Hand #399: Chad Eveslage Wins! ($1,042,300); Steve Buckner Finishes as Runner-Up ($690,000)

Photo:  WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Champion Chad Eveslage

HAND #399  –  Steve Buckner moves all in for 3,100,000, and Chad Eveslage calls with .

Buckner turns over , and is a big favorite to double up here.

But the board comes , and Eveslage pairs his five on the flop to win the pot — and his second WPT title — with two pair, tens and fives.

Steve Buckner finishes as the runner-up, earning $690,000.

Chad Eveslage wins the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic, earning $1,042,300, which includes his $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship. This is the second WPT title for Eveslage, who will have his second plaque added to the one-and-only Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup.

Photo: Chad Eveslage celebrates with his rail

Eveslage also moves into third place in the WPT Player of the Year standings, behind none other than Steve Buckner, who with this finish, takes the lead in the POY race with just a few events to go.

Congratulations to Chad Eveslage!

1st:  Chad Eveslage  –  $1,042,300*
2nd:  Steve Buckner  –  $690,000
3rd:  Michael Gathy  –  $505,000
4th:  Brian Kim  –  $377,000
5th:  Albert Calderon  –  $283,000
6th:  David Kim  –  $216,000

* First-place prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship.

Photo:  Runner-Up Steve Buckner has taken the lead in the WPT Player of the Year race.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com