WPT Five Diamond Day 5: Exclusive Michael Phelps Interview
Tobias Block talks to Olympic legend turned poker player Michael Phelps as he rails Antonio Esfandiari, who has made the final table of the Five Diamond World Poker Classic for the third year in a row.
Tobias 'samagain' Block managed to grab a few words with 18-time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps, who was cheering his friend Antonio Esfandiari at the Bellagio:
Elsewhere in the the main event Antonio Esfandiari still clearly has the magic. Not only does he already have a WSOPE and One Drop title in 2012, he has now also made the final table of this event for three years running. He won it two years ago, came 6th last year and with the chip lead tonight looks on course to cap off a truly amazing year.
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End of Day 5 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Antonio Esfandiari | 4,310,000 | ||
| 2nd | Shawn Buchanan | 3,465,000 | ||
| 3rd | Andrew Lichtenberger | 2,940,000 | ||
| 4th | Thomas Winters | 1,615,000 | ||
| 5th | Jeremy Kottler | 1,515,000 | ||
| 6th | Ravi Raghavan | 1,250,000 | ||
| Blinds: 20,000/40,000/5,000 | Players: 6 (503) | Prize pool: $4,879,100 |
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Qualify for WPT National Ireland
It is too late to qualify for this event but you can start the new year in style by playing in the WPT National Ireland main event.
The $1,750 main event takes place in Dublin between January 3 to 6, and you can win a $3,000 package which includes accommodation and travel expenses.
The event takes place at Dublin's Citywest Hotel, where last time out Dave Shallow took down the title for €222,280.
Qualifiers start at daily freerolls and culminate in weekly direct entry satellites with a buy-in of $162, every Sunday at 14:50 ET.
Qualifiers are running now exclusively on PartyPoker and WPT Poker.
