partypoker Ambassador Mikita Badziakouski has just bubbled The High Roller Big Game which means that there are 16 players left in the tournament who have all cashed at least $6,035.
His fellow partypoker representatives Jason Koon and Patrick Leonard are still left in the running for that top prize of $72,345.
With 102 entries in the MILLIONS Online #26 High Roller, the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool has already been surpassed with around an hour of late registration still possible.
The late registration period of Day 1a of the WPT500 has closed with 393 entries to collect $196,500 to contribute to the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
With several more flights to come over the next week, the tournament is well on its way to surpass the amount that has already been set aside for it.
There are currently 255 players left in the tournament and as the field plays down to the final 15%, at least 59 players need to remain to signal the end of the day.
Rok Gostisa was the unlucky player who would finish in tenth place which means that there are nine players left for the final table.
Heading into the final table with the chip lead is Sweden's Niklas Astedt. He is joined by Teun Mulder, Tyler Cornell, Christoph Vogelsang, Koray Aldemir, Steve O'Dwyer, Andrii Novak, Joakim Andersson, and Stoyan Karastoykov .
A hefty $72,345 is waiting for whoever finished in the first place so there's loads left to play for as the ninth-place finisher cashes for $9,053.
The late registration and reentry period of the MILLIONS Online #26 High Roller has now closed with 116 entries. A total prize pool of $1,160,000 has been created and 20 players will be in the money for at least $20,351 while the winner on Monday, March 8 will walk away with $273,679.
Day 1 ends once the money has been reached.
This is what the 53 remaining players are battling for:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $273,679 |
| 2 | $186,243 |
| 3 | $130,538 |
| 4 | $89,472 |
| 5 | $65,845 |
| 6 | $51,284 |
| 7 | $41,484 |
| 8-9 | $34,490 |
| 10-11 | $29,137 |
| 12-14 | $24,032 |
| 15-20 | $20,351 |
With the elimination of Teun Mulder in third place, Joakim Andersson held the chip lead with 92,574,806 in chips against his fellow countryman, Niklas Astedt, who had 28,125,194 behind. They promptly decided to discuss a deal and agree upon the numbers for the tournament to finish immediately.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joakim Andersson | Sweden | $67,570* |
| 2 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | $56,630* |
| 3 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | $37,085 |
| 4 | Tyler Cornell | United States | $26,403 |
| 5 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | $19,614 |
| 6 | Andrii Novak | Ukraine | $15,088 |
| 7 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | $12,824 |
| 8 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | $10,712 |
| 9 | Stoyan Karastoykov | Bulgaria | $9,053 |
*reflects a heads-up deal
Rok Gostisa bubbled the final table for $7,544 with Christian Rudolph and Benjamin Chalot cashing the same amount. partypoker Ambassadors Patrick Leonard and Jason Koon both mincashed together with Roberto Romanello and Kevin MacDonald while Mikita Badziakouski bubbled the money stages.
There are currently 28 players left in the MILLIONS Online #26 High Roller with 20 of them getting paid and making it through to the final day.
Leading the pack right now is Daan Mulders followed by Samuel Vousden, Daniel Dvoress, Christian Rudolph, and partypoker Ambassador Mikita Badziakouski.
Day 1a of the WPT500 is coming close to the end of the day as there are currently 61 players left in the tournament with 59 of them making it through to Day 2 on Monday, March 15.
Day 1a of the partypoker WPT500 has just come to an end with 59 players out of 393 entries making it through to Day 2 on Monday, March 15 at 8:05 p.m. GMT who will battle it out for a share of at least $1,000,000.
Roman Matveichuk claims the Day 1a chip lead with 10,131,678 chips. He is followed by Pedro Jorge, Gustavo Masteletto , Ewald Mahr Olivera, and Jerry Odeen in the top five of the counts.
Other familiar names who have bagged "virtual" chips include Justin Ouimette, Kenny Hallaert, Josip Simunic, Sylvain Loosli, Daniel Smiljkovic, Tomas Jozonis, Joakim Andersson (who won The High Roller Big Game earlier tonight), Preben Stokkan, and Andres Korn.
When play resumes on Day 2, the first level of the day will feature a small blind of 25,000, a big blind of 50,000, and a running ante of 6,250 and the levels will increase to 16 minutes. Play will continue until the final table has been reached.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roman Matveichuk | Russia | 10,131,678 | 203 |
| 2 | Pedro Jorge | Malta | 9,508,747 | 190 |
| 3 | Gustavo Masteletto | Brazil | 9,130,880 | 183 |
| 4 | Ewald Mahr Olivera | Peru | 8,135,585 | 163 |
| 5 | Jerry Odeen | Sweden | 7,499,188 | 150 |
| 6 | James Rann | United Kingdom | 6,516,897 | 130 |
| 7 | Breixo González Peña | Mexico | 6,228,084 | 125 |
| 8 | Rick Hutting | Netherlands | 6,133,970 | 123 |
| 9 | Dominykas Mikolaitis | Lithuania | 5,844,969 | 117 |
| 10 | Nino Ullmann | Austria | 5,389,008 | 108 |
Day 1b-1h shuffle up and deal at 8:05 p.m. between March 8-14. The final flight is a turbo Day 1 at the slightly earlier time of 5:05 p.m. GMT on March 15. It follows the same format as the other flights, except it plays to a seven-minute clock instead of 12-minutes.
Late registration is open until the end of the 12th level and only a single re-entry per flight is permitted. You can play in as many Day 1s as you wish, but only your largest stack goes through with you to Day 2 if you progress more than once.