2021 GG Spring Festival

H-108: $10,300 Super MILLION$ [2-day event]
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 GG Spring Festival

Final Results
Winner
Markus Leikkonen
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
$651,821
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$3,470,000
Entries
347
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
347
Players Left
9

Welcome to Day 1 of GG Spring Festival Event H-108: $10,300 Super MILLION$

GG Spring Festival
GG Spring Festival

The final day of the massive 2021 GG Spring Festival awaits with millions upon millions in guaranteed prize pools. Among the highlights on the tournament schedule for today is certainly Event H-108: $10,300 Super MILLION$, which comes with a $3 million guarantee. It is the third time during the series that this event runs and many well-known poker pros are expected to join the fray.

The structure remains the same with stacks of 100,000 and levels of 15 minutes each until the nine-handed final table. Plenty of time will be available for players to jump in as the late registration with unlimited re-entries is open for a total of six hours. With the action kicking off at 6.05 pm GMT, the final cut will be made just after midnight GMT.

Almost 60 players are signed up some 90 minutes prior to the start. Among them are featured GGPoker Network players such as Pete Chen, Anatoly Filatov, Rainer Kempe, Koray Aldemir, Niall Farrell, Wiktor Malinowski, Alex Foxen, and Stefan Schillhabel. Other usual suspects already enrolled include Francisco Benitez, Ami Barer, David Coleman, Sam Greenwood, Ronny Kaiser, Patrick Leonard, Jack Salter, Joakim Andersson, Andras Nemeth, Eelis Pärssinen, and Connor Drinan.

Andersson just recently took down the GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H for more than $1.5 million and will be eager to add another victory to his resume. Stay tuned to find out who will get involved today as the PokerNews team will provide as many key hands as possible. Day 1 is slated to play down to the nine-handed final table, which then concludes on the following Tuesday.

Super MILLION$ During the 2021 GG Spring Festival

EventGuaranteeEntriesPrize PoolWinnerTop Prize
H-05 Super MILLION$$3,000,000312$3,120,000Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb$586,074
GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H$10,000,0001089$10,890,000Joakim Andersson$1,537,605
H-108 Super MILLION$$3,000,000    

Tags: Alex FoxenAmi BarerAnatoly FilatovAndras NemethConnor DrinanEelis PärssinenJoakim AnderssonPatrick LeonardPete ChenRonny KaiserSam GreenwoodWiktor Malinowski

Kempe the First to Bust

Level 1 : 250/500, 60 ante
Kempe vs Touil
Kempe vs Touil

Alexandru Papazian raised to 1,250 and was called by Rainer Kempe in the cutoff, Fabrice Touil three-bet in the small blind and Kempe was the only caller. Touil continued for 4,683 on the {q-Spades}{j-Hearts}{9-Spades} flop to earn a call and bet another 23,556 on the {8-Clubs} turn, picking up another call.

Touil jammed the {5-Hearts} river for 65,161 and Kempe tank-called with {8-Hearts}{8-Spades} to get shown a superior set in {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}. That left the German with 500 chips, which he lost right after.

Player Chips Progress
Fabrice Touil fr
Fabrice Touil
207,040
107,040
107,040
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
Busted

Leikkonen Four-Flushes Emelyanov

Level 4 : 500/1,000, 125 ante
Leikkonen vs Emelyanov
Leikkonen vs Emelyanov

Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov min-raised from under the gun right before the blinds moved up and Markus Leikkonen three-bet to 6,000 from one seat over. Emelyanov made it 20,000 to go, Leikkonen clicked it back to 34,000 and the all-in and call followed.

Markus Leikkonen: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}

What seemed destined to be a split pot ended in disaster for Emelyanov. The board ran out {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and Leikkonen nailed four hearts for the double.

Player Chips Progress
Markus Leikkonen fi
Markus Leikkonen
248,768
248,768
248,768
Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov
Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov
158,214
-90,634
-90,634

Estrada Runs Into a Full House

Level 6 : 700/1,400, 175 ante
Estrada vs Reeves
Estrada vs Reeves

Andorra-based Spanish poker player Soraya Estra called a raise to 3,080 by Luke Reeves and another three players after that came along to the {k-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} flop, which surprisingly brought no betting action. Estrada led the {5-Spades} turn for 5,712 and Reeves check-called to see the {10-Hearts} river.

Reeves checked once more and Estrada bet 20,311. That saw Reeves jam for 62,687 and Estrada called with the {a-Spades}{9-Spades} for trips nines. However, Reeves had set the trap with {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} to score the full double. She was left with a chip and a chair to bust in the next hand.

Player Chips Progress
Markus Leikkonen fi
Markus Leikkonen
306,872
70,789
70,789
Luke Reeves gb
Luke Reeves
153,598
53,598
53,598
Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
89,235
-13,644
-13,644
WPT 1X Winner
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
49,614
49,614
49,614
WSOP 2X Winner
Soraya Estrada es
Soraya Estrada
Busted

Hartmann Down a Bullet

Level 8 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante
Alavali vs Hartmann
Alavali vs Hartmann

Pascal Hartmann made it 4,400 to go and was three-bet to 13,800 by Jargo Alavali on the button, which the German called. The flop brought {q-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs} and Hartmann check-called for 8,758. On the {k-Diamonds} turn, Hartmann check-called once more for 16,539 and check-called all-in for 28,099 on the {j-Clubs} river.

Alavali revealed the {k-Hearts}{j-Spades} for back door two pair and Hartmann's {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs} were no good, as he immediately re-entered with an "hello" emoji into the same seat.

Player Chips Progress
Jargo Alavali ee
Jargo Alavali
172,946
Pascal Hartmann de
Pascal Hartmann
Busted

Double Knockout for Kaiser

Level 10 : 1,500/3,000, 350 ante
Double Knockout for Kaiser
Double Knockout for Kaiser

In a preflop raising war, Dawid Smolka in middle position and Ludovic "Gr4vyB04t" Geilich in the hijack ended up as the players at risk. They were looked up by Ronny Kaiser on the button, who held the biggest stack of all players involved.

Dawid Smolka: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Ludovic "Gr4vyB04t" Geilich: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Ronny Kaiser: {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}

Nobody was able to throw Kaiser off the throne on the {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} board as he knocked out two opponents.

Player Chips Progress
Ronny Kaiser ch
Ronny Kaiser
440,641
354,929
354,929
Dawid Smolka pl
Dawid Smolka
Busted
Ludovic "Gr4vyB04t" Geilich
Ludovic "Gr4vyB04t" Geilich
Busted

Veksler Doubles Through Chidwick

Level 11 : 1,750/3,500, 450 ante
Chidwick vs Veksler
Chidwick vs Veksler

Pavel Veksler made it 7,000 to go and called the three-bet to 19,250 by Stephen Chidwick from one seat over.

As the flop fell {q-Hearts}{8-Spades}{6-Clubs}, Veksler checked and Chidwick's bet of 17,088 was called. On the {3-Spades} turn, the same action repeated for 28,000 and Veksler also check-called all-in for 59,712 when the {2-Diamonds} river completed the board.

Chidwick turned over {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} for top pair but Veksler had the {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} for a set.

Player Chips Progress
Pavel Veksler ua
Pavel Veksler
256,950
256,950
256,950
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
163,633
-125,300
-125,300
WSOP 1X Winner

Sammartino Felted by Salter

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 600 ante
Sammartino vs Salter
Sammartino vs Salter

Dario Sammartino limped the small blind in the final hand before the break and Jack Salter checked his option from the big blind. The {j-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} flop brought a bet for 7,400 by Sammartino and a call by Salter. That action repeated on the {3-Hearts} turn for 20,000 each and Sammartino jammed the {8-Spades} river for 63,628.

Salter called with {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for two pair and Sammartino's {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} was no good.

Player Chips Progress
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
878,791
654,720
654,720
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
Busted

Hyman Ships it All To Holz

Level 17 : 3,250/6,500, 800 ante
Hyman vs Holz
Hyman vs Holz

Fedor Holz elected to three-bet to 70,200 out of the big blind and forced a fold from Ian "potamophobia" Matakis, while Matthew "Nator" Hyman called out of the small blind. The flop fell {a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and Hyman check-called for 42,000 to then check again the {2-Hearts} turn. Holz now fired a bet worth 132,000 and Hyman responded with a jam for 412,265, picking up a call by Holz with the superior stack.

Matthew "Nator" Hyman: {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Fedor Holz: {a-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}

The {8-Diamonds} river failed to complete Hyman's flush draw and he crashed out, while Holz's stack skyrocketed above 1.3 million.

Player Chips Progress
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
1,297,773
530,340
530,340
Matthew "Nator" Hyman mx
Matthew "Nator" Hyman
Busted

Once Upon a Dzivielevski River Bink

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Dzivielevski vs christoforou
Dzivielevski vs christoforou

Yuri Dzivielevski raised from under the gun and shipped it in when facing resistance by Andreas Christoforou on the button, picking up a quick call.

Yuri Dzivielevski: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Andreas Christoforou: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

As the {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}{2-Spades} flop and {2-Clubs} turn blanked, the usual Dzivielevski river bink was required and he, sure enough, got there with the {j-Diamonds}.

Christoforou was left with around the starting stack and busted two hands later.

Player Chips Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski
414,182
414,182
414,182
Day 1 Chip Leader
WSOP 4X Winner
Andreas Christoforou cy
Andreas Christoforou
Busted