partypoker Sunday LIVE

Live Updates April 25
Day: 1

Staples vs Mikolaitis

Jaime Staples has jumped into The Big Game and is now sitting on an average stack after eliminating Dominykas Mikolaitis.

Staples held {5-Spades}{9-Spades} against his opponent's {q-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}. The board was {5-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} giving Staples two pair and sending his opponent to the rail.

Staples Elimination Big Game
Staples Elimination Big Game

Registration Closes in Big Game and High Roller Big Game

Late registration has closed in The Big Game with 386 players entering. The 183 players remaining are all eyeing the five-figure first prize. Here are the final table payouts.

PlacePayout (USD)
1$36,397
2$25,252
3$17,543
4$11,673
5$8,190
6$6,524
7$5,273
8$4,306
9$3,524

Meanwhile, 47 players remain in The High Roller Big Game with only 15 guaranteed to make the money.

PlacePayout (USD)
1$65,609
2$42,307
3$29,106
4$20,654
5$15,391
6$12,366
7$10,492
8$8,993
9$7,694

How to Play Private Poker Games Online on partypoker

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partypoker

Are you looking for the best mobile app to play private poker games online with your friends, family, and colleagues? Check out partypoker's private poker games club function that lets you invite others to come and play with you.

While playing online poker with friends has been all the rage, organising private poker games online has been nearly impossible if you wanted to play poker on a mobile device.

That's what makes the new partypoker option different and, at least in this very specific aspect, partypoker's Club Games the best app to organize private poker games online.

Learn how to set up your private poker game on partypoker

Koon Still Going Strong on Multiple Fronts

Jason Koon is one of many players making the most of this huge Sunday of online poker and is jumping into several high-profile events.

He's currently third in chips in both The High Roller Big Game and the $10,300 Super High Roller.

We'll keep an eye on both tournaments to see whether he continues to sit at the top end of the leaderboards.

Win Up To $500 Extra With partypoker's Hot Tables

partypoker Hot Tables
partypoker Hot Tables

There is a brand new promotion to get involved with over at partypoker that goes by the name of Hot Tables. This promotion makes it possible to win up to $500 extra from pots whenever you play cash games or fastforward poker.

There is no opting in required for the Hot Tables promotion, you simply head to no-limit hold’em or pot-limit Omaha cash and fastforward tables with stakes between $0.05/$0.10 and $0.50/$1.

Thousands of tables are randomly selected each day to become Hot Tables for a hand. partypoker adds between one and 500 big blinds to the pot which the winner of the hand takes away with them in addition to the pot. This means it is possible to win up to $500 extra if you are a $0.50/$1 player.

Learn how to join the Hot Tables on partypoker

Jaksland Leads Powerfest Main Event Day 1b

Peter Jaksland
Peter Jaksland

We are just under five levels into the Powerfest Main Event Day 1b, with Denmark's Peter Jaksland currently sitting atop he chip counts with 466,000.

Behind him comes Steven Watts, Gediminas Uselis, Patrice Brandt and Patrick Pedersen.

Late registration is still open for another two and a half hours, so there's plenty of time for others to join and enter the Main Event.

Break Time

As the players head on another break at the top of the hour, here are the standings in some of the key events we're keeping an eye on, with two partypoker Ambassadors chip leading in the High Roller Big Game and Powerfest Super High Roller.

EventEntriesPlayers RemainingChip LeaderRegistration Open?
Big Game38686Manuel Fritz AAustria)No
High Roller Big Game8917Jason Koon (Canada)No
Powerfest #27 Main Event Day 1B533435Gediminas Uselis (Lithuania)Yes
Powerfest #28 Super High Roller4537Mikita Badziakouski (Slovenia)Yes
Powerfest #29 High Roller Omaha2622Robert Young (Canada)Yes

New Powerfest Main Event Day 1B Chip Leader

The last few times we've checked in on the Powerfest Main Event Day 1B, it's been Gediminas Uselis at the top of the chip counts.

However it's all change, with Henrik Juncker, Steven Watts and Breixo González Peña occupying the first three positions of the leaderboard.

Uselis is still hanging around in fourth place, along with chip leader at the last break Peter Jaksland

Here is a list of notable players who are currently in the top 100, with 452/656 players remaining:

  • Anton Wigg
  • Niklas Astedt
  • Vicent Bosca Ramon
  • Lucas Reeves
  • Jack Sinclair (pictured)
  • Carl Froch
  • Bruno Botteon
  • Justin Ouimette
Jack Sinclair
Jack Sinclair