It’s the start of No Limit Hold’em week in the WPT World Online Championships and that’s brought poker’s elite out in droves. However, the numbers are still lower than expected in the smaller stakes events.
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas is leading the way on Day 2 of Event #3 in the WPT World Online Championships. (Image: WPT/YouTube)
The WPT’s latest online festival got underway on July 18 with two Omaha events. The first fell just short of its guarantee but Event #2 exceeded expectations and took the series into its latest round of action on a high.
In what will come as no surprise to most, first Hold’em event of the WPT World Online Championships has been the most popular so far. Two starting flights between August 1 and 2 saw 1,062 players buy in for $3,200.
Second Guarantee Falls
With the $3 million guarantee pushed to $3.186 million, the 157 Day 1 survivors are competing for a top prize worth $540,664.
Day 1B leader, Ioannis Angelou-Konstas, will be the man to beat when Day 2 kicks off on August 3. Also riding high in Event #3 is Day 1A chip leader Ali Imsirovic, Finnish online legend Sami Kelopuro, and German high-roller Fedor Holz.
Day 2 will see the remaining 157 play down to nine before the finale is streamed live on Twitch and other platforms on August 4.
Breaking a second successive guarantee will go down as a win for the WPT and host site Partypoker. The decision to kick off with two Omaha events as always going to be a gamble. Although the variant has gained popularity in recent years, it still trails Hold’em on the tournament scene.
However, players have gradually found their way to the tables, even with the WSOP’s online series offering alternative options.
Highs and Lows for WPT World Online Championships
When both festivals conclude, comparisons between the two will be drawn. The WSOP is pitching events at players in the US and elsewhere around the world by hosting MTTs on WSOP.com and GGPoker.
The organizers have also stayed true to format used in Las Vegas by offering events with a range of buy-ins.
To match that, the WPT World Online Championships features 36 events at three different levels: mini ($33+), micro ($320+), and championship ($3,200+). So far, none of the mini and micro events have breached their guarantees.
This would suggest the WSOP is leading the way when it comes to engaging small and mid-stakes players. However, at the elite level, Partypoker and the WPT are proving to be the go-to destination for poker’s top players.
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