Event #7: $1,050 Mini Main Event Day 1a | 2021 WPT World Online Championships

Just 50 players remain after Day 1A of the WPT World Online Championships Mini Main Event, and it's Canadian Alexandru Baron who sits in the lead.

He is well clear of Matej Kukula and Sami Kelopuro in second and third place, after 336 players jumped into the tournament on Day 1A.

There are three more starting flights for players to enter, in order to grab a slice of the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

WPT World Online Championships Mini Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Alexandru Baron	Canada	4,853,183
2	Matej Kukula	Czech Republic	3,738,104
3	Sami Kelopuro	Finland	3,495,002
4	Tauan Naves	Brazil	2,776,361
5	Faraz Jaka	Brazil	2,631,951
6	Pascal Hartmann	Austria	2,601,269
7	Viacheslav Zaslavskii	Russia	2,589,302
8	Christos Argyriadis	Netherlands	3,541,675
9	Sean Ragozzini	New Zealand	2,430,607
10	Viktor Zsemlye	Austria	2,335,043

Second in chips Kelopuro is known as a high-stakes cash game player, once winning $1.3 million in just eight hours playing Pot-Limit Omaha on partypoker.

Other notables still in the tournament include Sam Greenwood, Dzmitry Urbanovich, Alexandros Kolonias, Simon Mattsson and Joao Vieira.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru Baron	4,853,183
Matej Kukula	3,738,104
Christos Argyriadis	3,541,675
Sami Kelopuro	3,495,002
Tauan Naves	2,776,361
Faraz Jaka	2,631,951	2,631,951
Pascal Hartmann	2,601,269
Viacheslav Zaslavskii	2,589,302
Sean Ragozzini	2,430,607
Viktor Zsemlye	2,335,043
Sam Greenwood	2,271,946
Jeffrey Reardon	2,211,035
Leonard Maue	2,191,863
Roman Matveichuk	1,964,301
Markus Prinz	1,810,045
Yulian Bogdanov	1,737,984
Nabil Cardoso	1,669,901
Alexandros Theologis	1,623,695
Dan Moran	1,556,419
Manfred Hermann	1,459,755
Felipe Ketzer	1,375,742
Harold Terwagne	1,102,311
Jerry Odeen	1,095,087
Daniel McAulay	1,014,797	1,014,797
Boris Angelov	954,059

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