Last year's runner-up wins WPT Five Diamond
One of poker's great back-to-back stories sees Ryan Tosoc win one of the biggest titles and prizes of 2017.
As always the WPT Five Diamond Classic at the Bellagio ends the poker year for the American high stakes community, and this time the finale had a sense of deja vu.
This time last year Ryan Tosoc came 2nd in this event, losing to James Romero but pocketing an impressive $1,124,051. It's very difficult to go one better on a runner-up result, but he managed it last night, taking it down for $1,958,065.
"It feels unreal," Tosoc said right after the win. "I kind of feel like I'm in a dream right now."
This year the event broke its own attendance record of 791, cramming in an 812 entries and having to deal with a lot of alternates, all of which while still only having a single starting day.
Also notable at the final table was 4th place finisher Sean Perry, son of veteran Ralph Perry, who literally turned 21 on the day of the event making it his first legal live MTT in America. He got off to a good start to his live career with a $504,090 score.
Next up for the World Poker Tour is the WPT European Championship in Berlin between January 5-15.
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ryan Tosoc | $1,958,065 |
| 2nd | Alex Foxen | $1,134,202 |
| 3rd | Mike Del Vecchio | $752,196 |
| 4th | Sean Perry | $504,090 |
| 5th | Away Chabra | $350,500 |
| 6th | Richard Kirsch | $271,736 |
| 812 entries | ||
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