The WPT Grand is now finished, and Karim Maekelberg from Belgium made their way through 289 entries to take down the top prize of $57,124. Martin Sehested took second for $39,746.
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Day 1a of the WPT WOC Main Event is complete, and 59 players have secured a stack for Day 2 play. There was a total of 390 entries in the first flight of the Main, meaning they've already collected $1,950,000 of the $5 million prize pool.
Satellites are running now for Day 1b action, so there's still plenty of time to bag your stack for the Main Event!
The WPT Super $55 is the final feature game still in action, but it is nearing completion at the break. There are 6 players left in action now and Jiri Dusek is on top of the pile with more than 84 million.
Buta Raul-Vicentiu is the chip leader with 121 million chips now in WPT Super $55. Paul Veal and Kristian Frøysadal are splitting the rest pretty evenly.
Action is now finished on the big games across partypoker today, and it was a big one. WPT Super $215 and WPT Super $55 cracked their guarantees, with the $55 game building a prize pool nearly 30% above the guarantee. A few other games fell short of guarantee today, but overall it was a day of good prize pools.
The biggest game on offer didn't finish today, of course. Day 1a of WPT WOC Main Event played down from 390 entries to just 59 remaining before they quit for the day. Today's field put $1.95 million into the prize pool already, putting them more than 1/3rd of the way to the $5 million guarantee.
It took about 7.5 hours for Andras Nemeth from Hungary to bag the biggest stack of Day 1a. He finished the day with just over 4 million chips, but Steven Van Zadelhoff is right behind him with more than 3.75 million. Five players have more than 3 million chips to start Day 2.
Day 1a WPT WOC Main Event Top Ten Chips
Name
Country
Chips
Andras Nemeth
Hungary
4,047,290
Steven Van Zadelhoff
Netherlands
3,766,152
Luka Plenković
Croatia
3,416,465
Christopher Robin Frank
Austria
3,405,224
Manuel Fritz
Austria
3,177,876
Espen Uhlen Jørstad
Norway
2,840,391
Timo Kamphues
Austria
2,757,045
Kristian Zitting
Finland
2,430,762
Vadim Rata
Moldova
2,361,876
Alexander Ivarsson
Sweden
2,357,848
Team partypoker pro Jeff Gross was also among the players to find a Day 2 bag. He was the only member of Team Pro to make it through today's grinder, but he managed to put almost 1.3 million into his bag, good for 24th place.
No doubt Gross' fellow pros like Jaime Staples, Patrick Leonard, and others would love to replicate his feat on Day 1b any way they can get there. There are Day 1b satellites running now in the partypoker lobby, so you still have a chance to nab your stack for Day 2 of this huge event.
WPT Grand
Outside of the opening salvo in the $5 million Main Event, the biggest game of the day was the $300,000 guaranteed WPT Grand. A total of 289 entries came out to play this weekend, which wasn't quite enough to hit the guarantee. Karim Maekelberg from Belgium won the biggest share of the guarantee with $57,124 while Denmark's Martin Sehested won $39,746 for 2nd.
WPT Grand Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Karim Maekelberg
Belgium
$57,124
2
Martin Sehested
Denmark
$39,746
3
Pedro Marques
Portugal
$27,323
4
Michiel Brummelhuis
Netherlands
$18,222
5
Michael Gathy
Malta
$13,142
6
Viacheslav Zaslavskii
Russia
$10,548
7
Philipp Hofbauer
Austria
$8,597
8
Vincent Huang
New Zealand
$7,087
9
Elio Fox
Mexico
$5,869
WPT Weekender Final Day
The WPT Weekender Final Day had 214 players make the final day, all of whom were in the money already in this phased event. They were just shy of the $150,000 guarantee, collecting $145,300.
Luc Van Der Beek took down Patrice Brandt after a bit of a heads-up battle, winning $19,652 total compared to Brandt's total of $10,565.
WPT Weekender Final Day Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Bounty
Prize
Total Prizes
1
Luc Van Der Beek
Netherlands
$9,911
$9,741
$19,652
2
Patrice Brandt
United Kingdom
$841
$9,724
$10,565
3
Matheus Almeida
Brazil
$2,566
$6,419
$8,985
4
Matthias Judt
Malta
$566
$4,146
$4,712
5
Michael Nichols
United Kingdom
$1,808
$2,814
$4,622
6
Lubomir Mandev
Bulgaria
$741
$2,158
$2,899
7
Sergei Tretiak
Russia
$857
$1,576
$2,433
8
Julian Selinger
Malta
$536
$1,243
$1,779
9
Felipe Sena
Brazil
$434
$976
$1,410
WPT Super $530
The WPT Super $530 guaranteed $150,000, but it fell more than $30,000 short when 235 entries combined for $117,500 collected. That still left a healthy $14,059 up top in prizes for Maxim Mamonov to win, and he padded that up nicely with $17,267 more in bounty bonus.
UK grinder Jamie Nixon took second place for a combined prize of $15,793. Fellow Brit Patrice Brandt booked his second final table of the day, adding $4,591 total for 7th here to his $10,565 total wins for 2nd in the WPT Weekender Final Day.
WPT Super $530 Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Bounty
Prize
Total Prizes
1
Maxim Mamonov
Russia
$17,267
$14,059
$31,326
2
Jamie Nixon
United Kingdom
$1,753
$14,040
$15,793
3
Patrick Hyllegaard
Denmark
$3,638
$9,473
$13,111
4
Jonas Gjelstad
Norway
$2,781
$6,299
$9,080
5
Juergen Larson
Germany
$1,078
$4,600
$5,678
6
Joakim Andersson
Sweden
$1,374
$3,701
$5,075
7
Patrice Brandt
United Kingdom
$1,746
$2,845
$4,591
8
Kristine Mattfeld
Germany
$797
$2,368
$3,165
9
Alexandru Baron
Canada
$1,140
$1,984
$3,124
WPT Super $215
There were 534 entries in the WPT Super $215, and that meant they cracked the guarantee by almost 7%. The final prize pool was $106,800, and 87 players shared in that. Chasan Koula from Greece took down the biggest share with a win worth $16,630 total.
WPT Super $215 Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Bounty
Prize
Total Prizes
1
Chasan Koula
Greece
$9,245
$7,385
$16,630
2
David Carvell
Canada
$2,727
$7,374
$10,101
3
Daria Krashennikova
Russia
$1,867
$4,932
$6,799
4
Robin Sjögren Knutas
Sweden
$1,839
$3,226
$5,065
5
Zidane Van Dam
Netherlands
$2,398
$2,267
$4,665
6
Anton Bløndal
Denmark
$450
$1,721
$2,171
7
Ricardo Rocha
Brazil
$806
$1,283
$2,089
8
Karl-Joonatan Mets
Estonia
$1,285
$1,035
$2,320
9
Iurii Zakharov
Russia
$1,446
$835
$2,281
WPT Super $55
The WPT Super $55 was the most successful game of the game, clearing its guarantee by almost 30%. A total of 2,561 entries put the prize pool at $128,050 for this $100,000 guaranteed event.
Paul Veal from the United Kingdom was the final winner, staging a reversal on Buta Raul-Vicentiu who had a fairly big lead to start heads-up play. Veal banked $13,428 total while Raul-Vicentiu pocketed $9,184 in total.
WPT Super $55 Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Bounty
Prize
Total Prizes
1
Paul Veal
United Kingdom
$5,929
$7,499
$13,428
2
Buta Raul-Vicentiu
Romania
$1,700
$7,484
$9,184
3
Kristian Frøysadal
Norway
$460
$4,815
$5,275
4
Jiri Dusek
Czech Republic
$1,488
$3,163
$4,651
5
Jonatas Silva
Brazil
$748
$2,138
$2,886
6
Francisco Braga
Brazil
$668
$1,623
$2,291
7
Andre Marques
Brazil
$804
$1,172
$1,976
8
Vladislav Grisha
Russia
$539
$928
$1,467
9
Renato Ribeiro
Portugal
$896
$722
$1,618
That brings another partypoker Sunday LIVE to a close. Join us again here at PokerNews next Sunday when we bring you another big day of WPT action as the World Online Championships winds down. In the meantime, follow new developments from partypoker at our partypoker Hub.