Whether it’s on the PKR download or in a brick-and-mortar, poker players love huge tournaments. The thrill of going deep in an event with a huge prize cannot be matched, and amateurs are attracted to the fact that even non-pros can win big money. Sometimes a tournament will take place in which very few of these amateurs make it to the final table, though. The recent The Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic was an example of this.

One of the big name pros at the final table was former November Niner Soi Nguyen. Since making the Main Event final table in 2010, Nguyen has done very well and has had some huge scores in tournaments around the world.

Andrew Lichtenberger, who has had tons of success on the best US poker sites, was at the final table, as was Vanessa Selbst. Antonio Esfandiari, who won Five Diamond back in 2010, was yet another high profile player at this table. The only amateur was Vitor Coelho, the short stack.

James Dempsey was the sixth member of the final table. He hadn’t even planned on playing the tournament and was just in Vegas as a favor to his friend Chris Moorman. You will soon see that he took full advantage of this great opportunity, however!

Coelho laddered up one spot when Esfandiari got 3-outered to bust in 6th place. After this lucky ladder, Coelho got it in with 4bb and 88 but could not win a 3-way pot. He settled for 5th place.

It was 4-handed a while before Lichtenberger also lost all-in preflop with 88, this time heads-up against Nguyen’s 99. Selbst was the next to go when she got it in with K9 but unfortunately ran into Dempsey’s A9.

It was Dempsey and Nguyen heads-up, and the two pros were very deep stacked with over 100bb each. They played for over two hours heads-up and it looked like Nguyen might win after taking a big chip lead. But Dempsey knows the value of a chip and a chair, and he managed to mount an impressive comeback.

In the end Nguyen was unable to stop the comeback from completing, and he had to settle for a healthy 2nd place prize. Congratulations to Dempsey for becoming the latest Five Diamond World Poker Classic world champion!

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