A lot of the allure of poker tournaments, whether on the PKR download or live, is the fact that just about anyone can win. The excitement of winning a big poker tournament is a feeling that can’t be matched. Sometimes the allure causes final tables to be filled with relative unknowns while sometimes the final table is full of established and talented pros. The Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic fell under the latter category.

One of the big stacks going into the final table was Soi Nguyen, a former November Niner that has enjoyed continued success since his Main Event. He has made several final tables since then.

Joining Nguyen were Andrew Lichtenberger and Vanessa Selbst, a couple established poker pros that have excelled at the highest levels in poker both in brick-and-mortars and on the best US poker sites. Also there was Antonio Esfandiari, who won this exact event in 2010. The lone amateur going into the final table was Vitor Coelho, the short stack.

Luck and destiny seemed to be on James Dempsey’s side. He went to Vegas simply as a favor to his friend and fellow British poker pro Chris Moorman. He didn’t figure on playing the tournament and having a chance to win it, though!

Though Coelho began the final table as the extreme short stack, the first bustout was Esfandiari via a three outer from Dempsey. Coelho was gone just a few hands later, unable to win with 88 in a three way all in pot with his four big blind stack.

Nguyen, Selbst, Lichtenberger and Dempsey settled into a very tough four handed match. Lichtenberger was the first one to bow out as his 88 was unable to beat Nguyen’s 99. Selbst joined him on the rail soon after as her K9 failed to beat Dempsey’s A9.

As heads-up play began, both players had over 100 big blinds a piece. With these stacks, it came as no surprise when Nguyen and Dempsey went at it over 80 hands and 2 hours. Nguyen initially took a big chip lead but eventually suffered from a massive comeback by Dempsey.

In the final hand, Nguyen got it in and found himself very much behind. He couldn’t suck out and had to settle for second place. This meant that James Dempsey was the champion of the Five Diamond World Poker Classic!

1 – James Dempsey – $821,612
2 – Soi Nguyen – $517,478
3 – Vanessa Selbst – $338,351
4 – Andrew Lichtenberger – $218,933
5 – Vitor Coelho – $159,224
6 – Antonio Esfandiari – $119,418

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