Final Table Set for Five Diamond Classic

The final table of the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas is set. The two chip leaders are Eugene Katchalov and Jordan Rich who hold most of the chips at the table.

David "Devilfish" Ulliot is in a distant third place followed by amateurs Ted Kearly and Ken Rosen. Ryan Daut is the short stack.

The Five Diamond Classic main event had a buy-in of $15,000. 626 players entered the tournament making for a prize pool of over $9 million. First place pays out over $2.4 million. Second place pays out over $1.2 million.

The Five Diamond Poker Classic had a lot of excitement getting down to the final six players. Daniel Negreanu had the chip lead but quickly lost his lead when his Kings ran into Ryan Daut’s Aces. He went out a little bit later in 14th place after starting the day with the chip lead. Other notable pros to fall just short of the final table were Todd Brunson and Erick Lindgren. It was a tough beat that sent Lindgren out in 10th place. He held 8’s against Jordan Rich’s 10-7 on a board of 7-4-4. Lindgren was way head but a 10 showed on the turn and Lindgren suffered the tough loss. Here are the chip counts heading into final table play.

Eugene Katchalov - 8,360,000
Jordan Rich - 6,585,000
David Ulliott - 1,900,000
Ted Kearly - 1,620,000
Ken Rosen - 1,135,000
Ryan Daut - 330,000

The World Series of Poker Circuit event in Atlantic City is down to the final table. The event drew a total of 244 players, making it one of the top drawing events on the WSOP Circuit. The final table has Feming Chan and John Racener. A couple of other notable players are David Fox and Internet poker pro Joseph "JoeyTheB" Brooks. First place pays out just over $379,000.