2021 WPT World Online Championships

Event #7: $1,050 Mini Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2021 WPT World Online Championships

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,050
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Entries
1,315
Players Left
109
Average Chip Stack
2,412,844
Total Chips
263,000,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
402
Players Left
59

Chew Claims WPTWOC Mini Main Event Day 1b Chip Lead

Stevan Chew
Stevan Chew

Day 1b of the $1,050 buy-in WPT World Online Championships Mini Main Event took place online at partypoker on September 5. Some 402 players bought in before late registration slammed shut, and only 59 of those punched their Day 2 tickets at the first attempt.

Canada-based Australian grinder, Stevan Chew, finished on top of the pile with a 3,599,632 stack. Chew's stack was large enough pole position on Day 1b and third overall with Day 1c and the well-structured Day 1 scheduled for next week.

Chew found himself in good company at the top of the Day 1b chips counts. British pro Jamie O'Connor, known as "Boz" to his friends, bagged up 3,424,521 chips at the close of play. Christoph Vogelsang (3,310,863) and David Yan (3,149,682) were the only other players to end Day 1b with more than three million chips.

Mike Watson (2,949,599), WSOP bracelet winner Mitchell Halverson (2,729,264), and Robert Heidorn (2,592,229) each finished with enough betting tokens for a top ten Day 1b finish.

WPT #07 Mini Main Event Day 1B Top 10 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChips
1Stevan ChewCanada3,599,632
2Jamie O'ConnorUnited Kingdom3,424,521
3Christoph VogelsangUnited Kingdom3,310,863
4David YanNew Zealand3,149,682
5Leonid OrmanRussia2,991,444
6Mike WatsonCanada2,949,599
7Mitchell HalversonCanada2,729,264
8Robert HeidornUnited Kingdom2,592,229
9Rafael EltzBrazil2,170,728
10Pavlo KolinkovskyiUkraine2,138,420

Plenty of other notables navigated their way through the shark-infested Day 1b waters. Team partypoker's Jeff Gross bagged up 2,055,069 chips, while such luminaries as 2021 MILLIONS Online champion Endrit Geci (1,438,302), Connor Drinan (1,349,656), Kevin Rabichow (1,049,830), Sosia Jiang (1,043,583), Daniel Smiljkovic (946,056), and Elio Fox (563,140) also progressed.

WPT World Online Championships Mini Main Event Schedule

Two more $1,050 Mini Main Event flights remain on the schedule. September 12 sees Day 1C take place at 7:05 p.m. BST with the turbo Day 1 shuffling up and dealing at 4:05 p.m. on September 13.

September 13 is when Day 2 commences. The plan is to continue playing until the nine-handed final table is set. Those nine stars return to the partypoker tables one last time on September 14 where the tournament plays down to a champion. On this form, that champion could be Chew.

DateTimeEventBuy-inGuarantee
Sunday, September 1219:05WPT #07 Mini Main Event Day 1C$1,050$1,000,000
Monday, September 1316:05WPT #07 Mini Main Event Day 1 Turbo$1,050$1,000,000
Monday, September 1319:05WPT #07 Mini Main Event Day 2-$1,000,000
Tuesday, September 1419:05WPT #07 Mini Main Event Day 3-$1,000,000
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Stevan Chew au
Stevan Chew
3,599,632
3,599,632
3,599,632
Profile photo of Jamie O'Connor gb
Jamie O'Connor
3,424,521
3,424,521
3,424,521
Profile photo of Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
3,310,863
3,310,863
3,310,863
Profile photo of David Yan nz
David Yan
3,149,682
3,149,682
3,149,682
Profile photo of Leonid Orman ru
Leonid Orman
2,991,444
2,991,444
2,991,444
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
2,949,599
2,949,599
2,949,599
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mitchell Halverson us
Mitchell Halverson
2,729,264
2,729,264
2,729,264
Profile photo of Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
2,592,229
2,592,229
2,592,229
Profile photo of Rafael Eltz br
Rafael Eltz
2,170,728
2,170,728
2,170,728
Profile photo of Pavlo Kolinkovskyi ua
Pavlo Kolinkovskyi
2,138,420
2,138,420
2,138,420
Profile photo of Diego Cuellar pe
Diego Cuellar
2,131,878
2,131,878
2,131,878
Profile photo of Simon Ronnow Pedersen dk
Simon Ronnow Pedersen
2,106,057
2,106,057
2,106,057
Profile photo of Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
2,055,069
2,055,069
2,055,069
Raise Your Edge
Profile photo of Leonidas Kostagiolas gr
Leonidas Kostagiolas
2,009,204
2,009,204
2,009,204
Profile photo of Arkadiusz Jerzy Pleskot ca
Arkadiusz Jerzy Pleskot
2,008,333
2,008,333
2,008,333
Profile photo of Fabio Luongo ca
Fabio Luongo
1,987,703
1,987,703
1,987,703
Profile photo of Jozsef Liszkovics hu
Jozsef Liszkovics
1,692,185
1,692,185
1,692,185
Profile photo of Artem Vezhenkov ru
Artem Vezhenkov
1,660,677
1,660,677
1,660,677
Profile photo of Charles La Boissonniere ca
Charles La Boissonniere
1,594,921
1,594,921
1,594,921
Profile photo of Tom Delanie nl
Tom Delanie
1,592,102
1,592,102
1,592,102
Profile photo of Sigurd Carlsson dk
Sigurd Carlsson
1,449,849
1,449,849
1,449,849
Profile photo of Endrit Geci gb
Endrit Geci
1,438,302
1,438,302
1,438,302
Profile photo of Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
1,349,656
1,349,656
1,349,656
Profile photo of Alexey Savenkov ru
Alexey Savenkov
1,302,732
1,302,732
1,302,732
Profile photo of Vyacheslav Balayev ru
Vyacheslav Balayev
1,282,627
1,282,627
1,282,627
Profile photo of Johan Schumacher be
Johan Schumacher
1,200,345
1,200,345
1,200,345
Profile photo of Jeremy Jean-Luc Saderne gb
Jeremy Jean-Luc Saderne
1,178,502
1,178,502
1,178,502
Profile photo of Kevin Parkes gb
Kevin Parkes
1,167,615
1,167,615
1,167,615
Profile photo of Stefan Schillhabe
Stefan Schillhabe
1,113,359
1,113,359
1,113,359
Profile photo of Kevin Rabichow us
Kevin Rabichow
1,049,830
1,049,830
1,049,830
Run It Once
Profile photo of Sosia Jiang nz
Sosia Jiang
1,043,583
1,043,583
1,043,583
Profile photo of Luc Bindel fr
Luc Bindel
1,043,107
1,043,107
1,043,107
Profile photo of Daniel Montagnolli at
Daniel Montagnolli
1,030,823
1,030,823
1,030,823
Profile photo of Jesse Cesar Fonseca br
Jesse Cesar Fonseca
1,020,411
1,020,411
1,020,411
Profile photo of Daniel Smiljkovic de
Daniel Smiljkovic
946,056
946,056
946,056
Profile photo of Jereon Van Dijck nl
Jereon Van Dijck
945,746
945,746
945,746
Profile photo of Gabriel-Robert Ene gb
Gabriel-Robert Ene
937,390
937,390
937,390
Profile photo of Andre Marques pt
Andre Marques
926,096
926,096
926,096
Profile photo of Maxim Mamonov ru
Maxim Mamonov
818,875
818,875
818,875
Profile photo of Jesper Hoog se
Jesper Hoog
811,245
811,245
811,245
Profile photo of Paul Hong nz
Paul Hong
810,100
810,100
810,100
Profile photo of Guilherme Carmo br
Guilherme Carmo
770,536
770,536
770,536
Profile photo of Fabian Gumz de
Fabian Gumz
758,521
758,521
758,521
Profile photo of Aleksandr Zhilin ru
Aleksandr Zhilin
747,974
747,974
747,974
Profile photo of Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
634,974
634,974
634,974
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gustavo Mastelotto br
Gustavo Mastelotto
631,517
631,517
631,517
Profile photo of Sergei Koliakov ru
Sergei Koliakov
618,435
618,435
618,435
Profile photo of Bradley Harwood gb
Bradley Harwood
612,416
612,416
612,416
Profile photo of Timur Khamidullin ru
Timur Khamidullin
580,270
580,270
580,270
Profile photo of Tomi Brouk fi
Tomi Brouk
570,292
570,292
570,292
Profile photo of Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
563,140
563,140
563,140
Profile photo of Javier Fernandez Alonso es
Javier Fernandez Alonso
561,823
561,823
561,823
Profile photo of Nikita Kuznetsov ru
Nikita Kuznetsov
439,578
439,578
439,578
Profile photo of Artisom Prostak by
Artisom Prostak
423,543
423,543
423,543
Profile photo of Luciano Hollanda br
Luciano Hollanda
395,782
395,782
395,782
Profile photo of Aram Zobian us
Aram Zobian
384,372
384,372
384,372
Profile photo of Mahersh Selva nl
Mahersh Selva
378,896
378,896
378,896
Profile photo of Joel Delgado se
Joel Delgado
345,273
345,273
345,273
Profile photo of Jonas Gjelstad gb
Jonas Gjelstad
221,925
221,925
221,925

Tags: Christoph VogelsangConnor DrinanDaniel SmiljkovicElio FoxEndrit GeciJamie O'ConnorJeff GrossKevin RabichowMike WatsonMitchell HalversonRobert HeidornSosia JiangStevan Chew