{"id":91065,"date":"2020-08-17T08:52:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T08:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=91065"},"modified":"2021-10-13T08:11:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T08:11:35","slug":"wpt-knockout-championship-reaches-day-2-ali-imsirovic-leads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-knockout-championship-reaches-day-2-ali-imsirovic-leads.html","title":{"rendered":"WPT Knockout Championship Reaches Day 2: Ali Imsirovic Leads"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fifth WPT World Online Championship (WPTWOC)<\/strong><\/a> Championship Event has reached Day 2 and we can\u2019t wait for it to shuffle up and deal at 20:00 CEST on August 17. Why? Because it is one of the most stacked fields the game has ever seen.<\/p>\n

Day 1A attracted 457 players and only 57 of those punched their Day 2 tickets at the first attempt. A trio of Team partypoker members got the job done and progressed. Renato Nomura<\/strong><\/a> (531,876 chips), Kristen Bicknell<\/strong> (585,429), and Dzmitry Urbanovich<\/strong> (1,111,426) made it safely through to Day 2.<\/p>\n

Chance Kornuth<\/strong> earned the title of Day 1A chip leader courtesy of accumulating 2,520,484 chips. Kornuth goes into Day 2 with a $9,937 bounty in tow, making him a very attractive target when play resumes.<\/p>\n

Santiago Plante<\/strong> was the only other Day 1A player to finish the flight with more than two million chips. The Canadian bagged up 2,094,228 and sits back down with a $5,812 bounty.<\/p>\n

Other players to look out for from the first of the two flights include Ireland\u2019s Mark Davies<\/strong> (1,583,429), Parker Talbot<\/strong> (1,155,899), Artem Vezhenkov<\/strong> (995,429), Sylvain Loosli<\/strong> (901,334), Daniel Dvoress<\/strong><\/a> (889,164), Robin Yliatlo<\/strong> (777,500), Manig Loeser<\/strong> (698,958), Joao Vieira<\/strong> (617,563), and Nicholas Romanello<\/strong> (458,577).<\/p>\n

Imsirovic Secures Massive Chip Lead<\/h2>\n

PKO tournaments tend to favour aggressive players and they don\u2019t come much more aggressive than Ali Imsirovic<\/strong><\/a>. Imsirovic excelled on Day 1B and finished the night with a colossal 4,319,536 stack, almost double the size of anyone else in the tournament!<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a long way to go in this $3,200 buy-in event but the ball is firmly in Imsirovic\u2019s court.<\/p>\n

Simon Mattsson<\/strong> of Sweden has his own remarkable story. The Swede finished with a 1,802,858 stack, enough for fifth-place on the Day 1B leaderboard, but he managed this without claiming a single bounty along the way! It\u2019s quite incredible really.<\/p>\n

Only 80 of the 578 starters made it through to Day 2. Team Online\u2019s Jeff Gross<\/strong><\/a> (619,386) was one of only two orange diamonds to progress. Joni Jouhkimainen<\/strong><\/a> (235,998) was the other partypoker pro.<\/p>\n

British pro Brandon Sheils<\/strong> has done his chances of WPT glory no harm by bagging up 2,380,866 chips on Day 1B. This saw him finish second and is enough for third-place overall. Incredibly, Sheils has $10,125 worth of bounties already, which is the most of any player in the 137-strong Day 2 field.<\/p>\n

Some of the Day 1B players to look out for on Day 2 include Martin Jacobson<\/strong> (2,045,669), Jareth East<\/strong> (1,412,372), Thomas Boivin<\/strong> (1,301,044), Artur Martirosian<\/strong> (815,028), Ryan Riess<\/strong> (809,573), Pascal Hartmann<\/strong> (659,934), Steve Watts<\/strong> (651,182), Yuri Dzivielevski<\/strong> (587,692), Rok Gostisa<\/strong> (574,954), Mohsin Charania<\/strong> (480,400), Ben Heath<\/strong> (310,724), and Elior Sion<\/strong> (91,036).<\/p>\n

WPT #05 Knockout Championship Day 2 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>\nAli Imsirovic<\/td>\nMexico<\/td>\n4,319,536<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nChance Kornuth<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n2,520,484<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nBrandon Sheils<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\n2,380,866<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSantiago Plante<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n2,094,228<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nMartin Jacobson<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\n2,045,669<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nGerman Christiansen<\/td>\nArgentina<\/td>\n1,973,821<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nLukas Wimmer<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\n1,872,570<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nSimon Mattsson<\/td>\nSweden<\/td>\n1,802,858<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nMark Davies<\/td>\nIreland<\/td>\n1,583,429<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nChristopher Putz<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\n1,563,629<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Day 2 commences at 20:00 CEST on August 17 and continues until only nine players remain. Some 120 spots are paid from the main prize pool, meaning 17 players will go home disappointed. A min-cash weighs in at $4,176 while those reaching Day 3 secure at least $21,036, plus their bounties, of course. The eventual champion gets their hands on $211,466, and a $15,000 entry to the next Tournament of Champions<\/strong>, complete with flights and accommodation!<\/p>\n

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The fifth WPT World Online Championship (WPTWOC) Championship Event has reached Day 2 and we can\u2019t wait for it to shuffle up and deal at 20:00 CEST on August 17. Why? Because it is one of the most stacked fields the game has ever seen. Day 1A attracted 457 players and only 57 of those<\/p>\n

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