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

04-04-2021 20:36 UTC

Benitez Soars Over Half A Mill

Yori Epskamp

Level 9 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Francisco "VaPaCooler" Benitez raised to 4,800 in middle position and Benjamin Rolle defended the big blind. Rolle check-called 3,300 on the flop and 8,934 on the turn.

The river brought the and Rolle led out for 14,831. Benitez shoved in response for 75,329 and Rolle called after much deliberation with .

Unfortunately for the German, Benitez tabled for the nuts to soar up the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco "VaPaCooler" Benitez	525,119	216,080
Benjamin Rolle	Busted

04-04-2021 20:27 UTC

"PUYA" Flops Set in Three-Bet Pot

Yori Epskamp

Level 9 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

"PUYA" raised to 5,280 in the cutoff and Tauan Naves three-bet to 18,480 in the small blind. "PUYA" called with to see a dream flop of appear. Navas bet 21,360 and "PUYA" went all for 162,894.

Navas called for 61,090 more with but, much to his dismay, saw he was outflopped. Neither the turn nor river turned it around and Naves was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
PUYA	287,104
Tauan Naves	Busted

04-04-2021 20:21 UTC

Field Steadily Rising

Yori Epskamp

Level 9 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

A total of 173 players have already ponied up the requisite $10,300 to play in this event. 136 of them are still in contention for a slice of the $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, with late registration open until level 22.

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

04-04-2021 20:13 UTC

Vieira Bricks the Draw

Yori Epskamp

Level 8 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

Yuri Dzivielevski raised to 4,200 and Joao Vieira called on the button. The flop came and Dzivielevski checked. Vieira bet 4,020, Dzivielevski check-raised to 14,000, Vieira three-bet shoved 60,622 and the Brazilian called.

Joao Vieira:
Yuri Dzivielevski:

A pair of tens proved enough as the board ran out , sending Vieira on a reentry.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski	287,078	69,922
Joao Vieira	Busted

04-04-2021 20:09 UTC

Hellmuth Authors Huge Comeback, Stuns Negreanu in 'High Stakes Duel'

Yori Epskamp

Level 8 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

After months of jawing, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu finally met on the felt for a heads-up match for $100,000 in PokerGO's "High Stakes Duel."

And the wait proved to be worth it as they did not disappoint.

A lengthy, six-hour battle would see Negreanu go up huge. The needles flew as he pulled out a few props to rub some salt in the wounds he was opening on his longtime rival.

Read all about this epic High Stakes Duel here

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 250

04-04-2021 19:57 UTC

Top Stacks in the Break

Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Pierre "Kunkuwap" Van Der Spuy	390,740	61,208
Francisco "VaPaCooler" Benitez	309,039	16,717
Timothy Nuter	299,225
Justin "Troglodyte" Saliba	274,573	19,910
Wiktor Malinowski	271,282	171,282
Rui Ferreira	253,561
Thomas Muehloecker	239,531	56,332
Joni Jouhkimainen	226,564	33,297
Jonathan Proudfoot	219,106	-264
Yuri Dzivielevski	217,156	21,506

04-04-2021 19:54 UTC

Break

Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The field is on their second break of the day. 160 players have entered with 132 of them in contention.

04-04-2021 19:48 UTC

Van Der Spuy Makes A Massive Shove

Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Jean-Pierre "Kunkuwap" Van Der Spuy raised to 4,200 in middle position and Connor Drinan defended the big blind. So far, it was business as usual but that all changed on the flop. Drinan checked and Van Der Spuy simply ripped it in for 192,174.

Drinan paused before calling off for 191,016, creating by far the biggest pot of the day thus far.

Connor Drinan:
Jean-Pierre "Kunkuwap" Van Der Spuy:

Both stacks and equity were nearly identical and Drinan remained ahead after the turn. The river, though, completed "Kunkuwap"'s flush draw and gave him a sizable chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Pierre "Kunkuwap" Van Der Spuy	329,532
Connor Drinan	Busted