British poker superstar and former WSOP bracelet winner Stephen Chidwick was one of the biggest names to survive across Day 1e and Day 1f of the WSOP 2020 Online Series Main Event.

With Day 1e of Event #77, the WSOP Main Event on GGPoker, having a total of 83 players, just 16 would find a seat into Day 2 by surviving until the end of the 15 levels, each lasting half an hour. The chip leader after that time was Vlad Martynenko, who racked up an incredible 819,099 chips.

That’s not just the chip lead in the Day 1e flight, but the chip lead overall, as the impressive Martynenko put himself in pole position to win the lion’s share of the $25 million guaranteed prizepool.

In the chipcounts, Martynenko was followed by Chris Brewer, who himself bagged up a virtual total of 557,457 chips. Stephen Chidwick, who won a WSOP bracelet in Event #45 of the 2019 World Series of Poker, also made the cut, albeit with a slightly lower total of 117,696 chips.