Diaz already had some good results in major live poker events before he was put firmly onto the poker map when he won Event #12 of the 2011 WSOP, the $1,500 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em tournament. It was at this tournament that the poker world learned that Diaz was diagnosed with cancer aged just four years old and had beaten the illness, before becoming a successful poker pro. At the time, it was a great story but fast forward two year later and Diaz finds himself in the headlines for all of the wrong reasons.
"Looks like I'm kicked out of all harrahs propertis right now before dinner break with 100bb fml no main event this year," wrote Diaz on his Twitter feed.
"Because I was so drunk and harassing ppl at carnival court the other night but I don't remember any of this fml," he continued.
Although the WSOP is yet to issue a statement into Diaz's banning, it appears that Diaz had been partying at Carnival Court, which is a nightclub at Harrah's Las Vegas, and caused some disturbance while intoxicated.
Diaz has since apologised, again on Twitter, saying, "I would like to apologize to Harrahs, my friends, and to anyone my actions may have affected negatively. I made a mistake and plan to do everything in my power to make it right and take the proper steps so that nothing like this will ever happen again."
A number of Diaz's fellow professional poker players have jumped to his defence, but so far their pleas to reinstate Diaz have fallen on deaf ears. The likes of recent WSOP bracelet winner Matt Waxman Tweeted to Jack Effel, the tournament director for the WSOP, saying "The Rio needs this guy!" but so far the WSOP has refused to go back on the banning.
It is not the first time a poker player has been banned from the WSOP after an off-the-table matter. In 2011, Carter Gill found himself banned from all future WSOP events after admitting to throwing a girl's clothes out of his hotel room's window. Gill was allowed to compete at the 2012 WSOP after receiving a pardon from the WSOP's management.