partypoker Sunday LIVE

Live Updates August 1
Day: 1

Add Some Value to Your Play With partypoker's Magic Cards

partypoker Magic Cards
partypoker Magic Cards

partypoker is rapidly becoming the online poker site to play at if you love adding value to your poker session. partypoker players enjoy up to 40% weekly cashback, more than $60,000 worth of Daily Legends tickets each week via the Legend of the Week promotion, up to $1,000 extra cash from the Hot Tables feature, and now Magic cards is also a thing.

Magic Cards is the latest addition to partypoker's promotions. it gives players the chance to win a raft of free prizes, including $500 cash, just for playing their favorite games.

Everyone receives a free magic card every day. Head to the promotions tab of your partypoker account where you will find the Magic Cards waiting for you. Open it to be greeted with four face-down playing cards. Select one and it flips over to reveal your Magic cards Free Pick prize for the day.

Read on to find out more

Grand Prix KO Festival Draws to a Close

partypoker's Grand Prix Knockout Series
partypoker's Grand Prix Knockout Series

In addition to the Main Event and High Roller, there are four events remaining in the Grand Prix KO festival on partypoker.

They are the 6-Max Turbo and Hyper Finale, with over $100k in prize money guaranteed between them.

DateTimeEventBuy-inGuarantee
Sunday, 1 August21:15Grand Prix KO #13 6-Max Turbo$215$50,000
Sunday, 1 August21:15Grand Prix KO #14 Mini 6-Max Turbo$22$20,000
Monday, 2 August21:15Grand Prix KO #15 Hyper Finale$320$30,000
Monday, 2 August21:15Grand Prix KO #16 Mini Hyper Finale$33$15,000

Luiz Pinheiro Early Chip Leader in Grand Prix KO Main Event Day 1

Approaching the end of Level 4 in the Grand Prix KO Main Event Day 1, and Brazil's Luiz Pinheiro is leading the way. He sits with 239,894 chips from the 100,000 starting stack.

Also above starting stack includes partypoker Ambassadors Day Kotoviezy, Joao Simao, Jeff Gross and Jamie Staples. Meanwhile, Monika Zukowicz is languishing at the bottom of the counts.

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
25Day KotoviezyBrazil165,970
33Joao SimaoBrazil147,192
79Jeff GrossCanada113,189
115Jaime StaplesCanada104,980
299Monika ZukowiczMalta26,108

There are currently 298/315 players remaining with over an hour left of late registration.

Bernardino Leads Grand Prix KO #10 High Roller Final Day

Ahead of the last few flights of the Grand Prix KO High Roller, we thought we'd check out the chip leaders heading into the final day.

64 players have currently guaranteed their seats in the final day of this $500,000 guaranteed tournament.

Bruno Bernardino leads the way with 1.7 million, ahead of Elaine Yeomans and Jonathan Skovsen.

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Bruno BernardinoNetherlands1,721,235
2Elaine YeomansUnited Kingdom1,549,668
3Jonathan SkovsenDenmark1,484,876
4Mark PliskaHungary1,410,996
5Dan MoranUnited Kingdom1,349,694
6Alexandru BaronCanada1,238,101
7Mikhail SezonenkoUkraine1,232,167
8Leonid OrmanRussia1,135,841
9Arnaud EnslemeUnited Kingdom1,091,083
10Arsenii KarmatckiiRussia1,031,617

22 Players Remain in Grand Prix KO High Roller Day 1

Oleg Vasylchenko
Oleg Vasylchenko

Late registration in Grand Prix KO #10 High Roller Day 1 is over, midway through 15 levels. With 22/55 players remaining, Day 1 will finish when eight players remaining.

Here are the top 10 currently:

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Oleg VasylchenkoUkraine582,869
2Peter TrapslyHungary574,064
3Luan BarbosaBrazil436,295
4Patrick TardifCanada400,576
5Simon LofbergSweden382,443
6Pascal HartmannAustria355,709
7Daniel SmiljkovicCanada335,144
8Dario SammartinoRussia304,577
9Matthew StumpfCanada295,402
10Viacheslav ZaslavskiiRussia293,535

There are four more Day 1s for the Grand Prix KO High Roller, with the next starting in just over 15 minutes:

DateDayTime (GMT)Buy-inGuarantee
Sunday, 1 AugustGrand Prix KO #10 High Roller Day 117:05$530$500,000
Sunday, 1 AugustGrand Prix KO #10 High Roller Day 123:05$530$500,000
Monday, 2 AugustGrand Prix KO #10 High Roller Day 115:05$530$500,000
Monday, 2 AugustGrand Prix KO #10 High Roller Day 1 Turbo17:05$530$500,000
Monday, 2 AugustGrand Prix KO #10 High Roller Final Day20:05$530$500,000

partypoker Sunday LIVE Updates

partypoker's Grand Prix Knockout Series
partypoker's Grand Prix Knockout Series

Welcome to another week of partypoker Sunday LIVE updates here on PokerNews.

Tonight we bring you live updates from the partypoker Grand Prix KO Main Event, with several more Day 1s set to take place. The final day takes place tomorrow (Monday, 2 August) at 20:05 GMT so players only have a few more chances to lock up a seat.

Meanwhile, we'll also have the Grand Prix KO High Roller, the Sunday 500 as well as a satellite to the WPT Championship Main Event Day 1A which kicks off at 21:05,

Live Updates August 1

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