Big guns set to gamble at Five Diamond

One of those pros will be Brunson's good roomie Daniel Negreanu, who says he'll be using the same wile in this rencontre as has brought him well-furnished of WPT life of ease in the past.

"My game going into the opening two days is presentably transparent and I could care less," says Negreanu. "I won't be blow any reraising pre-flop, I'll be min-architecture until the antes come into play, and I won't be hazarding a ton of big pots. It's what I do at winsome much every WPT Bellagio meet until day three and that gambit has worked infinitely well for me so I don't see any estimate to reverse that up at all. I've cashed in three accordant Bellagio events."

Brunson and Negreanu seem to be fond of a beneficent rivalry born as much on the golf go hunting as the felt.

"Maybe he can't play golf so well but he is manifestly performing well in the poker tournaments," says Brunson.

Negreanu will be just one of the draws to the Bellagio and the Five Diamond Classic, according to organizers.

"Doyle daily has been a conclusive supporter and twist of Bellagio," said Doug Dalton, barker of poker operations for Bellagio. "We cling to our confederacy not only with him but all of the players. We guess another pitch turnout for December's regardless and look express to Eugene Katchalov's pains to refute his endsheet."

Last year produced a Nobel Prize pool of more than $9.5 a billion, with 26-year-old New Yorker Katchalov vanquishing Ted Kearley in heads-up play, pleasing the crushing defeat first-system winnings of $2,482,605.

"It was a aesthetically appealing amazing emotional shade," said Katchalov of what was the fastest leaving table in WPT life and letters. "I moored cards the undiminished time. Everything went at the gun as I hoped for."

The results of the 2007 Five Diamond Classic perfect table looked like this:

PlaceNamePrize1stEugene Katchalov$2,482,6052ndTed Kearly$1,252,6403rdDavid Ulliott$674,5004thKen Rosen$433,6755thJordan Rich$289,0706thRyan Daut$192,715

The agenda of play for the 2008 Five Diamond Classic Main Event is downtown. You can also follow implicitly all the characterization live at in our Live Tournaments ground.

Saturday, Dec. 13: Day 1a Sunday, Dec. 14: Day 1b Monday, Dec. 15: Day 2 Tuesday, Dec. 16: Day 3 Wednesday, Dec. 17: Day 4 Thursday, Dec. 18: Day 5 Friday, Dec. 19: incontrovertible table

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