Event #10: $25,500 High Roller Championship, $5m GTD Dia 1b | 2020 WPT World Online Championships

The second and final opening flight of the $25,500 Super High Roller Championship in the partypoker WPT World Online Championships is in the books.

The Day 1b field attracted 111 players with 17 survivors. This brings the total field up to 199 players with 28 total survivors when factoring in the 88 players and 11 survivors on Day 1b. This generated $25,000 in extra value with the mouth-watering $5 million guarantee just missed.

Christopher Fitzgerald emerged as the Day 1b chip leader after turning his 100,000 starting stack into a monster stack of 1,312,702 in chips after 18 blind levels of 25 minutes each.

Also bagging seven-figure stacks on Sunday were Daniel Rezaei (1,176,375) and partypoker Ambassador Jason Koon (1,007,130).

Meanwhile, partypoker Ambassador Ludovic Geilich will also bring a big stack forward to Day 2 after successfully ending Day 1b with a stack of 797,634.

Day 1b Final Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Christopher Fitzgerald	United States	1,312,702	94
2	Daniel Rezaei	Austria	1,176,375	84
3	Jason Koon	United States	1,007,130	72
4	Bujtas Laszlo	Hungary	910,909	65
5	Marius Gierse	Austria	893,094	64
6	Ludovic Geilich	United Kingdom	797,634	57
7	Fabiano Kovalski	Brazil	796,905	57
8	Mark Demirjian	Lebanon	599,222	43
9	Zachary Clark	United States	571,309	41
10	Julian Stuer	Austria	548,660	39
11	Alexandros Kolonias	Greece	484,531	35
12	Andras Nemeth	Hungary	450,812	32
13	Brock Wilson	United States	415,881	30
14	Almedin Imsirovic	United States	368,485	26
15	Simon Trumper	United Kingdom	315,542	23
16	Mikhail Vilkov	Russia	301,124	22
17	Wiktor Malinowski	Poland	149,685	11

Pascal Hartmann Leads the Pack

Pascal Hartmann will enter Day 2 as the chip leader after running up his stack to a colossal stack of 1,964,082 in chips.

Hartmann is a well-known poker pro and has navigated himself to several deep runs during the WPTWOC series. He's not managed to take down a Championship Event yet, bit this incredible start has done his chances of glory no harm at all.

Also bagging big on Day 1a was Mikita Badziakouski (1,250,461) and Ole Schemion with Kahle Burns (969,133) falling just short.

Day 2 Begins on Sept. 21 at 8:05 p.m. CEST

The 28 remaining players will return at 8:05 p.m. CEST on Sept. 21 in hopes of putting themselves in a good position for the massive $1,094,460 top prize. The final 28 players are already each guaranteed at least a min-cash of $56,750.

The action will begin with blinds at 7,000/14,000 along with an ante of 1,800 and will increase every 40 minutes. The day will end when seven players are left remaining, who will all be guaranteed at least a $155,061 seventh-place payout.

Super High Roller Championship Payouts

Place	Prize
1	$1,094,460
2	$779,139
3	$549,794
4	$380,652
5	$259,979
6	$197,667
7	$155,061
8-9	$126,500
10-11	$102,500
12-14	$84,000
15-21	$68,000
22-28	$56,750

Stay tuned at PokerNews to see who advances to the final table and beyond in the $25,500 Super High Roller Championship.

WPT World Online Championships Winners

Date	Event	Field	Prize pool	Winner	Payout
7/21/20	Event #1: $3,200 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship	145	$500,000	Paul Tedeschi	$92,105
7/28/20	Event #2: $3,200 Pot Limit Omaha Championship	342	$1,026,000	Alex Manzano	$176,132
8/4/20	Event #3: $3,200 8-Max Championship	1,062	$3,186,000	Gavin Cochrane	$540,664
8/11/20	Event #4: $3,200 6-Max Championship	999	$3,000,000	Nick Petrangelo	$494,550
8/18/20	Event #5: $3,200 Knockout Championship	1,035	$3,105,000	Daniel Smyth	$413,391
8/25/20	Event #6: $3,200 Mix-Max Championship	989	$3,000,000	Andrey Kotelnikov	$488,508
9/1/20	Event #7: Micro Main Event Championship	8,465	$1,000,000	Luiz Antonio Silva	$488,508
9/9/20	Event #7: Mini Main Event Championship	4,600	$5,000,000	Renan Carlos Bruschi	$504,582
9/16/20	Event #8: $10,300 Main Event	1,011	$10,110,000	Phil Mighall	$1,550,298
9/17/20	Event #9: $3,200 Heads-Up Championship	166	$500,000	Steve O'Dwyer	$135,000

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Tags: Christopher Fitzgerald Daniel Rezaei Jason Koon Kahle Burns Ludovic Geilich Mikita Badziakouski Ole Schemion Pascal Hartmann

Place

Player

Country

Chips

Big Blinds

Christopher Fitzgerald

United States

1,312,702

Daniel Rezaei

Austria

1,176,375

Jason Koon

United States

1,007,130

Laszlo Bujtas

Hungary

910,909

Marius Gierse

Austria

893,094

Ludovic Geilich

United Kingdom

797,634

Fabiano Kovalski

Brazil

796,905

Mark Demirjian

Lebanon

599,222

Zachary Clark

United States

571,309

Julian Stuer

Austria

548,660

Alexandros Kolonias

Greece

484,531

Andras Nemeth

Hungary

450,812

Brock Wilson

United States

415,881

Almedin Imsirovic

United States

368,485

Simon Trumper

United Kingdom

315,542

Mikhail Vilkov

Russia

301,124

Wiktor Malinowski

Poland

149,685

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Christopher Fitzgerald	1,312,702	1,312,702
Daniel Rezaei	1,176,375	1,176,375
Jason Koon	1,007,130	1,007,130
Laszlo Bujtas	910,909	910,909
Marius Gierse	893,094	893,094
Ludovic Geilich	797,634	797,634
Fabiano Kovalski	796,905	796,905
Mark Demirjian	599,222	599,222
Zachary Clark	571,309	571,309
Julian Stuer	548,660	548,660
Alexandros Kolonias	484,531	484,531
Andras Nemeth	450,812	450,812
Brock Wilson	415,881	415,881
Almedin Imsirovic	368,485	368,485
Simon Trumper	315,542	315,542
Mikhail Vilkov	301,124	301,124
Wiktor Malinowski	149,685	149,685

Jogador

Fichas

Progresso