Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005

RESULTS: WPT Bellagio Five Diamond Classic main event

By Lianne Elias

The World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Five Diamond Classic main event boasted a buy-in of $15,000 + $300 and a total prize pool of $8,075,250. A total of 555 players entered to compete in the event, which offered a first place prize of over $2 million.

The tournament began on December 16 and ended on December 17 just before 5:30 a.m.

The line-up of pros included Doyle Brunson, Phil Laak, Joe Cassidy, Bengt Sonnert, David Levi, Peter Costa, Mike Gracz, Barny Boatman, Joe Sebok, Barry Greenstein, Can Kim Hua, Dewey Tomko, Bob Slezak, Bruno Fitoussi, Martin de Knijff, Kenna James, Ken Kafieh, and Allen Kessler.

Final table finishers and their prizes are as follows:

PlaceNamePrize
1st Rehne Pedersen $2,078,185
2nd Patrik Antonius $1,046,470
3rd Doyle Brunson $563,485
4th Joanne Liu $362,140
5th Darrell Dicken $241,495
6th Phil Laak $160,995
7th Joe Cassidy $144,895
8th Bengt Sonnert $128,795
9th David Levi $112,695
10th Jeff Littleton $96,595

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