Level: 21
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 6,000
2021 GG Spring Festival
H-24: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty]
Day: 1
Novak Eliminates Malinowski
Level 20
: 17,500/35,000, 5,000 ante
Ankush Mandavia opened for 77,000 under the gun and Andrii Novak called in the cutoff. Wiktor Malinowski shoved 467K in the big blind and Mandavia bowed out. Novak was willing, though.
Novak: 
Malinowski: 
Malinowski flopped a straight draw on 
. However, he couldn't overtake the pair on the 
turn or 
river.
With 10 players left, the tournament is once more hand-for-hand on the final table bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,572,000
1,226,000
|
1,226,000 |
|
Busted |
Nemeth Finally Busted
Level 20
: 17,500/35,000, 5,000 ante
Chris Rudolph raised to 77,000 in the cutoff and Sami Kelopuro called in the small blind. Big blind Andras Nemeth stuck in a short stack of 147K. Rudolph tried to iso but Kelopuro called for about 900K.
Kelopuro: 
Rudolph: 
Nemeth: 
It was an awful spot for Nemeth and a poor one for Rudolph. The queen held with ease and Rudolph was left short while Nemeth busted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,001,000
885,000
|
885,000 |
|
412,000
-917,000
|
-917,000 |
|
Busted |
Double Bounty for Nuter
Level 20
: 17,500/35,000, 5,000 ante
Pulkit Goyal put in all but one chip, 231K, in the hijack. Timothy Nuter raised all in for 801K in the next seat and "77Storm77" was undeterred, calling off 473K on the button. Goyal tanked a long time then called in hopes of making a money jump.
Goyal: 
Nuter: 
77Storm77: 
The 
board missed everyone, leaving the king kicker a winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,588,000
491,000
|
491,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Mandavia Outruns Adams
Level 20
: 17,500/35,000, 5,000 ante
Just before the level change, Ankush Mandavia opened for 66,000 and called the shove of Timothy Adams, who had 757K in the big blind.
Adams: 
Mandavia:
The 
board was just fine for Adams until the arrived.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,022,000
1,553,000
|
1,553,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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Level: 20
Blinds: 17,500/35,000
Ante: 5,000
Minkov Eliminated on a Beat
Level 19
: 15,000/30,000, 4,500 ante
Nikola Minkov shoved under the gun for 233K and Wei Zhao isolated in the small blind.
Zhao: 
Minkov: 
Everything looked golden for a Minkov dub on the 
board until a river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,615,000
581,000
|
581,000 |
|
Busted |
Gonzalez Can't Find a Club
Level 19
: 15,000/30,000, 4,500 ante
Fabrizio Gonzalez got about 335K in on the button with but was against the 
of neighbor Andrii Novak. Gonzalez whiffed the flop but did find a second club on board on the turn. He missed the river though, reducing the field to 16.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,346,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
Busted |
Elias Out in 18th
Level 19
: 15,000/30,000, 4,500 ante
Bruno Volkmann opened for 60,000 on the button and Darren Elias shoved about 420K. Enrico Camosci tanked and stuck in a bigger stack of 434K and Volkmann called.
Elias: 
Camosci:
Volkmann: 
It wasn't the worst spot for Volkmann but he only found a missed gutter on the 
runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,317,000
686,000
|
686,000 |
|
1,302,000
252,000
|
252,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Parssinen Dominated and Felted
Level 19
: 15,000/30,000, 4,500 ante
Eelis Parssinen shoved for about 320K in the small blind with 
and ran into a dominating 
of Chris Rudolph. The did nothing for Parssinen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,329,000
575,000
|
575,000 |
|
Busted | |
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