H-05: $10,300 Super MILLION$ [2-Day Event] Day 1 | 2021 GG Spring Festival

04-05-2021 03:59 UTC

2020 Bracelet Winner Gottlieb With a Big Lead at Super MILLION$ Final Table

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Level 35 : 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante

Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb came out of nowhere to win a bracelet at last summer's online World Series of Poker on GGPoker. He's now in great position to add a $10,300 Super MILLION$ title after bagging the chip lead on Day 1 of the opening weekend of GG Spring Festival.

Gottlieb raced ahead of his opponents late to head to the final table with over 8 million in chips, good for slightly more than 100 big blinds after a one-level rollback thanks to the generous structure. He won a key three-way all in late when aces held up against ace-queen suited and pocket eights during the final two tables.

Other contenders remaining out of the 312-entry field — which just did nudge past the $3 million guarantee — include second-place stack Jordan "PiePie" Cristos, online high roller star Chris Rudolph and 2020 WSOP champion Damian Salas.

Seat	Player	Stack	Big blinds
1	Jordan "PiePie" Cristos"	5,428,124	67
2	Damian Salas	1,987,198	24
3	Aliaksei Boika	1,069,598	13
4	Chris Rudolph	3,193,227	39
5	Juan Pardo	4,185,732	52
6	Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb	8,062,633	100
7	Pedro Garagnani	4,455,411	55
8	"ILUCKuHARD"	1,612,362	20
9	Andrea Dato	1,205,715	15

Some of the players who did advance into the money — 35 spots — in the unlimited reentry event included Niklas Astedt, Joao Vieira, Wiktor Malinowski, Ole Schemion and Mustapha Kanit, who bubbled the final table on an all-in semibluff that didn't get there.

The remaining players will have a day off on Monday to study up and get prepped before the streamed final table on GGPoker's channels takes place Tuesday. Everyone has locked up $73,259 for ninth and they're all looking up at a juicy $586,075 first-place prize.

Follow the action on Tuesday with live reporting here on PokerNews and livestreamed action from the operator to see who snags the title.

04-05-2021 03:48 UTC

Kanit Eliminated on Bubble Bluff

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Level 35 : 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante

In a battle of blinds, Mustapha Kanit check-raised all in on when Pedro Garagnani bet. Garagnani called with and saw Kanit show down for a gutter plus overcard.

The turn was a brick and Kanit needed to improve on the river to survive. He did not, as the completed the board.

The remaining nine players have made the final table, scheduled to play out on Tuesday.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	Busted

04-05-2021 03:27 UTC

Gottlieb Ships Three-Way All in

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Level 34 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb opened for 160,000 in middle position, Samuel "vivaegipto" Bernabeu called on his left, and Simon "FiestaPagana" Mattsson all but shoved for 1,131,587, leaving 40K back. Gottlieb called and Bernabeu shoved for about 3 million. Gottlieb called.

Gottlieb:
Bernabeu:
Mattsson:

The board left the aces best. Bernabeu was left with crumbs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb	7,255,000	4,004,000
Samuel "vivaegipto" Bernabeu	125,600	-2,993,741
Simon "FiestaPagana" Mattsson	Busted

04-05-2021 03:10 UTC

Dzivielevski Can't Fade Three Outs

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Level 33 : 35,000/70,000, 8,500 ante

Yuri Dzivielevski opened on the button for 140,000 and Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb three-bet small to 349,000 in the small blind. Dzivielevski shoved for 1,107,590 and Gottlieb called.

Gottlieb:
Dzivielevski:

Gottlieb flopped two pair on and running tens left his aces up best.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb	3,251,000	1,734,249
Yuri Dzivielevski	Busted

04-05-2021 01:57 UTC

Arends Busted on a Beat

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Level 28 : 15,000/30,000, 3,500 ante

Jans Arends opened for 75,000 in middle position and Damian Salas set him in for about 600K effective out of the big blind. Arends called it off holding and Salas was dominated with .

The left Arends fading jacks and nines, and Salas found a river for a straight.

The remaining 35 players are all in the money and on break. Luckily for Arends, he did sneak into the money as Joni Jouhkimainen also went bust.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damian Salas	2,135,000	2,135,000
Jans Arends	Busted

04-05-2021 00:18 UTC

Prize Pool Finalized

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Level 22 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

The end of registration right around the close of the last break would see the tournament close up shop with 312 entries — 177 uniques and another 135 reentries. That means the prize pool wound up at 3,120,000, surpassing the $3 million guarantee in the latter stages of registration.

The payouts have been finalized and are available both in the GGPoker client and here on PokerNews under the "Payouts" tab above. There will be 35 places paid with a min-cash being worth $22,900 while the winner will bank a hefty sum of $586,075.

04-04-2021 23:49 UTC

Hartmann Latest to Bust to Malinowski

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Level 21 : 4,500/9,000, 1,100 ante

Wiktor Malinowski continues to roll, holding the chip lead as the tournament approaches the end of registration.

In his latest score, he opened for 18,000 in middle position, Pascal Hartmann made it 54,000 on his left, and Malinowski shoved. Hartmann called off 282K more but saw the bad news as his was smacked by .

The board ran out ten-high and Malinowski continued to build with another huge pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wiktor Malinowski	1,271,000	271,000
Pascal Hartmann	Busted

04-04-2021 21:53 UTC

Zerjav Drills Huge Two-Outer to Rail Angelou-Konstas

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Level 14 : 2,250/4,500, 550 ante

Stephen Chidwick raised to 8,000 second to act and Ioannis Angelou-Konstas called from the cutoff. Blaz Zerjav and Jean-Noel "OscarBrown" Thorel called from the blinds to create four-way action on an flop.

Three checks brought the action to Angelou-Konstas who bet 9,200. Zerjav check-raised to 36,400, getting rid of Thorel and Chidwick in the process, while Angelou-Konstas called.

On the turn, Zerjav ripped it in and Angelou-Konstas snap-called for his remaining 123,217.

Blaz Zerjav:
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas:

Zerjav was drawing to just two outs but drilled the river for a huge double and shot up the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blaz Zerjav	416,955
Stephen Chidwick	120,326	48,843
Jean-Noel "OscarBrown" Thorel	91,487
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas	Busted

04-04-2021 21:39 UTC

Martirosian on the Rise

Yori Epskamp

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

One of Russia's hottest stars, Artur Martirosian, has recently entered the $10,300 Super MILLION$ and worked himself up the leaderboard with ease. Martirosian is currently sitting pretty at 420,828 for a spot in the top 10 of the leaderboard.

Recently, Martirosian showed off his live poker prowess as well by shipping EPT Sochi for a payday just shy of 25 million rubles (~$325K). With 852 entrants, the field was up substantially from last year's total of 637, showcasing that poker in Russia despite the pandemic is alive and kicking.

Check how Martirosian conquered the EPT Sochi

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	420,828	292,486

04-04-2021 21:27 UTC

Full Value for Dato

Yori Epskamp

Level 12 : 1,800/3,600, 450 ante

Mark "Chasseneige" Demirjian raised to 7,920 and Andrea Dato three-bet to 32,040 from the small blind. Demirjian called to see the flop appear and called a 23,523 continuation bet as well.

On the turn, Dato fired a second shell worth 59,163 and Demirjian stuck around to see an innocuous roll off on the river. Dato emptied the clip for 159,076 and Demirjian called all in for 129,079

Dato showed and bested Demirjian's , who was forced to the rail as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Dato	524,807
Mark "Chasseneige" Demirjian	Busted