 36-3: Michael Wang - 383,500 |
| 21 | 27-4: Giuseppe Pantaleo - 375,000 |
| 22 | 21-8: David Williams - 369,500 |
| 23 | 31-8: Ricky Guan - 369,500 |
| 24 | 32-4: Stephen Chidwick - 361,000 |
| 25 | 39-3: Toby Boas - 353,000 |
| 26 | 38-6: Kevin Macphee - 347,000 |
| 27 | 8-8: Andrey Pateychuk - 343,500 |
| 28 | 38-9: Adam Owen - 342,500 |
| 29 | 32-7: David Jackson - 341,000 |
| 30 | 22-5: Darren Elias - 334,500 |
| 31 | 32-1: Jonathan Jaffe - 334,000 |
| 32 | 16-3: Ryan Remington - 318,000 |
| 33 | 20-3: Scott Seiver - 309,000 |
| 34 | 21-3: Shawn Kjetland - 307,000 |
| 35 | 17-4: Michael Lipman - 295,000 |
| 36 | 28-2: Bob Shao - 279,500 |
| 37 | 17-1: Harry Law - 278,000 |
| 38 | 9-3: Cary Katz - 276,000 |
| 39 | 8-6: Robert Mizrachi - 273,000 |
| 40 | 34-9: Ted Jivkov - 272,000 |
| 41 | 18-9: Daniel Strelitz - 271,500 |
| 42 | 19-7: Jeff Gross - 271,000 |
| 43 | 26-7: Blair Hinkle - 270,000 |
| 44 | 20-1: Erik Gamans - 269,500 |
| 45 | 24-8: Ping Liu - 258,500 |
| 46 | 37-2: Brett Richey - 257,500 |
| 47 | 19-3: Christopher Usude - 255,000 |
| 48 | 17-7: Justin Bonomo - 253,500 |
| 49 | 16-4: Robert Salaburu - 252,500 |
| 50 | 31-3: Scott Vener - 250,000 |
| 51 | 26-6: Bruno Furth - 246,000 |
| 52 | 37-7: Galen Hall - 244,500 |
| 53 | 31-2: Alex Greenblatt - 243,500 |
| 54 | 16-6: Matthew Wantman - 241,500 |
| 55 | 39-7: Keith Lehr - 240,000 |
| 56 | 27-1: Clayton Maguire - 239,500 |
| 57 | 31-7: Gordon Vayo - 237,500 |
| 58 | 21-6: Pat Lyons - 232,000 |
| 59 | 31-6: Sina Mouloud - 231,000 |
| 60 | 18-4: Vlad Mezheritsky - 227,000 |
| 61 | 33-9: Alex Foxen - 227,000 |
| 62 | 38-2: Ross Atkin - 226,000 |
| 63 | 19-2: Pavlo Veksler - 222,000 |
| 64 | 17-3: Ali Imsirovic - 220,500 |
| 65 | 26-9: Paul Balzano - 216,000 |
| 66 | 34-1: Eric Afriat - 211,000 |
| 67 | 22-1: Markus Gonsalves - 210,000 |
| 68 | 34-2: Vijaya Madala - 210,000 |
| 69 | 31-4: Chino Rheem - 208,500 |
| 70 | 19-5: Calvin Anderson - 203,500 |
| 71 | 39-1: Timothy Cramer - 202,000 |
| 72 | 9-1: Krzysztof Stybaniewicz - 201,000 |
| 73 | 24-3: Kevin Albers - 200,500 |
| 74 | 39-2: Sebastien Grax - 200,000 |
| 75 | 8-4: Peter Neff - 199,500 |
| 76 | 36-8: Asher Conniff - 198,500 |
| 77 | 20-9: Phong Turbo Nguyen - 198,000 |
| 78 | 18-2: Cheang Yoo - 196,500 |
| 79 | 30-3: Noah Schwartz - 195,500 |
| 80 | 37-8: Frank Stepuchin - 194,500 |
| 81 | 30-5: Toby Joyce - 194,000 |
| 82 | 9-7: Kelly Becker - 192,000 |
| 83 | 34-4: David Mcgowan - 192,000 |
| 84 | 32-8: Michael Marder - 191,000 |
| 85 | 21-7: Steve Sung - 190,500 |
| 86 | 9-9: Louis Salter - 190,000 |
| 87 | 30-6: Joe Serock - 189,000 |
| 88 | 33-1: Robert Zeidman - 188,500 |
| 89 | 37-4: Seth Davies - 185,500 |
| 90 | 28-5: Blake Bohn - 181,500 |
| 91 | 31-5: Mike Leah - 181,500 |
| 92 | 33-5: Scott Stewart - 180,500 |
| 93 | 30-1: John Krpan - 180,000 |
| 94 | 28-7: Chris Moorman - 176,500 |
| 95 | 20-6: Kyle Welsh - 174,500 |
| 96 | 20-5: Timo Kamphues - 173,500 |
| 97 | 26-1: Dzmitry Urbanovich - 170,000 |
| 98 | 36-6: Brandon Steven - 168,500 |
| 99 | 37-3: John Gorsuch - 165,500 |
| 100 | 30-8: Eric Wasserson - 165,000 |
| 101 | 22-6: Carlos Rodriguez - 161,000 |
| 102 | 24-5: Freddy Deeb - 160,500 |
| 103 | 19-1: Michael Rocco - 157,000 |
| 104 | 26-8: Taylor Black - 156,500 |
| 105 | 18-7: Mark Mache - 156,000 |
| 106 | 31-9: Ami Alibay - 155,000 |
| 107 | 37-6: Igor Yaroshevskyy - 155,000 |
| 108 | 39-5: Jack Salter - 154,500 |
| 109 | 19-6: Jeremy Ausmus - 151,000 |
| 110 | 28-9: Hiroaki Harada - 151,000 |
| 111 | 40-4: Matas Cimbolas - 151,000 |
| 112 | 28-1: Paul Volpe - 150,000 |
| 113 | 40-6: Joe Hachem - 150,000 |
| 114 | 31-1: Clint Tolbert - 149,500 |
| 115 | 36-9: Lisa Hamilton - 149,500 |
| 116 | 18-5: Byron Kaverman - 142,500 |
| 117 | 34-5: Bryce Yockey - 142,500 |
| 118 | 21-1: Matthew Leecy - 141,500 |
| 119 | 29-3: Omar Saeed - 141,500 |
| 120 | 40-2: Brian Altman - 140,500 |
| 121 | 26-3: John Riordan - 140,000 |
| 122 | 32-3: Maria Ho - 138,500 |
| 123 | 24-9: Daniel Wojcik - 138,000 |
| 124 | 16-1: Stephen Song - 136,000 |
| 125 | 28-3: Nick Pupillo - 135,000 |
| 126 | 40-7: Jonathan Depa - 134,500 |
| 127 | 19-4: Simon Deadman - 134,000 |
| 128 | 33-7: Mukul Pahuja - 133,000 |
| 129 | 37-5: Vincent Moscati - 130,000 |
| 130 | 33-3: Ahmad Popal - 128,500 |
| 131 | 39-9: Jesse Sylvia - 128,500 |
| 132 | 38-1: Paul Dhaliwal - 128,000 |
| 133 | 8-2: Mike Gorodinsky - 127,000 |
| 134 | 34-8: Scott Matte - 125,000 |
| 135 | 35-1: Amit Makhija - 124,500 |
| 136 | 22-3: Kitty Kuo - 124,000 |
| 137 | 17-6: Tyler Patterson - 120,500 |
| 138 | 34-7: Roger Teska - 120,500 |
| 139 | 34-3: Carlos Chang - 120,000 |
| 140 | 29-7: Dylan Linde - 116,000 |
| 141 | 33-8: Ray Qartomy - 115,000 |
| 142 | 24-4: Farid Jattin - 114,500 |
| 143 | 37-9: Cliff Josephy - 114,500 |
| 144 | 9-4: Ronit Chamani - 114,000 |
| 145 | 38-4: Ofer Miara - 113,500 |
| 146 | 35-6: Richard Rogers - 113,000 |
| 147 | 21-4: Anthony Spinella - 111,500 |
| 148 | 21-5: Shawn Daniels - 110,500 |
| 149 | 35-3: Danny Hannawa - 110,500 |
| 150 | 35-4: Michael Trivett - 110,500 |
| 151 | 27-3: Stoyan Obreshkov - 110,000 |
| 152 | 33-2: Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 107,500 |
| 153 | 8-3: Taylor Paur - 105,000 |
| 154 | 27-6: Straton Wilhelm - 105,000 |
| 155 | 27-9: Tom Wheaton - 104,000 |
| 156 | 32-6: Gal Yifrach - 104,000 |
| 157 | 29-9: Jason Sagle - 103,500 |
| 158 | 35-5: Harrison Gimbel - 103,000 |
| 159 | 40-9: Kenn Pluard - 102,500 |
| 160 | 16-5: Brian Yoon - 99,500 |
| 161 | 20-7: Ryan Lenaghan - 99,000 |
| 162 | 29-4: Aaron Massey - 99,000 |
| 163 | 36-7: Barry Hutter - 98,500 |
| 164 | 38-8: Mario Mosbock - 98,000 |
| 165 | 29-8: Sandeep Pulusani - 97,000 |
| 166 | 21-2: Benjamin Diebold - 96,500 |
| 167 | 8-1: Vladimir Vasilyev - 95,000 |
| 168 | 37-1: Igor Gonta - 94,000 |
| 169 | 29-6: Brent Roberts - 93,500 |
| 170 | 35-2: Manig Loeser - 92,000 |
| 171 | 27-2: Greg Jennings - 91,500 |
| 172 | 18-1: Scott Baumstein - 90,500 |
| 173 | 20-4: Matt Glantz - 90,000 |
| 174 | 22-2: Will Failla - 90,000 |
| 175 | 29-5: Adam Demersseman - 89,500 |
| 176 | 18-8: Paul Berger - 88,500 |
| 177 | 32-9: Donald Maloney - 88,000 |
| 178 | 8-5: Michael Turri - 87,500 |
| 179 | 27-8: Taylor Mcfarland - 87,000 |
| 180 | 34-6: Will Berry - 87,000 |
| 181 | 24-2: Aram Zobian - 86,500 |
| 182 | 35-8: Brock Wilson - 84,500 |
| 183 | 17-5: Mohsin Charania - 82,000 |
| 184 | 9-8: James Cavanaugh - 80,500 |
| 185 | 26-4: Brian Okin - 80,500 |
| 186 | 8-9: Preston Lee - 80,000 |
| 187 | 29-1: Shannon Shorr - 78,500 |
| 188 | 22-8: Daniel Negreanu - 78,000 |
| 189 | 19-9: Nikolai Sears - 77,500 |
| 190 | 36-2: Patrick Eskandar - 77,000 |
| 191 | 16-8: Florian Duta - 76,000 |
| 192 | 17-8: Brad Albrinck - 75,500 |
| 193 | 30-2: Tony Dunst - 74,500 |
| 194 | 33-4: Ryan Riess - 72,500 |
| 195 | 20-8: Taylor Von Kriegenbergh - 71,500 |
| 196 | 38-7: Alex Rocha - 71,500 |
| 197 | 18-6: Joseph Cheong - 70,500 |
| 198 | 17-2: Uke Dauti - 66,500 |
| 199 | 28-4: Ajay Chabra - 66,000 |
| 200 | 40-5: Evgenii Fidchuk - 66,000 |
| 201 | 36-1: Richard Rice - 64,500 |
| 202 | 24-1: Anthony Zinno - 63,000 |
| 203 | 9-2: Justin Young - 62,500 |
| 204 | 28-8: Joseph Di Rosa Rojas - 62,500 |
| 205 | 38-3: Arthur Conan - 62,000 |
| 206 | 24-7: Jonathan Lawson - 61,000 |
| 207 | 40-3: Steven Sarmiento - 59,500 |
| 208 | 32-2: Keven Stammen - 57,500 |
| 209 | 9-6: Ankush Mandavia - 55,500 |
| 210 | 40-8: Martin Kozlov - 55,500 |
| 211 | 35-7: Richard Alsup - 50,500 |
| 212 | 40-1: Elijah Berg - 48,000 |
| 213 | 39-8: Steve Zolotow - 44,500 |
| 214 | 38-5: Mike Cordell - 44,000 |
| 215 | 19-8: Beka Iordanishvili - 43,000 |
| 216 | 16-7: Austin Lewis - 42,000 |
| 217 | 21-9: Bill Klein - 42,000 |
| 218 | 17-9: Chris Moore - 41,500 |
| 219 | 30-9: Yuri Dzivielevski - 41,500 |
| 220 | 27-5: Michael Tureniec - 39,000 |
| 221 | 24-6: Carlos Chadha - 37,500 |
| 222 | 22-7: Vuong Do - 35,500 |
| 223 | 36-5: David Fuss - 27,000 |
| 224 | 26-2: Antoine Saout - 26,500 |
