Event #8: $530 WPT500 Knockout, $1m GTD Day 2 | 2021 WPT Online Series by partypoker

Event #8: $530 WPT500 Knockout, $1m GTD

Day 2 Completed

05-25-2021 11:44 UTC

Yulian Bogdanov Leads Final Table of the $1M GTD WPT500 Knockout at partypoker

Jason Glatzer

The WPT Online Series: Event #8 WPT500 Knockout at partypoker witnessed the Day 2 field of 307 entrants played down to just a final table of nine hopefuls.

The final table will kick off at 8:05 p.m. BST with Bulgaria's Yulian Bogdanov as the table captain with a massive stack of 273,438,567 in chips for 109 big blinds.

Caio Pessagno, Michiel Brummelhuis, Manfred Hermann, and Diogo Coelho all virtually bagged nine-figure stacks with Fabiano Kovalski, Jerry Wong, [Removed:533], and Sebastian Hoyos Villegas all advancing with short stacks.

The event itself is another success story for both partypoker and the WPT with the opening flights attracting 2,054 entries for a $1,027,000 prize pool to smash the $1 million guarantee.

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WPT500 Knockout Final Table Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Yulian Bogdanov	Bulgaria	273,438,567	109
2	Caio Pessagno	Brazil	185,042,562	74
3	Michiel Brummelhuis	Netherlands	144,257,498	58
4	Manfred Hermann	Germany	138,431,397	55
5	Diogo Coelho	Portugal	109,895,953	44
6	Fabiano Kovalski	Brazil	57,597,944	23
7	Jerry Wong	United States	48,226,309	19
8	[Removed:533]	Canada	47,103,570	19
9	Sebastian Hoyos Villegas	Colombia	18,920,551	8

Day 2 Action

Day 2 began with all 307 entrants in the money for at least a $538 min-cash in addition to any bounties collected.

partypoker Ambassadors Jaime Staples (125th - $736 prize + $922 in bounties), Kristen Bicknell (161st - $663 prize + $125 in bounties), Joao Simao (211th - $598 prize + $516 in bounties), were all among the hundreds of players to hit the rail in the money on Day 2.

The day ended after Brazil's Daniel Camelo Da Silva was eliminated in 10th place for $4,546 plus $1,070 in bounties.

Final Table Payouts

The final table kicks off on Tuesday, May 25 at 8:05 p.m. GMT at Level 23 with blinds at 1.2M/2.5M/315Ka. Blinds will increase very slowly at 24 minutes each giving plenty of time for players, even those with short stacks, to make their moves.

All players at the final table are guaranteed at least a ninth-place prize of $6,064 with the winner slated to receive a $62,240 top prize and second place getting almost as much with a $62,136 runner-up prize. This is, of course, on top of any bounties collected with the winner often collecting nearly as much in bounties (if not more) as the top prize.

Place	Prize
1	$62,240
2	$62,136
3	$40,019
4	$26,321
5	$17,817
6	$13,541
7	$9,797
8	$7,772
9	$6,064

Player	Chips	Progress
Yulian Bogdanov	273,438,567 273,438,567	273,438,567
Caio Pessagno	185,042,562 185,042,562	185,042,562
Michiel Brummelhuis	144,257,498 144,257,498	144,257,498
Manfred Hermann	138,431,397 138,431,397	138,431,397
Diogo Coelho	109,895,953 109,895,953	109,895,953
Fabiano Kovalski	57,597,944 57,597,944	57,597,944
Jerry Wong	48,226,309 48,226,309	48,226,309
[Removed:533]	47,103,570 47,103,570	47,103,570
Sebastian Hoyos Villegas	18,920,551 18,920,551	18,920,551

Event #8: $530 WPT500 Knockout, $1m GTD

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