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

1. Mohamed Bachir Andolssi – $8,652.15
2. Andrea Panarese – $8,532.84
3. Rafael Roglio – $4,705.87
4. Carson Barton – $3,149.00
5. Marlon Singh – $2,232.50
6. Dzhem Yumer Yumer – $1,574.50
7. Evgeny Nekrasov – $1,104.50
8. Henrik Zeis – $740.25

WPT Online Event #19 $530 Turbo
254 Entries
$127,000 Prize Pool

1. Luke Martinelli – $25,895.30
2. Freek Scholten – $18,796.00
3. Norbert Szecsi – $13,398.50
4. Jimi Koponen – $9,906.00
5. Ognyan Dimov – $6,985.00
6. Anthony Spinella – $5,334.00
7. Thomas Boivin – $3,937.00
8. Roger Tondeur – $2,921.00

WPT Online WPT500 Day 1G
473 Entries
$236,500 Prize Pool

Top 10 Chip Counts

1. Julio Fantin – 440,869
2. Alex Fortin-Demers – 408,580
3. Kevin MacPhee – 330,663
4. Alexandr Trofimov – 281,301
5. James Staples – 270,972
6. Pedro Madeira – 248,984
7. Valerii Kutepov – 243,358
8. Jose Manuel Nadal – 223,099
9. Anton Morgenstern – 213,659
10. Pavel Savin – 209,238