The opening weekend of WPTDeepStacks Online was a strong one on the global partypoker online poker platform, and we have our first winners of the series in the $215 Abridor y el $22 Mini Opener. We also saw the opening flights of the $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Online Main Event and the $109 Mini Main Event, and the mid-week action is in the $109 Turbo Knockout and the $11 Mini Turbo Knockout.
Aleksandr Zhilin Wins Event #1, el $215 Abrelatas
There were eight starting flights for Event #1 ($215 Opener), and there were 1,125 entries to create a total prizepool of $225,000. Había 168 Jugadores que avanzaron al día 2, where they earned at least $437 each, and they played down to a winner that day.
Austrians made a strong showing at the final table, with three players from Austria in the final four, but it was Aleksandr Zhilin of Russia who came out on top to win $37,047 and a trophy. Here are the top five finishers:
1. Aleksandr Zhilin (Russia) - $37,047
2. Jans Arends (Austria) - $25,471
3. Manfred Hermann (Austria) - $17,312
4. Fabio Breitfuss (Austria) - $11,783
5. Matthew Sherman (Canada) - $7,982
Dominic Burn Wins Event #2, el $22 Mini abridor
With a schedule that mirrored the Opener, there were 3,875 entries for Event #2 ($22 Mini Opener), generating a total prizepool of $77,500. Había 577 Jugadores que terminaron en el dinero y avanzaron al Día 2, earning at least $44 cada uno.
Dominic Burn of the United Kingdom was the last player standing to win $11,272 and a trophy. Here are the top five finishers:
1. Dominic Burn (U.K.) - $11,272
2. Marko Blazic (Slovenia) - $7,572
3. Jim Cooke (Canada) - $5,067
4. Peter Michael Shaw (U.K.) - $3,412
5. Alonne Martins Fernades (Brazil) - $2,343
Vuelos 1A de los $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Online Main Event Ends with Michael Skenička Leading 36 Jugadores
Sunday was the first of four starting flights for Event #3, el $1,100 Evento principal en línea de WPTDeepStacks, y hubo 238 entries to put $238,000 into the prizepool on its way to the $1 garantía de un millón.
Las 36 jugadores (15% of the field) survived the Money Bubble and advanced to Day 2, which will be played Monday, October 25eso 20:05 GMT. Here are the top five players on the leaderboard from Flight 1A:
1. Michael Skenička (Czech Republic) - 4.69 millón
2. Ramiro Petrone (Argentina) - 4.28 millón
3. Jerry Ödeen (Sweden) - 3.13 millón
4. Bruno Volkmann (Brazil) - 3.05 millón
5. David Yan (New Zealand) - 2.94 millón
Y aquí está el calendario restante para este evento:
Vuelos 1B: Domingo, octubre 17th, 19:05 GMT
Vuelos 1C: Domingo, octubre 24th, 19:05 GMT
Vuelos 1D Turbo: lunes, octubre 25th, 16:05 GMT
Día 2:Lunes, octubre 25th, 20:05 GMT
Mesa final: martes 1 de octubre 26th, 19:05 GMT
Vuelos 1A de los $109 Mini Main Event Ends with Benjamin Mordan Leading 53 Jugadores
Evento #4, el $109 Mini Main Event, also kicked off on Sunday with its opening flight, and 353 entries deposited $35,300 into the prizepool on its way to the $200,000 garantía.
Las 53 jugadores (15% of the field) finished in the money and advanced to Day 2, which will be played on Monday, October 25th. Here are the top five players from Flight 1A:
1. Benjamin Mordan (Belgium) - 5.0 millón
2. Sebastien Jung (U.K.) - 4.82 millón
3. John Glackin (Ireland) - 4.28 millón
4. Aki Virtanen (Finland) - 3.60 millón
5. Patrice Brandt (U.K.) - 3.33 millón
El calendario restante para este evento es idéntico al calendario del Evento Principal publicado arriba de esta sección.
Still Plenty of Flights to Enter the $109 Turbo Knockout and $11 Mini Turbo Knockout
In addition to the Main Event and the Mini Main Event, Sunday also saw the opening flights of Event #5 ($109 Turbo Knockout) and Event #6 ($11 Mini Turbo Knockout). However, unlike the Main Event and the Mini Main Event, these Turbo Knockouts will be running 3-4 flights each day on their way to Day 2, which will play down to a winner on Monday, October 18eso 20:05 GMT.
These are both bounty tournaments, with half of the prizepool in bounties -- $50 bounties in Event #5 y $5 bounties in Event #6. Within each starting flight, the final 15% of the field advances to Day 2, donde estarán en el dinero.
El $109 Turbo Knockout has attracted 652 entries so far, with $65,200 in the prizepool. It's still early in the starting flights, and the total prizepool is guaranteed to be worth at least $300,000.
El $11 Mini Turbo Knockout is up to 3,023 entries so far, with $30,230 in the prizepool. The total prizepool is guaranteed to be worth at least $100,000.
Para más información
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For a video summary of the opening weekend of WPTDeepStacks Online, check out the two-minute video from the WPT's Alex Gray in the embedded tweet below:
¡Nuestro primer gran fin de semana en WPTDS Online!
El primer vuelo inicial del prestigioso WPTDeepStacks Online el @fiestapoker está completo, y ayer vimos a nuestro primer ganador del festival llevarse a casa el título de Abridor y el primer premio.@alexogray pic.twitter.com/81ofp6XLds
- Tour mundial de póquer (@WPT) Octubre 12, 2021