GGSF Headliner-M: $400 NLHE, $2.5M GTD [Day 2]
Day 2 Completed
2021 GG Spring Festival
GGSF Headliner-M: $400 NLHE, $2.5M GTD [Day 2]
Day: 2
Juan Pardo Dominguez Wins GGSF Headliner-M: $400 NLHE, $2.5M GTD for $381,668
Level 36
: 3,000,000/6,000,000, 750,000 ante
After almost nine hours of play, Juan Pardo Dominguez came out on top of the GGSF Headliner-M: $400 NLHE, $2.5M GTD. He made it through more than 9,000 Day 1 runners, and 1,365 Day 2 players to take down the top prize of more than $380,000. That was the biggest share of a prize pool that ended up at $3,403,176, well over the $2.5 million guarantee.
Dominguez is no stranger to the winner's circle or big prizes. With more than $3 million in live poker winnings, this score would only rank fifth on his best live cashes. His biggest score came in 2019 at EPT Barcelona where he won the €50,000 No Limit Hold'em for more than $1.1 million.
The Final Table
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Dominguez | Spain | $381,668 |
| 2 | v_Nistelrooy | Russia | $286,206 |
| 3 | Elliott "gr00thedegen" Peterman | United Kingdom | $214,624 |
| 4 | Daniel Smiljkovic | Austria | $160,945 |
| 5 | Byron Kaverman | United States | $120,692 |
| 6 | Anton Wigg | Sweden | $90,506 |
| 7 | 5Dinks4all | Andorra | $67,870 |
| 8 | Joshua "IyasusSake" Gebissa | Germany | $50,895 |
| 9 | Hazes | Austria | $38,166 |
Day 2 Action
Day 2 went very quickly from the start. They were in the money less than an hour after the action began, and less than an hour later fewer than 500 players remained.
Along the way, players like Dara O'Kearney and Mario Mosboeck busted in the money, but the action didn't let up. There were fewer than 100 players left when Level 17 started, and they were down to 25 within another hour.
Ivan Zufic bubbled the final table about 90 minutes later after losing players like Laszlo Molnar and David "icedavid" Katai.
Dominguez started the final table with the chip lead, and held it for quite a while. Action slowed at the final table, and they played nine handed for quite a while before "Hazes" ended in ninth and set off an avalanche of busts. Four players quickly followed them to the exit with Byron Kaverman ending his day in fifth before it slowed down again.
They stalled again four-handed, trading chips and the lead back and forth around the table, before Daniel Smiljkovic ended in fourth place when his ace-jack couldn't hold against the king-deuce of Dominguez. Elliott "gr00thedegen" Peterman quickly followed when Dominguez got there again to knock him out.
Dominguez and "v_Nistelrooy" played half a dozen hands heads up before it all went in with "v_Nistelrooy" playing king-seven and Dominguez on ace-ten suited. "v_Nistelrooy" flopped a king to take the lead, but the straight came on the river for Dominguez and he took it down.
"v_Nistelrooy" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($286,206)
Level 36
: 3,000,000/6,000,000, 750,000 ante
Heads up only lasted for a handful of hands before "v_Nistelrooy" shoved for 54,575,322 and Juan Dominguez called.
Juan Dominguez: 
"v_Nistelrooy": 
Board: 
"v_Nistelrooy" hit the king on the flop, but Dominguez ran out to the straight on the river for the win. "v_Nistelrooy" bagged $286,206 for second.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
452,032,167 | 58,622,661 |
|
Busted |
Elliott "gr00thedegen" Peterman Eliminated in 3rd Place ($214,624)
Level 36
: 3,000,000/6,000,000, 750,000 ante
Juan Dominguez shoved the small blind and Elliott "gr00thedegen" Peterman called with less from the big. Peterman had the best hand with ace-seven, but the king-nine of Dominguez hit a nine on flop and took it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
393,409,506 | 114,304,656 |
|
|
58,622,661 | -15,100,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 36
Blinds: 3,000,000/6,000,000
Ante: 750,000
Daniel Smiljkovic Eliminated in 4th Place ($160,945)
Level 35
: 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante
Juan Dominguez shoved the small blind, and Daniel Smiljkovic called with less from the big.
Daniel Smiljkovic: 
Juan Dominguez: 
Board: 
Smiljkovic got it in good, but the king on the flop changed it all, and sent him home in 4th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
279,104,850 | 54,528,762 |
|
|
92,204,656 | -16,900,000 |
|
|
73,722,661 | -9,900,000 |
|
Busted |
Peterman Doubles Again
Level 35
: 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante
Elliott "gr00thedegen" Peterman has good luck with fives lately. After winning the race with them earlier, he got fives in again, but ran into eights this time. Not to worry, a five came on the flop, and Peterman is back over 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
224,576,088 | 38,600,000 |
|
|
109,104,656 | 55,802,328 |
|
|
83,622,661 | -87,702,328 |
|
|
34,728,762 | -6,700,000 |
Peterman Doubles
Level 35
: 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante
Daniel Smiljkovic Shoved the small blind and Elliott "gr00thedegen" Peterman called off with less from the big to set up a race between his fives and the for Smiljkovic. The fives held for Peterman to survive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
185,976,088 | 4,997,000 |
|
|
171,324,989 | -1,000,000 |
|
|
53,302,328 | 26,651,164 |
|
|
41,428,762 | -30,651,164 |
Level: 35
Blinds: 2,500,000/5,000,000
Ante: 600,000
Dominguez Defends Big Blind
Level 34
: 2,000,000/4,000,000, 500,000 ante
Daniel Smiljkovic raised to 8.8 million first to act, and "v_Nistelrooy" reraised the small blind to 24 million. Juan Dominguez made it 43.2 million from the big blind, and forced folds from the other players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,979,088 | 50,103,000 |
|
|
172,324,989 | 1,564,000 |
|
|
72,079,926 | 11,700,000 |
|
|
26,651,164 | -63,364,000 |