Benjamin Rolle Bags Day 1b Chip Lead in WPT World Online Championships Main Event

Day 1b of the World Poker Tour World Online Championships Main Event on partypoker kicked off yesterday with 490 players getting into the action.

Combined with the 521 players entering on Day 1a, the event attracted a total of 1,011 entrants to generate a $10,110,000 prize pool to squeeze past the event's lofty $10 million guarantee.

A total of 76 players advanced to Day 2 on Day 1b including partypoker ambassadors Jason Koon and Isaac Haxton. They will be joined by the 80 players that advanced on Day 1a including partypoker ambassadors Philipp Gruissem and Dzmitry Urbanovich.

Benjamin Rolle virtually bagged the biggest stack on Day 1b and will bring a hefty stack of 3,604,241 to Day 2. Also bagging big on Day 1b were Daniel Szymanski (3,375,987), Victor Simionato (3,181,776), Almedin Imsirovic (2,984,524), and Nicolay Motsenko (2,953,222).

WPT WOC Main Event Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Benjamin Rolle	Germany	3,604,241
2	Daniel Szymanski	Poland	3,375,987
3	Victor Simionato	Brazil	3,181,776
4	Almedin Imsirovic	United States	2,984,524
5	Nicolay Motsenko	Russia	2,953,222
6	Srikant Vedutla	United Kingdom	2,951,776
7	Felix Bleiker	Switzerland	2,853,043
8	Dan Smith	United States	2,735,368
9	Niklas Astedt	Sweden	2,522,280
10	Daniel Sternald Petersen	Denmark	2,278,672

This group of players sits well behind the overall chip leader thanks to Slovenia's Blaž Žerjav ending Day 1a with a massive stack of 4,400,082.

Notable players to advance to Day 2 from the Day 1b field included Christian Rudolph (2,183,550), Timothy Adams (1,931,454), Joao Baumgarten (1,734,083), Jake Schindler (1,251,744), Anton Wigg (1,087,925), Maria Lampropulos (1,007,634), Jans Arends (897,367), Ankush Mandavia (878,449), and John Duthie (475,954).

WPT WOC Main Event Schedule

Day 2 of the World Poker Tour World Online Championships Main Event takes place on Monday, Sept 14 at 7:05 p.m. BST.

The 156 remaining players will begin the action with blinds at 15,000/30,000 along with an ante of 3,750. The action will conclude on Day 2 after a dozen 30-minute blind levels are in the books with Day 3 kicking off around the same time the following day.

A cash prize will be there for the top 136 players, with a min-cash of $23,253 awarded to those who eek into the money. The top prize awarded at the end of the event is a massive $1,715,667.

WPT WOC Main Event Top Payouts

Place	Prize
1	$1,715,667
2	$1,231,600
3	$814,664
4	$552,006
5	$391,257
6	$277,014
7	$194,112
8	$153,672
9	$127,386

WPT World Online Championships Winners

Date	Event	Field	Prize pool	Winner	Payout
7/21/20	Event #1: $3,200 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship	145	$500,000	Paul Tedeschi	$92,105
7/28/20	Event #2: $3,200 Pot Limit Omaha Championship	342	$1,026,000	Alex Manzano	$176,132
8/4/20	Event #3: $3,200 8-Max Championship	1,062	$3,186,000	Gavin Cochrane	$540,664
8/11/20	Event #4: $3,200 6-Max Championship	999	$3,000,000	Nick Petrangelo	$494,550
8/18/20	Event #5: $3,200 Knockout Championship	1,035	$3,105,000	Daniel Smyth	$413,391
8/25/20	Event #6: $3,200 Mix-Max Championship	989	$3,000,000	Andrey Kotelnikov	$488,508
9/1/20	Event #7: Micro Main Event Championship	8,465	$1,000,000	Luiz Antonio Silva	$488,508

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