Live Updates August 22 | partypoker Sunday LIVE

08-22-2021 17:41 UTC

More Than $200,000 Collected so Far in WPT Grand

Lyle Bateman

The total field in WPT Grand is now up to 213 entries, meaning they are less than $100,000 away from the guarantee. There's more than 90 minutes left in late registration, so this looks to be heading towards a pretty nice prize pool. There are no ambassadors figuring in the top end of the counts on this one yet, but the top stack already has almost 5 million chips.

Name	Country	Chips
Henrik Juncker	Denmark	4,999,339
Vitor Abreu	Portugal	3,756,285
Pavel Savin	Russia	3,571,860
Engbert Van Esch	Netherlands	3,242,362
Gert-Jan Albers	Netherlands	3,174,746
Alexandros Theologis	Greece	2,601,612
Daan Mulders	Austria	2,286,516

08-22-2021 17:33 UTC

Staples with Early Stack in WPT Sunday $530

Lyle Bateman

They are into Level 3 of WPT Sunday $530, and partypoker Team Online ambassador Jaime Staples is in the top five counts. The popular Canadian streamer announced on Twitter earlier in the day that he he'd be grinding today, but not streaming, and so far, it appears to be going well for him.

Staples is sitting on a 5th place stack of just over 200,000 while Pedro Madeira leads the way with one bounty and a stack of 233,348.

08-22-2021 17:26 UTC

Have Your Say: Rob Yong Wants Your Opinion

Lyle Bateman

With three huge series running this August on the virtual felt, Rob Yong poses a question to the poker world about participation and regulation. Have your say below!

It’s online series time again, @WSOP @WPT & WCOOP
— Rob Yong (@rob_yong_)

08-22-2021 17:07 UTC

WPT Super $530 and WPT Super $55 are Off and Running

Lyle Bateman

WPT Super $530 and WPT Super $55 are Off and Running

Two more games just kicked off after the top of the hour. WPT Super $530 is a WPT rebrand of The Sunday 500, with an increased $200,000 guarantee, while WPT Super $55 is a low buy-in, high-value game with $125,000 guaranteed.

WPT Super $530 gets underway with 68 entries to start the game, while the WPT Super $55 has almost 600 runners to start.

08-22-2021 16:58 UTC

Almost 180 Entries in WPT Grand so Far

Lyle Bateman

Here's a look at the top five stacks going to the first break of the day in the WPT branded The Grand today. There is still more than two hours to get into the game.

Name	Country	Chips
Vitor Abreu	Portugal	3,455,228
Henrik Juncker	Denmark	2,969,352
Engbert Van Esch	Netherlands	2,960,482
Alexandros Theologis	Greece	2,824,042
Daan Mulders	Austria	2,804,408

On deck after the top of the hour will be the WPT rebrand of The Sunday 500 with $200,000 guaranteed, as well as the WPT Super $55 with $125,000 guaranteed. There will be lots of action today, so stay tuned for updates through the day.

08-22-2021 16:44 UTC

Win Your Way to Cyprus

Lyle Bateman

partypoker and WPT are offering the chance to win your way into #MILLIONSNorthCyprus for a fraction of the face value. Satellites are live now with $9,000 packages up for grabs.

#MILLIONSNorthCyprus Satellite packages are live now. The $9,000 packages include a $5,300 Main Event entry + 10 ni… https://t.co/TvI8jZTFyA
— partypokerLIVE (@partypokerlive)

08-22-2021 16:36 UTC

WPT Grand has More Than $150,000 Collected So Far

Lyle Bateman

The WPT Grand isn't even 30 minutes old yet, and more than half the guarantee has already been collected. There are 157 entries in the game now, with 146 stacks still in play, meaning there's currently $158,994 collected so far. There is still 2.5 hours to get into the game, so things are looking good for a grand Grand today.

08-22-2021 16:31 UTC

Staples Grinding off the Grid Today

Lyle Bateman

It looks like partypoker Team Online phenom Jaime Staples is taking the day off from the Twitch streets today. You may still see him on the virtual felt, however, as it looks like he'll be playing without the Twitch camera turned on.

Playing a session off stream this afternoon. Good luck everyone in the WPT/WCOOP/WSOP action! #poker
— Jaime Staples (@jaimestaples)

Follow Jaime at https://www.twitch.tv/pokerstaples to catch live partypoker action every week.

08-22-2021 16:14 UTC

WPT Grand is Underway

Lyle Bateman

The WPT edition of The Grand, with an increased $300,000 guarantee is now off and running with cards in the air. There are already 119 entries in the game with more than $120,000 collected so far, but there's still almost three full hours to get into the game. Players can rebuy once if needed.

partypoker ambassador Joao Simao is among the early leader with 1,666,038, but Engbert Van Esch is the current leader with almost 2.9 million. Patrick Leonard is also making good on his #nevermissasunday hashtag as he's in action in this one as well already.