When WPT Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond World Poker Classic kicks off tomorrow at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, it will again feature an impressive pool of talent much like it has for the decade that this event has been on the World Poker Tour schedule. Last year’s $10,000 buy-in Main Event saw 413 players enter to generate an impressive prize pool of $4,006,100 with $821,612 going to eventual WPT Champion James Dempsey. That star-studded final table also featured Soi Nguyen, Vanessa Selbst, Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger and Antonio Esfandiari.
This year’s final table has the potential to feature any number of this laundry list of poker pros who are confirmed to be participating in this year’s event:
Antonio Esfandiari
Darren Elias
Joseph Cheong
Brian Hastings
Phil Laak
Noah Schwartz
Byron Kaverman
Lee Markholt
Jonathan Little
Chris Klodnicki
Faraz Jaka
Joe Serock
Justin Zaki
John Racener
Matt Waxman
Nick Grippo
Jason Mercier
Matt Glantz
Will Failla
Allen Kessler
Darryl Fish
Mohsin Chanaria
Christian Harder
Chance Kornuth
Dwyte Pilgrim
John Monette
David Williams
Olivier Busquet
Make sure to keep up with all of the action via WPT Live Updates to see if any of the players of this list make it through to the final table, or if an amateur can break through and become part of poker history by etching their name on the WPT Champions Cup.
If you are in Vegas and want to see the action in person, the WPT “Shuffle Up and Deal” will take place at Noon tomorrow in the tournament area.