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Live Updates September 12
Day: 1

Recent Eliminations and Short Stacks

Players that won't be advancing to Day 2 from Day 1C of the WPT World Online Championship Main Event include Wiktor Malinowski, David Peters as well as partypoker Ambassadors Isaac Haxton and Joni Jouhkimainen.

Short-stacked players include Niklas Astedt, Koray Aldemir, Sergio Aido, Rui Ferreira and Sosia Jiang, all of which are sitting on just over starting stack or below.

Staples Back in Top 10 as Late Registration Closes

Here are the top 10 chip counts shortly after late registration closed:

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Kenny HallaertUnited Kingdom1,412,727
2Benjamin RolleAustria1,355,257
3Leon SturmAustria1,325,391
4Daniel SmiljkovicAustria1,226,306
5Jaime StaplesCanada1,217,766
6Steffan JohansenDenmark1,200,124
7Simeon de MaertelaereFrance1,172,256
8Andrii DerzhypilskyiUkraine1,147,953
9Rayan ChamasCanada1,108,769
10Mike WatsonCanada1,093,262

Day 1C of the WPT World Online Championship Main Event will conclude when 52 players remain. There are currently 147 players from a starting field of 346 players.

Checking in on the Mini Main Event

There are plenty of big names in action over in the $1,050 WPT WOC Mini Main Event.

Leading the 278/566 player field is Italia Mustapha Kanit, with the likes of Shawn Buchanan, Sergio Aido, Lars Kamphues and Anatoly Filatov not far behind him.

Like the Main Event, there's only a handful of minutes left of late registration in that one.

30 Minutes Left of Late Registration

With 175 of 331 players remaining, there is just 30 minutes of late registration remaining on day 1C of WPT World Online championships Main Event.

Familiar names towards the top of the counts are Steffan Johansen, Benjamin Rolle, Kenny Hallaert and Mike Watson - all of which sit with over a million in chips.

A reminder that the tournament will play down to 15% of the field remaining.

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Addamo Shoves on Staples

Addamo vs Staples
Addamo vs Staples

Jaime Staples had chipped up to feature in the top ten chip counts in the WPT World Online Championships Main Event Day 1C.

He Staples opened to 10,500 and Michael Addamo three-bet to 37,500. Staples called.

The flop was {9-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Addam continued for 19,593. Staples thought about it before calling, with the {k-Hearts} on the turn.

Addamo continued for 39,147 and Staples called again.

The river was the {7-Diamonds}. Addamo shoved for 134,668 into a pot of around 196,000 and Staples ultimately folded.

Recent Eliminations

Several players have all been eliminated from Day 1C of the WPT World Online Championships Main Event.

They include Sylvain Loosli, Niklas Astedt, Joao Vieira, partypoker Ambassador Patrick Leonard, Sami Kelopuro and Eelis Parssinen.

All players have the chance of a single re-entry, but Leonard has used both of his entries and is therefore out for good.

Yuan Yuan Li First Player Over One Million Chips

With late registration still open for another ninety minutes, there are 223/300 players remaining in Day 1C of the WPT World Online Championships Main Event.

Leading the way is Yuan Yuan Li who is the first player over a million chips. Here are the top ten chip counts:L

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Yuan Yuan LiCanada1,072,940
2Lauri VaronenFinland771,690
3Simon HigginsAustria737,317
4Michael WatsonCanada722,213
5Murat ArikanNetherlands722,263
6Johannes van BemmelNetherlands711,428
7Manfred RathAustria698,893
8Aleksejs PonakovsEstonia647,313
9Steffan JohansenDenmark644,587
10Daniel SmiljkovicAustria634,878