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 �C 2,284,875
- Martin Stausholm �C 1,393,471
- Benjamin McMenemy �C 823,945
- Peter Traply �C 538,565
- Vitalijs Korhs �C 438,766
- Jasen Hamilton �C 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 |
|---|---|---|
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3,847,386
3,847,386
|
3,847,386 |
|
3,830,846
3,830,846
|
3,830,846 |
|
3,266,071
3,266,071
|
3,266,071 |
|
3,025,203
3,025,203
|
3,025,203 |
|
2,966,027
2,966,027
|
2,966,027 |
|
2,953,564
2,953,564
|
2,953,564 |
|
2,941,559
2,941,559
|
2,941,559 |
|
2,887,600
2,887,600
|
2,887,600 |
|
2,695,794
2,695,794
|
2,695,794 |
|
2,662,685
2,662,685
|
2,662,685 |
|
2,603,280
2,603,280
|
2,603,280 |
|
|
2,565,964
2,565,964
|
2,565,964 |
|
2,527,521
2,527,521
|
2,527,521 |
|
2,416,388
2,416,388
|
2,416,388 |
|
||
|
2,284,875
2,284,875
|
2,284,875 |
|
2,284,338
2,284,338
|
2,284,338 |
|
2,070,797
2,070,797
|
2,070,797 |
|
|
2,006,995
2,006,995
|
2,006,995 |
|
1,927,577
1,927,577
|
1,927,577 |
|
1,917,957
1,917,957
|
1,917,957 |
|
|
1,905,764
1,905,764
|
1,905,764 |
|
1,757,913
1,757,913
|
1,757,913 |
|
|
1,746,011
1,746,011
|
1,746,011 |
|
1,737,260
1,737,260
|
1,737,260 |
|
1,658,918
1,658,918
|
1,658,918 |
|
1,604,020
1,604,020
|
1,604,020 |
|
1,513,844
1,513,844
|
1,513,844 |
|
||
|
|
1,497,353
1,497,353
|
1,497,353 |
|
1,462,276
1,462,276
|
1,462,276 |
|
|
1,449,499
1,449,499
|
1,449,499 |
|
|
1,428,823
1,428,823
|
1,428,823 |
|
1,428,611
1,428,611
|
1,428,611 |
|
1,401,194
1,401,194
|
1,401,194 |
|
1,393,471
1,393,471
|
1,393,471 |
|
1,392,940
1,392,940
|
1,392,940 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,239,173
1,239,173
|
1,239,173 |
|
1,184,247
1,184,247
|
1,184,247 |
|
1,139,145
1,139,145
|
1,139,145 |
|
1,126,456
1,126,456
|
1,126,456 |
|
1,115,043
1,115,043
|
1,115,043 |
|
1,025,925
1,025,925
|
1,025,925 |
|
|
1,007,949
1,007,949
|
1,007,949 |
|
932,703
932,703
|
932,703 |
|
909,739
909,739
|
909,739 |
|
|
894,186
894,186
|
894,186 |
|
|
846,200
846,200
|
846,200 |
|
826,089
826,089
|
826,089 |
|
|
823,945
823,945
|
823,945 |
|
819,779
819,779
|
819,779 |
|
784,231
784,231
|
784,231 |
|
|
766,302
766,302
|
766,302 |
|
757,805
757,805
|
757,805 |
|
723,426
723,426
|
723,426 |
|
707,897
707,897
|
707,897 |
|
690,526
690,526
|
690,526 |
|
669,851
669,851
|
669,851 |
|
633,079
633,079
|
633,079 |
|
612,548
612,548
|
612,548 |
|
587,854
587,854
|
587,854 |
|
538,565
538,565
|
538,565 |
|
|
525,993
525,993
|
525,993 |
|
511,116
511,116
|
511,116 |
|
478,033
478,033
|
478,033 |
|
|
438,766
438,766
|
438,766 |
|
430,640
430,640
|
430,640 |
|
|
382,988
382,988
|
382,988 |
|
376,282
376,282
|
376,282 |
|
369,101
369,101
|
369,101 |
|
|
357,850
357,850
|
357,850 |
|
|
345,712
345,712
|
345,712 |
|
294,216
294,216
|
294,216 |
|
|
260,443
260,443
|
260,443 |
|
|
241,274
241,274
|
241,274 |
|
|
194,944
194,944
|
194,944 |
|
187,050
187,050
|
187,050 |
|
|
178,296
178,296
|
178,296 |
|
|
107,414
107,414
|
107,414 |
|
|
96,895
96,895
|
96,895 |