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
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
Nguyen:
9
9
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
Selbst:
K
9
Dempsey won the hand with two pair.
Soi Nguyen - 8,245,000
James Dempsey - 8,345,000
The British pro soon achieved victory; the stacks ended up in the middle pre-flop.
Nguyen:
K
J
Dempsey:
K
Q
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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