They haven't even been playing for 2 hours yet in the WPT Weekender Final Day, but they've gone through nearly two-thirds of the starting field of 214. The field is down to just 79 players left with payouts at $170. There is a pay jump to $194 at 71st place.
Luc Van Der Beek currently has the biggest stack, sitting behind 4.950.805 chips, with $609 in bounties in his pocket already.
Team partypoker grinder Jeff Gross is live now on his Twitch channel, and he's itching to give away some money. Head over to catch some wild WPT Sunday action from partypoker, as well as grab some of the free prizes.
WPT Grand is now closed to entry, and they ended with a total of 289 entries in the game. That wasn't quite enough to hit the $300,000 guarantee, but the $289,708 was barely $10,000 off the mark. With more than $14,000 collected in fees for the game, there's enough in the pot to cover the overlay.
Australian player Michael Addamo won more than $1.3 million in MILLIONS Online Mega High Roller back in March to lead the standings, but Endrit Geci, Jack Hardcastle, and others have had some nice results recently as well on partypoker.
| PLAYER | EARNINGS | TOURNAMENT |
| Michael Addamo | $1,310,715 | MILLIONS Online Mega High Roller |
| Endrit Geci | $774,838 | MILLIONS Online Main Event |
| Jack Hardcastle | $447,859 | WPT Montreal Online |
| Joakim Andersson | $480,082 | Powerfest $25,500 Super High Roller |
| Michael Addamo | 363,661 | WPT Online Series Super High Roller |
The final tally for WPT Super $55 was 2,561 entries, putting the final prize pool at $128,050. There are 1,308 players left in action fighting for a piece of that prize pool, and 399 will share in it.
There is nearly $7,500 up top in prizes to shoot for, in addition to bounties collected along the way, so it's a decent payday for a $55 buy-in.
There are still 15 minutes left for the number to increase, but more than 2,400 entries in the WPT Super $55 have swelled the prize pool to $121,750 so far, over the guarantee of $100,000. Mario Kerschberger currently leads the field with more than 730,000 chips but just a single bounty worth $12.50.
McLaren Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo knows what it's like to operate at peak performance. Both he and his car need to operate at the outer limits of their ability on race day to stand a chance of winning, or even making it to the end of the race. But he also understands that being at your peak means being in control.
At the poker tables, players don't need to worry about spinning off the track into the wall from a momentary lapse of concentration, or a tire blowout at 200 kph because they didn't pull into the pits. But every poker player has experienced some proverbial version of those when they lose control and don't know when to take a break to fix the machinery.
"Only when we're in control are we in charge of our own race," Ricciardo said in a recent video. "It's sometimes important to hold back, take a break and take stock. It's important to know when it's time to pit."
Gambling and Auto-racing have a lot in common as McLaren Driver Ricciardo explains
Day 1a of the WPT WOC Main Event, which guarantees $5 million, is barely two levels old, and already it has collected more than a quarter of the huge guarantee. Total entries are now up 260 with action in Level 2 and more than 3 hours left to get into the first flight of this massive game.
The 260 entries have pushed the collected money to$1.3 million already, and at this rate, the event seems certain to hit the guarantee overall.
The WPT Super $215 just closed the registration desk, ending the entries at 534 total. There are still 275 left in action, but the starting field pushed the prize pool to $106,800, cracking the guarantee by almost 7%.
Registration is still open on all the other events, but the WPT Super $55 is just a hair away from the guarantee with about an hour to go, while WPT Grand needs another $65,000 to make $300,0000. WPT Weekender Final Day was just shy of its $150,000, with $145,300 collected, but Day 1a of the Main Event is already closing in on 25% of the $5 million guarantee with action still in Level 1.
Stay tuned through the day for all the partypoker Sunday LIVE action from the tables, and from Twitter.
Both of the Staples brothers are on the Twitch grind today for WPT Sunday here on partypoker. The younger of the two, Matt Staples, send good luck wishes to everyone. Check him out at the link below.
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— Matthew Staples (@MattStaplesPKR)