WPT Online: Luke Martinelli Takes Down Event #19 for $25,895
Saturday was the calm before the storm at the World Poker Tour Online at partypoker with just four events playing down to a champion.
Luke Martinelli outlasted 253 other entries in Event #19 ($530 Turbo) to win the title and $25,895.30. Finishing one spot behind Martinelli earned Freek Scholten $18,796 while Norbert Szecsi took home $13,398.50 for coming in third place.
Mohamed Bachir Andolssi earned $8,652.15 for winning Event #19 Mini ($55 Turbo).
Saturday also the seventh WPT500 starting flight. Julio Fantin finished Day 1G with the biggest stack at 440,689. A total of 68 players advanced to Day 2 including Alex Fortin-Demers (408,580), Kevin MacPhee (330,663), Alexandr Trofimov (281,301), and Jaime Staples (270,972).
Note: results from Event #16 and Event #16 Mini were not made publically available.
WPT Online Event #19 Mini $55 Turbo
1,175 Entries
$58,750 Prize Pool
- Mohamed Bachir Andolssi – $8,652.15
- Andrea Panarese – $8,532.84
- Rafael Roglio – $4,705.87
- Carson Barton – $3,149.00
- Marlon Singh – $2,232.50
- Dzhem Yumer Yumer – $1,574.50
- Evgeny Nekrasov – $1,104.50
- Henrik Zeis – $740.25
WPT Online Event #19 $530 Turbo
254 Entries
$127,000 Prize Pool
- Luke Martinelli – $25,895.30
- Freek Scholten – $18,796.00
- Norbert Szecsi – $13,398.50
- Jimi Koponen – $9,906.00
- Ognyan Dimov – $6,985.00
- Anthony Spinella – $5,334.00
- Thomas Boivin – $3,937.00
- Roger Tondeur – $2,921.00
WPT Online WPT500 Day 1G
473 Entries
$236,500 Prize Pool
Top 10 Chip Counts
- Julio Fantin – 440,869
- Alex Fortin-Demers – 408,580
- Kevin MacPhee – 330,663
- Alexandr Trofimov – 281,301
- James Staples – 270,972
- Pedro Madeira – 248,984
- Valerii Kutepov – 243,358
- Jose Manuel Nadal – 223,099
- Anton Morgenstern – 213,659
- Pavel Savin – 209,238