Nearly three years ago, Charlie Carrel took down the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event for $1.2 million. On Friday night, Carrel thrust himself into the online poker spotlight again by winning a World Poker Tour Online Super High Roller event for $600,250.

Carrel beat 97 other entries in Event #14 ($25,500 Super High Roller) including a final table that featured Arsenii Karmatckii, former #1-ranked PocketFiver Chris Hunichen, and eventual runner-up Ali Imsirovic. Third-place finisher Elias Talvitie finished third for $306,250 while Imsirovic earned $428,750 for coming in second. This event was the first of three $25,500 buy-in events on the WPT Online schedule. The others run on May 14 and May 17.

Event #13 ($2,650 Six Max NLHE) drew 293 runners with Daniel Reijmer earning the trophy and $167,137.47. The final opponent he eliminated, Ole Schemion, took home $111,706.25 while third place finisher Julien Perouse added $80,575 to his bankroll.

Aleksejs Ponakovs earned $54,225.52 for winning Event #13 Mini ($265 Six Max NLHE).

Chad Eveslage took down Event #17 ($530 Six Max Hyper Knockout) for $11,027.98 plus $13,101.59 in bounties. Runner-up Ihar Soika won $11,015.30 and another $6,820.29 in bounties while Victoriya Gracheva came in third for $7,835.84 plus $1,343.75 in bounties. The single day event had 251 entries.

Agustin Amestoy navigated his way throgh 840 other entries in Event #17 Mini ($55 Six Max Hyper Knockout) to win $2,876.83 and $2,538.06 in bounties.

Friday was the sixth starting flight of the WPT500 with 364 players adding $182,000 to the overall prize pool. Just 46 players advanced to Day 2 with Philipp Dietrich (393,082), Brunno Botteon De Albuquerque (390,506), and Carlos Chadha-Villamarin (386,541) finishing with the biggest stacks.

WPT Online Event #13 Mini $265 Six Max NLHE
1,446 Entries
$361,500 Prize Pool

Aleksejs Ponakovs – $54,225.52
Denis Timofeev – $38,556.14
Dean Gilbert – $30,004.50
Stefan Jedlicka – $21,690
Goran Mandic – $14,460
Stoyan Obreshkov – $9,037.50

WPT Online Event #13: $2,650 Six Max NLHE
293 Entries
$732,500 Prize Pool

Daniel Reijmer – $167,137.47
Ole Schemion – $111,706.25
Julien Perouse – $80,575
Enrico Camosci – $58,600
Mark Radoja – $40,287.50
RUi Ferreira – $29,300

WPT Online Event #14 $25,500 Super High Roller
98 Entries
$2,450,000 Prize Pool

Charles Carrel – $600,250
Almedin Imsirovic – $428,750
Elias Talvitie – $306,250
Ivan Galinec – $214,375
Arsenii Karmatckii – $159,250
Wiktor Malinowski – $122,500
Christopher Hunichen – $98,000
Pauli Ayras – $79,625

WPT Online Event #17 Mini $55 Six Max Hyper Knockout
841 Entries
$42,050 Prize Pool

Agustin Amestoy – $2,876.83 + $2,538.06 in bounties
Vyacheslav Bondartsev – $2,872.13 + $648.46 in bounties
Aleksey Konoplev – $2,138.81 + $306.25 in bounties
Matthew Eardley – $1,494.60 + $553.78 in bounties
Ross Elliott – $990.27 + $913.85 in bounties
Dmitry Grigorev – $677 + $165.61 in bounties

WPT Online Event #17 $530 Six Max Hyper Knockout
251 Entries
$125,500 Prize Pool

Chad Eveslage – $11,027.98 + $13,101.59 in bounties
Ihar Soika – $11,015.30 + $6,820.29 in bounties
Victoriya Gracheva – $7,835.84 + $1,343.75 in bounties
Ramon Miquel Munoz – $5,724.10 + $828.12 in bounties
Connor Drinan – $4,266.41 + $2,312.50 in bounties
Martin Mathis – $2,844.27 + $1,375.00 in bounties

WPT Online WPT500 Day 1F
364 Entries
$182,000 Prize Pool

Top 10 Chip Counts
Philipp Dietrich – 393,082
Brunno Botteon De Albuquerque – 390,506
Carlos Chadha-Villamarin – 386,541
Bartlomiej Ryszard Machon – 362,085
Simon Ravnskbaek – 314,144
Julien Martini – 252,469
Florian-Dimitrie Duta – 237,110
Giovani Torre – 237,071
Javier Gomez Zapatero – 205,584
Alexander Piskopos – 196,676