2021 GG Spring Festival

GGSF Headliner-M: $400 NLHE, $2.5M GTD [Day 2]
Day: 2
Event Info

2021 GG Spring Festival

Final Results
Winner
Juan Dominguez
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$381,668
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$3,403,176
Entries
9,051
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
3,000,000 / 6,000,000
Ante
750,000

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
Profile photo of Juan Pardo Dominguez es
Juan Pardo Dominguez
224,576,088
38,600,000
38,600,000
Profile photo of Elliott "gr00thedegen" Peterman gb
Elliott "gr00thedegen" Peterman
109,104,656
55,802,328
55,802,328
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v_Nistelrooy
83,622,661
-87,702,328
-87,702,328
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Daniel Smiljkovic
34,728,762
-6,700,000
-6,700,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Daniel Smiljkovic Eliminated in 4th Place ($160,945)

Level 35 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante
Daniel Smiljkovic
Daniel Smiljkovic

Juan Dominguez shoved the small blind, and Daniel Smiljkovic called with less from the big.

Daniel Smiljkovic: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Juan Dominguez: {k-Clubs}{2-Hearts}

Board: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{9-Clubs}

Smiljkovic got it in good, but the king on the flop changed it all, and sent him home in 4th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Juan Pardo Dominguez es
Juan Pardo Dominguez
279,104,850
54,528,762
54,528,762
Profile photo of Elliott "gr00thedegen" Peterman gb
Elliott "gr00thedegen" Peterman
92,204,656
-16,900,000
-16,900,000
Profile photo of v_Nistelrooy ru
v_Nistelrooy
73,722,661
-9,900,000
-9,900,000
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Daniel Smiljkovic
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 36

Blinds: 3,000,000/6,000,000

Ante: 750,000

Elliott "gr00thedegen" Peterman Eliminated in 3rd Place ($214,624)

Level 36 : 3,000,000/6,000,000, 750,000 ante
Elliott Peterman
Elliott Peterman

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
Profile photo of Juan Pardo Dominguez es
Juan Pardo Dominguez
393,409,506
114,304,656
114,304,656
Profile photo of v_Nistelrooy ru
v_Nistelrooy
58,622,661
-15,100,000
-15,100,000
Profile photo of Elliott "gr00thedegen" Peterman gb
Elliott "gr00thedegen" Peterman
Busted

"v_Nistelrooy" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($286,206)

Level 36 : 3,000,000/6,000,000, 750,000 ante
"v_Nistelrooy" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($286,206)
"v_Nistelrooy" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($286,206)

Heads up only lasted for a handful of hands before "v_Nistelrooy" shoved for 54,575,322 and Juan Dominguez called.

Juan Dominguez: {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
"v_Nistelrooy": {k-Clubs}{7-Hearts}

Board: {9-Hearts}{k-Spades}{j-Spades}{7-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

"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
Profile photo of Juan Pardo Dominguez es
Juan Pardo Dominguez
452,032,167
58,622,661
58,622,661
Profile photo of v_Nistelrooy ru
v_Nistelrooy
Busted

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
Juan Pardo Dominguez
Juan Pardo Dominguez

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

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Juan DominguezSpain$381,668
2v_NistelrooyRussia$286,206
3Elliott "gr00thedegen" PetermanUnited Kingdom$214,624
4Daniel SmiljkovicAustria$160,945
5Byron KavermanUnited States$120,692
6Anton WiggSweden$90,506
75Dinks4allAndorra$67,870
8Joshua "IyasusSake" GebissaGermany$50,895
9HazesAustria$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.

Daniel Smiljkovic
Daniel Smiljkovic

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.

GGSF Headliner-M: $400 NLHE, $2.5M GTD [Day 2]

Day 2 Completed