The first flight of the Event #33: $5,000 WSOP Online Main Event on GGPoker attracted a field of 437 players with just 61 players advancing to Day 2 on September 26.
A whole host of familiar names made it through — read on to find out who — but those who were unlucky enough to crash out still have seven more starting flights to try and lock up a seat in Day 2.
Event #33: $5,000 WSOP Online Main Event Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheogorath | Mexico | 1,403,424 |
| 2 | David Yan | Croatia | 1,342,807 |
| 3 | Lexandru | Canada | 1,167,349 |
| 4 | Hun Wei Lee | New Zealand | 812,989 |
| 5 | Maddona | Luxembourg | 737,488 |
| 6 | AKmaki95 | Belgium | 733,703 |
| 7 | RAMBO6000 | Austria | 689,261 |
| 8 | Marco Streda | Liechtenstein | 668,326 |
| 9 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | 667,478 |
| 10 | Ryan Riess | Mexico | 645,512 |
Only three players bagged over a million chips, with WSOP Circuit ring winner David Yan sandwiched between Canada's 'Lexandru' and Day 1a chip leader 'Sheogorath'.
However, the stand-out name will be former WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess who bagged tenth in chips with 645,512 from his starting stack of 60,000 chips. Earlier this year, Riess narrowly missed out on a second WSOP bracelet after finishing runner-up in Event #71: $1,111 One More for One Drop.
Riess 'The Beast' famously won the 2013 WSOP Main Event for $8,361,570 and finished fourth in the 2018 WSOP Europe Main Event five years later. He will surely be looking to make a deep run in the WSOP Online Main Event when play resumes on September 26.
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Other notables through to Day 2 include bracelet-winners Yuri Dzivielevski (513,351) and Mikita Badziakouski (475,205).
Dzivielevski picked up his first bracelet in June 2019, and won a second during the 2020 WSOP Online in Event #42: $400 PLOSSUS.
Earlier this year he narrowly missed out on a second after losing heads-up to Dan Cates in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
Meanwhile, Badziakouski is on a tear in 2022 winning High Roller events in Cyprus, Barcelona and Madrid in the space of four months. Will he be able to continue his strong performance on the online felt?
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Notable players who missed out on a spot in Day 2 included Michael Addamo, Sergio Aido, Wiktor Malinowski, Anatoly Filatov, Andras Nemeth, and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier.
Remaining WSOP Online Main Event Flights
Flights for the potentially record-breaking WSOP Online Main Event continue every Sunday until September 18. Flights then take place every two days until the final starting flight on September 25.
| DATE | TIME (UTC) | EVENT | GUARANTEE |
| Sep-04 | 6:30 p.m. | $5,000 WSOP Online MAIN EVENT Day 1b | $20,000,000 |
| Sep-11 | 6:30 p.m. | $5,000 WSOP Online MAIN EVENT Day 1c | $20,000,000 |
| Sep-18 | 6:30 p.m. | $5,000 WSOP Online MAIN EVENT Day 1d | $20,000,000 |
| Sep-20 | 6:30 p.m. | $5,000 WSOP Online MAIN EVENT Day 1e | $20,000,000 |
| Sep-22 | 6:30 p.m. | $5,000 WSOP Online MAIN EVENT Day 1f | $20,000,000 |
| Sep-24 | 6:30 p.m. | $5,000 WSOP Online MAIN EVENT Day 1g | $20,000,000 |
| Sep-25 | 6:30 p.m. | $5,000 WSOP Online MAIN EVENT Day 1h | $20,000,000 |
| Sep-26 | 6 p.m. | $5,000 WSOP Online MAIN EVENT Day 2 | $20,000,000 |
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- 2 Jacopo Achille Becomes a WSOP Bracelet Winner at GGPoker
- 3 GGPoker WSOP Online: Jon "Marklanders1" Garde Wins Maiden Bracelet; Konstas Chip Leads MONSTER STACK
- 4 GGPoker WSOP Online: Lauck Takes Home Second Bracelet as Ball Pulls the Million Dollar Bounty
- 5 Aerts and Barer Become Latest GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Winners
- 6 Tapio Vihakas Wins Million Dollar Mystery Bounty as More WSOP Online Bracelets Awarded on GGPoker
- 7 David Yan Triumphs in $10K Super MILLION$ High Roller WSOP Online Bracelet Event ($985,565)
- 8 Ryan Riess Bags Big After GGPoker WSOP Online Main Event Day 1a
- 9 Tournament Spotlight: Ladies NLHE Championship Bracelet Event
- 10 Patrick Leonard Misses Out on WSOP Bracelet; GGPoker Adds New Ways to Qualify for Main Event
- 11 Marius Gierse Shines Brightly on WSOP Online Main Event Day 1b
- 12 Rui Ferreira Reels In a GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet and $287K
- 13 Lefrancois, Maue and Obreshkov Crush GGPoker WSOP Online Main Event Day 1C
- 14 Don't Miss Out On These GGPoker WSOP Online Main Event Day 1D Satellites
- 15 Qualify for the GGPoker WSOP Online Main Event for Just $5!
- 16 Mario Navarro Pockets Biggest GGPoker WSOP Online Score of the Week
- 17 Tardif & Greenwood Bubble GGPoker WSOP Online Main Event Day 1d
- 18 GGPoker WSOP Online: Kade Misses Out on Ladies Championship; Arends & Radoja Reel in Bracelets
- 19 Tournament Spotlight: GGPoker WSOP Online Main Event; Loeliger Among Day 1e Survivors
- 20 Brazilians Dominate GGPoker WSOP Online Main Event Day 1f; Miner Strikes Gold in Short Deck Championship
- 21 GGPoker WSOP Online Main Event SMASHES $20M Guarantee; Three More Bracelets Dished Out
