Preliminary Events at Five Diamond Classic Roll On

Preliminary Events at Five Diamond Classic Roll On

Wednesday, 5 December 2007

Two more of the preliminary events at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic have been decided at the Bellagio, Las Vegas.
Event 4 was a $3,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament which drew 231 players and generated a prize pool in excess of $670,000.

Two more of the preliminary events at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic have been decided at the Bellagio, Las Vegas.
Event 4 was a $3,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament which drew 231 players and generated a prize pool in excess of $670,000.
The heads up class between Hooman Nikzad and Huican Qiao went to Nikzad, winning the title and $263,785. Amongst the big names that cashed the event were Amnon Filippi in fifth for $29,100 and Courtney Harrington in 18th. Harrington had earlier cashed in Event 1, coming fifth in that event for $26,450.
Event 5 was also a No-Limit Hold’em tournament, with a higher buy in of $5,000. This didn’t stop 197 players buying in, thus creating the biggest prize pool so far - $955,450. The event also drew a number of recognisable faces, with those who cashed including Shannon Shorr (third place for $102,295), Farzad Bonyadi (fifth for $41,850), Roy Winston (10th, $11,160) and Kathy Liebert who cashed for $9,300 with her eighteenth place finish.
The winner was Neal Wang, who beat Michael Casterella heads-up. Wang took home a cheque for $305,715 for his efforts, with Casterella getting $268,455.



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