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.
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 |
Jaime Staples is on fire early in WPT Super $530 with two bounties and the biggest stack in the game now. Staples has a pretty solid record while streaming on his Twitch channel, but decided to play today with the cameras turned off.
It doesn't seem to have affected his play, as he already has half his buy-in back in bounties, and more than 365,000 chips, the only player with more than 300,000.
There are now 1,360 total entries in the WPT Super $55, which means they are more than halfway to the guarantee of $125,000. With more than an hour get into the game, and one rebuy per player, the guarantee is definitely under threat today.
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is excited about the Sunday Grind. Are you ready to play today?
| Name | Country | Bounty | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaime Staples | Canada | $250 | 371,342 |
| Espen Jorstad | Norway | $125 | 338,874 |
| Chloe Packer | United Kingdom | $125 | 273,536 |
| Vicente Zamorano | Andorra | $125 | 255,135 |
| Joakim Svederman | Sweden | $125 | 236,917 |
| Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Henrik Juncker | Denmark | 4,215,223 |
| David Yan | New Zealand | 4,070,329 |
| Vitor Abreu | Portugal | 4,009,227 |
| Dmitriy Kucher | Russia | 3,678,067 |
| Lukas Kobrle | Czech Republic | 3,664,152 |
The action is fast and furious here at partypoker Sunday LIVE today with three more games kicking off shortly. The WPT Weekender Final Day is now running with 203 players to start the day. As always with The Weekender, everyone who makes the final day is in the money, and everyone today is guaranteed at least $128, but there is more than $10,000 up top for the win.
Also underway now are the WPT Super $109 and the WPT Super $320. With $125,000 and $150,000 guaranteed respectively, there's a lot of value to be had in these games. There are 220 entries in the WPT Super $109, while the $320 buy-in has 129 entries so far.
The final big game of the day, the WPT 7-Max Turbo Knockout, kicks off in two hours.
| Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Hyllegaard | Denmark | 5,071,649 |
| Sergi Reixach | Spain | 4,606,951 |
| Caio Pessagno | Brazil | 4,367,066 |
| David Yan | New Zealand | 4,238,328 |
| Bradley Gudgeon | United Kingdom | 4,161,801 |
| Name | Country | Bounty | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Llacer | Spain | $312 | 406,227 |
| Jaime Staples | Canada | $250 | 388,322 |
| József Liszkovics | Hungary | $312 | 359,538 |
| Espen Jorstad | Norway | $125 | 343,978 |
| Vicente Zamorano | Andorra | $250 | 324,750 |
Team partypoker member Louise Butler is dressed to play today, bringing her best look to the virtual felt for this huge WPT Sunday. Good luck to Butler and everyone else taking a shot at WPT glory today!
Both of the Brothers' Staples are in action today, and doing well in early play. Jaime Staples is still sitting second in chips in the WPT Sunday $530, while younger brother Matthew Staples is third in chips very early in the WPT Super $320. He has $75 in bounties with nearly 250,000 chips in the smaller game, while his big brother has $250 in bounties and almost 425,000 in chips in the bigger game.