H-58: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty] | 2021 GG Spring Festival

04-15-2021 19:36 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	389,850 -19,678	-19,678
Artur Martirosian	355,731 163,701	163,701

Isaac Haxton	260,457 -11,390	-11,390

Sergei Denisov	205,808 21,220	21,220
Tamas "szagos" Adamszki	205,188 98,668	98,668
Christian Rudolph	198,442 5,163	5,163
Hannes "BlackFortuna" Speiser	192,746 12,090	12,090
Preben Stokkan	177,293 -19,660	-19,660
David Yan	160,511 38,043	38,043

Eelis Parssinen	151,683 9,001	9,001

meow41	142,652 -15,790	-15,790
Alex Theologis	140,905

judd trump	126,426 -74,022	-74,022
Jans Arends	117,957 1,146	1,146

Tyler "TheRayGuy" Cornell	113,344 7,501	7,501

Pascal Hartmann	110,783 26,103	26,103
Maksim "MAMOHT_T" Mamonov	105,549 -18,553	-18,553
Tauan Naves	103,302
Matthias Eibinger	102,867 -45,219	-45,219

Rui Ferreira	100,420 -26,352	-26,352

Marius Gierse	100,229 7,846	7,846
David Coleman	100,000 -70,996	-70,996

Yuri Dzivielevski	87,345 39,955	39,955

Patrick Leonard	86,919 -32,761	-32,761

Stephen Chidwick	82,940 -14,380	-14,380

Player	Chips	Progress
R_uida lin	147,012 75,106	75,106
Preben Stokkan	108,787 -68,506	-68,506

Haxton with Most Bounties So Far

Lyle Bateman

Level 5 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

With action in Level 5 now, Isaac Haxton is leading the bounty race with $7,500 in bounties already. Current chip leader Niklas Astedt has $5,000 in bounties, as do Pavel "EzzzGame" Plesuv and Sihao "Mr_3rdBullet" Zhang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel "EzzzGame" Plesuv	274,514

Sihao "Mr_3rdBullet" Zhang	237,453

Level: 6

Blinds: 1,250/2,500

Ante: 350

04-15-2021 19:58 UTC

Chip Leaders at Break

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 1,250/2,500, 350 ante

The total field is now up to 111, witj 81 players still active with chips. Registration is still open for a little under three hours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	375,325 19,594	19,594

Niklas Astedt	342,020 -47,830	-47,830
Isaac Haxton	309,645 49,188	49,188

Sihao "Mr_3rdBullet" Zhang	273,302 35,849	35,849
Rodrigo Selouan	271,877
Pavel "EzzzGame" Plesuv	265,814 -8,700	-8,700

Joao Simao	258,785

Joni Jouhkimainen	243,533

Tamas "szagos" Adamszki	241,891 36,703	36,703
Maksim "MAMOHT_T" Mamonov	233,769 128,220	128,220

04-15-2021 20:05 UTC

Chidwick Gets a Double

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 1,250/2,500, 350 ante

Stephen Chidwick raised the button to 5.5K, then called off with less when David Yan shoved the big blind for more than 100K.

David Yan:
Stephen Chidwick:

Board:

Yan flopped a pair and turned two, but Chidwick rivered the straight for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	160,080 77,140	77,140

David Yan	33,335 -127,176	-127,176

04-15-2021 20:11 UTC

Chidwick Chips Up More

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 1,250/2,500, 350 ante

"RaiseUpBlind" raised to 5.25K from the middle, and Stephen Chidwick called from their immediate left, as did Niklas Astedt on the big blind. Astedt checked the flop and "RaiseUpBlind" bet 6,875. Both players called to the turn where Astedt checked, "RaiseUpBlind" bet 21.25K, and Chidwick shoved for 147,255, forcing folds from the other two.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	338,745 -3,275	-3,275
Stephen Chidwick	208,930 48,850	48,850

RaiseUpBlind	59,957 -14,525	-14,525

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 450

04-15-2021 20:25 UTC

Watson Surges to Chip Lead

Lyle Bateman

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 450 ante

After an early raise, Mike Watson reraised the middle to 15.5K, then called when Anatoly Filatov raised the button to 40.75K. Watson check-called for 23,325 on the flop, and they both checked the turn. Watson shoved for 205,475 on the river, and Filatov called it off with less.

Mike Watson:
Anatoly Filatov:

Board:

Filatov flopped best with the ace, but the Canadian Watson got there on the river with the straight. He picked up another pot the following hand to be the first player to stack up more than 500K in chips so far today.