2021 GG Spring Festival

H-109: $25,500 Sunday 5 Million
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 GG Spring Festival

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j8
Prize
$956,440
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,500
Prize Pool
$4,300,000
Entries
172
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
172
Players Left
9

Joni Jouhkimainen Leads Star-Studded Final Table in GGSF Event H-109: $25,500 Sunday Millions

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

The final edition of the $25,500 Sunday Millions as part of the 2021 GG Spring Festival has reached the final table. Out of a field of 172 total entries (78 unique players who re-entered 94 ), only nine players remain to battle for the lion's share of the $4,300,000 prize pool.

Joni Jouhkimainen ended up as the chip leader with a stack of 5,344,169 which is almost double that of Elio Fox's 2,872,603 second place chip stack. Among the finalists is also Sami Kelopuro, who required nine bullets to run up the stack and finish Day 1 with 1,357,246, good enough for the fourth position.

Final Table Line-Up GGSF Event H-109: $25,500 Sunday Millions

PositionPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Joni JouhkimainenFinland5,344,169133
2Elio FoxUnited States2,872,60371
3Joao VieiraPortugal2,325,87258
4Sami KelopuroFinland1,357,24634
5Artur MartirosianRussia1,350,14234
6Niklas AstedtSweden1,248,79231
7Isaac HaxtonCanada1,040,38626
8Andras NemethHungary1,016,89025
9Seth DaviesUnited States643,90016

The Action of the Day

Just a little over 30 players were seated when the cards went in the air and the action was fast-paced from the get-go. Marius Gierse became the first of many casualties and the list of notables on the rail kept growing during the registration period.

Many other well-known pros came up short of the cash prizes such as Fedor Holz, Anatoly Filatov, Guillaume Nolet, Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov, Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb, Connor Drinan, and Jason Koon to name all but a few of poker's superstars in contention. Zhuang Ruan went on a hot streak during the final stages of the registration period but his fortune ran out on the money bubble when he lost to Jouhkimainen who flopped quads.

The frantic post-bubble stage saw the remaining players race to a conclusion with rapid-fire eliminations happening on each table until Jouhkimainen rivered a full house to eliminate Wei Zhao in 10th place.

The final table will commence on Monday, April 26 just after 3 p.m. EDT. Action will pick-up from Level 33 where blinds are 35,000/70,000/8,500.

Remaining Payouts

PositionPrize
1$956,440
2$717,228
3$537,846
4$403,327
5$302,453
6$226,808
7$170,082
8$127,543
9$95,644

Tags: Anatoly FilatovConnor DrinanFedor HolzGuillaume NoletJason KoonJoni JouhkimainenMarius GierseRRomashkaSami KelopuroWei ZhaoZhuang Ruan