Five-Star World Poker Classic Begins Tuesday

The Five-Star World Poker Classic begins on Tuesday, Mar. 31 at Bellagio in Las Vegas with a $500 SpadeClub.com no-limit hold’em event. The tournament series will feature 16 preliminary events, and the $25,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Championship. The series will end when the final table of the WPT Championship crowns a champion on Saturday, Apr. 25. All tournaments in the series will feature no-limit hold’em at various buy-ins, and there will be a seniors no-limit hold’em event that begins on Monday, Apr. 13.

Bellagio will also run multiple super-satellites for the WPT Championship. There will be $2,500 satellites hosted on Apr. 8, 15, and 17. There will be $1,500 satellites hosted on Apr. 15, 17, and 18. Starting times for the satellites are listed below. All tournament days begin at noon unless noted below. Here is a look at the full schedule:

Tuesday, Mar. 31: Event No. 1 ($500 SpadeClub.com no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, Apr. 1: Event No. 2 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, Apr. 2: Event No. 3 ($2,000 no-limit hold’em)
Friday, Apr. 3: Event No. 4 ($3,000 no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, Apr. 4: Event No. 5 ($5,000 no-limit hold’em)
Sunday, Apr. 5: Event No. 6 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Monday, Apr. 6: Event No. 7 ($2,000 no-limit hold’em)
Tuesday, Apr. 7: Event No. 8 ($3,000 no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, Apr. 8, 1 p.m.: Super Satellite ($2,500 no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, Apr. 9: Event No. 9 ($5,000 no-limit hold’em)
Friday, Apr. 10: Event No. 10 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, Apr. 11: Event No. 11 ($2,000 no-limit hold’em)
Sunday, Apr. 12: Event No. 12 ($3,000 no-limit hold’em)
Monday, Apr. 13: Event No. 13 ($1,500 seniors no-limit hold’em)
Tuesday, Apr. 14, 1 p.m.: Event No. 14 ($5,000 no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, Apr. 15, 1 p.m.: Super Satellite ($2,500 no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, Apr. 15, 10 p.m.: Super Satellite ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, Apr. 16: Event No. 15 ($5,000 no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, Apr. 16, 10 p.m.: Super Satellite ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Friday, Apr. 17, 1 p.m.: Super Satellite ($2,500 no-limit hold’em)
Friday, Apr. 17, 10 p.m.: Super Satellite ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, Apr. 18, 10 p.m.: Super Satellite ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, Apr. 23: Event No. 17 ($500 no-limit hold’em)

World Poker Tour Championship ($25,000 no-limit hold’em)

Saturday, Apr. 18: Day 1A
Sunday, Apr. 19: Day 1B
Monday, Apr. 20: Day 2
Tuesday, Apr. 21: Day 3
Wednesday, Apr. 22: Day 4
Thursday, Apr. 23: Day 5
Friday, Apr. 24: Day 6
Saturday, Apr. 25: Final table

2008 WPT Championship

Buy-in: $25,500
Number of Entries: 545
Total Prize Pool: $13,216,250
First-Place Prize: $3,389,140
Places Paid: 100

Final-Table Results:

1: David Chiu -- $3,389,140
2: Gus Hansen -- $1,714,800
3: John Roveto -- $923,355
4: Cory Carroll -- $593,645
5: Tommy Le -- $395,725
6: Jeff King -- $263,815

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