Calvin Anderson Leads Biggest WPT Five Diamond in History

The World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic has shattered its previous record of 812 as 1,001 entries combined to create a $1.6 million first prize and more than a million for second place. Coming into Day 3, Calvin Anderson leads the way with a legion of big names in contention as 126 of the remaining 178 players will get paid on Day 3 today.

Registration on Day 2 was open through the third level of play as plenty of entries and re-entries made their way to the Bellagio poker room. Plenty of big names hit the rail on Day 2 as we saw the departure of David Peters, Garrett Adelstein, John Cynn, Kitty Kuo, Maria Ho, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, and other WPT Champions Club members such as JC Tran, Sam Panzica, Jared Jaffee, and Eli Elezra.

Four-time WPT champ Darren Elias is in a great spot to extend his lead, bagging up a big stack along with former WSOP Main Event champ Joe McKeehen and WPT Champions Club members Brian Altman, Paul Klann, Mike Del Vecchio, and Mike Leah.

Here’s an overview of the big names with big stacks heading into the third day of play.

Name	Chip Count
Calvin Anderson	789,000
Joe McKeehen	784,000
Dan Shak	666,000
Darren Elias	569,000
Brian Altman	520,000
Rob Salaburu	472,000
Mike Del Vecchio	456,000
Mike Leah	452,000
Ben Lamb	435,000
Josh Arieh	426,000
Anthony Spinella	423,000
Dominik Nitsche	402,000

The payouts of this record-breaking WPT Five Diamond Main Event are as follows.

Place	Payout		Place	Payout		Place	Payout		Place	Payout
1	$1,631,468		7	$265,570		17-20	$70,599		57-64	$28,780
2	$1,087,603		8	$206,982		21-24	$58,967		65-72	$25,886
3	$802,973		9-10	$163,142		25-32	$49,840		73-80	$23,595
4	$599,147		11-12	$130,052		33-40	$42,645		81-89	$21,789
5	$451,880		13-14	$104,865		41-48	$36,945		90-98	$20,381
6	$344,529		15-16	$85,542		49-56	$32,401		99-116	$19,332
									117-126	$18,584

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