WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic
# 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. It has been part of every season of the World Poker Tour after being the inaugural event in Season 1 (I) in 2002.

## History

The World Poker Tour's first-ever event was the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic that began on May 27, 2002. 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. 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.

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). Andrew Lichtenberger also has three final tables in this event with two coming back-to-back in Season 10 (X) and Season 11 (XI).

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).

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. Chad Eveslage won his second WPT title and $1,042,300 after he defeated Steve Buckner.

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

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

## 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♣

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♥

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♦

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♠

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♣

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♦

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♠

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♦

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♦

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♣

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♣

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♦

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♦

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♣

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♥

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♥

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♥

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♠

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♠

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♦

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).

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) |
