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Five Diamond World Poker Classic

Monday, 19 March 2007

Hachem Wins!
12/19 - 2005 World Series of Poker main event Champion Joseph Hachem has just added another title to his collection by winning the 2006 WPT Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship. He joins legends Doyle Brunson, Scotty Nguyen, and Carlos Mortenson, as the only players who have won both WSOP and WPT main events.

Hachem took home $2,182,075 for his victory and survived a very difficult final table that included 2004 player of the year Daniel Negreanu, and 21 year old Justin Bonomo AKA ZeeJustin.

The tournament was full of interesting subplots both on and away from the tables. Hachem ended his boycott of the WPT to play in this event,

Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi cemented himself as the player of the year, and Dutch Boyd and Brandi Hawbaker made news with their bizarre behavior and wild accusations.

Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi locked up the 2006 player of the year award once the last of his remaining challengers contention, John Hoang, was eliminated. Late charges by Nam Le, J.C. Tran, and Shannon Shorr fell short as Mizrachi was able to go almost wire to wire in first place.

Away from the tables Dutch Boyd and Brandi Hawbaker made headlines with bizarre behavior and wild accusations. Internet forums have been as busy as ever trying to separate fact from fiction in poker's hottest soap opera and Pokulator was right in the middle of the action with exclusive videos and interviews.

Classic Quotes:
"If i raise your blind again are you going to rub your penis on my back?" - Justin Bonomo AKA ZeeJustin to a player across the table in reference to Brandi's claim that Captain Tom rubbed his penis on her back.

"Someone asked me if I wanted to die like Stuey with no money in my pocket and I asked why would i want to die with money in my pocket? Anyways if I died right now, the poker world would kill me!" - Mike "the Mouth" Matusow

"I love my job, 90% of the people are so fun and cool and the other 10% are like [Devilfish]" - waitress in the VIP section for WPT's party at Light in the Bellagio.

12/18 It is a star studded final table at the Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship. 2005 World Series of Poker World Champion Joseph Hachem made the final table appearing in his first WPT event since joining a boycott earlier in the year.

Joining Hachem at the final table is the chipleader and 2004 player of the year Daniel Negreanu. Justin Bonomo AKA ZeeJustin made a great run at the classic reaching his fourth final table before being eliminated in 7th place, just before the tv final table in this main event. Negreanu leads with just under 5 million chips, but all six players left have a shot at the championship.

Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi has been eliminated, but still locked up the 2006 player of the year award when the only other player with a chance, John Hoang was eliminated. Congratulations to the Grinder!

Day 3 of the Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship has concluded and there have been many great stories both at and away from the tables. 33 players remain and Lee Markholt is the chipleader followed by Mads Andersen, Justin Bonomo AKA ZeeJustin, 2005 World Champion Joeseph Hachem, and Michael Binger. Many other big name pros are still in the race for the championship including Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi who leads the race for Player of the Year. Mizrachi has the award locked up unless John Hoang (currently 18th in chips) can win the tournament.

As much action as there has been at the tables in this tournament, many of the big stories are coming away from the tables. The Brandi Hawbaker stories won't go away. Now young poker pro Mark Newhouse AKA newhizzle has posted that Brandi lost 25-30K of his money playing unauthorized games on his pokerstars account. Fasten your seatbelt as we try and find out where this story is going next.

12/16 6pm - Day 2 of the Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship is over, but the biggest story from the tournament so far has been away from the tables. Brandi Hawbaker, a newcomer to the tournament scene, posted in an internet forum that Captain Tom Franklin, a well known poker pro, stole her money and sexually assaulted her. Apparently, Dutch Boyd was also involved and tried to help Brandi recover her money from Captain Tom. Rumors are running rampant and the poker forums are going crazy as everyone is trying to separate fact from fiction.

videos from the event and more pictures of Brandi in Pokulator's Women of Poker

Classic Quotes:
"Someone asked me if I wanted to die like Stuey with no money in my pocket and I asked why would i want to die with money in my pocket? Anyways if I died right now, the poker world would kill me! - Mike "the Mouth" Matusow

"If i raise your blind again are you going to rub your penis on my back?" - Justin Bonomo AKA ZeeJustin to a player across the table in reference to Brandi's claim that Captain Tom rubbed his penis on her back.

"I love my job, 90% of the people are so fun and cool and the other 10% are like [Devilfish]" - waitress in the VIP section for WPT's party at Light in the Bellagio.

12/15 2pm - Day 1b of the Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic is under way and the stars are out again. Daniel Negraneau, Gus Hansen, David Benyamine, Barry Greenstein, and many more are part of the field today. Kevin O'donnell and John Phan are the early chipleaders, but the action is sure to get fast and furious later in the day.

12/14 10pm - Play has concluded for the night and the chipleader after Day 1a is Clonie Gowen with $180,000 chips followed closely behind by Freddy Deeb with $179,000. Clonie is a member of team Full Tilt and built her chipstack early doubling up with a flopped set of 8's vs a pair of aces with the nut flush draw. Gowen then knocked out Patrick Antonius and Tuan Le on successive hands when they both got all of their chips in preflop.

Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi of Absolute Poker can breathe a little easier today after three of his top challengers for the player of the year award didn't make it out of day 1. Nam Le, Shannon Shorr, and David Daneshgar all were eliminated on the last level of the day. J.C. Tran is still in contention and a few other players starting tomorrow also have a shot at the player of the year title.

Notibles eliminated today were: Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Joe Sebok, David Williams, Nam Le, David Daneshgar, David Singer, Hoyt Corkins, Shannon Shorr, Todd Brunson, Alex Jacob, Eric Frolich, Jen Harmon, Sammy Farha, and many more.

12/14 6pm - The $15,000 main event is under way and many of the big names in poker are battling for this championship and also the player of the year award. Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi is in the lead for player of the year and is making it difficult for his challengers by sitting second in chips right now with over $100,000 after starting with $30,000. Top online player Carl Olsen is the current chipleader with over $120,000 chips. He was able to knock out David Williams and almost double his stack when his his straight flush topped Williams' full house. 12/13 - The $15,000 main event of the Five Diamond World Poker Classic begins thursday at the Bellagi and will almost certainly decide the Cardplayer Player of the Year race.

Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi has held onto the lead since February, but impressive showings by his challengers at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic have the race up for grabs. Nam Le, J.C. Tran, Shannon Shorr, Jeff Madsen, David Daneshgar, and John Hoang all still have a shot at the title if they can take down the main event. Justin Bonomo AKA ZeeJustin has also been impressive at the Five Diamond making three final tables.

click here for photos from the Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

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