Connor Drinan Leads 78 Advancing From WPT Online Series Main Event Day 1A
Day 1A of the WPT Online Series Main Event on partypoker attracted a total of 521 entries, meaning the tournament is over halfway towards its guarantee of $3,000,000.
Each of the two starting flights of the Main Event play down to 15%, which left 78 players still standing at the end of Day 1A. Leading the way is Connor Drinan. Drinan's best WPT result came in March 2016, when he finished eighth in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event for $102,760.
There are three other players above three million in chips: Tom Kunze, Paul Hong and Andras Nemeth.
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WPT Online Series Main Event Day 1A Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Connor Drinan | Canada | 3,847,386 |
2 | Tom Kunze | Austria | 3,830,846 |
3 | Paul Hong | New Zealand | 3,266,071 |
4 | Andras Nemeth | Hungary | 3,025,203 |
5 | Michiel Brummelhuis | Netherlands | 2,966,027 |
6 | Andre Abreu | Brazil | 2,953,564 |
7 | Erik Lemarquand | Canada | 2,941,559 |
8 | Yuan Yuan Li | Canada | 2,887,600 |
9 | Thomas Boivin | United Kingdom | 2,695,794 |
10 | Timothy Cavallin | Canada | 2,662,685 |
Notable Players Advancing
Michiel Brummelhuis and Joshua McCully will be brimming with confidence ahead of Day 2, after already final-tabling the Mini Main Event earlier in the festival. Brummelhuis bagged $41,984 for his third-place finish, while McCully took home $71,016 after a heads-up deal with eventual winner Fritjof Torstensson.
Other notables through to Day 2 include Daniel Dvoress, Juan Pardo, Ami Barer, Alex Foxen and Stoyan Madanzhiev.
Mega Satellite Winners
There were six players who made it through to Day 2 of the WPT Online Series Main Event having won their seats in a Mega Satellite that guaranteed 50 seats.
They were:
- Viacheslav Zaslavskii – 2,284,875
- Martin Stausholm – 1,393,471
- Benjamin McMenemy – 823,945
- Peter Traply – 538,565
- Vitalijs Korhs – 438,766
- Jasen Hamilton – 194,944
The next Mega Satellite guaranteeing 50 WPT Online Series Main Event seats takes place on Sunday, May 30 at 16:05 (BST). You can win our way in for just $0.01!
partypoker Ambassadors
There were eight partypoker Ambassadors in action on Day 1A, but the only one to punch their ticket to Day 2 was Mikita Badziakouski who sits with just under 600,000 in chips. The likes of Dzmitry Urbanovich, Jamie Staples, Patrick Leonard, Joao Simao, Kristen Bicknell, Isaac Haxton, Jason Koon and Matthew Staples will have to hope Day 1B is kinder to them.
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Day 1B of the WPT Online Series Main Event on partypoker takes place on Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 19:05 (BST)
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Connor Drinan |
3,847,386
3,847,386
|
3,847,386 |
Tom Kunze |
3,830,846
3,830,846
|
3,830,846 |
Paul Hong |
3,266,071
3,266,071
|
3,266,071 |
Andras Nemeth |
3,025,203
3,025,203
|
3,025,203 |
Michiel Brummelhuis |
2,966,027
2,966,027
|
2,966,027 |
Andre Abreu |
2,953,564
2,953,564
|
2,953,564 |
Erik Lemarquand |
2,941,559
2,941,559
|
2,941,559 |
Yuan Yuan Li |
2,887,600
2,887,600
|
2,887,600 |
Thomas Boivin |
2,695,794
2,695,794
|
2,695,794 |
Timothy Cavallin |
2,662,685
2,662,685
|
2,662,685 |
Hristivoje Pavlovic |
2,603,280
2,603,280
|
2,603,280 |
Felipe Boianovskiy
|
2,565,964
2,565,964
|
2,565,964 |
Veselin Karakitukov |
2,527,521
2,527,521
|
2,527,521 |
Daniel Dvoress |
2,416,388
2,416,388
|
2,416,388 |
|
||
Viacheslav Zaslavskii |
2,284,875
2,284,875
|
2,284,875 |
Pedro Garagnani |
2,284,338
2,284,338
|
2,284,338 |
Juan Pardo |
2,070,797
2,070,797
|
2,070,797 |
Sergei Denisov |
2,006,995
2,006,995
|
2,006,995 |
Markus Prinze
|
1,927,577
1,927,577
|
1,927,577 |
Elliot Smith |
1,917,957
1,917,957
|
1,917,957 |
Donald Abdelhay |
1,905,764
1,905,764
|
1,905,764 |
Jamie O'Connor |
1,757,913
1,757,913
|
1,757,913 |
Harry Cattanach |
1,746,011
1,746,011
|
1,746,011 |
Joao Oliveira |
1,737,260
1,737,260
|
1,737,260 |
Felipe Salgado |
1,658,918
1,658,918
|
1,658,918 |
Ami Barer |
1,604,020
1,604,020
|
1,604,020 |
Alex Foxen |
1,513,844
1,513,844
|
1,513,844 |
|
||
Vassil Vassilev |
1,497,353
1,497,353
|
1,497,353 |
Kelvin Kerber |
1,462,276
1,462,276
|
1,462,276 |
Franco Calabrese |
1,449,499
1,449,499
|
1,449,499 |
Billy Irvine |
1,428,823
1,428,823
|
1,428,823 |
David Lopez Llacer |
1,428,611
1,428,611
|
1,428,611 |
Stoyan Madanzhiev |
1,401,194
1,401,194
|
1,401,194 |
Martin Stausholm |
1,393,471
1,393,471
|
1,393,471 |
Sam Greenwood |
1,392,940
1,392,940
|
1,392,940 |
|
||
Dennys Ramos |
1,239,173
1,239,173
|
1,239,173 |
Steve O'Dwyer |
1,184,247
1,184,247
|
1,184,247 |
Georgi Sandev |
1,139,145
1,139,145
|
1,139,145 |
Diego Zeiter |
1,126,456
1,126,456
|
1,126,456 |
Martin Mulsow |
1,115,043
1,115,043
|
1,115,043 |
Aneris Adomkevicius |
1,025,925
1,025,925
|
1,025,925 |
Philipp Hofbauer |
1,007,949
1,007,949
|
1,007,949 |
Christian Rudolph |
932,703
932,703
|
932,703 |
Adam Hendrix |
909,739
909,739
|
909,739 |
Rolandas Galdikas |
894,186
894,186
|
894,186 |
Michael Deinlein |
846,200
846,200
|
846,200 |
Joshua McCully |
826,089
826,089
|
826,089 |
Benjamin McMenemy |
823,945
823,945
|
823,945 |
Rui Bouquet |
819,779
819,779
|
819,779 |
Rodrigo Selouan |
784,231
784,231
|
784,231 |
Gabriel Costa |
766,302
766,302
|
766,302 |
Ivan Sakharov |
757,805
757,805
|
757,805 |
Jakob Miegel |
723,426
723,426
|
723,426 |
Vitalie Marandici |
707,897
707,897
|
707,897 |
Rok Gostisa |
690,526
690,526
|
690,526 |
Patrik Hammar |
669,851
669,851
|
669,851 |
Ravid Garbi |
633,079
633,079
|
633,079 |
Fabian Botusansky |
612,548
612,548
|
612,548 |
Mikita Badziakouski |
587,854
587,854
|
587,854 |
Peter Traply |
538,565
538,565
|
538,565 |
Christopher Putz
|
525,993
525,993
|
525,993 |
Stefan Raschbauer |
511,116
511,116
|
511,116 |
Vitalijs Korhs |
478,033
478,033
|
478,033 |
Vahan Toghanyan |
438,766
438,766
|
438,766 |
Nicola Karl |
430,640
430,640
|
430,640 |
Marcelo Farias Da Silva |
382,988
382,988
|
382,988 |
Franco Spitale |
376,282
376,282
|
376,282 |
Howard Leung |
369,101
369,101
|
369,101 |
Manfred Hermann |
357,850
357,850
|
357,850 |
James Foxley |
345,712
345,712
|
345,712 |
Fabio Sperling |
294,216
294,216
|
294,216 |
Johannes Franz |
260,443
260,443
|
260,443 |
Chris Mehes |
241,274
241,274
|
241,274 |
Jasen Hamilton |
194,944
194,944
|
194,944 |
Sergio Aido |
187,050
187,050
|
187,050 |
Thomas Holmer
|
178,296
178,296
|
178,296 |
Roman Matveichuk |
107,414
107,414
|
107,414 |
Igor Dursel |
96,895
96,895
|
96,895 |