Live Updates August 15
Day 1 Completed
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Live Updates August 15
Day: 1
Another partypoker Sunday LIVE is wrapped up with the end of The Weekender Final Day. Only one of the feature games today hit its guarantee, but The Grand was almost 25% above with more than $245,000 in prizes. The Sunday 500 missed the guarantee by $6,000 while The Weekender Final Day was just $100 short of the $100,000 guarantee.
The Grand
The Grand played down to a winner in just over 9 hours, and the final two players chopped it up after Canadian Sebastian Sikorski was eliminated in third place. Niklas Åstedt from Sweden won the top prize of $40,832, but Brazil's Bruno Volkmann won almost as much for second with $40,732. The rest of the final table payouts are below.
The Final Table
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niklas Åstedt | Sweden | $40,832 | |
| 2 | Bruno Volkmann | Brazil | $40,732 | |
| 3 | Sebastian Sikorski | Canada | $23,159 | |
| 4 | Aleksandr Shevelev | Russia | $15,562 | |
| 5 | Sihao Zhang | Luxembourg | $11,445 | |
| 6 | Preben Stokkan | United Kingdom | $9,255 | |
| 7 | Ottomar Ladva | Estonia | $7,608 | |
| 8 | József Liszkovics | Hungary | $6,334 | |
| 9 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | $5,305 |
The Sunday 500
The Sunday 500 was the first of the feature games to finish today with just under 7.5 hours of play time. "Zolov334" won $20,914 combined in the bounty event for the win, while second place "MayaRunGood" banked more than $11,000 combined.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Bounty | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Zolov334" | $12,546 | $8,368 |
| 2 | "MayaRunGood" | $2,813 | $8,357 |
| 3 | "Ubermensch" | $1,094 | $5,674 |
| 4 | "Natthiko" | $3,031 | $3,786 |
| 5 | "SovseFlemming99" | $1,531 | $2,721 |
| 6 | "Player4544" | $766 | $2,127 |
| 7 | "Danny Leee" | $375 | $1,612 |
The Weekender Final Day
The Weekender Final Day was the last big game to finish today, even though it only clocked in at just over 7.5 hours. It was the last game to start in the day though, so it was also the last to finish. "Hematogen" won more than $12,000 with bounties included, almost 50% more than the $8,452 combined for second place "Scelevco".
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Bounty | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hematogen" | $5,566 | $6,538 |
| 2 | "Scelevco" | $1,925 | $6,527 |
| 3 | "Shyfflowich" | $1,142 | $4,324 |
| 4 | "TonySopran0" | $1,056 | $2,803 |
| 5 | "UAshDiPAllet" | $1,572 | $1,912 |
| 6 | "lastalias" | $406 | $1,473 |
| 7 | "hidude" | $593 | $1,082 |
| 8 | "Zoula" | $1,043 | $860 |
| 9 | "robturf" | $100 | $680 |
That's another Sunday wrapped up for partypoker Sunday LIVE. Join us here at PokerNews again next week for all the Sunday LIVE action!
The WPT World Online Championships (WPTWOC) was one of the highlights on the online poker tournament calendar during 2020, so partypoker is delighted to run the festival again this year. Those of you wanting to attempt to become a WPT champion do not have long to wait to begin your quest because the first events shuffle up and deal on August 12.
August 12 at 2:05 p.m. BST, the $200,000 guaranteed Mini Opener gets underway with the first of three dozen flights. The $22 buy-in 7-max PKO event has flights from August 12 right up until August 23, and at several times each day.
The third and final feature game today is complete with "Hematogen" taking down the top prize of $6,538 plus another $5,566 in bounties in The Weekender Final Day. They won it heads up against "Scelevco", who banked almost $8,500 in combined prizes.
The Weekender Final Day Payouts
| Place | Player | Bounty | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hematogen" | $5,566 | $6,538 |
| 2 | "Scelevco" | $1,925 | $6,527 |
| 3 | "Shyfflowich" | $1,142 | $4,324 |
| 4 | "TonySopran0" | $1,056 | $2,803 |
| 5 | "UAshDiPAllet" | $1,572 | $1,912 |
| 6 | "lastalias" | $406 | $1,473 |
| 7 | "hidude" | $593 | $1,082 |
| 8 | "Zoula" | $1,043 | $860 |
| 9 | "robturf" | $100 | $680 |
Niklas Åstedt is this week's winner of The Grand, taking home more than $40,000 for the win. He survived through 247 entries to take down the biggest share of the $245,494 prize pool, but he chopped it heads up with Brazilian Bruno Volkmann, who also took home more than $40,000 for the effort.
The Grand Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niklas Åstedt | Sweden | $48,035 | |
| 2 | Bruno Volkmann | Brazil | $33,529 | |
| 3 | Sebastian Sikorski | Canada | $23,159 | |
| 4 | Aleksandr Shevelev | Russia | $15,562 | |
| 5 | Sihao Zhang | Luxembourg | $11,445 | |
| 6 | Preben Stokkan | United Kingdom | $9,255 | |
| 7 | Ottomar Ladva | Estonia | $7,608 | |
| 8 | József Liszkovics | Hungary | $6,334 | |
| 9 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | $5,305 |
The partypoker LIVE MILLIONS tour is returning and doing so with a bang this September. partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus is penciled in from September 16, and features a massive$3 million guaranteed Main Event.
Like all major live poker tournaments, the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS tour succumb to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pablo Brito Silva was the last player crowned a partypoker LIVE MILLIONS champion when he won the MILLIONS South America Main Event back in February 2020. it has been a long and arduous wait for the MILLIONS to return, but that wait is almost over.
The Sunday 500 is now complete, and "Zolov334" has emerged the winner. They banked more than $21,000 in total, while second place "MayaRungood" pocketed more than $11,000.
The Final Table Payouts for The Sunday 500
| Place | Player | Bounty | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Zolov334" | $12,546 | $8,368 |
| 2 | "MayaRunGood" | $2,813 | $8,357 |
| 3 | "Ubermensch" | $1,094 | $5,674 |
| 4 | "Natthiko" | $3,031 | $3,786 |
| 5 | "SovseFlemming99" | $1,531 | $2,721 |
| 6 | "Player4544" | $766 | $2,127 |
| 7 | "Danny Leee" | $375 | $1,612 |
Niklas Åstedt from Sweden is way ahead in The Grand right now with more than 80 million chips. His closest competitor is Canada's Sebastian Sikorski who has just under 39 million. They are in Level 30 with blinds at 600,000/1,200,000/175,000.
The Sunday 500 is still battling three handed with "Zolov334" in front with about 40 million, "MayaRungood" in second with about 34 million and "Ubermensch" in third with about 20 million.
There are six players left in The Weekender Final Day and "Scelevco" is in front with more than 26 million and almost $1,700 in bounties.
There are just 3 players left in The Sunday 500 now. "Zolov334" is the chip leader with more than 40 million and almost $4,000 in bounties.
The Grand is down to the final nine with Sihao Zhang leading the way with 38.5 million chips, while The Weekender Final Day is down to seven left.
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