Walter Treccarich takes the chip lead to the final table of the WPT Online WPT500 on Tuesday (partypoker photo)

There were just two final tables on Monday’s World Poker Tour Online slate but the action was clearly focused on the WPT500. The final two starting flights drew 298 and 408 players respectively and Day 2 began with 681 players who survived one of the 10 starting flights.

Italian Walter Treccarich ended Day 2 with 18,966,747 chips and heads into Tuesday’s final table with the chip lead. Right behind him is Fabio Sperling with 18,702,704 in second place and Philipp Dietrich in third with 18,212,576.

While the top three are fairly close in terms of chip count, there is a significant drop between third and fourth. Christopher Putz bagged up 13,082,130 – 31% less than Treccarich – and Markus Prinz sits fifth with 12,825.148. The bottom four stacks belong to Harutyun Sahakyan (5,046,239), Fabrizio Gonzalez (3,611,032), Giuseppe Vassallo (2,784,224), with Daan Mulders (2,760,152) holding the shortest stack.

The final table begins at 3 PM EDT on Tuesday.

Andrey Kotelnikov was the biggest winner on Monday. The Russian took home $37,001 after winning Event #25 ($530 Six Max Turbo). A total of 370 players created a $185,000 prize pool. Runner-up Ashley Cleaver pocketed $27,380 while
Hong Hao David Doan took home $19,889 for coming in third.

Joao Manana won $9,333 for shipping Event #25 Mini ($55 Six Max Turbo).

WPT500
4,828 Entries
$2,414,000 Prize Pool

Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Walter Treccarich – 18,966,747
  2. Fabio Sperling – 18,702,704
  3. Philipp Dietrich – 18,212,576
  4. Christopher Putz – 13,082,130
  5. Markus Prinz – 12,825.148
  6. Harutyun Sahakyan – 5,046,239
  7. Fabrizio Gonazalez – 3,611,032
  8. Giuseppe Vassallo – 2,784,224
  9. Daan Mulders – 2,760,152

Event #25 Mini $55 Six Max Turbo
1,206 Entries
$60,300 Prize Pool

  1. Joao Manana – $9,333
  2. Joaquim Tarach – $7,116
  3. Christoph Moritz – $5,412
  4. Santtu Kalevi Leinonen – $3,779
  5. Gytis Lazauninkas – $2,473
  6. Antoine Goutard – $1,547

Event #25 $530 Six Max Turbo
370 Entries
$185,000 Prize Pool

  1. Andrey Kotelnikov – $37,001
  2. Ashley Cleaver – $27,380
  3. Hong Hao David Doan – $19,889
  4. Andrea Panarese – $14,020
  5. Mantas Bulotas – $10,175
  6. Ambrose Carr – $7,030