The big news in the poker world is of course the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamonds Poker Classic which kicked-off on Tuesday, but leading up to the $10k Main Event the WPT hosted a number of preliminary events, and it was some of the biggest names in tournament poker that came out on top.
In addition to the Five Diamonds the WPT also recently wrapped up a tournament in Mazagan, Morocco and in Montreal, Canada, as well as the WPT Prague starting on December 3rd! All-in-all it has been a very busy December for the WPT so far. Here is a look at the results from the Five Diamonds prelim events and some other tournaments from across the globe.
Sam Grafton wins GUKPT Grand Final in London
137 players registered for the £2,500 buy-in Grand Final of the GUKPT, and it was British poker pro Sam Grafton who came out on top:
1. Sam Grafton – £102,700
2. Peter Charalambous – £72,800
3. Victor Ilyukhin – £45,400
4. Matt Moss – £28,250
5. Jon Spinks – £22,250
6. George Hassabis – £17,100
7. Dave Maudlin – £13,700
8. Sandeep Khosa – £10,300
9. Chris Brammer – £7,700
Pilgrim, Ausmus, and Marchese win Five Diamonds Preliminary events
In Event #1, a $1,080 buy-in NLHE tournament, it was Dwyte Pilgrim who triumphed over the 138 player field:
1. Dwyte Pilgrim – $43,453
2. Zvi Zipor – $29,876
3. Morris Barrett – $15,753
4. Raymond Matthaei – $9,506
5. Leo Wolpert – $7,130
6. Huy Quach – $5,772
7. Amir Wahab – $4,414
8. Pierre Peretti – $3,056
9. Andrew Borrok – $2,173
In Event #4, a $2,500 NLHE tournament that attracted 62 players it was 2010 Cardplayer Magazine Player of the Year Tome Marchese who came out on top:
1. Thomas Marchese — $51,117
2. Joseph Pombriant — $34,581
3. Paul Lieu — $21,801
4. Bezhan Hamdard — $12,028
5. Justin Young — $9,773
6. David Sands — $7,518
7. Michael Brady — $5,262
8. Ray Qartomy — $4,511
9. Barry Schmiess — $3,759
In Event #6, another $1,080 buy-in NLHE event it was October Niner Jeremy Ausmus who was the last man standing in a field of 270 players:
1. Jeremy Ausmus – $78,572
2. Johnny Landreth – $52,380
3. Joshua Prager – $29,071
4. Yarron Bendor – $18,333
5. Huy Quach – $13,750
6. Andrew Whitaker – $11,131
7. Carlos Gellert – $8,512
8. Erin Kimbrough – $5,893
9. Eric Baldwin – $4,190
In Event #8, a $5,000 buy-in NLHE event, 86 players fought for the $150k first-place prize-money, with several big names making the final table including Brian Rast, Zach Clark, Sam Stein, and Matt Stout:
1. David Belaich — $158,644
2. Zach Clark — $90,068
3. Joseph Barry — $56,782
4. Sam Stein — $31,328
5. John Krpan — $25,454
6. Gal Yifrach — $19,580
7. Brian Rast — $13,706
8. Joey Weissman — $11,748
9. Matt Stout — $9,790
