Daniel Alaei Wins World Poker Tour Five Diamond Classic

Daniel Alaei defeated Josh Arieh in the World Poker Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic. He was able to bring home the $1,428,430 as the first-place prize. Currently, he owns two WPT titles that goes with two World Series of Poker bracelets and has a rough estimation of $4million earnings in his poker tournaments.

Players that played in this tournament are also the best players all over the world. Aside from Josh Arieh, the final six tables were also composed of Steve O’Dwyer, Scott Nguyen, Faraz Jaka, and Shawn Buchanan.

Steve O’Dwyer made an exit on the 47th hand and Scotty Nguyen on the 57th hand. Competition on each of the players was very tight game. Nguyen was able to collect around $249, 976 when he left the place.

On the other hand, Shawn Buchanan was able to collect $333,302 for the whole tournament while Faraz Jaka earned around $571,374 when finishing the third round of the game.

Daniel Alaei and Josh Arieh made a close fight on the last game. Alaei had 10 hearts, and 8 diamonds as his card while Arieh holds 7 hearts and 7 spades and amde an all-in move while the flop shows 10 diamonds, 5 diamonds and 2 spades. It gave Alaei two pairs and the win against Arieh