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 WinnersSeasonDateWinnerPrizeRunner-upEntrantsBuy-inPrize PoolPayoutsResults1 (I)May 27-June 1, 2002 Gus Hansen$556,460 John Juanda146$10,200$1,416,20018Results2 (II)December 15–18, 2003 Paul Phillips$1,101,908 Dewey Temko314$10,200$3,044,75036Results3 (III)December 14–18, 2004 Daniel Negreanu$1,770,218 Humberto Brenes376$15,300$5,470,80050Results4 (IV)December 12–16, 2005 Rehne Pedersen$2,078,185 Patrik Antonius555$15,300$8,075,250100Results5 (V)December 14–19, 2006 Joe Hachem$2,207,575 Jim Hanna583$15,400$8,482,650100Results6 (VI)December 12–18, 2007 Eugene Katchalov$2,482,605 Ted Kearly626$15,400$9,390,000100Results7 (VII)December 13–19, 2008 David Rheem$1,538,730 Justin Young497$15,400$7,231,350100Results8 (VIII)December 13–19, 2009 Daniel Alaei$1,428,430 Josh Arieh329$15,400$4,761,45027Results9 (IX)December 3–8, 2010 Antonio Esfandiari$870,124 Andrew Robl438$10,300$4,261,267100Results10 (X)December 6–11, 2011 James Dempsey$821,612 Soi Nguyen413$10,300$4,006,100100Results11 (XI)December 4–9, 2012 Ravi Raghavan$1,268,571 Shawn Buchanan503$10,300$4,879,10054Results12 (XII)December 6–11, 2013 Dan Smith$1,161,135 Gary Benson449$10,300$4,355,30045Results13 (XIII)December 15–20, 2014 Mohsin Charania$1,477,890 Garrett Greer586$10,300$5,684,20054Results14 (XIV)December 14–19, 2015 Kevin Eyster$1,587,382 Bill Jennings639$10,400$6,198,30063Results15 (XV)December 5–10, 2016 James Romero$1,938,118 Ryan Tosoc791$10,400$7,672,70072Results16 (XVI)December 5–10, 2017 Ryan Tosoc$1,958,065 Alex Foxen812$10,400$7,876,40081Results17 (XVII)December 11–15, 2018 Dylan Linde$1,631,468 Milos Skrbic1,001$10,400$9,709,700126Results18 (XVIII)December 16–21, 2019 Alex Foxen$1,694,995 Toby Joyce1,035$10,400$10,039,500130Results19 (XIX)December 15–19, 2021 Taylor Black$1,241,430 Vikenty Shegal716$10,400$6,945,20090Results20 (XX)October 19–23, 2022 Chad Eveslage$1,042,300 Steve Buckner569$10,400$5,519,30072Results
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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Gus Hansen$556,4602nd John Juanda$278,2403rd Freddy Deeb$139,1204th John Hennigan$83,4725th Chris Bigler$62,6046th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Paul Phillips$1,101,9082nd Dewey Tomko$552,8533rd Gus Hansen$276,4264th Abe Mosseri$174,5855th Tino Lechich$130,9406th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Daniel Negreanu$1,770,2182nd Humberto Brenes$923,4753rd Vinny Landrum$462,8514th Jennifer Harman$299,4925th Steve Rassi$217,8126th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Rehne Pedersen$2,078,1852nd Patrik Antonius$1,046,4703rd Doyle Brunson$563,4854th J.J. Liu$362,1405th Darrell Dicken$241,4956th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Joe Hachem$2,207,5752nd Jim Hanna$1,099,4303rd Daniel Negreanu$592,0004th Mads Andersen$380,6305th David Redlin$253,7156th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Eugene Katchalov$2,482,6052nd Ted Kearly$1,252,6403rd Dave Ulliott$674,5004th Kenneth Rosen$433,6755th Jordan Rich$289,0706th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st David Rheem$1,538,7302nd Justin Young$936,7603rd Evan McNiff$540,4404th Steve Sung$396,2055th Amnon Filippi$288,2356th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Daniel Alaei$1,428,4302nd Josh Arieh$952,2903rd Faraz Jaka$571,3744th Shawn Buchanan$333,3025th Scotty Nguyen$249,9766th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Antonio Esfandiari$870,1242nd Andrew Robl$549,0033rd Vanessa Rousso$358,9644th John Racener$232,2715th Kirk Morrison$168,9246th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st James Dempsey$821,6122nd Soi Nguyen$517,4783rd Vanessa Selbst$338,3514th Andrew Lichtenberger$218,9335th Vitor Coelho$159,2246th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Ravi Raghavan$1,268,5712nd Shawn Buchanan$746,5023rd Thomas Winters$483,0314th Antonio Esfandiari$329,3395th Andrew Lichtenberger$234,1976th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Dan Smith$1,161,1352nd Gary Benson$672,6853rd Eddy Sabat$436,1604th Shaun Suller$303,7935th Barry Hutter$219,1656th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Mohsin Charania$1,477,8902nd Garrett Greer$869,6833rd Brett Shaffer$562,7364th Ryan Julius$383,6845th Ryan Fee$272,8426th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Kevin Eyster$1,587,3822nd Bill Jennings$929,7453rd Ben Yu$607,4334th Jake Schwartz$412,1875th Cate Hall$291,3206th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st James Romero$1,938,1182nd Ryan Tosoc$1,124,0513rd Jake Schindler$736,5794th Alex Condon$494,8895th Justin Bonomo$345,2726th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Ryan Tosoc$1,958,0652nd Alex Foxen$1,134,2023rd Mike Del Vecchio$752,1964th Sean Perry$504,0905th Ajay Chabra$350,5006th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Dylan Linde$1,631,4682nd Milos Skrbic$1,087,6033rd Andrew Lichtenberger$802,9734th Ping Liu$599,1475th Lisa Hamilton$451,8806th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Alex Foxen$1,694,9952nd Toby Joyce$1,120,0403rd Seth Davies$827,2854th Peter Neff$617,4805th Daniel Park$465,7806th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Taylor Black$1,241,4302nd Vikenty Shegal$827,6203rd Gianluca Speranza$609,9604th Lorenzo Lavis$454,5905th Mohsin Charania$342,6456th 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:
+Final Table ResultsPlaceNamePrize1st Chad Eveslage$1,042,3002nd Steve Buckner$690,0003rd Michael Gathy$505,0004th Brian Kim$377,0005th Albert Calderon$283,0006th David Kim$216,0007th 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).