The $10,000 buy-in main event of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic started on the 6th December with 413 players. The prize pool was $4,006,100, with the winner taking home $821,612.
The very tough final table started play on the fifth day. Soi Nguyen started as chipleader.
Chair 1. James Dempsey - 3,860,000
Chair 2. Vitor Coelho - 560,000
Chair 3. Antonio Esfandiari - 1,255,000
Chair 4. Andrew Lichtenberger - 3,605,000
Chair 5. Vanessa Selbst - 2,250,000
Chair 6. Soi Nguyen - 4,995,000
Antonio Esfandiari got into the final as last year's winner, but only managed to take place 6 this time. At the 26th blind level, James Dempsey went all-in with around 2,000,000 chips from the Button, and Esfandiari, being the big blind, called with 
A
T . Although he had a good chance against Dempsey's 
A 4, the board came 7 
3 2 4 K, which meant that Esfandiari was out of the game.
AT . Although he had a good chance against Dempsey's A 4, the board came 7 3 2 4 K, which meant that Esfandiari was out of the game. 
Antonio Esfandiari
Vitor Coelho was next to leave a few minutes later. He went all-in to Nguyen's 120,000 UTG min-raise with only 255,000 chips and got called by both Vanessa Selbst and Nguyen. The two active players checked throughout the A K 32T board, and Nguyen came out as winner with K J.
A K 32T board, and Nguyen came out as winner with K J. Nguyen min-raised again, this time from the button. James Dempsey re-raised to 450,000 from the small blind, to which Andrew 'luckychewy' Lichtenberger went all-in with 2,800,000. After pondering for a while, Nguyen called and Dempsey folded.
Lichtenberger: 8 8
8 8 Nguyen: 9 9
9 9 Board: Q 6 4 Q J
Q 6 4 Q J At the same blind level, heads-up play started when Vanessa Selbt opened with 160,000, Nguyen folded, and Dempsey 3bet to 450,000. Selbst went all-in with 2,800,000 and Dempsey called.
Dempsey: A 9
A 9 Selbst: K 9
K 9 Board: 6 5 4 A 5
6 5 4 A 5 Dempsey won the hand with two pair.
Soi Nguyen - 8,245,000
James Dempsey - 8,345,000
Heads-up brought quite a fierce battle. Nguyen managed to build a four-time lead, but then Dempsey doubled up. At the 30th blind level (25,000/75,000/150,000) Dmepsey doubled up again, going all-in with A J on the Q 4 2 T board, and Nguyen called with A 5 . The river helped Dempsey as it was the K, awarding James the 12,925,000 pot.
A J on the Q 4 2 T board, and Nguyen called with A 5 . The river helped Dempsey as it was the K, awarding James the 12,925,000 pot. The British pro soon achieved victory; the stacks ended up in the middle pre-flop.
Nguyen: K J
K J Dempsey: K Q
K Q Board: J 9 6 4 T
J 9 6 4 T Dempsey won the tourney with a straight.
James Dempsey's moment of victory
After his 2010 WSOP $1,500 PLO victory, James Dempsey collected his first WPT title this weekend.
Final results:
1. James Dempsey - $821,612
2. Soi Nguyen - $517,478
3. Vanessa Selbst - $338,351
4. Andrew Lichtenberger - $218,933
5. Vitor Coelho - $159,224
6. Antonio Esfandiari - $119,418
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