Level: 25
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
2021 GG Spring Festival
H-05: $10,300 Super MILLION$ [2-Day Event]
Day: 1
Bernabeu Doubles to Seven Figures
Level 24
: 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
Andrea Dato opened for 28,000 on the button, Artur Martirosian three-bet to 112,000, and Samuel "vivaegipto" Bernabeu shoved for about 500K. Dato folded but Martirosian quickly called with 
.
Bernabeu was racing with 
and the [94x6x4x6x] board favored him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,090,000 | |
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325,000 | -426,000 |
Yan Doubles Through Rudolph
Level 24
: 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
Timothy Nuter opened for 28,000 under the gun, Chris Rudolph made it 77,000 a couple of seats over, and David Yan cold four-bet to 161,000 on the button. Nuter mucked but Rudolph reraised all but the last few thousand, and Yan stuck in his 600K or so.
Yan: 
Rudolph: 
It was an easy dub for Yan as the board came 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,247,000 | 990,219 |
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741,000 | 634,691 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 1,750
More Chipless
Level 23
: 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
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Double KO for Holz
Level 23
: 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
Taylor Paur raised to 24,000 early, Isaac Haxton shoved for 62,000 on the button, and Fedor Holz jammed covering Paur. Paur called off 211K more.
Paur: 
Holz: 
Haxton: 
The 
kept Paur best but Holz improved to the best hand on the turn. The 
river kept him in front and he sent both opponents to the rail
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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580,000 | 580,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Eliminations After Close of Registration
Level 23
: 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
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Level: 23
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,500
Prize Pool Finalized
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.
Schemion Doubles Through Malinowski
Level 22
: 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante
Ole Schemion opened for 20,000 second to act and Wiktor Malinowski made it 62,000 on his left. Schemion clicked back to 138K and Malinowski tanked then jammed. Schemion called for about 400K total.
Schemion: 
Malinowski: 
Schemion doubled as it ran 
and he put in a "sorry" emoji as the chips shipped over.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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981,000 | -290,000 |
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844,000 | 144,000 |