2006 Five Diamond World Poker Classic

Posted Dec 13th 2006 6:34AM by Joanne Lutynec
Filed under: Tournaments, Casinos & Card Rooms, World Poker Tour, No Limit Texas Hold'em, Las Vegas

In a rather unbelievable run, Justin Bonomo, better known to the online poker world as the controversial "Zee Justin", has made three final tables at the 2006 Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. (Insert your own joke here, if desired.) Scoring a 4th, 5th, and 8th place finish, he has earned himself over $110,000 in this series alone. Huh.

Actually, the final tables have been littered with familiar names throughout the duration of this tournament, as you will see in the recaps below.

The $15,000 buy-in WPT Main Event: The Doyle Brunson North American Poker Classic Championship, begins tomorrow, Thursday December 14th and runs through the 19th. FlipChipPro has been at the tournament taking his usual outstanding photographs, so go check them out at the LasVegasVegas poker blog. Also, Card Player and Bluff have been covering the events so feel free to peruse them at your leisure. We all know you don't want to do any work today anyways.

Final table recaps for the first 11 events can be found after the jump..
Event #1, $1500 NLHE Total prize pool: $785,700, 540 entrants

1. Kevin Song $253,560
2. Brandon Cantu $136,835
3. Sebastian Skuja $72,220
4. Gavin Griffin $41,855
5. Nick Moeller $30,410
6. Larry Tull $21,285
7. Sang Yi $15,205
8. Thanh Ngoc Tran $12,165
9. James Van Alstyne $10,645

Event #2, $2000 NLHE Total prize pool: $733,320, 378 entrants

1. David 'Devil Fish' Ulliott $266,160
2. John Strzemp $148,640
3. David Farber $74,320
4. Bassam 'Sam' Alsharairi $42,475
5. William Lin $31,850
6. Rayshawn Smalls $24,775
7. Brad Booth $17,695
8. Gerald Rhoades $14,155
9. Mo Fathipour $11,325

Event #3, $2500 NLHE Total prize pool: $538,350, 222 entrants

1. Steve Wong $215,255
2. Gevork Kasabyan $112,825
3. Nam Le $56,415
4. Theo Jorgensen $30,770
5. John Esposito Jr. $23,080
6. Alan Cutler $17,950
7. David Tran $12,820
8. Mark Abousharkh $10,255
9. Dapo Fadeyi $8,205

Event #4, $3000 NLHE Total prize pool: $590,730, 203 entrants

1. Ralph Perry $234,635
2. Roland De Wolfe $124,350
3. Rene Angelil $62,175
4. Gioi Luong $33,905
5. David Plastik $25,435
6. Peter Gould $19,785
7. Massoud Nikjouian $14,130
8. Bill Ferrand $11,305
9. Tony Ma $9,045

Event #5, $5000 NLHE Total prize pool: $848,750, 175 entrants

1. David Daneshgar $330,105
2. Tim West $181,115
3. Paul McCaffrey $90,560
4. Daniel Shak $49,385
5. Tony Cousineau $37,045
6. Fabrice Soulier $28,815
7. Ramesh Hulugalle $20,580
8. Justin Bonomo $16,465
9. Amir Nasseri $13,170

Event #6, 1500 NLHE Total prize pool: $755,145, 519 entrants

1. Jay Glazer $244,395
2. Johnathan Westra $131,335
3. Gioi Luong $69,315
4. Fred Bonyadi $40,095
5. Rob Kelepouris $29,185
6. Timmi Derosa $20,430
7. Ty Witteman $14,595
8. Farhad Sinaei $11,675
9. Jeff Blenkarn $10,215

Event #7, $2000 NLHE Total prize pool: $735,260, 379 entrants

1. J.C. Tran $266,820
2. David Pham $149,050
3. Men Nguyen $74,525
4. Justin Bonomo $42,565
5. Barry Greenstein $31,940
6. Peter Gould $24,840
7. Todd Arnold $17,745
8. Ken James $14,195
9. Alan Sass $11,355

Event #8, $2500 NLHE Total prize pool: $889,975, 367 entrants

1. Danny Wong $319,420
2. David Pham $181,540
3. Jeff Madsen $90,770
4. Rhett Butler $51,890
5. William Gaffney $38,900
6. Chris Bjorin $30,255
7. Hans Lund $21,610
8. Nam Le $17,290
9. Yoon Kim $13,830

Event #9, $3000 NLHE Total prize pool: $907,920, 312 entrants

1. Daniel Quach $325,525
2. Patrick Madden $185,310
3. Jason Lester $92,655
4. Raj Sawant $52,925
5. Erica Schoenberg $39,710
6. Jeff Shulman $30,885
7. Jason Berilgen $22,060
8. Charlie Shoten $17,650
9. Robert Nehorayan $14,120

Event #10, $5000 NLHE Total prize pool: $1,217,350, 251 entrants

1. Erik Cajelais $430,730
2. Joe Tehan $250,290
3. Steve Sung $125,145
4. Shannon Shorr $71,520
5. Justin Bonomo $53,635
6. Zachary Cherry $41,715
7. Erik Seidel $29,795
8. John Barch $23,835
9. Mike Thurman $19,070

Event #11, Seniors $2500 NLHE Total prize pool $368,600, 152 entrants

1. Michael Halford 163,000
2. O'Neil Longson 81,950
3. Stan Schrier 55,550
4. Peau Penultima 48,075
5. Andreas Athanasopoulous 45,600
6. William Davis 42,575
7. Julian Salazar 35,750
8. Myrl Unzelman 31,575
9. Thomas Lock 31,250

(Source: Chip counts / final standings via CardPlayer.com and BluffMagazine.com)

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