Ryan Tosoc, a Chicago-based poker player, ended Day 4 of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic $10,400 Main Event as the chip leader, scooping a massive stack of almost 3.5 million in chips. Tocos is leading a company of 19 survivors into the tournament’s fifth day and is the only one to have passed the 3-million mark.
The player has not cashed in a WPT event so far. However, he has appeared in quite a lot of WSOP and WSOP Circuit tournaments, among others, over the years and has cashed in some of them. His live tournament winnings at present stand at $362,586; biggest live cash of $125,523 coming from a fourth-place finish in a $3,500 DeepStack Extravaganza event played at The Venetian Las Vegas this September.
Tosoc emerged chip leader after a noteworthy three-way confrontation that also included Christian Christner and Jared Jaffee. Here is how the hand was actually played. Tosoc raised to 45,000 from under the gun to see Christner shove from the small blind for his last 537,000 and Jaffee call from the big blind. Tosoc, too, moved all in for 1.391 million. Jaffee took a while before calling with a pair of kings. Tosoc tabled pocket aces and Christner turned over pocket threes.
The board ran out [6c][4c][2h][6h][8c] securing Tosoc with the pot and the chip lead, leaving Jaffee with no more than 700,000 in chips, and sending Christner to the rail in 22nd place.
It is also important to note as a big Day 4 highlight that the bubble burst shortly after cards were thrown in the air. The tournament’s fourth day began with 75 hopefuls aiming to make it to the money. The event’s top 72 places are to get paid. Jerry Wong became the unlucky bubble boy, getting busted in 73rd place by start-of-the-day chip leader Ryan Hughes.
Speaking of Hughes, his terrific run in the tournament came to an end, unfortunately. The player finished as the chip leader on Days 2 and 3 but got eliminated on Day 4. At least, he left with a payout. The player went out in 21st after failing to survive through a confrontation against Justin Bonomo. Hughes collected $45,269 for his efforts.
Day 5 is set to begin at noon Las Vegas time at the Bellagio. All 19 survivors are guaranteed a minimum payout of $45,269. They will be playing down to the official six-handed final table, which is scheduled for Saturday, December 10.
As reported on previous occasions, this year’s WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic $10,400 Main Event shattered any record in the event’s fifteen year history, attracting a field of 791 entrants. A prize pool of more than $7.6 million was accumulated to be distributed to the top 72 finishers. In addition to being crowned the victor of the last WPT Main Tour Main Event for the year, the winner will collect a terrific first-place prize of $1,938,118.
