The late registration period of Day 1a of the WPT500 has closed with 393 entries to collect $196,500 to contribute to the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
With several more flights to come over the next week, the tournament is well on its way to surpass the amount that has already been set aside for it.
There are currently 255 players left in the tournament and as the field plays down to the final 15%, at least 59 players need to remain to signal the end of the day.
With 102 entries in the MILLIONS Online #26 High Roller, the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool has already been surpassed with around an hour of late registration still possible.
partypoker Ambassador Mikita Badziakouski has just bubbled The High Roller Big Game which means that there are 16 players left in the tournament who have all cashed at least $6,035.
His fellow partypoker representatives Jason Koon and Patrick Leonard are still left in the running for that top prize of $72,345.
With a $1,000,000 guarantee, the MILLIONS Online #26 High Roller still has just over 90 minutes of late registration left. There are currently 93 entries in the tournament with 63 players remaining.
Jumping in right now would mean that you get a million chips in your starting stack and which would equal 50 big blinds for your $10,300.
Currently topping the counts is Christian Rudolph and he's followed by Samuel Vousden, Christoph Vogelsang, Daan Mulders, and Rok Gostisa in the top five.
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The High Roller Big Game is down to three tables but only 16 players will get paid.
partypoker Ambassadors Jason Koon, Patrick Leonard, Mikita Badziakouski, and Kristen Bicknell are still in the running for cashing in this week's tournament with all of them except for Bicknell claiming a spot in the current top ten.
The MILLIONS Online festival crowned four new winners at partypoker on Friday, March 5 including Alexandros Theologis, Eelis Parssinen, Daniel Koloszar, and Joshua Hoesel.
Meanwhile, Harald Sammer bagged the chip lead in the partypoker MILLIONS Online Closer on Day 1a.
The MILLIONS Online #23 Mix-Max boasted a $3,200 buy-in along with a generous $300,000 guaranteed prize pool. The guarantee was just met with 100 entrants getting into the action.
The one-day event, which lasted slightly more than 8 1/2 hours, featured a unique format featuring eight-max action for the first 15 blind levels. The rest of the way was six-max barring the seven-max final table.
Two players with Union Jack flags but from different countries in Greece's Alexandros Theologis and Spain's Adrian Mateos battled it out in heads-up play. Mateos was denied the title and had to settle for the runner-up prize of $49,929 after Theologis beat the Spanish poker superstar to win his first MILLIONS Online title along with the $74,937 top prize.
The final table was full of superstars. Rui Ferreira joined Theologis and Mateos on the podium before he bowed out in third place for $34,855. Others at the final table outside of the top three included Pavel Plesuv (fourth - $24,014), William Foxen (fifth - $17,718), Andrii Novak (sixth - $13,956), Samy Ouellani (seventh - $10,072).
Patrick Leonard, who fell just short of a final table appearance, finished the best among the partypoker Ambassadors with a tenth-place performance for $7,860.
Meanwhile, Daniel Koloszar won a mini-version of this event featuring a $320 buy-in and a $66,000 guarantee to bank the $13,138 top prize.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandros Theologis | United Kingdom | $74,937 |
| 2 | Adrian Mateos Diaz | United Kingdom | $49,929 |
| 3 | Rui Ferreira | Netherlands | $34,855 |
| 4 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | $24,014 |
| 5 | William Foxen | Canada | $17,718 |
| 6 | Andrii Novak | Ukraine | $13,956 |
| 7 | Samy Ouellani | Netherlands | $10,072 |
The late registration period in The High Roller Big Game has closed with 122 entries to create a prize pool of $301,750 which surpasses the original $300,000 that was set.
Sixteen players will be in the money for at least $6,0335 while the winner will walk away with $72,344.
This is what the 45 remaining players are battling for:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $72,345 |
| 2 | $51,856 |
| 3 | $37,085 |
| 4 | $26,403 |
| 5 | $19,614 |
| 6 | $15,088 |
| 7 | $12,824 |
| 8 | $10,712 |
| 9 | $9,053 |
| 10-12 | $7,544 |
| 13-16 | $6,036 |
Patrick Leonard is still chip leading the event, Isaac Haxton is sitting in twelfth place while Jason Koon, Kristen Bicknell, and Mikita Badziakouski have a below-average stack.
The WPT500 Day 1 has just started with almost 80 entries.
Players can register until the end of Level 12 which is in about 2 hours. The tournament gives players a start stack of 500,000 and features 12-minute levels. Day 1a will end once 15% of the field remains. Day 2 will continue on Monday, March 15 at 8:05 p.m. GMT.
Make sure to grab your spot on Day 2 when the players will battle it out for a spot on the final table on Wednesday for a bigger share of the prize pool of at least $1,000,000.
partypoker Ambassador Patrick Leonard just put his tournament life at risk against Brunno Botteon who held the chip lead at that point.
Leonard was sitting in the small blind while his Brazilian opponent was in the cutoff. Leonard held the 
while Botteon had the lower pocket pair with the 
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The board ran out 
for Leonard to hold with the higher pocket to double up to the chip lead.