Dempsey, Cunningham, Esfandiari riding high at WPT Five Diamond

Dempsey, Cunningham, Esfandiari riding high at WPT Five Diamond

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Over $4m in prize money is up for grabs at the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic after day 2 stragglers took the field to 413. A host of notable names are amongst the 148 survivors who will be back for day 3 with Grant Lang leading the way with a stack of 382,000.

Scott Clements is also riding high thanks largely to winning a total cooler against Chris Klodnicki. The chips went in on a 998 board with Clements in trouble with 9-10 against Klodnicki's pocket 8s. An 8 on the turn gave Klodnicki quads but the case nine on the river gave Clements higher quads.


Also near the top of the leader board are James Dempsey 288,300, Matt Glantz 287,000, Antonio Esfandiari 250,700, Allen Cunningham 240,100 and Dwyte Pilgrim 181,000. Other notables still in the hunt for the cash include day 1 chip leader Vanessa Selbst 148,000, Annette Obrestad 142,200, Eli Elezra 86,800, Phil Hellmuth 73,700 and Doyle Brunson 56,400.


As per Bellagio rules, 100 players will make the money.


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Tags: WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic, Scott Clements, James Dempsey, Chris Klodnicki, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Hellmuth, Vanessa Selbst