2021 GG Spring Festival

GGSF Main Event-H: $1,500 PLO-NL, $2M GTD [Day 2]
Day: 2
Event Info

2021 GG Spring Festival

Final Results
Winner
Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad
Winning Hand
kkqj
Prize
$249,926
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,012,100
Entries
1,412
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
150,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
233
Players Left
1

Welcome to Day 2 of GGSF Main Event-H: $1,500 PLO-NL, $2M GTD [Day 2]

After three long weeks of intense action, it's time for the GG Spring Festival to come to a close, and one of the final big events that will wrap today is GGSF Main Event-H: $1,500 PLO-NL, $2M GTD [Day 2]. For those wondering about the PLO-NL game format, it simply refers to the difference between preflop play (pot-limit) and postflop play (no-limit).

This event sports a $2 million guarantee and a slew of Day 1 flights, with several still running or scheduled at the time of writing. That should allow the field, currently at 1,261, to get closer to 1,500.

Stacks coming to Day 2 range from barely above the starting stack (122K) to more than 20 starting stacks — "BIG HAI" leads the way with a little over 2.3 million. Some players who have already advanced include Ami Barer, Francois Billard, Niklas Astedt, George Wolff, Dario Sammartino, Eoghan "DrRoche" O'Dea, Sami Kelopuro and Eelis Parssinen.

Action kicks off just after 4 p.m. EDT with 700/1,400/1,750. Stay tuned to PokerNews to see who scoops the lion's share of this seven-figure prize pool.

O'Dea Busts Molinelli for a Top 5 Stack

Level 7 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Eoghan O'Dea
Eoghan O'Dea

Nicolo Molinelli made it 73,500 in the cutoff in the last hand at the previous level and Eoghan "DrRoche" O'Dea called in the big blind. O'Dea check-called 105,326 on the {8-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{j-Hearts} flop and then checked the {4-Diamonds}. Molinelli bet 357K and O'Dea shoved for just over 2 million. Molinelli tank-called for slightly less.

Molinelli: {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{j-Spades}{9-Hearts}
O'Dea: {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{2-Clubs}

O'Dea was in fantastic shape and the {7-Hearts} river did him no harm.

Player Chips Progress
Eoghan "DrRoche" O'Dea
Eoghan "DrRoche" O'Dea
4,440,000
4,440,000
4,440,000
Nicolo Molinelli it
Nicolo Molinelli
Busted

Drinan Eliminates Nemeth

Level 8 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante
Andras Nemeth
Andras Nemeth

Connor Drinan opened under the gun for 135K and called the shove of Andras Nemeth a couple of seats over for 456,346.

Drinan: {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Nemeth: {k-Spades}{3-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}

Nemeth was slightly ahead with kings but Drinan picked up a pretty good flop in {4-Spades}{2-Hearts}{j-Hearts}. The {q-Spades} gave him a leading two pair, so Nemeth needed to improve on the river, and the {10-Diamonds} didn't do it.

Player Chips Progress
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
3,316,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Andras Nemeth hu
Andras Nemeth
Busted

Haraldstad Doubles Through Larabi for Huge Lead

Level 18 : 150,000/300,000, 35,000 ante

Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad raised to 750,000 under the gun and Bernard Larabi defended big blind. Larabi check-called 602,250 on the {k-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} flop. On the {9-Spades}, Larabi checked and Haraldstad bet 2,422,125. Larabi went into his time bank then crammed, covering the 13,174,213 of his opponent.

Larabi: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}
Haraldstad: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

Haraldstad faded the one-outer on the {10-Diamonds} river and vaulted into a big chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad no
Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad
34,222,000
19,304,000
19,304,000
Bernard Larabi hu
Bernard Larabi
10,480,000
-8,830,000
-8,830,000

Final Table Redraw and Counts (full)

Level 22 : 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante

Blinds have been moved back to the 500K level.

SeatPlayerStack
1Bernard Larabi8,093,661
2Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad43,181,733
3Arvi Vainionkulma17,555,037
4Suhepx13,456,006
5Majki3654,603,736
6Markus "Lenbert1" Schottes40,251,557
7Jens "Tankanza" Lakemeier13,051,778
Player Chips Progress
Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad no
Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad
43,181,733
-494,267
-494,267
[Removed:246]
[Removed:246]
40,251,557
9,421,557
9,421,557
Arvi Vainionkulma fi
Arvi Vainionkulma
17,555,037
11,291,857
11,291,857
Suhepx at
Suhepx
13,456,006
1,470,006
1,470,006
Jens "Tankanza" Lakemeier at
Jens "Tankanza" Lakemeier
13,051,778
990,778
990,778
WSOP 1X Winner
Bernard Larabi hu
Bernard Larabi
8,093,661
-2,386,339
-2,386,339
Majki365 sk
Majki365
4,603,736
-4,124,264
-4,124,264

Jens "Tankanza" Lakemeier Eliminated in 7th Place ($46,539)

Level 22 : 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante

Jens "Tankanza" Lakemeier opened for 1.3 million under the gun and Markus "Lenbert1" Schottes defended the big blind. Schottes check-raised all in for about 7.5 million over a half-pot bet from Lakemeier on the {8-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} flop.

Schottes: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Hearts}
Lakemeier: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

It was a flip but that changed instantly on the {7-Hearts} turn as Lakemeier had no outs to beat a flush. He busted despite flopping the nuts.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:246]
[Removed:246]
53,813,000
13,561,443
13,561,443
Jens "Tankanza" Lakemeier at
Jens "Tankanza" Lakemeier
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

"Suhepx" Eliminated in 6th Place ($62,125)

Level 22 : 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante

Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad took down three pots against Markus "Lenbert1" Schottes and then a three-way pot that busted "Suhepx" to take command of the tournament with half of the chips.

In the latter pot, Suhepx was all in pre for 4.1M and Schottes cold-called in the big blind along with Haraldstad, who had opened the pot. The flop checked through for a board of {7-Clubs}{3-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} and Schottes check-called a small bet of about 3.4 million. The {9-Diamonds} river checked through.

Haraldstad showed {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{3-Clubs} for two pair and was enough to beat queens held by both opponents, {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{q-Spades}{6-Clubs} for Suhepx and {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} of Schottes.

Player Chips Progress
Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad no
Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad
76,616,000
33,434,267
33,434,267
[Removed:246]
[Removed:246]
20,984,000
-28,285,000
-28,285,000
Suhepx at
Suhepx
Busted