El telón del poker mundial en 2019 está por cerrar y el WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic es uno de los últimos torneos que está reuniendo a grandes jugadores de todo el mundo.
El Bellagio Resort & Casino en Las Vegas 
es el escenario donde se está llevando la acción del 16 al 21 de diciembre con un buy-in de US$10.400 y en la que aún quedan 415 jugadores de las 705 entradas registradas.
El venezolano Joseph Di Rosa 
y Farid Jattin 
son los únicos latinos que aún tienen aspiraciones en la competencia junto a otros conocidos jugadores que han logrado avanzar al Día 2 que se estará jugando a partir de las 12 (12 13 11 
14 
).
Di Rosa marcha a mitad de tabla con un stack de 100.800 puntos mientras que el cafetero residente en USA lleva 97.900. También se destacan Maria Ho en la 7ª posición con 207.500, Justin Bonono con 54.200 y Phil Hellmuth con 33.300. El líder en fichas es Toby Boas que tiene 280.400.
Otros grandes nombres quedaron atrás en el Día 1 como Daniel Negreanu 
, Antonio Esfandiari y el mexicano Ángel Guillén . Todos ellos pueden volver a entrar, lo cual está permitido hasta el Nivel 12 de la jornada.
Los jugadores que logren avanzar el día de hoy, volverán para el Día 3 a jugarse mañana y así tratar de seguir con vida y llegar a la mesa final del sábado 21.
2-1: Chris Johnson – 69,100
2-2: Toby Joyce – 91,600
2-3: Alex Foxen – 43,100
2-4: Matt Glantz – 58,900
2-6: Greg Collins – 47,100
2-7: Ben Keeline – 33,000
2-8: Brian Okin – 78,900
2-9: Ahmad Popal – 51,300
3-1: Jonathan Jaffe – 226,400
3-2: Maria Ho – 207,500
3-3: Daniel Strelitz – 77,800
3-4: Alemu Makonen – 28,700
3-6: Markus Gonsalves – 83,400
3-7: Brock Wilson – 28,400
3-8: Matas Cimbolas – 56,600
3-9: Tim Cramer – 78,400
4-1: Hyon Kim – 67,800
4-2: Kevin MacPhee – 164,200
4-3: Srikanth Yadlapati – 64,300
4-4: Ian Matakis – 43,900
4-5: Anthony Zinno – 82,500
4-6: Robert Stain – 41,100
4-7: Barak Wisbrod – 24,600
4-8: Justin Young – 29,200
4-9: Ryan Hohner – 14,300
5-1: Brian Lamkin – 115,300
5-2: Milos Skrbic – 110,400
5-3: Nitis Udornpim – 40,800
5-4: Erik Gamans – 86,200
5-6: Kevin Rabichow – 87,700
5-7: Julien Martini – 72,700
5-8: Tony Dunst – 155,800
5-9: John Krpan – 44,000
6-1: Vijaya Madala – 134,000
6-2: Shawn Kjetland – 82,700
6-3: Bob Shao – 146,000
6-4: Aneris Adomkevicius – 39,200
6-6: Blair Hinkle – 155,700
6-7: Alex Condon – 82,200
6-8: Jeff Banghart – 121,300
6-9: Horatio Kemeny – 95,700
7-1: Hiroaki Harada – 71,700
7-2: Robert Borick – 46,800
7-3: Igor Yaroshevskyy – 47,000
7-4: Elio Fox – 51,600
7-6: Victor Crisostomo – 31,600
7-7: Scott Vener – 65,000
7-8: Amarender Puri – 73,400
7-9: Zu Zhou – 82,600
8-1: Mike Meskin – 66,300
8-2: Christian Harder – 55,500
8-3: Matt Stout – 35,700
8-4: Jennifer Harman – 66,900
8-6: Richard Rice – 79,400
8-7: Robert Park – 17,400
8-8: Gintautas Putinas – 49,700
8-9: Matthew Stone – 16,800
9-1: Danny Wong – 24,200
9-2: Mohsin Charania – 77,600
9-3: Ben Lamb – 25,300
9-4: Harrison Gimbel – 68,100
9-6: Francis Anderson – 51,400
9-7: Darren Elias – 38,000
9-8: Brent Roberts – 59,400
9-9: Benjamin Diebold – 40,200
11-1: J.C. Tran – 14,700
11-2: Steven Sarmiento – 33,900
11-3: Chris Moorman – 3,300
11-4: Blake Bohn – 38,300
11-6: Joseph Di Rosa Rojas – 100,800
11-7: Cheang Yoo – 65,400
11-8: David Wilhoit – 40,000
11-9: Igor Gonta – 24,400
12-1: Adam Hendrix – 105,700
12-2: Haim Gabay – 19,400
12-3: Michael Mortaji – 68,000
12-4: Chun Li – 11,300
12-6: Daniel Santoro – 30,000
12-7: Matt Affleck – 85,800
12-8: Jorden Fox – 68,600
12-9: Toby Boas – 280,400
13-1: Roland Rokita – 177,800
13-2: Craig Mason – 51,700
13-3: Harry Law – 184,200
13-4: Adam Owen – 20,600
13-6: Dzmitry Urbanovich – 45,000
13-7: Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 15,800
13-8: Jean Tepper – 43,900
13-9: David Miscikowski – 96,600
14-1: Sandeep Pulusani – 18,800
14-2: Curt Kohlberg – 80,200
14-3: David Pham – 60,200
14-4: Aaron Kweskin – 35,800
14-6: Yuri Dzivieleusili – 15,700
14-7: Nick Binger – 41,700
14-8: Josh Kay – 38,400
14-9: Jonathan Lawson – 115,000
15-1: Bob Buckenmayer – 24,100
15-2: Will Berry – 65,100
15-3: Jake Daniels – 227,500
15-4: Jeffrey Gross – 22,100
15-6: Dylan Linde – 8,900
15-7: Matthew Wantman – 55,900
15-8: Srinivasa Vemulamada – 48,700
15-9: Ryan Lenaghan – 71,800
16-1: Michael Rossitto – 64,000
16-2: Eric Wasserson – 59,000
16-3: Michael Trivett – 134,300
16-4: John Racener – 54,200
16-6: Nicholas Manganaro – 22,100
16-7: Phil Hellmuth – 33,300
16-8: Jerry Wong – 178,300
16-9: Peter Cross – 37,500
17-1: Bryan Piccioli – 14,400
17-2: Ben Palmer – 44,200
17-3: Ricky Guan – 51,300
17-4: Filipp Khavin – 43,200
17-6: John Esposito – 68,000
17-7: Scott Eskenazi – 32,200
17-8: Glenn Miller – 62,100
17-9: Sean Perry – 44,100
18-1: Thaddeus Wolff – 35,400
18-2: Mike Matusow – 37,600
18-3: Patrick Serda – 58,500
18-4: Alex Rocha – 50,500
18-6: Michael Wang – 135,900
18-7: Joe Serock – 23,400
18-8: Michael Tureniec – 32,500
18-9: Vlad Mezheritsky – 170,300
19-1: Eli Berg – 90,300
19-2: Zachary Mcdiarmid – 105,700
19-3: David Williams – 59,700
19-4: Chino Rheem – 61,600
19-6: David McGowan – 201,800
19-7: Mike Cordell – 151,900
19-8: Matthew Leecy – 67,000
19-9: Farid Jattin – 97,900
20-1: Ryan Jones – 36,000
20-2: Tim McDermott – 88,400
20-3: Antoine Saout – 103,800
20-4: Kristina Holst – 37,500
20-6: Ardit Kurshumi – 27,200
20-7: Luis Arellano – 31,500
20-8: Tyler Patterson – 31,800
20-9: Kahle Burns – 191,100
21-1: Aaron Massey – 20,700
21-2: Rene Knapp – 18,100
21-3: Larry Greenberg – 70,200
21-4: Roman Korenev – 9,700
21-6: Josh Arieh – 55,300
21-7: Florian Duta – 129,800
21-8: Andrew Ostapchenko – 36,600
21-9: Thai Ha – 49,000
22-1: Rajai Wazwaz – 79,300
22-2: Andrey Pateychuk – 136,700
22-3: Dilip Das – 83,700
22-4: Chris DeMaci – 30,300
22-6: Rodger Johnson – 28,900
22-7: Bryce Yockey – 58,700
22-8: Jack Salter – 37,900
22-9: Bradford Albrinck – 135,400
24-1: Stoyan Obreshkov – 260,000
24-2: Lars Kamphues – 47,800
24-3: Robert Zeidman – 102,400
24-4: Omar Saeed – 79,700
24-6: Peter Neff – 39,700
24-7: Cary Katz – 185,400
24-8: Sorel Mizzi – 30,100
24-9: Joshua Pollock – 19,400
26-1: Ivan Galinec – 82,300
26-2: Ami Alibay – 88,800
26-3: Joo Park – 79,500
26-4: Jeremy Ausmus – 93,300
26-6: Larry Ormson – 22,800
26-7: Javier Zarco – 55,300
26-8: Pat Lyons – 48,000
26-9: Danny Qutami – 56,200
27-1: Sina Mouloud – 32,100
27-2: Nikolai Sears – 19,100
27-3: James Collopy – 31,000
27-4: James Mackey – 34,200
27-6: Barry Hutter – 121,800
27-7: Brandon Hall – 103,300
27-8: David Feinstein – 44,800
27-9: James Hundt – 82,000
28-1: Richard Bai – 46,000
28-2: Ryan Olisar – 86,300
28-3: Martin Stausholm – 26,300
28-4: Bart Hanson – 17,300
28-6: Khuong Le – 77,700
28-7: Steve Karp – 22,800
28-8: Haralambos Tsivicos – 28,100
28-9: Mo Arani – 61,000
29-1: Jeremy Wien – 38,000
29-2: Manig Loeser – 34,600
29-3: Jimmy Lee – 34,300
29-4: Bill Jennings – 31,000
29-6: Gueorgui Gantchev – 68,000
29-7: Jesse Sylvia – 68,800
29-8: Aaron Mermelstein – 82,500
29-9: Dominique Mosley – 262,000
30-1: Michael Horchoff – 48,000
30-2: Eric Baldwin – 137,800
30-3: Jonathan Cohen – 117,200
30-4: Corey Lieblein – 16,600
30-6: Ryan D’Angelo – 53,800
30-7: Dan Smith – 33,700
30-8: Gerald Peltola – 23,500
30-9: Mike Sexton – 21,100
31-1: Bin Weng – 39,100
31-2: Brandon Marz – 42,800
31-3: Jeffrey Dewitt – 50,500
31-4: Dan Shak – 81,700
31-6: Josias Santos – 67,600
31-7: Raul Martinez – 136,200
31-8: Scott Matte – 22,800
31-9: Daniel Neilson – 117,600
32-1: Carlos Chang – 59,400
32-2: Byron Kaverman – 125,400
32-3: Vladimir Vasilyev – 42,700
32-4: Zachary Vuong – 49,800
32-6: Pereda Guillen – 46,800
32-7: Martin Kozlov – 67,000
32-8: Richard Alsup – 51,100
32-9: Preston Lee – 32,200
33-1: Brian Green – 56,000
33-2: Sean Winter – 55,100
33-3: David Jackson – 128,800
33-4: Alex Greenblatt – 158,400
33-6: Justin Liberto – 28,500
33-7: Sam Panzica – 55,800
33-8: Ryan Leng – 116,700
33-9: Taylor Paur – 50,900
34-1: Daria Feshchenko – 39,500
34-2: Damjan Radanov – 154,700
34-3: Vincas Tamasauskas – 197,600
34-4: James Mordue – 46,000
34-6: Michael Youngman – 43,300
34-7: David Richards – 46,600
34-8: Sebastien Grax – 46,000
34-9: Clint Tolbert – 34,700
35-1: Jason Gooch – 52,600
35-2: Kenny Ho – 42,000
35-3: Frank Stepuchin – 80,300
35-4: David Roepke – 57,100
35-6: Abhinav Iyer – 89,800
35-7: Ping Liu – 46,700
35-8: Eric Afriat – 30,500
35-9: Stephen Graner – 39,400
36-1: Nick Petrangelo – 41,300
36-2: Scott Wilson – 42,200
36-3: Brian Garrett – 7,800
36-4: Matt Salsberg – 60,000
36-6: Joe Ranciato – 108,300
36-7: Peter Lockwood – 41,200
36-8: Christopher Usude – 101,700
36-9: Michael Stembera – 25,600
37-1: Daniel Fuhs – 37,000
37-2: Krzysztof Stybaniewicz – 29,100
37-3: Joe McKeehen – 58,200
37-4: Michael Lang – 27,700
37-6: Jerry Humphrey – 98,100
37-7: Tom Wheaton – 85,300
37-8: Charles Furey – 92,100
37-9: John Corsi – 32,700
38-1: Timo Kamphues – 128,300
38-2: Allen Pock – 48,800
38-3: Uke Dauti – 58,800
38-4: Michael Marder – 79,900
38-6: Stephen Chidwick – 37,600
38-7: Vincent Moscati – 54,900
38-8: Straton Wilhelm – 54,800
38-9: Ryan Laplante – 65,000
39-1: Daniel Colpoys – 74,200
39-2: Anuj Agarwal – 37,000
39-3: Abe Aboukhalil – 50,100
39-4: Adam Demersseman – 69,100
39-6: Michael Cervantes – 35,500
39-7: Iakov Onuchin – 48,500
39-8: Jake Schwartz – 94,900
39-9: Jared Griener – 21,000
40-1: Danny Hannawa – 77,300
40-2: Ken Einiger – 33,200
40-3: Anthony Spinella – 126,400
40-4: Giuseppe Pantaleo – 95,400
40-6: John Cynn – 56,600
40-7: Louis Salter – 98,400
40-8: Benny Glaser – 47,100
40-9: Ryan Hughes – 52,600
41-1: Stuart Marshak – 39,000
41-2: Alex Papazian – 90,200
41-3: Taylor von Kriegenbergh – 17,400
41-4: Ronit Chamani – 81,000
41-6: Dien Le – 93,100
41-7: Tristan Wade – 30,200
41-8: Victor Ramdin – 46,200
41-9: Darren Rabinowitz – 66,000
42-1: Lee Markholt – 50,800
42-2: Pavlo Veksler – 53,100
42-3: Shaun Deeb – 102,700
42-4: Tomas Soderstrom – 74,300
42-6: Sukhpaul Dhaliwal – 56,000
42-7: Nadya Magnus – 79,900
42-8: Taylor Black – 44,200
42-9: Anton Wigg – 33,300
43-1: Taylor Wilson – 50,400
43-2: Cliff Josephy – 123,000
43-3: Alexander Wong – 73,600
43-4: Simon Deadman – 206,000
43-6: Michael Lipman – 70,000
43-7: Roger Teska – 151,800
43-8: Galen Hall – 148,700
43-9: Robert Lofaso – 37,000
44-1: Matthew Elsby – 12,900
44-2: Artem Metalidi – 58,200
44-3: Ankush Mandavia – 32,000
44-4: Kevin Albers – 31,000
44-6: Mike Vanier – 235,300
44-7: Cannizzaro Capriles – 18,300
44-8: Olga Iermolcheva – 30,900
44-9: Mark Mache – 54,500
45-1: Anthony Ajlouny – 43,600
45-2: Joey Weissman – 32,000
45-3: Tony Cousineau – 38,000
45-4: Benjamin Souriau – 47,500
45-6: Ryan Tosoc – 29,300
45-7: Stan Jablonski – 45,000
45-8: Vlad Darie – 93,400
45-9: Tony Sinishtaj – 36,300
46-1: Evgenii Fidchuk – 62,300
46-2: Maria Konnikova – 83,800
46-3: Kurt Lichtman – 36,100
46-4: Arthur Conan – 70,000
46-6: Dylan Wilkerson – 66,600
46-7: Brett Richey – 79,500
46-8: Carlos Chadha – 64,400
46-9: Carlos Rodriguez – 170,400
47-1: Ryan Remington – 158,100
47-2: Chance Kornuth – 81,500
47-3: Kou Vang – 57,600
47-4: Faraz Jaka – 159,600
47-6: Bill Klein – 105,500
47-7: Kitty Kuo – 60,000
47-8: Ralph Wong – 29,800
47-9: Yosef Fox – 109,800
48-1: Robert Salaburu – 59,000
48-2: Kazuhiko Yotsushika – 125,500
48-3: Paul Nguyen – 154,000
48-4: Richard Rogers – 64,400
48-6: Ross Atkin – 108,400
48-7: Clayton Maguire – 81,900
48-8: Ben Yu – 17,300
48-9: Brian Altman – 143,700
49-1: Caleb Furth – 119,600
49-2: Michael Rocco – 38,000
49-3: Steve Sung – 79,200
49-4: Paul Fisher – 44,200
49-6: Daniel Wojcik – 126,000
49-7: Eric Worre – 110,700
49-8: Martin Zamani – 111,000
49-9: Mario Mosbock – 56,000
50-1: Bob Bounahra – 52,800
50-2: Jesse Cohen – 26,000
50-3: Ziao Guo – 14,400
50-4: Upeshka Desilva – 36,400
50-6: David Fuss – 62,900
50-7: Joseph Kuether – 32,600
50-8: Gordon Vayo – 111,000
50-9: Craig Varnell – 40,100
51-1: Ryan Yu – 32,900
51-2: James Cavanaugh – 119,500
51-3: Edward Hislop – 73,200
51-4: Jason Sagle – 59,000
51-6: Lauren Roberts – 60,800
51-7: Scott Stewart – 150,000
51-8: Ekrem Bozkurt – 59,200
51-9: Joe Reddick – 32,800
52-1: Justin Bonomo – 54,200
52-2: Eluterio Rodriguez – 52,300
52-3: Isaac Baron – 119,800
52-4: Austin Lewis – 75,000
52-6: James Romero – 30,000
52-7: Ian O’Hara – 69,200
52-8: Keith Lehr – 175,000
52-9: Joseph Cheong – 51,800
53-1: Kenn Pluard – 84,000
53-2: Nicolas Klugman – 28,800
53-3: Gal Yifrach – 112,500
53-4: Ted Jivkov – 28,800
53-6: Seth Davies – 54,300
53-7: Steve Yea – 145,900
53-8: Cord Garcia – 113,700
53-9: Govert Metaal – 86,000
54-1: Daniel Maor – 21,400
54-2: Scott Blumstein – 80,500
54-3: Andy Truong – 42,400
54-4: Jeremy Pekarek – 8,900
54-6: Leonard Maue – 58,100
54-7: Will Failla – 30,600
54-8: Madhusudhan Munagala – 112,900
54-9: Daniel Zack – 40,500
55-1: Paul Balzano – 66,300
55-2: Femi Fashakin – 54,200
55-3: Rene Lazaro – 53,800
55-4: Mukul Pahuja – 102,700
55-6: Jerry Robinson – 40,100
55-7: Jordan Cristos – 128,000
55-8: Asher Conniff – 82,600
55-9: Michael Turri – 61,400
56-1: Mark Radoja – 70,200
56-2: Hafiz Khan – 55,400
56-3: Tim Reilly – 59,500
56-4: Joe Hachem – 26,800
56-6: Paul Volpe – 42,000
56-7: Michael Walsh – 25,300
56-8: Eric Fields – 32,400
56-9: Nick Pupillo – 68,300
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