Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2017
The largest prize of Season XVI of the World Poker Tour was awarded tonight on PokerGO.Ryan Tosoc walked away with $1.95 million and the first place prize, beating out his runner-up finish in the same event from a year ago in the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic.
- Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2017 Leaderboard
- Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2017 Game
- Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2017 Winners
- Five Diamond World Poker Classic
Just over a year ago at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Ryan Tosoc finished second to James Romero at one of the biggest events on the World Poker Tour, the Five Diamond Poker Classic. It was an amazing result for Tosoc, but he did himself one better on Sunday, winning the 2017 Classic and taking home nearly $2 million for first place. The Las Vegas resident defied the odds by outlasting a tournament-record field of 812 entrees; Tosoc claimed victory after 49 hands of heads-up No-Limit Hold’em action with rising star Alex Foxen.
Tosoc was in second place when the Classic reached the final six players on Sunday, but he had over 60% of the chips in play by the time he was heads-up with Foxen. It only took seven hands for Foxen to take the lead, but eventually, Tosoc caught Foxen making a big bluff on the river, calling with second pair to take a massive chip lead that he would not relinquish. Tosoc adds his $1.96-million jackpot to the $1.12 million he earned for finishing second last year.
Complications in SLS Las Vegas Sale
Is the SLS Hotel & Casino Las Vegas about to go under? According to Friday’s report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a lawsuit has been filed against the former Sahara’s owners by a group of 60 Chinese investors, who say the SLS Las Vegas is on the “verge of bankruptcy.” The investors apparently loaned around $400 million under the EB-5 Pilot Program in 2013 and 2014; this government program holds out the carrot of US citizenship in exchange for investments in “at-risk” projects, but according to the lawsuit, none of the investors has received a permanent green card yet.
Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2017 Leaderboard
- Detailed information about the No Limit Hold'em poker tournament at the 2017 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic on Nov 25, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV.
- 2017 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event – Final Table Results. Ryan Tosoc – $1,958,065 2. Alex Foxen – $1,134,202 3. Mike Del Vecchio – $752,196 4.
This legal action complicates the pending sale of SLS to the San Francisco-based Meruelo Group, which also owns the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, but current owners Stockbridge Real Estate say they expect the deal to go forward. Meruelo is currently in negotiations with the plaintiffs, trying to strike a bargain, but the EB-5 program conditions limit what can be done – and the lack of agreement has kept Meruelo from applying to the Nevada Gaming Control Board for final approval of the sale.
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Tournament Info
- Event Number
- Event #2
- Event Name
- 2017 5-Diamond - Event #2 - No Limit Hold'em
- Event Type
- Series Event
- Game Type
- NL Holdem
- Event Start Date
- Saturday, Nov 25, 2017
- Starting Flights
- 1
- Length of Event
- 2 days
Registration
- Start Time
- 11:00am
- Registration Closes
- 3:30pm
Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2017 Game
Buy-In Details
- Total Buy-In
- $1,100
- Entry Fee
- $1,000
- Deductions
- $100
- 3% of prize money will be withheld for poker room staff.
Format
- Starting Chips
- 12,500
- Starting Blinds
- 50/100
- Ante Type
- None
- Re-Entry
- Unlimited
- Through first six levels.
Structure
- Level Time
- 40
- Final Table has 60-minute levels.
- Break Length
- 15 min
- Break Frequency
- Every 2 hours. Dinner break at approx 8:45pm.
- Blind Structure
- View
- Structure Notes
- Play continues until final table or 1am. Final table will resume play at 1pm the following day. 1st place will include a $10,400 seat for WPT Five Diamond WPC withheld if prize pool exceeds $200k.