WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

The WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic is an annual tournament as part of the World Poker Tour that is played out at Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] It has been part of every season of the World Poker Tour after being the inaugural event in Season 1 (I) in 2002.[2]

WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic
Current season, competition or edition:
World Poker Tour season 20 results
GamePoker
FoundedMay 27, 2002
Inaugural seasonSeason 1 (I)
Venue(s)Bellagio Resort & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
Most recent
champion(s)
Taylor Black
($1,241,430)
Sponsor(s)World Poker Tour
Tournament formatNo-Limit Hold'em
Multiple reentry
Official websitewww.worldpokertour.com

History

The World Poker Tour's first-ever event was the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic that began on May 27, 2002.[2] Gus Hansen was crowned the first champion and also became the first player to final table this event twice when he finished third in Season 2 (II) behind eventual winner Paul Phillips.[3][4] Season 2 (II) would see the date of the event shifted to December where it currently remains on the schedule every season. In Season 3 (III) the buy-in was raised from $10,200 to $15,300 and Daniel Negreanu won the event.[5]

The $15,000 buy-in remained through to Season 8 (VIII) before it was reduced back to $10,000. In Season 9 (IX), Antonio Esfandiari won the event which would be the first of his three consecutive final table appearances as he finished sixth in Season 10 (X) and fourth in Season 11 (XI).[6] Andrew Lichtenberger also has three final tables in this event with two coming back-to-back in Season 10 (X) and Season 11 (XI).[7]

Two players have both won an event and finished runner-up. Ryan Tosoc finished second in Season 15 (XV) before winning in Season 16 (XVI), while Alex Foxen finished second in Season 16 (XVI) before winning in Season 18 (XVIII).[8][9]

From Season 16 (XVI), the final tables were streamed on PokerGO.[10]

Event winners

WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Event Winners
Season Date Winner Prize Runner-up Entrants Buy-in Prize Pool Payouts Results
1 (I) May 27-June 1, 2002 Gus Hansen $556,460 John Juanda 146 $10,200 $1,416,200 18 Results[11]
2 (II) December 15–18, 2003 Paul Phillips $1,101,908 Dewey Temko 314 $10,200 $3,044,750 36 Results[12]
3 (III) December 14–18, 2004 Daniel Negreanu $1,770,218 Humberto Brenes 376 $15,300 $5,470,800 50 Results[13]
4 (IV) December 12–16, 2005 Rehne Pedersen $2,078,185 Patrik Antonius 555 $15,300 $8,075,250 100 Results[14]
5 (V) December 14–19, 2006 Joe Hachem $2,207,575 Jim Hanna 583 $15,400 $8,482,650 100 Results[15]
6 (VI) December 12–18, 2007 Eugene Katchalov $2,482,605 Ted Kearly 626 $15,400 $9,390,000 100 Results[16]
7 (VII) December 13–19, 2008 David Rheem $1,538,730 Justin Young 497 $15,400 $7,231,350 100 Results[17]
8 (VIII) December 13–19, 2009 Daniel Alaei $1,428,430 Josh Arieh 329 $15,400 $4,761,450 27 Results[18]
9 (IX) December 3–8, 2010 Antonio Esfandiari $870,124 Andrew Robl 438 $10,300 $4,261,267 100 Results[19]
10 (X) December 6–11, 2011 James Dempsey $821,612 Soi Nguyen 413 $10,300 $4,006,100 100 Results[20]
11 (XI) December 4–9, 2012 Ravi Raghavan $1,268,571 Shawn Buchanan 503 $10,300 $4,879,100 54 Results[21]
12 (XII) December 6–11, 2013 Dan Smith $1,161,135 Gary Benson 449 $10,300 $4,355,300 45 Results[22]
13 (XIII) December 15–20, 2014 Mohsin Charania $1,477,890 Garrett Greer 586 $10,300 $5,684,200 54 Results[23]
14 (XIV) December 14–19, 2015 Kevin Eyster $1,587,382 Bill Jennings 639 $10,400 $6,198,300 63 Results[24]
15 (XV) December 5–10, 2016 James Romero $1,938,118 Ryan Tosoc 791 $10,400 $7,672,700 72 Results[25]
16 (XVI) December 5–10, 2017 Ryan Tosoc $1,958,065 Alex Foxen 812 $10,400 $7,876,400 81 Results[26]
17 (XVII) December 11–15, 2018 Dylan Linde $1,631,468 Milos Skrbic 1,001 $10,400 $9,709,700 126 Results[27]
18 (XVIII) December 16–21, 2019 Alex Foxen $1,694,995 Toby Joyce 1,035 $10,400 $10,039,500 130 Results[28]
19 (XIX) December 15–19, 2021 Taylor Black $1,241,430 Vikenty Shegal 716 $10,400 $6,945,200 90 Results[29]

Event results

Season 1 (I): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 5-Day Event: May 27-June 1, 2002
  • Buy-in: $10,200
  • Number of Entrants: 146
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,416,200
  • Number of Payouts: 18
  • Winning Hand: K K[3]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Gus Hansen $556,460
2nd John Juanda $278,240
3rd Freddy Deeb $139,120
4th John Hennigan $83,472
5th Chris Bigler $62,604
6th Scotty Nguyen $48,692

Season 2 (II): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 4-Day Event: December 15–18, 2003
  • Buy-in: $10,200
  • Number of Entrants: 314
  • Total Prize Pool: $3,044,750
  • Number of Payouts: 36
  • Winning Hand: 7 7[4]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Paul Phillips $1,101,908
2nd Dewey Tomko $552,853
3rd Gus Hansen $276,426
4th Abe Mosseri $174,585
5th Tino Lechich $130,940
6th Mel Judah $101,842

Season 3 (III): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 5-Day Event: December 14–18, 2004
  • Buy-in: $15,300
  • Number of Entrants: 376
  • Total Prize Pool: $5,470,800
  • Number of Payouts: 50
  • Winning Hand: K 7[5]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Daniel Negreanu $1,770,218
2nd Humberto Brenes $923,475
3rd Vinny Landrum $462,851
4th Jennifer Harman $299,492
5th Steve Rassi $217,812
6th Nam Le $152,468

Season 4 (IV): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 5-Day Event: December 12–16, 2005
  • Buy-in: $15,300
  • Number of Entrants: 555
  • Total Prize Pool: $8,075,250
  • Number of Payouts: 100
  • Winning Hand: 8 8[4]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Rehne Pedersen $2,078,185
2nd Patrik Antonius $1,046,470
3rd Doyle Brunson $563,485
4th J.J. Liu $362,140
5th Darrell Dicken $241,495
6th Phil Laak $160,995

Season 5 (V): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 6-Day Event: December 14–19, 2006
  • Buy-in: $15,400
  • Number of Entrants: 583
  • Total Prize Pool: $8,482,650
  • Number of Payouts: 100
  • Winning Hand: A 6[3]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Joe Hachem $2,207,575
2nd Jim Hanna $1,099,430
3rd Daniel Negreanu $592,000
4th Mads Andersen $380,630
5th David Redlin $253,715
6th Edward Jordan $169,145

Season 6 (VI): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 7-Day Event: December 12–18, 2007
  • Buy-in: $15,400
  • Number of Entrants: 626
  • Total Prize Pool: $9,390,000
  • Number of Payouts: 100
  • Winning Hand: J 10[5]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Eugene Katchalov $2,482,605
2nd Ted Kearly $1,252,640
3rd Dave Ulliott $674,500
4th Kenneth Rosen $433,675
5th Jordan Rich $289,070
6th Ryan Daut $192,715

Season 7 (VII): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 7-Day Event: December 13–19, 2008
  • Buy-in: $15,400
  • Number of Entrants: 497
  • Total Prize Pool: $7,231,350
  • Number of Payouts: 100
  • Winning Hand: K K[30]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st David Rheem $1,538,730
2nd Justin Young $936,760
3rd Evan McNiff $540,440
4th Steve Sung $396,205
5th Amnon Filippi $288,235
6th Hoyt Corkins $216,175

Season 8 (VIII): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 7-Day Event: December 13–19, 2009
  • Buy-in: $15,400
  • Number of Entrants: 329
  • Total Prize Pool: $4,761,450
  • Number of Payouts: 27
  • Winning Hand: 10 8[31]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Daniel Alaei $1,428,430
2nd Josh Arieh $952,290
3rd Faraz Jaka $571,374
4th Shawn Buchanan $333,302
5th Scotty Nguyen $249,976
6th Steve O'Dwyer $202,362

Season 9 (IX): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 6-Day Event: December 3–8, 2010
  • Buy-in: $10,300
  • Number of Entrants: 438
  • Total Prize Pool: $4,261,267
  • Number of Payouts: 100
  • Winning Hand: K J[6]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Antonio Esfandiari $870,124
2nd Andrew Robl $549,003
3rd Vanessa Rousso $358,964
4th John Racener $232,271
5th Kirk Morrison $168,924
6th Ted Lawson $126,693

Season 10 (X): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 6-Day Event: December 6–11, 2011
  • Buy-in: $10,300
  • Number of Entrants: 413
  • Total Prize Pool: $4,006,100
  • Number of Payouts: 100
  • Winning Hand: K Q[32]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st James Dempsey $821,612
2nd Soi Nguyen $517,478
3rd Vanessa Selbst $338,351
4th Andrew Lichtenberger $218,933
5th Vitor Coelho $159,224
6th Antonio Esfandiari $119,418

Season 11 (XI): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 6-Day Event: December 4–9, 2012
  • Buy-in: $10,300
  • Number of Entrants: 503
  • Total Prize Pool: $4,879,100
  • Number of Payouts: 54
  • Winning Hand: 7 7[7]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Ravi Raghavan $1,268,571
2nd Shawn Buchanan $746,502
3rd Thomas Winters $483,031
4th Antonio Esfandiari $329,339
5th Andrew Lichtenberger $234,197
6th Jeremy Kottler $187,845

Season 12 (XII): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 6-Day Event: December 6–11, 2013
  • Buy-in: $10,300
  • Number of Entrants: 449
  • Total Prize Pool: $4,355,300
  • Number of Payouts: 45
  • Winning Hand: K 10[33]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Dan Smith $1,161,135
2nd Gary Benson $672,685
3rd Eddy Sabat $436,160
4th Shaun Suller $303,793
5th Barry Hutter $219,165
6th Joe Serock $175,766

Season 13 (XIII): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 6-Day Event: December 15–20, 2014
  • Buy-in: $10,300
  • Number of Entrants: 586
  • Total Prize Pool: $5,684,200
  • Number of Payouts: 54
  • Winning Hand: 9 6[34]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Mohsin Charania $1,477,890
2nd Garrett Greer $869,683
3rd Brett Shaffer $562,736
4th Ryan Julius $383,684
5th Ryan Fee $272,842
6th Tobias Reinkemeier $218,842

Season 14 (XIV): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 6-Day Event: December 14–19, 2015
  • Buy-in: $10,400
  • Number of Entrants: 639
  • Total Prize Pool: $6,198,300
  • Number of Payouts: 63
  • Winning Hand: A Q[35]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Kevin Eyster $1,587,382
2nd Bill Jennings $929,745
3rd Ben Yu $607,433
4th Jake Schwartz $412,187
5th Cate Hall $291,320
6th Eddie Ochana $226,238

Season 15 (XV): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 6-Day Event: December 5–10, 2016
  • Buy-in: $10,400
  • Number of Entrants: 791
  • Total Prize Pool: $7,672,700
  • Number of Payouts: 72
  • Winning Hand: K K[36]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st James Romero $1,938,118
2nd Ryan Tosoc $1,124,051
3rd Jake Schindler $736,579
4th Alex Condon $494,889
5th Justin Bonomo $345,272
6th Igor Yaroshevskyy $268,545

Season 16 (XVI): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 6-Day Event: December 5–10, 2017
  • Buy-in: $10,400
  • Number of Entrants: 812
  • Total Prize Pool: $7,876,400
  • Number of Payouts: 81
  • Winning Hand: Q 10[8]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Ryan Tosoc $1,958,065
2nd Alex Foxen $1,134,202
3rd Mike Del Vecchio $752,196
4th Sean Perry $504,090
5th Ajay Chabra $350,500
6th Richard Kirsch $271,736

Season 17 (XVII): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 5-Day Event: December 11–15, 2018
  • Buy-in: $10,400
  • Number of Entrants: 1,001
  • Total Prize Pool: $9,709,700
  • Number of Payouts: 126
  • Winning Hand: J J[37]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Dylan Linde $1,631,468
2nd Milos Skrbic $1,087,603
3rd Andrew Lichtenberger $802,973
4th Ping Liu $599,147
5th Lisa Hamilton $451,880
6th Barry Hutter $344,529

Season 18 (XVIII): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 5-Day Event: December 16–21, 2019
  • Buy-in: $10,400
  • Number of Entrants: 1,035
  • Total Prize Pool: $10,039,500
  • Number of Payouts: 130
  • Winning Hand: A J[9]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Alex Foxen $1,694,995
2nd Toby Joyce $1,120,040
3rd Seth Davies $827,285
4th Peter Neff $617,480
5th Daniel Park $465,780
6th Jonathan Jaffe $355,125

Season 19 (XIX): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

  • 5-Day Event: December 15–19, 2021
  • Buy-in: $10,400
  • Number of Entrants: 716
  • Total Prize Pool: $6,945,200
  • Number of Payouts: 90
  • Winning Hand: A K[38]
Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1st Taylor Black $1,241,430
2nd Vikenty Shegal $827,620
3rd Gianluca Speranza $609,960
4th Lorenzo Lavis $454,590
5th Mohsin Charania $342,645
6th David Kim $261,235

Multiple final tables

Both Antonio Esfandiari and Andrew Lichtenberger have made three final tables each. Esfandiari made three consecutive final tables from Season 9 (IX) to Season 11 (XI), while two of Lichtenberger's final tables came back-to-back in Season 10 (X) and Season 11 (XI).[39]

Players with Multiple Final Tables
Name Total Wins
Antonio Esfandiari 3 1
Andrew Lichtenberger 3 0
Alex Foxen 2 1
Gus Hansen 2 1
Daniel Negreanu 2 1
Ryan Tosoc 2 1
Mohsin Charania 2 1
Barry Hutter 2 0
Scotty Nguyen 2 0
Shawn Buchanan 2 0

Biggest payouts

Below is a list of players that have cashed for over $1,000,000 at the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic in a single event.

WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Biggest Payouts
Rank Player Prize Place Season
1 Eugene Katchalov $2,482,605 1st 6 (VI)
2 Joe Hachem $2,207,575 1st 5 (V)
3 Rehne Pedersen $2,078,185 1st 4 (IV)
4 Ryan Tosoc $1,958,065 1st 16 (XVI)
5 James Romero $1,938,118 1st 15 (XV)
6 Daniel Negreanu $1,770,218 1st 3 (III)
7 Alex Foxen $1,694,995 1st 18 (XVIII)
8 Dylan Linde $1,631,468 1st 17 (XVII)
9 Kevin Eyster $1,587,382 1st 14 (XIV)
10 David Rheem $1,538,730 1st 7 (VII)
11 Mohsin Charania $1,477,890 1st 13 (XIII)
12 Daniel Alaei $1,428,430 1st 8 (VIII)
13 Ravi Raghavan $1,268,571 1st 11 (XI)
14 Ted Kearly $1,252,640 2nd 6 (VI)
15 Taylor Black $1,241,430 1st 19 (XIX)
15 Dan Smith $1,161,135 1st 12 (XII)
16 Alex Foxen $1,134,202 2nd 16 (XVI)
17 Ryan Tosoc $1,124,051 2nd 15 (XV)
18 Toby Joyce $1,120,040 2nd 18 (XVIII)
19 Paul Phillips $1,101,908 1st 2 (II)
20 Jim Hanna $1,099,430 2nd 5 (V)
21 Milos Skrbic $1,087,603 2nd 17 (XVII)
22 Patrik Antonius $1,046,470 2nd 4 (IV)

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