Once again, it's Sunday and another big day on partypoker. After a hiatus last week, the feature game The Grand is back on the schedule this week. The $1,050 buy-in game with $200,000 in guaranteed prizes is the marquee game this Sunday, but there is other action on the go as well.
The Grand gets underway just after noon eastern time (6:05p.m. CEST), and with a couple hours to go before start, there are already almost 50 players in the mix. Day 1 phases are still underway for The Grand, and while players can buy 1,000,000 chips for $1,050 to start Day 2, they can also bring a bigger stack into Day 2 by playing an earlier phase. Currently the leader on Day 2 is Sihao Zhang with more than 2.6 million chips. Ukraine's Oleg Vasylchenko is second with 2.4 million, and the only other player with more than 2 million so far.
An hour later at 7:05p.m. CEST (1:05p.m. eastern) The Sunday 500 gets underway with $100,000 guaranteed for $530. Players get 500,000 chips for their buy-in the bounty game. There is still a lot of time left to get in the game, but there are a few players already waiting for the first cards to be dealt.
The final feature event this weekend is the The Weekender Final Day. For $109, players in The Weekender get a shot at Day 2 prizes of at least $100,000. There are still two Day 1 flights yet to run to set the final field, but 55 players have already qualified for the Final Day. The Weekender Final Day gets underway at 2:05p.m. eastern, or 8:05p.m. CEST, with 15 minute blind levels. Top stack going into the Final Day is "Sr Pichaco" with just over 2.4 million chips and almost $300 in bounties through their Day 1 play.
Blinds in The Grand are also 15 minutes, while The Sunday 500 blinds change every 12 minutes. PokerNews will be watching the action across partypoker today, bringing you updates on the big games, as well as everything you need to know about what's going on at partypoker this week. Happy Sunday, and good luck on the virtual felt today!
