2005 4th Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic – Reset

One of the most prestigious poker events of the year, the 2005 4th Annual Five Diamond Classic, started this week at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. There will be eleven “preliminary” events, all no-limit hold’em, leading up to the $15,000 Main Event. The Main Event will begin after December 12 and is scheduled to conclude December 16. Below is a summary of the tournament results so far. Dates listed are when the tournaments were completed.

November 30 -- No-Limit Hold'em -- $1,500 + $70

1. Lars Bonding -- $199,870
2. Hieu Ngoc "Tony" Ma -- $107,700
3. Scott Epstein -- $53,850
4. Mo Fathipour -- $30,775
5. John Harris -- $23,080
6. Tom Pniak -- $17,950
7. Michael Gracz -- $12,820
8. Roc Bingham --$10,255
9. John Evans -- $8,205

December 1 -- No-Limit Hold'em -- $2,000 + $80

1. Stephen Diamantas -- $188,985
2. Ken Einiger -- $100,975
3. Keith Gipson -- $50,490
4. Kelly Kim -- $28,850
5. Chris McCormick -- $21,640
6. John Hoang -- $16,830
7. Men Nguyen -- $12,020
8. Fred Berger -- $9,615
9. Liz Lieu -- $7,695

December 2 -- No-Limit Hold'em -- $2,500 + $100

1. Orlando Maldonado -- $234,095
2. Scotty Nguyen -- $124,030
3. Jeff Cohen -- $62,015
4. David Cossio -- $33,830
5. Rodeen Talebi -- $25,370
6. J.C. Tran -- $19,730
7. Anthony Reategui -- $14,095
8. Eugene Katchalov -- $11,275
9. Bobby Orr -- $9,020

December 3 -- No-Limit Hold'em -- $3,000 + $100

1. Quinn Do -- $266,935
2. Benjamin Roberts -- $143,555
3. Vernon Martin -- $71,780
4. Loi Phan -- $39,145
5. Young Phan -- $29,365
6. Fabrice Soulier -- $22,840
7. Nam Le -- $16,315
8. David Kim -- $13,050
9. David Brooks -- $10,440

December 4 -- No-Limit Hold'em -- $5,000 + $150

1. Mark Teltscher -- $374,965
2. Emad Alabsi -- $207,790
3. Carl Olson -- $103,895
4. Michael Mizrachi -- $56,660
5. Lee Markholt -- $42,505
6. Francois Safieddine -- $33,060
7. Ross Dove -- $23,615
8. Salim Batshon -- $18,890
9. Darrell Dicken -- $15,110

December 5 -- No-Limit Hold'em -- $1,500 + $70

1. Jan Sjavik -- $194,635
2. Joe Tehan -- $101,480
3. Jae Bahn -- $53,560
4. Chris McCormack -- $30,960
5. Bill Croft -- $22,550
6. Dan Alspach -- $15,785
7. Morris Klevansky -- $11,275
8. Tom Franklin -- $9,020
9. Phillip Matthews -- $7,895

December 6 -- No-Limit Hold'em -- $2,000 + $80

1. David Plastik -- $212,730
2. Gioi Luong -- $115,645
3. Robert Durant Jr. -- $57,820
4. Clonie Gowen -- $33,035
5. Brian Stonoff -- $24,780
6. Ryan Hartmann -- $19,275
7. Douglas Carli -- $13,765
8. Johan Storakers -- $11,015
9. Francois Safieddine -- $8,810

Originally published December 2
Last updated December 7