Scotty Nguyen
Daniel Alaei Wins Doyle Brunson Classic Championship
The final table at the World Poker Tour Five-Diamond Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic took place on Saturday at Bellagio and it was loaded with talent. Every player that made the final day of the tournament was a professional and two of them were former WPT champions. An enthusiastic crowd filled the audience and excitement hung in the air before the final table.
Faraz Jaka Leads Star-Studded Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Final Table
The final World Poker Tour event of 2009 might just qualify for the best final table of the year. Faraz Jaka will start play on Saturday with the chip lead but there are three WSOP bracelet holders, a former WPT event winner and an online superstar all chasing him down.
Doyle Brunson Classic Championship Day 4
Day 4 at the World Poker Tour Five-Diamond Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic saw a field of 36 players return and none of them were in a rush. The field meandered down to the money bubble, and then play continued forward slowly. By the end of the night 16 players still remained, and they will return at noon PST tomorrow to play down to the final television table of six.
Daniel Alaei Heads Final 36 at Doyle Brunson Five Diamond
It took only nine hours to go from 130 players to 36 at the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic at the Bellagio and when the dust settled Daniel Alaei, Steven Landfish and Josh Arieh were the only three players with over one million chips.
Toto Leonidas Leading Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Classic
Toto Leonidas made Tuesday his day at the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic at Bellagio. Leonidas finished Day 2 with 355,000 chips which puts him just ahead of the 340,000 of Sorel Mizzi.
WPT – Doyle Brunson Classic Championship – Day 1
Roughly 200 players were on hand for the start of the 2009 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic Championship on Monday, but by the end of the day, the field size had grown to 292, 205 shy of 2008’s numbers. The difference this year is that registration will still be open through level 8, which will take place around 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
