Panka Second in Chips After WPT World Online Championships Main Event Day 1a
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Day 1a of the World Poker Tour World Online Championships Main Event on partypoker kicked off yesterday with 521 players generating a prize pool of $5,210,000.
80 players advanced to Day 2 including partypoker Ambassadors Philipp Gruissem and Dzmitry Urbanovich.
Leading the way is Slovenia's Blaž Žerjav who bagged 4.4 million chips, ahead of Dominik Panka (2.8 million), Shaun Deeb (2.7 million) and Antonio Pedro (2.7 million).
WPT WOC Main Event Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaž Žerjav | Slovenia | 4,400,000 |
| 2 | Dominik Panka | Poland | 2,800,000 |
| 3 | Shaun Deeb | Mexico | 2,700,000 |
| 4 | Antonio Pedro | Netherlands | 2,700,000 |
| 5 | Upeshka De Silva | Mexico | 2,700,000 |
| 6 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 2,400,000 |
| 7 | Pieter Aerts | Belgium | 2,400,000 |
| 8 | László Molnár | Hungary | 2,100,000 |
| 9 | [Removed:174] | Lithuania | 2,000,000 |
| 10 | Viktor Kudinov | Russia | 2,000,000 |
WPT Champions through to Day 2 are Dylan Linde (1.9 million), Ole Schemion (1.7 million), Juha Helppi (1.5 million), Scott Margereson (809,000), Alex Foxen (676,000) and Ryan Riess (400,000).
Other notables include Kenny Hallaert (1.7 million), Gianluca Speranza (1.6 million), Jack Sinclair (1.2 million), Steve O'Dwyer (1 million), Kahle Burns (950,000), two-time WPT DeepStacks Europe winner Ioannis Angelou-Konstas (940,000), Dimitar Danchev (910,000), Jorryt van Hoof (780,000), Joao Vieira (640,000), Alexandros Kolonias (638,000), Chance Kornuth (622,000), Stefan Schillhabel (563,000) and Pauli Ayras (464,000).
WPT WOC Main Event Schedule
Day 1b of the World Poker Tour World Online Championships Main Event takes place on Sunday, 13 September at 19:05 (BST). The buy-in is $10,300 with satellites now running where you can win your way in for just $2.20.
Of course, there are also the WPTWOC edition SPINS tournaments. SPINS are partypoker’s take on jackpot sit & go games and these special edition SPINS make it possible to turn a $10 buy-in into a $10,300 ticket in literally a couple of minutes.
| Multiplier | Prize | Frequency in 1M Games |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $20 cash | 407,229 |
| 3.3 | $33 WPTWOC ticket | 591,640 |
| 32 | $320 WPTWOC ticket | 1,000 |
| 105 | $1,050 WPTWOC ticket | 100 |
| 320 | $3,200 WPTWOC ticket | 30 |
| 1,030 | $10,300 WPTWOC ticket | 1 |
WPT World Online Championships Winners
| Date | Event | Field | Prize pool | Winner | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/21/20 | Event #1: $3,200 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship | 145 | $500,000 | Paul Tedeschi | $92,105 |
| 7/28/20 | Event #2: $3,200 Pot Limit Omaha Championship | 342 | $1,026,000 | Alex Manzano | $176,132 |
| 8/4/20 | Event #3: $3,200 8-Max Championship | 1,062 | $3,186,000 | Gavin Cochrane | $540,664 |
| 8/11/20 | Event #4: $3,200 6-Max Championship | 999 | $3,000,000 | Nick Petrangelo | $494,550 |
| 8/18/20 | Event #5: $3,200 Knockout Championship | 1,035 | $3,105,000 | Daniel Smyth | $413,391 |
| 8/25/20 | Event #6: $3,200 Mix-Max Championship | 989 | $3,000,000 | Andrey Kotelnikov | $488,508 |
| 9/1/20 | Event #7: Micro Main Event Championship | 8,465 | $1,000,000 | Luiz Antonio Silva | $488,508 |
Play in the WPT World Online Championships on partypoker
In order to play in the WPT WOC you need to sign up for a partypoker account. Download partypoker via PokerNews and receive up to $30 worth of SPINS jackpot sit & go tickets when you make your first deposit.
Deposit $10 to receive $10 worth of free play, made up of:
- Day 1 = 1 x $5 SPINS ticket + 5 x $0.25 SPINS tickets
- Day 2 = 5 x $0.25 SPINS tickets
- Day 4 = 5 x $0.25 SPINS tickets
- Day 6 = 5 x $0.25 SPINS tickets
Up your initial deposit to $20 and $30 worth of free play is yours, made up of:
- Day 1 = 1x $5 SPINS ticket + 5 x $1 SPINS tickets
- Day 2 = 1 x $5 SPINS tickes + 5x $1 SPINS tickets
- Day 4 = 4 x $1 SPINS tickets
- Day 5 = 2 x $3 SPINS tickets
Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.
