partypoker Sunday LIVE

Live Updates August 22
Day: 1

Big Stacks in Big Games

WPT Grand Top Chip Counts

NameCountryBountyChips
David YanNew Zealand$06,625,516
Patrick HyllegaardDenmark$06,395,000
Sergi ReixachSpain$05,828,945
Matthieu RodriguezFrance$05,632,551
Murat ArikanNetherlands$05,325,387

WPT Super $530 Top Chip Counts

NameCountryBountyChips
Vicente ZamoranoAndorra$375443,874
Duco Ten HavenNetherlands$250430,625
Jaime StaplesCanada$250428,882
David LlacerSpain$312428,656
Henok Tekle MariamNetherlands$375416,042

partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Returns With a Bang in Cyprus

partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Cyprus
partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Cyprus

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.

Read all about partyPoker LIVE MILLIONS Cyprus

Staples Brothers Both Big

Staples Brothers Both Big
Staples Brothers Both Big

Both of the Brothers' Staples are in action today, and doing well in early play. Jaime Staples is still sitting second in chips in the WPT Sunday $530, while younger brother Matthew Staples is third in chips very early in the WPT Super $320. He has $75 in bounties with nearly 250,000 chips in the smaller game, while his big brother has $250 in bounties and almost 425,000 in chips in the bigger game.

Butler is Dressed to Play

Team partypoker member Louise Butler is dressed to play today, bringing her best look to the virtual felt for this huge WPT Sunday. Good luck to Butler and everyone else taking a shot at WPT glory today!

Big Stacks in Big Games

WPT Grand Top Stacks

NameCountryChips
Patrick HyllegaardDenmark5,071,649
Sergi ReixachSpain4,606,951
Caio PessagnoBrazil4,367,066
David YanNew Zealand4,238,328
Bradley GudgeonUnited Kingdom4,161,801

WPT Super $530 Top Stacks

NameCountryBountyChips
David LlacerSpain$312406,227
Jaime StaplesCanada$250388,322
József LiszkovicsHungary$312359,538
Espen JorstadNorway$125343,978
Vicente ZamoranoAndorra$250324,750

Three More Big Games Just Beginning

The action is fast and furious here at partypoker Sunday LIVE today with three more games kicking off shortly. The WPT Weekender Final Day is now running with 203 players to start the day. As always with The Weekender, everyone who makes the final day is in the money, and everyone today is guaranteed at least $128, but there is more than $10,000 up top for the win.

Also underway now are the WPT Super $109 and the WPT Super $320. With $125,000 and $150,000 guaranteed respectively, there's a lot of value to be had in these games. There are 220 entries in the WPT Super $109, while the $320 buy-in has 129 entries so far.

The final big game of the day, the WPT 7-Max Turbo Knockout, kicks off in two hours.

Chips at Break

WPT Sunday $530 Chip Counts

NameCountryBountyChips
Jaime StaplesCanada$250371,342
Espen JorstadNorway$125338,874
Chloe PackerUnited Kingdom$125273,536
Vicente ZamoranoAndorra$125255,135
Joakim SvedermanSweden$125236,917

WPT Grand Chip Counts

NameCountryChips
Henrik JunckerDenmark4,215,223
David YanNew Zealand4,070,329
Vitor AbreuPortugal4,009,227
Dmitriy KucherRussia3,678,067
Lukas KobrleCzech Republic3,664,152

Ready for Sunday?

The World Poker Tour (WPT) is excited about the Sunday Grind. Are you ready to play today?

Staples Takes Lead in WPT Super $530

Staples Takes Lead in WPT Super $530
Staples Takes Lead in WPT Super $530

Jaime Staples is on fire early in WPT Super $530 with two bounties and the biggest stack in the game now. Staples has a pretty solid record while streaming on his Twitch channel, but decided to play today with the cameras turned off.

It doesn't seem to have affected his play, as he already has half his buy-in back in bounties, and more than 365,000 chips, the only player with more than 300,000.