The recent partnership between partypoker and Formula 1 team McLaren Racing is already paying dividends in the form of a new responsible gambling video from Australian Formula 1 star Daniel Ricciardo. In the new video, Ricciardo talks about the need for control at the highest levels of performance, and the need to know when to pit to be able to stay in the race.
With just under an hour left to go in registration, The Grand is nearing the $200,000 guarantee. With 197 entries currently, there is $197,312 collected so far, less than $3,000 off the guarantee. There are still 132 players left in action.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Konstantin Fetzer | United Kingdom | 4,472,035 |
| 2 | Enrico Camosci | Malta | 4,207,273 |
| 3 | Patrice Brandt | United Kingdom | 4,195,076 |
| 4 | Joris Ruijs | Netherlands | 3,890,053 |
| 5 | Eliu Gonzalez | Mexico | 3,499,386 |
| 6 | Ronan Sweeney | UInited Kingdom | 2,967,581 |
| 7 | Patrick Lauber | United Kingdom | 2,467,849 |
| 8 | Jaime Staples | Canada | 1,807,491 |
| 9 | Evangelos Raptis | Greece | 1,088,959 |
| 10 | Jeff Gross | United States | 449,806 |
With more than 30 minutes left in registration, the $200,000 guarantee has now been surpassed. There are currently 205 entries with 122 still left in action, putting the prize pool at $205,312 currently with time left for that to grow further.
Eliu Gonzalez is also the first player to gather more than 5 million chips, but the current top five all have more than 4 million.
Action in the World Cup of Cards (WCC) is set to begin just after the top of the hour with three big events on the schedule today. Day 1C of WCC #05: Main Event is the biggest one, with players looking for a seat in the $1 million guaranteed Day 2. Running alongside Day 1C of the big Main is WCC #06: Mini Main Day 1C, as well as WCC #10: Malibu Big Game with $500,000 guaranteed.
Stay tuned here all day for updates from all the big events on partypoker this Sunday. PokerNews will be updating the action through the day, so refresh often!
There are 219 entries total now with just over 20 minutes left in late registration, and 113 players left at the tables. For now, they are playing for $219,312, but that is sure to increase a bit further.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonah Silverstein | Canada | 7,689,789 |
| 2 | Aaron Dyson | United Kingdom | 5,500,890 |
| 3 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 5,133,031 |
| 4 | Michiel Brummelhuis | Netherlands | 4,472,197 |
| 5 | Konstantin Fetzer | United Kingdom | 4,318,990 |
The Daily Legends tournaments at partypoker have proven to be hugely popular thanks to their player-friendly formats. partypoker has slashed the late registration period, limited re-entries, and devised a structure that allows players to head to bed at a reasonable time without turning the tournament into a crap shoot.
Now is the time to try out some of those Daily Legends tournaments because partypoker has launched its Legend of the Week promotion that adds $60,000 worth of value to its Daily Legends schedule every week.
Legend of the Week sees you earn points for playing in selected Daily Legends tournaments from Monday through Saturday. Points are awarded for playing the eligible tournaments, but you earn far more by reaching a final table or by going all the way and becoming a Daily Legends champion.
The opening hands are being dealt in the three later games on Sunday's schedule. There are two Day 1C games running, for the Main Event and the Mini Main Event, as well as the one day WCC #10: Malibu Big Game with $500,000 guaranteed.
Currently, the Malibu has 52 entries for a little over half the guarantee collected so far and about three hours left to register. The Mini Main Event has 152 entries currently, while the big Main Event has 103 players at the tables.
Action is underway in the Malibu Big Game with 58 entries so far. Here is a look at a few of the big stacks in the game early.
Meanwhile, in the two Day 1Cs underway, Canadian Adam Boyd leads the way in the Mini Main, while Austrian Hannes Speiser is the leader in the Main Event Day 1C.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Sklenicka | Czech Republic | 2,515,265 |
| 2 | Florian Zusag | Austria | 2,168,420 |
| 3 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 2,024,625 |
Registration is now closed in The Grand with the final entries ending at 237. That means there is $237,312 in total to play for today, and currently just 86 players left in action.
A total of 39 players will get a share of the prizes today, with a minimum cash set at $2,091. First place in The Grand is set to take home $46,434 however, and everyone who makes the final nine is guaranteed at least $5,000.