Joris Ruys Leads WPT WOC Mini Main Event; 84 Advance to Day 2

Will Shillibier

A total of 84 players advanced to Day 2 of the WPT World Online Championships Mini Main Event, with Joris Ruys leading the way.

Day 1C was the biggest starting flight of the Mini Main Event so far, with 577 players joining the field. That was enough to generate more than half of the tournaments $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Shortly behind Ruys is Manuel Fritz, Armin Rezaei, Thomas Macdonald and Simon Higgins who are the only players over three million in chips.

partypoker Ambassadors Mikita Badziakouski and Isaac Haxton both advanced and will be looking to secure strong results on Day 2.

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Joris Ruys	Netherlands	4,737,596
2	Manuel Fritz	Austria	3,402,807
3	Armin Rezaei	Malta	3,356,131
4	Thomas Macdonald	United Kingdom	3,307,681
5	Simon Higgins	United Kingdom	3,109,021
6	Laszlo Molnar	Hungary	2,878,014
7	Anatoly Filatov	Russia	2,751,912
8	Sylvain Loosli	United Kingdom	2,710,538
9	Ognyan Dimov	Bulgaria	2,626,127
10	Joao Ferreira	Netherlands	2,621,668

Other big names through to Day 2 include Kenny Hallaert, Felix Stephensen, Talal Shakerchi, Patrick Tardif, Mustapha Kanit, Benjamin Rolle and Ioannis Angelou-Konstas.

Day 2 Resumes on September 13 at 20:05 (BST).

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Ruys	4,737,596 4,737,596	4,737,596
Manuel Fritz	3,402,807 3,402,807	3,402,807
Armin Rezaei	3,356,131 3,356,131	3,356,131
Thomas Macdonald	3,307,681 3,307,681	3,307,681
Simon Higgins	3,109,021 3,109,021	3,109,021
Laszlo Molnar	2,878,014 2,878,014	2,878,014
Anatoly Filatov	2,751,912 2,751,912	2,751,912
Sylvain Loosli	2,710,538 2,710,538	2,710,538

Ognyan Dimov	2,626,127 2,626,127	2,626,127
Joao Ferreira	2,621,668 2,621,668	2,621,668
Timo Kamphues	2,566,956 2,566,956	2,566,956
Tomas Fara	2,536,811 2,536,811	2,536,811
David Farkas	2,475,718 2,475,718	2,475,718
Rodrigo Selouan	2,304,274 2,304,274	2,304,274
Shawn Buchanan	2,292,797 2,292,797	2,292,797

Martin Stausholm	2,208,739 2,208,739	2,208,739
Joshua Mccully	2,153,000 2,153,000	2,153,000
Patrice Brandt	2,128,972 2,128,972	2,128,972
Patrick Hyllegaard	2,090,069 2,090,069	2,090,069
Morten Hvam	2,038,416 2,038,416	2,038,416
Jason Dewitt	2,037,238 2,037,238	2,037,238
Arseniy Malinov	2,035,806 2,035,806	2,035,806
Pavel Veksler	2,020,365 2,020,365	2,020,365
Kenny Hallaert	1,977,610 1,977,610	1,977,610
Felix Stephensen	1,946,016 1,946,016	1,946,016
Pedro Marques	1,818,239 1,818,239	1,818,239
Luc Greenwood	1,717,880 1,717,880	1,717,880
Michiel Brummelhuis	1,706,834 1,706,834	1,706,834
Luigi Knoppers	1,684,852 1,684,852	1,684,852
Tom Talboom	1,607,705 1,607,705	1,607,705
Joshua Gebissa	1,598,247 1,598,247	1,598,247
Artem Vezhenkov	1,538,961 -121,716	-121,716
Talal Shakerchi	1,515,757 1,515,757	1,515,757
Igor Peredo	1,459,005 1,459,005	1,459,005
Christopher Putz	1,455,266 1,455,266	1,455,266
Ilya Yakunin	1,426,162 1,426,162	1,426,162
Leon Sturm	1,403,264 1,403,264	1,403,264
Alfred Karlsson	1,322,097 1,322,097	1,322,097
[Removed:390]	1,307,531 1,307,531	1,307,531
Vitezslav Cech	1,241,483 1,241,483	1,241,483
Marco Fontanella	1,240,283 1,240,283	1,240,283
Bernardo Da Silva	1,235,192 1,235,192	1,235,192
Christien Liel	1,196,083 1,196,083	1,196,083
Barry Hutter	1,191,002 1,191,002	1,191,002
Andres Ojeda	1,104,194 1,104,194	1,104,194
Gustavo Morales	1,057,742 1,057,742	1,057,742
Viktor Ustimov	1,053,417 1,053,417	1,053,417
Patrick tardif	988,161 988,161	988,161
Andrii Novak	966,690 966,690	966,690
Miha Travnik	938,432 938,432	938,432

Robin Berggren	865,823 865,823	865,823
Vladislav Saprykin	820,606 820,606	820,606
Aki Virtanen	818,882 818,882	818,882
Mustapha Kanit	806,415 806,415	806,415
Daniel Lazrus	787,510 787,510	787,510
Fabio Sperling	771,637 771,637	771,637
Benjamin Rolle	727,667 727,667	727,667

Alexandre Mantovani	684,406 684,406	684,406
Goran Mandic	664,034 664,034	664,034
Vincent Huang	662,520 662,520	662,520
Felipe Salgado	643,266 643,266	643,266
Hannes Speiser	629,034 629,034	629,034
Andres De Agustin	622,728 622,728	622,728
Philippe Pellerin	600,502 600,502	600,502
Daniel Dvoress	588,810 588,810	588,810

Jonathan van Fleet	551,739 551,739	551,739
Mikita Badziakouski	515,038 515,038	515,038
Scott Margereson	514,186 514,186	514,186

David Llacer	514,162 514,162	514,162
Nikita Kupchin	501,477 501,477	501,477
Vitor Ribeiro	495,802 495,802	495,802
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas	388,711 388,711	388,711
Patrick ulyssea	388,131 388,131	388,131
Andre Abreu	380,256 380,256	380,256
Isaac Haxton	376,533 376,533	376,533
Harald Sammer	315,086 315,086	315,086
Vladimirs Sarigins	312,288 312,288	312,288
Vicent Bosca	285,726 285,726	285,726
Vinnie Mohan	269,834 269,834	269,834
Jose Lopez	234,988 234,988	234,988
Diogo Coelho	169,442 169,442	169,442
Diego Ventura	168,458 168,458	168,458
Christopher Andler	151,629 151,629	151,629
Vlad Darie	83,913 83,913	83,913