Sebastian Henao Leads MILLIONS Online Mini Main Event

The MILLIONS Online festival has gotten off to a flying start with the Mini Main Event obliterating its $1 million guarantee. A massive crowd of 1,127 players bought in across a pair of starting flights and only 169 of those starters remain in the hunt for the $184,507 top prize.

MILLIONS Online Mini Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts

Place | Player | Country | Chips
1 | Sebastian Camilo Toro Henao | Mexico | 27,039,049
2 | Elio Fox | Mexico | 25,419,260
3 | Luciano Hollanda | Brazil | 23,000,730
4 | Patrick Blye | Canada | 22,663,403
5 | Nikolai Penkin | Russia | 18,426,901
6 | Thomas Boivin | United Kingdom | 18,388,054
7 | Viteslav Cech | Czech Republic | 18,020,370
8 | Daria Krashennikova | Russia | 17,750,348
9 | Tom Macdonald | United Kingdom | 17,618,322
10 | Joseph Cheong | Mexico | 17,118,762

Sebastian Henao finds himself in the envious position of going into Day 2 as the tournament’s chip leader. The Mexico-based grinder is armed with 27,039,049 chips and must fancy his chances of taking down this event from this position.

Victory will not be an easy task because there are some exceptional players in the chasing pack.

Elio Fox is one of those superstars. Fox, also grinding from Mexico, has 25,419,260 chips in his stack and will have a major say in where this title ends up. The two-time WSOP bracelet winner has almost $10 million in live tournament winnings and more than $4.5 million from the online poker world.

Daria Krashennikova flying high in the MILLIONS Online Mini Main Event

Slightly further down the chip counts, you find Canada’s Patrick Blye (22,663,403) who is riding the crest of a wave having won the APAT WCOAP Main Event last weekend for $27,408. He’s guaranteed another $2,105 right now but he definitely has an eye on the top prize.

Also in the top 10 chip counts at the start of Day 2 are Thomas Boivin (18,388,054) and Russian starlet Daria Krashennikova (17,750,348). As are British high stakes cash guru Tom Macdonald (17,618,322) and Joseph Cheong (17,118,762).

Stellar Names Litter The Field

Those players are joined by some of the game’s biggest names. Such luminaries as Will Kassouf (16,075,000), Dominik Nitsche (12,483,080), Tom Middleton (11,180,475), and Mike Sexton Classic champion Daniel Dvoress (7,917,694) are all still in contention for glory.

As are the likes of Justin Bonomo (6,362,236), David Peters (6,325,618), Kelly Saxby (5,313,311), David Yan (4,882,878), Ami Barer (3,473,910), Roberto Romanello (3,305,634), Hristovoje Pavlovic (2,255,971), and Mike Watson (915,478).

Play resumes at 19:05 GMT on February 15 and continues until the 169 returning players are whittled to the final table of nine. Each of those finalists will then be guaranteed $14,826 and will be eight eliminations away from a $184,507 score.