Gediminas Uselis Leads partypoker Powerfest Main Event Day 1B
After just over seven hours, Lucas Reeves bagged the chip leader after Day 1B of the partypoker Powerfest Main Event.
He is followed by Gediminas Uselis, Martin Brinkmann and Christian Nolte with a total of 118 players advancing to Day 2.
The tournament's guarantee of $1,000,000 has already been broken, with 792 players on Day 1B combining with those from Day 1A to create a field of 1,313 players, generating a prize pool of $1.3 million. And with Day 1C still to come, that figure could rise further still.
partypoker's Dayane Kotoviezy and Dzmitry Urbanovich both advanced, with Jaime Staples and Joni Jouhkimainen both narrowly missing out.
partypoker Powerfest Main Event Day 1B Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Reeves | Ireland | 2,474,954 |
| 2 | Gediminas Uselis | Lithuania | 2,082,138 |
| 3 | Martin Brinkmann | United Kingdom | 1,740,071 |
| 4 | Christian Nolte | Austria | 1,597,268 |
| 5 | Pedro Madeira | Brazil | 1,504,883 |
| 6 | Stoyan Madanzhiev | Lithuania | 1,487,794 |
| 7 | Luuk Gieles | Netherlands | 1,441,137 |
| 8 | Yuri Gama | Brazil | 1,440,680 |
| 9 | Jesse Johnston | Canada | 1,433,908 |
| 10 | Joris Ruys | Netherlands | 1,378,989 |
Other notables through include Bruno Botteon, Romain Lewis, Niklas Astedt, Ryan Riess, Stefan Schillhabel and Koray Aldemir.
The 118 players who advanced will resume at 20:05 on Monday, April 26 and will play down to a final table of nine.