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The 2016 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event concluded on Saturday with James Romero never relinquishing the chip lead he entered the final table with. Romero took down the tournament's top prize of $1,938,118.

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Romero, who competed against a tough final table which included Justin Bonomo, Jake Schindler and Igor Yaroshevskyy, was relatively unheard of in live tournament circles prior to his victory. According to The Hendon Mob, the Portland, Oregon native previously only recorded two live tournament cashes for a total of $4,699.

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2016 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	James Romero	$1,938,118*
2	Ryan Tosoc	$1,124,051
3	Jake Schindler	$736,579
4	Alex Condon	$494,889
5	Justin Bonomo	$345,272
6	Igor Yaroshevskyy	$268,545

_{*First-prize amount includes a $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.}

The tournament established a new WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event record with 791 entrants joining the field, including reentries. The previous record was established almost a decade ago, when in 2007, Ukraine's Eugene Katchalov outlasted a field of 664 entrants to bank $2,482,605, the biggest win of his poker career. The field size also tied the WPT record in $10,000 buy in events with the 2007 WPT L.A. Poker Classic, an event won by Eric Hershler for $2,429,970.

James Romero entered the final table with a significant lead of 9,860,000, or more than double that of Day 4 chip leader Ryan Tosoc, who was in second place with 4,465,000.

It took 59 hands before anyone was eliminated from the tournament. However, a trio of players then hit the rails in quick succession. First to go was Igor Yaroshevskyy in sixth place for $268,545 after he shoved all in for 14 big blinds with ace-ten and was unable to improve against Romero's queens.

Just two hands later, Justin Bonomo hit the showers in fifth place for $345,272, after he three-bet shoved 10 big blinds with pocket fives and received no assistance from the board after Jake Schindler called with sevens.

The next to go was Alex Condon, when three hands later, he shoved 12 big blinds with queen-nine. Romero called with fives and won the flip after the board ran out all blanks to eliminate Condon in fourth place for $494,889.

It wasn't for another two-and-a-half hours before the next elimination took place, when on the 120th hand of the final table, Jake Schindler exited the tournament in third place for $736,579. With blinds at 75,000/150,000 (ante 25,000) Schindler three-bet shoved 4,095,000 with pocket sixes and Romero called with king-jack. Romero spiked a pair on the king-high flop and heads-up play began after blanks appeared on the turn and river.

Romero, who already eliminated three of the four players to be eliminated, entered heads-up play at a seven-to-one chip advantage over his opponent, Tosoc. While Tosoc was able to chip-up a bit early in heads-up play, he found his stack going back down to where it started eventually.

On the 16th hand of heads-up play and the 136th hand of the final table, Tosoc shoved for 13 big blinds with pocket fives. Romero quickly called with kings and etched his name into the WPT history books by shipping the title and the $1,938,118 (including a $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions) after Tosoc's hand was unable to improv.

Ryan Tosoc collected the runner-up prize of $1,124,051 to bring his total career live tournament earnings to close to $1.5 million. According to The Hendon Mob, Tosoc's previous biggest prize came just a few months ago. In September he took fourth place as part of a four-way deal in the Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza for $125,523.

The World Poker Tour Season XV resumes in the new year when it heads to Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Jan. 29 to Feb. 3 for the $3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event, which features a $3 million guaranteed prize pool.

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[toc]Last season (Season XIV), the World Poker Tour replaced its season-ending Championship event with an invite-only Tournament of Champions.

The inaugural TOC was successful enough that for the second consecutive year, the WPT will host a Tournament Of Champions. Once again there will be plenty of added value.

The upcoming TOC will take place after the season-ending Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, capping off Season XV of the tour.

Why the WPT switched to the TOC

The change from the $15,000 Championship event to the TOC was spurred on by dwindling attendance numbers for the higher buy-in season finale. But even with the zeitgeist moving in that direction, the shift wasn’t without skeptics and criticism. This is because the Championship went from an open event to an invitation-only affair.

In the end 64 players participated in the inaugural event. This was in part due to the tournament being rake-free and the slew of additional prizes that WPT sponsors added, including a Corvette.

Who can play in the TOC?

By virtue of winning a WPT Season XV Championship event, the following 17 players have already punched their ticket to compete in the tournament.

So too will the winners of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event on March 31 and the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale on April 2:

Seth Davies, partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship
Andjelko Andrejevic, WPT Amsterdam
James Mackey, WPT Choctaw
Pat Lyons, WPT Legends of Poker
Jesse Sylvia, WPT Borgata Poker Open
Zachary Smiley, WPT Maryland Live!
Sam Panzica, WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble
Luis Rodriguez Cruz, partypoker WPT UK
Mike Sexton, partypoker.net WPT Montreal
Niall Farrell, partypoker WPT Caribbean
Oleg Vasylchenko, partypoker WPT Prague
James Romero, WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic
Daniel Weinman, WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open
Ema Zajmovic, partypoker.net WPT Playground
Darren Elias, WPT Fallsview Poker Classic
Daniel Strelitz, WPT L.A. Poker Classic
Mike Del Vecchio, WPT Rolling Thunder

In addition to the automatic qualifiers, all former WPT champions are welcome to enter the $15,000 buy-in tournament. And there are plenty of reasons for them to do so.

Plenty of added value for the TOC

Not only is the tournament rake-free, but it’s one of the few poker tournaments with value added to the prize pool. Players can thank the WPT’s generous sponsors for that.

Monster Headphones has added $100,000 to the prize pool. The winner of the 2016/2017 TOC will also receive:

A pair of Rose Gold Wireless Over-Ear Element Headphones from Monster
A Hublot® King Power Unico Carbon and Red watch
A custom premium poker table from BBO Poker Tables
A seat in Tiger’s Poker Night Presented by World Poker Tour
A one-week stay with Wyndham® Extra Holidays
2018 Audi S5 Coupe courtesy of Monster

Said Adam Pliska, CEO of the World Poker Tour:

“It is the World Poker Tour’s honor to celebrate its winners with the season-ending Monster WPT Tournament of Champions. We are incredibly thankful to all of our great partners for their significant contributions to the Season XV Monster WPT Tournament of Champions prize pool, as they have allowed the WPT to create an impressive overlay of cash and prizes in this rake-free event.

The WPT Champions Club is composed of the game’s most prestigious champions, but only one will be crowned the champion of champions this April and drive off in a brand new Audi S5.”

In addition to the winner’s package, all participants in the Season XV Monster WPT Tournament of Champions will receive a custom-fitted pair of sunglasses from Maui Jim®. Each member of the six-handed, televised final table will also receive a Monster Superstar Ravebox.

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