Friday, Dec. 7, 2007

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Roy Winston wins Event 7 at World Poker Classic

Roy Winston won Event 7 at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

By Erik Sylven

2007 Borgata Poker Open champion Roy Winston won Event 7 of the sixth annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio.

The $2,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em tournament attracted 362 players, yielding a total prize pool of $702,280.

Roy Winston, who finished 10th in Event 5, earning $11,160, defeated Robert Stain heads-up to win the title and $230,365 in prize money.

Several other top pros made the money: Dan Alspach finished third ($71,060); Jared Hamby ninth ($10,830); Michael Mizrachi 10th ($8,120); Men "The Master" Nguyen 14th ($6,770); Joe Sebok 16th ($5,415) and "Miami" John Cernuto 20th ($4,060).

Final-table results:

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Roy Winston	$230,365
2nd	Robert Stain	$167,365
3rd	Dan Alspach	$71,060
4th	Thayer Rasmussen	$40,610
5th	Michael White	$30,455
6th	Markus Gonsalves	$23,685
7th	Thierry van den Berg	$16,920
8th	Rick Davis Jr.	$13,535
9th	Jared Hamby	$10,830

Event 6 of the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, has been decided as well.

Chris McCormack made his way through the 508-strong starting field, and finally defeated Theo Tran to claim the $128,455 top prize.

Big names in the money: Layne Flack eighth ($11,420), his third cash of the series; Young Phan 16th ($5,710), and Arnold Spee 19th ($5,710).

Final-table results:

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Chris McCormack	$239,590
2nd	Theo Tran	$128,455
3rd	Mark Calzadillas	$67,795
4th	Eric Baldwin	$39,250
5th	David Redlin	$28,545
6th	Waylon Frey	$19,980
7th	Justin Young	$14,275
8th	Layne Flack	$11,420
9th	Hyon Kim	$9,990

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