{"id":150096,"date":"2021-09-14T13:15:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T13:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=150096"},"modified":"2021-09-14T13:16:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T13:16:09","slug":"vlad-darie-leads-the-race-for-the-wptwoc-main-event-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/vlad-darie-leads-the-race-for-the-wptwoc-main-event-title.html","title":{"rendered":"Vlad Darie Leads The Race for the WPTWOC Main Event Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2021 WPT World Online Championships (WPTWOC) Main Event<\/strong> saw 11,179 players buy in for $5,300 and create a guarantee-busting $5,895,000 prize pool. Only nine of those starters remain in contention for the title, and none of those finalists have more chips than former WPT Vienna<\/strong> champion Vlad Darie<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Darie finished the evening with 64,535,476 chips, over 20 million more than David Peters<\/strong><\/a> (43,544,780) in second-place. Darie has more than $2.12 million in live poker tournament earnings and will boost his online winnings by an incredible $959,492 if he gets the job done at the final table on September 14.<\/p>\n

The Austria-based Romanian will not have matters his own way despite his sizeable chip lead. In addition to Peters in the chasing pack, the final table is the home to such luminaries as Talal Shakerchi<\/strong>, Rok Gostisa<\/strong>, Bruno Volkmann<\/strong>, and our very own Team partypoker member Joao Simao<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Simao is the player bringing up the rear when play resumes at 19:05 BST on September 14. He sits down with only 9.6 big blinds at his disposal but is one double-up away from being right back in the thick of it.<\/p>\n

Each of the nine finalists is guaranteed $76,713 for their efforts, with the top seven each securing a six-figure prize. With $959,492 up top, nobody will ant to lock in one of the smaller payouts.<\/p>\n

While they fell short of the final table, we have to doff our cap to Nikolay Gorbunov<\/strong> and Yaroslav Bogeav<\/strong>. Both qualified for the Main Event via $0.01 centrolls before progressing to 99th ($13,203) and 39th ($23,498) respectively. An incredible effort we are sure you will agree.<\/p>\n

You can watch all the action from the WPTWOC Main Event on our Twitch channel<\/strong><\/a> from 19:30 BST.<\/p>\n

WPT #07 Main Event Final Table Chip Counts<\/h2>\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>\nVlad Darie<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\n64,535,476<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nDavid Peters<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n43,544,780<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nTalal Shakerchi<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\n24,310,294<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nRodrigo Seiji Sirichuk<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n24,228,868<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nRok Gostisa<\/td>\nSlovenia<\/td>\n21,060,354<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nManuel Fritz<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\n20,201,764<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nBruno Volkmann<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n18,587,467<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nPhilipp Hofbauer<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\n11,650,736<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nJoao Simao<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n7,680,261<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

$5,300 Main Event Final Table Payouts<\/h2>\n