{"id":137253,"date":"2021-06-28T10:46:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T10:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=137253"},"modified":"2021-06-28T11:01:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T11:01:17","slug":"vogelsang-claims-wcc-main-event-chip-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/vogelsang-claims-wcc-main-event-chip-lead.html","title":{"rendered":"Vogelsang Claims WCC Main Event Chip Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 1A of the $1 million guaranteed World Cup of Cards<\/a> Main Event<\/strong> took place on June 27 and saw 354 players buy in before late registration slammed shut. Only 53 of those 354 starters punched their Day 2 tickets at the first attempt, and nobody accumulated more chips than the United Kingdom-based German Christoph Vogelsang<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

WCC #05 Main Event Day 1A Top 10 Chip Counts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nChips<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nChristoph Vogelsang<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\n3,363,472<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nRodrigo Selouan<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n3,248,223<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nThiago Crema<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n3,235,609<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nJon Van Fleet<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n2,631,652<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nAaron Spektor<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n2,579,052<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nAleks Dimitrov<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n2,502,452<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nJames Whittet<\/td>\nHungary<\/td>\n2,386,653<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nTimothy Cavallin<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n2,321,223<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nArmin Rezaei<\/td>\nMalta<\/td>\n2,214,071<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nCharles Whitehouse<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\n2,145,697<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Vogelsang shone the brightest on Day 1A of the $1,100 buy-in Main Event. The talented German has more than $25 million in live poker tournament earnings<\/strong>, and it is easy to see why. He sat down with 200,000 chips and finished the opening flight with a tournament-leading stack of 3,363,472. There is still a long way to go, with another three flights on the schedule, but Vogelsang has done his chances of glory no harm at all.<\/p>\n

Two other players came close to matching Vogelsang\u2019s impressive chip stack, but ultimately fell a little short. Brazilian sensations Rodrigo Selouan<\/strong> and Thiago Crema<\/strong> bagged up 3,248,223 and 3,235,609 chips respectively.<\/p>\n

Just below Crema with a stack of 2,631,652 is the inaugural MILLIONS Online champion Jon Van Fleet<\/strong><\/a>. The man known as \u201capestyles\u201d<\/strong> is definitely one player to watch when Day 2 commenced on July 5 at 20:05 BST.<\/p>\n

Plenty of other stellar, household names progressed to Day 2 from the opening flight. Peter Chien<\/strong> (2,056,575), David Coleman<\/strong> (1,811,888), Brandon Adams<\/strong> (1,709,695), Bruno Volkmann<\/strong> (1,332,153), Sylvain Loosli<\/strong> (525,411), and reigning MILLIONS Online champion Endrit Geci<\/strong><\/a> (518,396) among them.<\/p>\n

Ten Mega Satellite Winners Progress to Day 2<\/h2>\n

The first WCC Main Event Mega Satellite<\/strong> also ran on June 27 and awarded 50x $1,100 seats to Day 1A. Ten of the 50 who secured seats made it through to Day 2.<\/p>\n

James Whittet<\/strong> (2,386,653), Armin Rezaei<\/strong> (2,214,071), and Charles Whitehouse<\/strong> (2,145,697) not only navigated their way to Day 2 but did so with top ten stacks! Here are the other Mega Satellite winners who have turned no more than $215 into at least a WCC Main Event min-cash.<\/p>\n