Mohsin Charania Wins WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $1,477,890

The World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic played out on the Bellagio in Las Vegas over the last six days, and a winner has finally been determined. The development attracted 586 entrants, up considerably from the 449 the year before, and created a prize pool of $5,682,200, of which greater than $1.4 million was reserved for the winner. The sphere was made out of the largest names within the game, but after all it was Mohsin Charania who captured the title and etched his name at the WPT Champions’ Cup for a second time.

PlacePlayerPrize

1	Mohsin Charania	$1,477,890
2	Garrett Greer	$869,683
3	Brett Shaffer	$562,736
4	Ryan Julius	$383,684
5	Ryan Fee	$272,842
6	Tobias Reinkemeier	$218,842

Notable Finishes: Jared Jaffee (7th - $167,684), Keven Stammen (8th - $119,368), Will Failla (9th - $85,263), Aaron Massey (18th - $42,632), Fabian Quoss (21st - $36,947), Daniel Negreanu (25th - $36,947)

The WPT Five Diamond made headlines long before a champion was crowned; in fact, Daniel Negreanu sparked a debate on reentries after buying in five times. He ended up finishing in 25th place for $36,947, meaning he did not turn a profit. For more at the reentry debate, take a look at Rich Ryan’s latest Five Thoughts.

According to live updates from the event, the primary final table elimination came to be had #36 in Level 29 (40,000/80,000/10,000) when Tobias Reinkemeier got his stack all in preflop holding the and was seeking to improve against the of Garrett Greer. That proved easier said than done though because the board ran out a dry . The German missed and needed to accept sixth place and $218,842.

Seven hands later, in Level 30 (50,000/100,000/15,000), Ryan Fee min-raised from the cutoff and Greer called form the button to look a flop of . Fee bet 400,000, Greer called, and the appeared at the turn. Fee bet again, this time 1 million, and Greer raised all in. Fee called off for 3.885 million total with the , nevertheless it was no good as Greer had flopped top set with the . The river improved Greer to quads, and Fee was bounced from the tournament in fifth place for $272,842.

On Hand #49, Brett Shaffer raised to 225,000 from the button after which snap-called after Ryan Julius three-bet all in for 1.595 million.

Julius: Shaffer:

It was a foul spot for Julius, and he watched helplessly because the board ran out a dry . Julius did not discover a nine and finished in fourth place for $383,684.

Shaffer was the following to go, though it’d take awhile; in fact, his elimination didn’t come until Level 32 (75,000/150,000/25,000) available #114 of the general table. It happened when Greer min-raised to 300,000 and Shaffer shoved from the large blind for 2.55 million. Greer called with the , and he was racing against the of Shaffer. The flop didn’t hit Greegr directly, but he did pick up both straight and flush draws to compliment his overs. The turn actually completed the said flush, nevertheless it also paired the board meaning Shaffer could stay alive with either an ace or nine at the river. It wasn’t within the cards though because the blanked and Shaffer was ousted in third place for $562,736 while Greer took a greater than 4-1 chip lead into heads-up play against Charania, who had played a quiet game as much as that point.

Garrett Greer

Charania overcame an enormous chip disadvantage when he won the 2013 WPT Grand Prix de Paris, and amazingly an analogous comeback happened on the Bellagio. Charania, who would dip to as little as 1.55 million, managed to double four times to claw his long ago into contention, after which available #180 doubled for a fifth when his held against the of Greer, who was left with just three big blinds after the hand.

Four hands later, Greer shoved holding the and Charania called with the . The flop gave Charania a double gutter to compliment his overs, and while he didn’t hit it at the turn, he did when the spiked at the river. A FOUL run of cards saw victory slip through Greer’s fingers, and he needed to accept runner-up and a $869,683 consolation prize. Meanwhile, Charania captured the $1,477,890 first-place prize, which incorporates a $15,400 seat into the season-ending championship, and can have his name put on the WPT Champions’ Cup for a second time.

The next WPT event is the Borgata Winter Poker Open from Jan. 25-30, 2015. After all PokerNews will bring you a recap of the entire action. For more information, visit worldpokertour.com.

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