partypoker sponsored pro Louise Butler is offering up some free tickets on her Twitter. It's easy to get involved ... just like, retweet, follow, and comment with your partypoker username to be eligible.
There are 10 tickets to the 20k GTD Community KO, so there's a lot of potential in this giveaway. Head over to Butler's Twitter for your chance at a free entry to the $5.50 game, but check it out Thursdays for PKO fun.
Team partypoker member Monika "HeyMonia" Zukowicz has also bagged a stack for The Weekender Final Day. She joins fellow team member Jeff Gross in the final day's action. She starts the day with 410,365, and will have some work to do to get into the higher payouts, but everyone who bags a stack for The Weekender Final Day is guaranteed some money back.
Jeff Gross, veteran streamer and Team partypoker member, is in the Final Day of The Weekender. Gross has already bagged his stack of 681,658 chips, almost seven times the 100,000 start stack.
Last weekend, Gross made deep runs in both The Grand and The Sunday 500, final tabling The Grand, and coming 10th in The Sunday 500 for more than $8,000 total. This weekend, he'll be cashing in the third big Sunday game on partypoker, The Weekender Final Day, at the very least.
Gross hasn't been spotted in the other events yet, but there's a good chance he'll be firing a few of them.
The Sunday 500 is now underway with 49 players in action to start the day. Among the players are Team partypoker member and poker veteran John Duthie. Duthie jumped out to an early start with a few chips, and is currently sitting in fourth place early in Level 1.
There are two hours of late registration on this one, so there are bound to be more entries.
Team partypoker grinder Patrick Leonard is known for his dedication to the game. This Sunday, as always, he's in the mix of the Sunday action on partypoker with a big stack in The Grand.
Leonard has a top ten stack going into the first break in The Grand, but Ali Tariq, Vasco Batista and Nicholas Maimone are in the lead as the only players with more than 3 million chips. They've already collected more than half the guarantee with $108,000 collected so far, and there's still more than two hours left to get in the game.
Join Leonard on the virtual felt here today at partypoker, and #nevermissasunday.
It is the middle of the action-packed Grand Prix Knockout Series on partypoker, with $70,000 up for grabs in two one-day events on the go for today and $2.2 million guaranteed across the whole series. The series features multiple levels of buy-ins with strong guarantees for PKO action, and runs through August 2.
partypoker has pushed the boat out when it comes to adding value to these tournaments because some juicy guaranteed prize pools are waiting for you. They range from $15,000 to $500,000 (there is a trio of $500K guaranteed events). Total up all the prize pools, and you arrive at a cool $2.2 million.
Here is a look at the current chip leaders in The Grand. Team partypoker member Patrick Leonard is among the early leaders with nearly 2 million chips, and with action now in Level 2, there are 85 entries with 81 remaining in play.
| Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Vasco Batista | Netherlands | 2,327,424 |
| Ali Tariq | United Kingdom | 2,306,100 |
| Leon Sturm | Austria | 1,992,976 |
| Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | 1,940,400 |
| Yulien Bogdanov | Bulgaira | 1,841,931 |
| Mike Rodgrigues | Canada | 1,722,417 |
Action is now underway in The Grand, with $200,000 guaranteed. Mike Rodgrigues from Canada still leads the way in a field of 60 players with 1.925 million chips. Leon Sturm, Martein Van Esch, Shannon Thomsen and Fabio Sperling round out the top five, with Sperling bagging 1.666 million for the Final Phase.
There is three hours of late registration available, so lots of time to get in the game. Players can re-enter once if they bust before the registration period is over.
Stay tuned through the day for updates on The Grand and all the other action going on at partypoker today.
The partypoker LIVE MILLIONS tour is returning and doing so with a bang this September. partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus is penciled in from September 16, and features a massive $3 million guaranteed Main Event.
Like all major live poker tournaments, the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS tour succumb to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pablo Brito Silva was the last player crowned a partypoker LIVE MILLIONS champion when he won the MILLIONS South America Main Event back in February 2020. it has been a long and arduous wait for the MILLIONS to return, but that wait is almost over.
Another partypoker Sunday LIVE is set to go today with three big events as well as Grand Prix Knockout action. In addition to the regular big game action in The Grand, The Weekender Final Day, and The Sunday 500, there are day 1 flights for both the Grand Prix Main Event and Mini Main Event and single-day events #8 and #9 crowning winners today.
The Grand Prix is a two-week knockout series featuring low buy-ins but big guarantees. Today's Grand Prix action includes #08 7-Max Turbo for $215 with $50,000 guaranteed, and #09 Mini 7-Max Turbo for $22 with $20,000 guaranteed.
The big games today have $400,000 guaranteed between them. The Grand is the big one, as always. With $200,000 guaranteed, and a $1,050 entry fee, this real-name game brings out some of the best in the poker world. Last week it was Sweden's Niklas Astedt who took down the big prize of more than $45,000.
There are already 39 players waiting for action in The Grand, qualifiers in one of the Day 1 satellite flights. The innovative format gives players a chance to build a stack for the final day for less than full buy-in. Early phases of the tournament start at $2.20, and while players can buy 1 million chips for the final day for $1,050, they can also bring stacks forward from a Phase 3 game for $109. Currently the chip leader is Canadian Mark Rodrigues with more than 1.9 million, followed by Austrian Leon Sturm.
The Grand plays down to a winner today with 15 minute blind levels, and players have about 3 hours to get into the game, either with the direct buy-in option, or through Phase events running now on partypoker. There is also $100,000 each on offer in The Sunday 500 and The Weekender Final Day, two bounty events which start at 19:05 and 20:05 respectively.
The Sunday 500 is a $530 buy-in with $100,000 guaranteed. Players start the game with 500,000 in chips and play 12 minute levels until the day is finished. Players have a couple hours of late registration to get into the game, and they'll play till all the chips are in one stack.
The Weekender Final Day isn't a game players can register directly to. Players have to finish a Day 1 in the top 15% of the field to make the Final Day, and just getting to the Final Day is enough to earn a payday. Currently 60 players have booked Final Day seats for The Weekender, and the current chip leader is "bumhunt" with almost 1.8 million chips and $162 in bounties already.
| Time (CEST) | Event | Buy-In | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18:05 | The Grand | $1,050 | $200,000 |
| 19:05 | The Sunday 500 | $530 | $100,000 |
| 20:05 | The Weekender | $109 | $100,000 |
| 22:15 | Grand Prix #08 7-Max Turbo | $215 | $50,000 |
| 22:15 | Grand Prix #09 Mini 7-Max Turbo | $22 | $20,000 |
Action is set to get underway in about an hour, so stay tuned here at PokerNews throughout the day for action from the big events on partypoker.