Registration is now closed in The Sunday 500, but they didn't quite make the guarantee. In the end, 189 entries combined for $94,500 collected towards the $100,000 guarantee.
That means 1st and 2nd will both get about $8,320 in this PKO game, with everyone who makes the final table of 7 players is guaranteed at least $1,600. A total of 34 players will get a payday in this one.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $8,329 |
| 2 | $8,318 |
| 3 | $5,647 |
| 4 | $3,768 |
| 5 | $2,709 |
| 6 | $2,117 |
| 7 | $1,604 |
There are 186 entries in The Grand as players head to the break. Maarten Van Der Goes still leads the way with nearly 7 million chips, and there is still more than 20 minutes left to get into the action. That means they've collected $185,538, so 15 more entries will cap $200,000.
The Sunday 500 has just under 20 minutes to go till the gates close on registration, and there's currently $91,000 collected towards the $100,000 with 182 entries and 109 still in play. "OGrossmann_10" is the chip leader with almost 2.5 million.
The Weekender Final Day is down to just 87 players left now and "Ninjapinja" is in the lead. They have about 3.1 million chips and nearly $300 in bounties so far.
Patrick Lauber and Paul Van T Veer are now both over 5 million chips in The Grand, but Maarten Van Der Goes has bested that by opening the 6 million chip club with a vengeance to 6.5 million. Leon Sturm is now also just over 6 million, so there are two players in the 6 million club, with four total over 5 million.
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Maarten Van Der Goes has just capped the 5 million chip mark in The Grand, the first player to hit that mark today. Finland's Tomi Brouk isn't far away with 4.73 million, but so far Van Der Goes is the only player to hit that milestone.
Two Team partypoker pros have been spotted in The Sunday 500 so far today. Patrick Leonard is doing well in 12th place right now with just over 1 million in chips, while teammate Jaime Staples is sitting on about 787,000 right now in 27th place.
"FourDBenderBoss" is top of the pack going into the Final Day of The Weekender. They have almost 2.75 million chips to start the day, but they've also pocketed $443 in bounties along the way.
There weren't quite enough entries in the opening day flights to hit the $100,000 guarantee, but the difference was negligible, with $99,700 collected in total. That means 1st and 2nd place will get about $6,570 from the prize pool, with everyone at the final table today guaranteed $685.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $6,572 |
| 2 | $6,561 |
| 3 | $4,348 |
| 4 | $2,819 |
| 5 | $1,923 |
| 6 | $1,482 |
| 7 | $1,089 |
| 8 | $866 |
| 9 | $685 |
Players in both active games are off on a break now with about an hour of late registration left in both. Maarten Van Der Goes is back in the lead of The Grand with just a hair less than 4 million chips, but Niklas Åstedt, Steen Svare Hansen, Tomi Brouk, Arsenii Karmatckii, and Jack Hoffman all have at least 3 million chips at the break.
There are 151 entries in the game now, with 103 still left in action. The collected money is now over three-quarters of the $200,000 guarantee, and there's still more than an hour to go in registration.
The Sunday 500 has 132 entries at the break with $66,000 collected for the $100,000 guarantee. "Brother Baby" is still out in front with Aleksey "ImLuckPads" Savenkov in second. Both players still have $125 in bounties.
Aleksey "ImLuckPads" Savenkov is sitting in 2nd chip position now with 1.466 million in The Sunday 500, with $125 in his pocket from a bounty, but he's trailing "Brother Baby" by about 20,000 chips.
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