WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 3:54 PM
Coming up for December 3-8th, is the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio, featuring some of the world's best and most accomplished poker players. The $10,000 Main Event at the Bellagio, usually attracts a field of about 400 players with big names such as Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Phil Laak, Daniel Negreanu, David Benyamine among other greats such as Eli Elezra, Phil Hellmuth, Howard Lederer, John Juanda, Scotty Nguyen, David Williams and more.
The 6 day Main Event tourney at the Bellagio, is a jam packed televised event for the WPT circuit tour. As well as meeting and playing some of the biggest names in poker here, to add a little flavor the WPT (World Poker Tour) decided to add the all new Royal Flush Girls to its WPT circuit events making it not only a spectacle to see the best pros playing in the tournament but also making it very pleasing to many poker fans to interact with the beautiful Royal Flush Girls.Adding to all the excitement and top talent seen at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic, is another asset to the tournament in which it is played in the very luxurious and scenic Fontana Room inside the Bellagio. The Fontana Room boasts a very rich and luxurious surounding coupled with an outstanding view of the water fountains of the Bellagio, with its uniquely themed water show.
Satellite tournaments and super satellite tournaments to the Main Event at the Bellagio, run from $500 buy-ins, to $1,000 and $5,000 inclusively. Most of the players here will be regulars to the Bellagio and pro veterans that play on a regular basis in high-stakes cash games in Bobby's Room. (the high-stakes poker room at the Bellagio)
If you're thinking of taking on the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic for the first time, make sure to get plenty of rest to grind out the play with the world's best poker players and make sure to play a mixed game from tight plays to select and calculated bluffs. In this tourney, you will need to change up your play to last deep in the field of poker players. On its own merits the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic holds itself as one of the most prestigious tournaments in all of poker and one that consistently draws in the biggest and best poker players in the world.