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
Game	Poker
Founded	May 27, 2002
First season	Season 1 (I)
Venue(s)	Bellagio Resort & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada
Most recent champion(s)	Chad Eveslage ($1,042,300)
Sponsor(s)	World Poker Tour
Tournament format	No-Limit Hold'em Multiple reentry
Official website	www.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]

The event was moved to October for Season 20 (XX), which was the first time it wasn't held in December since the inaugural season.^[10] Chad Eveslage won his second WPT title and $1,042,300 after he defeated Steve Buckner.^[11]

From Season 16 (XVI), the final tables were streamed on PokerGO.^[12]

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[13]
2 (II)	December 15–18, 2003	Paul Phillips	$1,101,908	Dewey Temko	314	$10,200	$3,044,750	36	Results[14]
3 (III)	December 14–18, 2004	Daniel Negreanu	$1,770,218	Humberto Brenes	376	$15,300	$5,470,800	50	Results[15]
4 (IV)	December 12–16, 2005	Rehne Pedersen	$2,078,185	Patrik Antonius	555	$15,300	$8,075,250	100	Results[16]
5 (V)	December 14–19, 2006	Joe Hachem	$2,207,575	Jim Hanna	583	$15,400	$8,482,650	100	Results[17]
6 (VI)	December 12–18, 2007	Eugene Katchalov	$2,482,605	Ted Kearly	626	$15,400	$9,390,000	100	Results[18]
7 (VII)	December 13–19, 2008	David Rheem	$1,538,730	Justin Young	497	$15,400	$7,231,350	100	Results[19]
8 (VIII)	December 13–19, 2009	Daniel Alaei	$1,428,430	Josh Arieh	329	$15,400	$4,761,450	27	Results[20]
9 (IX)	December 3–8, 2010	Antonio Esfandiari	$870,124	Andrew Robl	438	$10,300	$4,261,267	100	Results[21]
10 (X)	December 6–11, 2011	James Dempsey	$821,612	Soi Nguyen	413	$10,300	$4,006,100	100	Results[22]
11 (XI)	December 4–9, 2012	Ravi Raghavan	$1,268,571	Shawn Buchanan	503	$10,300	$4,879,100	54	Results[23]
12 (XII)	December 6–11, 2013	Dan Smith	$1,161,135	Gary Benson	449	$10,300	$4,355,300	45	Results[24]
13 (XIII)	December 15–20, 2014	Mohsin Charania	$1,477,890	Garrett Greer	586	$10,300	$5,684,200	54	Results[25]
14 (XIV)	December 14–19, 2015	Kevin Eyster	$1,587,382	Bill Jennings	639	$10,400	$6,198,300	63	Results[26]
15 (XV)	December 5–10, 2016	James Romero	$1,938,118	Ryan Tosoc	791	$10,400	$7,672,700	72	Results[27]
16 (XVI)	December 5–10, 2017	Ryan Tosoc	$1,958,065	Alex Foxen	812	$10,400	$7,876,400	81	Results[28]
17 (XVII)	December 11–15, 2018	Dylan Linde	$1,631,468	Milos Skrbic	1,001	$10,400	$9,709,700	126	Results[29]
18 (XVIII)	December 16–21, 2019	Alex Foxen	$1,694,995	Toby Joyce	1,035	$10,400	$10,039,500	130	Results[30]
19 (XIX)	December 15–19, 2021	Taylor Black	$1,241,430	Vikenty Shegal	716	$10,400	$6,945,200	90	Results[31]
20 (XX)	October 19–23, 2022	Chad Eveslage	$1,042,300	Steve Buckner	569	$10,400	$5,519,300	72	Results[32]

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♠^[33]

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♦^[34]

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♣^[35]

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♦^[36]

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♦^[37]

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♣^[38]

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♥^[39]

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♥^[40]

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♠^[41]

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

Season 20 (XX): WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

• 5-Day Event: October 19–23, 2022
• Buy-in: $10,400
• Number of Entrants: 569
• Total Prize Pool: $5,519,300
• Number of Payouts: 72
• Winning Hand: 7♥ 5♦^[42]

Final Table Results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Chad Eveslage	$1,042,300
2nd	Steve Buckner	$690,000
3rd	Michael Gathy	$505,000
4th	Brian Kim	$377,000
5th	Albert Calderon	$283,000
6th	David Kim	$216,000
7th	Zachary Donovan	$166,000

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).^[43]

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
David Kim	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)
23	Chad Eveslage	$1,042,300	1st	20 (XX)