ThePokerResource.net
TPR Home ratings sytem described full poker site reviews + bonus info basic poker game rules strategies, tips & theory featured tournaments & info helpful links, books & other resources

Home > Tournaments
> Bellagio Five-Diamond

 

 

Last Updated: December 16, 2005

2005 4th Annual Bellagio Five-Diamond World Poker Classic
November 29 - December 16, 2005

Bellagio Hotel Casino
3600 S Las Vegas Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV, US
Official Bellagio Poker Room Site/Info
DATE
EVENT
ENTRY FEE
Nov 28
Satellites Begin
Nov 29
$1,500 + $70*
Nov 30
$2,000 + $80*
Dec 1
$2,500 + $100*
Dec 2
$3,000 + $100*
Dec 3
$5,000 + $150*
Dec 4
$1,500 + $70*
Dec 5
$2,000 + $80*
Dec 6
$2,500 + $100*
Dec 7
$3,000 + $100*
Dec 8
$5,000 + $150*
Dec 9
$2,500 + $100*
Dec 10
$1,500 + $70**
Dec 11
$1,500 + $70**
Dec 12 - 16
$15,000 + $300*
*Champion receives $25,000 + $500 entry (non-negotiable, non-refundable, and non-transferable) into the 2006 WPT at Bellagio.
**Super Satellite will award as many entries as prize pool allows.
More detailed tournament results can be found at PokerPages.com or at CardPlayer.com.

back to top

 

EVENT #1, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - November 30, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $1500 + $70
Prize Pool: $538,350
Entries: 370
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1.
Lars Bonding (Aarhas, Denmark)
$199,870
2.
Hieu Ma (S. El Monte, CA, USA)
$107,700
3.
Scott Epstein (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$53,850
4.
Mo Fathipour (Tarzana, CA, USA)
$30,775
5.
John Harris (Staley, NC, USA)
$23,080
6.
Tom Pniak (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$17,950
7.
Mike Gracz (Raleigh, NC, USA)
$12,820
8.
Roc Bingham (San Diego, CA, USA)
$10,225
9.
John Evans (Herndon, VA, USA)
$8,205

back to top

 

EVENT #2, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - December 1, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $2000 + $80
Prize Pool: $506,340
Entries: 261
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1.
Stephen D Diamantas (Vero Beach, FL, USA)
$188,985
2.
Ken Einiger (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$100,975
3.
Keith Gipson (Huntsville, AL, USA)
$50,490
4.
Kelly Kim (Whittier, CA, USA)
$28,850
5.
Chris McCormick (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$21,640
6.
John Hoang (Garden Grove, CA, USA)
$16,830
7.
Men Nguyen (Bell Gardens, CA, USA)
$12,020
8.
Stephen D Diamantas (Vero Beach, FL, USA)
$9,615
9.
Liz Lieu (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
$7,695

back to top

 

EVENT #3, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - December 2, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $2500 + $100
Prize Pool: $589,275
Entries: 243
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1.
Orlando Maldonado (Miami, FL, USA)  
 $234,095
2.
Scotty Nguyen (Henderson, NV, USA) 
 $124,030
3.
Jeff Cohen (Arkland, FL, USA) 
 $62,015
4.
David Cossio (El Paso, TX, USA) 
 $33,830
5.
Rodeen Talebi (Dallas, TX, USA) 
 $25,370
6.
J C Tran (Sacramento, CA, USA) 
 $19,730
7.
Anthony Reategui (Chandler, AZ, USA) 
 $14,095
8.
Eugene Katchalov (Brooklyn, NY, USA) 
 $11,275
9.
Bobby Orr (Deerfield Beach, FL, USA) 
$9,020

back to top

 

EVENT #4, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - December 3, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $3000 + $300
Prize Pool: $678,030
Entries: 233
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1.
Quinn Do (Seattle, WA, USA)  
$266,935
2.
Ben Roberts (London, United Kingdom) 
$143,555
3.
Vernon Martin (Severna Park, MD)
$71,780
4.
Loi Phan (Seattle, WA, USA) 
$39,145
5.
Young Phan (CA, USA) 
$29,365
6.
Nam Le (Huntington Beach, CA, USA) 
$22,840
7.
Fabrice Soulier (Avignon, France) 
$16,315
8.
David Kim (HI, USA) 
$13,050
9.
David Brooks (Southlake, TX, USA) 
$10,440

back to top

 

EVENT #5, NO LIMIT HOLD'EM - December 4, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $5,000 + $150
Prize Pool: $970,000
Entries: 200
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1.
Mark Teltscher (London, United Kingdom)
$374,965
2.
Emar Alabsi (Cleveland, OH, USA)
$207,790
3.
Carl Olson (Seattle, WA, USA)
$103,895
4.
Michael Mizrachi (Hollywood, FL, USA)
$56,660
5.
Lee Markholt (Eatonville, WA, USA)
$42,505
6.
Francois Safieddine (Denver, CO, USA)
$33,060
7.
Ross Dove (CA, USA)
$23,615
8.
Salim Batshon (Foster City, CA, USA)
$18,890
9.
Darrell Dicken (Waterloo, IA, USA)
$15,110

back to top

 

EVENT #6, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - December 5, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,500 + $70
Prize Pool: $589,275
Entries: 405
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1.
Jan Olav Sjavik (Oslo, Norway)
$194,635
2.
Joe Tehan (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$101,480
3.
Jae Bahn (USA)
$53,560
4.
Chris McCormack (Syosset, NY, USA)
$30,960
5.
Bill Croft (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$22,550
6.
Dan Alspach (La Jolla, CA, USA)
$15,785
7.
Morris Klevansky (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$11,275
8.
Tom Franklin (Gulfport, MS, USA)
$9,020
9.
Phil Matthews (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$7,895

back to top

 

EVENT #7, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - December 6, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $2000 + $80
Prize Pool: $576,180
Entries: 297
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1.
David Plastik (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$212,730
2.
Gioi Luong (Westminster, CA, USA)
$115,645
3.
Robert Durant (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
$57,820
4.
Clonie Gowen (Garland, TX, USA)
$33,035
5.
Brian Stonoff (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)
$24,780
6.
Ryan Hartman (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
$19,275
7.
Douglas Carli (Alliance, OH, USA)
$13,765
8.
Johan Storakers (Stockholm, Sweden)
$11,015
9.
Francois Safieddine (Denver, CO, USA)
$8,810

back to top

 

EVENT #8, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - December 7, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $2,500 + $100
Prize Pool: $664,450
Entries: 274
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1.
Don Barton (Pahrump, NV, USA)
$242,745
2.
Kris Fields (Harrison, OH, USA)
$134,180
3.
Orlando Maldonado (Miami, FL, USA)
$67,090
4.
Cory Carroll (Dartmouth, NS, Canada)
$38,325
5.
Owen Crowe (NS, Canada)
$28,755
6.
Men Nguyen (Bell Gardens, CA, USA)
$22,365
7.
Curt Kohlberg (Western, CT, USA)
$15,575
8.
Bobby Law (Chetek, WI, USA)
$12,780
9.
Max Pescatori (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$10,225

back to top

 

EVENT #9, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - December 8, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $3,000 + $100
Prize Pool: $721,680
Entries: 248
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1.
Allen Cunningham (Ventura, CA, USA)
$283,085
2.
David Gee (Gilbert, AZ, USA)
$153,160
3.
Ryan Hartman (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
$76,580
4.
Champie Douglas (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$41,765
5.
Juan Carlos Mortensen (Madrid, Spain)
$31,330
6.
David Tran (El Monte, CA, USA)
$24,365
7.
Jon Knauf (Garland, TX, USA)
$17,405
8.
Eriberto Soto (Mesa, AZ, USA)
$13,925
9.
Todd Bui (Sacramento, CA, USA)
$11,140

back to top

 

EVENT #10, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - December 9, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $5,000 + $150
Prize Pool: $1,227,050
Entries: 253
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1.
Tom Franklin (Gulfport, MS, USA)
$434,025
2.
John Gale (Bushey, United Kingdom)
$252,325
3.
Scott Bohling (Glenview, IL, USA)
$76,580
4.
Billy Corrigan (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$41,765
5.
Peter Moore (Atlanta, GA, USA)
$54,070
6.
Kinjal Shah (Chicago, IL, USA)
$42,055
7.
Johan Storakers (Stockholm, Sweden)
$30,040
8.
Amir Vahedi (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA)
$24,030
9.
Steve Zolotow (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$19,225

back to top

 

EVENT #11, SENIORS NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - December 11, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $2,500 + $150
Prize Pool: $327,375
Entries: 135
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1.
Tom Lock (Henderson, NV, USA)
$137,195
2.
Jim Meehan (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$66,415
3.
Paul Kroh (Battle Mountain, NV, USA)
$33,205
4.
Greg Back (Houston, TX, USA)
$18,100
5.
Robert Miller (Longwood, FL, USA)
$13,585
6.
Victor Perches (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$10,565
7.
Phil Matthews (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$10,000
8.
Henry Nowakowski (Frankfurt, Germany)
$6,040
9.
Marsha Waggoner (Downey, CA, USA)
$4,830

back to top

 

EVENT #12, SUPER SATELLITE NL HDM - December 11, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,500 + $150
Prize Pool: $696,945
Entries: 479
44 Entries to the chapionship event were awarded:
 
Paul Lieu
 
Kenny Levy
 
Jay Glazer
  
Brian Rast
 
Pat Poles
  
Petru Achimas
 
Robert Goldfarb
  
Kevin Brewer
 
Scott Goodman
  
Jack Ward
 
Stephen Gin
  
R.A. Head
 
Frank Sinopoli
  
Craig Hueffner
 
Michael Lau
  
Serge Cantin
 
Marcello Del Grosso
  
Ted McNeely
 
Ben Sarnoff
  
Scott Tom
 
Keith Tilston
  
Jon Turner
 
Donald Webb
  
Andrew Goetsch
 
Keith Bristow
  
Terrcita Evanowski
 
Jenny Kang
  
Paul Deng
 
Cecilla Nordenstam
  
Jonathan Bar-Or
 
Ernie Scherer
  
Kinjal Shah
 
James Oswalt
  
John Netto
 
Ken James
  
Frank Mariani
 
Brian Wolfe
  
Brent R. Carter
 
Ross Boatman
  
Eric Ford
 
Michael Mizrachi
  
G. Richard Tatalovich
 
Abraham Gray
  
George Marlowe

back to top

EVENT #13, SUPER SATELLITE NL HDM - December 12, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,500 + $150
Prize Pool: $727,500
Entries: 500
46 Entries to the chapionship event were awarded:
 
Charles Edwards
 
Dennis Longonia
 
Johan Storakers
 
Mo Fathipour
 
Michael Schulz
 
Mohamad Zalikha
 
Rick Lowe
 
Wayne Lee
 
Bruce Stem
 
Jeffrey Day
 
Bill Corrigan
 
John Tobias
 
Antonio Leal
 
Barbara Laux
 
Paul Kraus
 
Hwan Kim
 
Joanne "J.J." Liu
 
Ron Stanley
 
Robert Smith
 
Henry Tran
 
Brian Lamkin
 
Dave Knauff
 
Kurt Paseka
 
Jason Song
 
Mathew Rizal
 
Neil Channing
 
Michael Yoshino
 
Marco Palacios
 
Keith Lehr
 
Scott Epstein
 
Chad Layne
 
Alex Prendes Jr.
 
William Failla
 
Kermit Beasley
 
Stephen Pearce
 
Ali Eslami
 
Rodney Hurlburt
 
Steve Frederick
 
John Robertson
 
Scott Frybarber
 
Tuan Nguyen
 
Francois Safieddine
 
Bob Fulford
 
Joey Clapper
 
Victor Rambin
 
Eli Balas

back to top

 

EVENT #14, FIVE-DIAMOND CHAMPIONSHIP NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM / WPT EVENT - December 12-16, 2005
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $15,000 + $300
Prize Pool: $8,075,250
Entries: 555
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1.
Rehne Pedersen (Aalvong, Denmark)
$2,078,185
2.
Patrik Antonius (Helsinki, Finland)
$1,046,470
3.
Doyle Brunson (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$563,485
4.
Joanne Liu (Palo Alto, CA, USA)
$362,140
5.
Darrell Dicken (Waterloo, IA, USA)
$241,495
6.
Phil Laak (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
$160,995
7.
Joe Cassidy (Costa Mesa, CA, USA)
$144,895
8.
Bengt Sonnert (Linkoping, Sweden)
$128,795
9.
David Levi (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
$112,695

back to top

click on banners to download and play

PokerRoom.com

 

partypoker

 

 

pokerstars

 

Paradise Poker: Win a seat to WSOP. Satellites running now

Register for ThePokerResource.net updates & newsletter by entering your email here:

JOIN OUR MAILING LIST for ThePokerResource.net's monthy newsletter. Each issue will highlight the latest bonuses, promos, site news and updates, as well as "A Rounder's Diary," a section of intriguing perspectives straight from the felt to your email!

FREE POKER CHIPS OFFER FROM ThePokerResource.net

FINESSE YOUR OWN STYLE OF THE ALL IMPORTANT CHIP SHUFFLE!

CLICK HERE to learn how to get a free stack of casino-quality poker chips from ThePokerResource.net

 

 

 

2005 Bellagio 5-Diamond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Disclaimer: The general ratings and contents of ThePokerResource.net are of the author's opinion, and should not be solely relied upon for any desired gaming results. Fact-based information and calculations are also within the context of the author's opinion, intending to entertain as well as inform. It is the reader's responsibility to assess the validity, accuracy and applicability of all information, services, and advice. For any related questions, corrections, or general inquiries regarding this site, please send email to: info@thepokerresource.net.

Also, gambling is not legal in all jurisdictions and countries. Please check the legality where you reside for gambling, using this site and/or the affiliated poker sites. ThePokerResource.net accepts no liability for the information contained on this site.

All Rights Reserved - Copyright 2005-2006 - ThePokerResource.net