H-24: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty] | 2021 GG Spring Festival

04-08-2021 17:41 UTC

Welcome to GGPoker Spring Festival H-24: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty]

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GGPoker Spring Festival rolls on with the latest in its high-stakes series of events on its journey to meeting $150 million in guarantees: H-24: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty].

The Thursday Thriller carries a $1 million guarantee and will be played in the progressive knockout (PKO) format with initial bounties of $2,500. Bounties will build into the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars from there.

Unlimited reentries are allowed and the structure will be slow with 20-minute levels for the first 14 levels and then 15-minute levels after that. Players begin with 100,000 in their stacks and blinds and antes at 400/800/120.

Currently, 37 players are registered including the likes of Fedor Holz, Wiktor Malinowski, Patrick Leonard, Darren Elias, David, Peters, and Stephen Chidwick. Many more recognizable names will surely join them over the next few hours.

Keep an eye on PokerNews to follow this high-stakes, action-packed event today.

04-08-2021 18:53 UTC

Hero to Zero for Nemeth

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Level 3 : 600/1,200, 180 ante

Andras Nemeth opened for 3,000 under the gun. Pablo Silva three-bet to 9,099 on his left. Chris Rudolph made it 25,489 in the cutoff. Nemeth shoved for 161K after using some time bank, and Silva called after doing the same. Rudolph mucked.

Nemeth:
Silva:

The board ran , an uneventful one that left Nemeth busted and Silva with more than four starting stacks as the clear early leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Silva	430,000
Andras Nemeth	Busted

04-08-2021 20:40 UTC

Silva Back on Top

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Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 450 ante

Guillaume Nolet opened for 7,200 under the gun and was called by "QuantumKey" a couple of seats over. Pablo Silva called on the button as well before Francisco "VaPaCooler" Benitez shoved for 35K in the big blind. Nolet mucked but QuantumKey jammed for 201K and Silva called.

Silva:
QuantumKey:
Benitez:

the kept the nines best. Silva's back in the chip lead and now has $12,500 in bounties.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Silva	536,000 157,000	157,000
Francisco "VaPaCooler" Benitez	Busted
QuantumKey	Busted

04-08-2021 22:50 UTC

Registration Closes, Prize Pool Finalized

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Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 1,200 ante

The end of registration has arrived after about 4 1/2 hours of play, and a total of 154 entries were logged — 104 uniques and 50 reentries. That means a prize pool of $1,540,000, about 50% better than the guarantee of $1 million.

Of the 38 players who had chips when registration closed, 20 will be paid, with a min-cash coming it at $15,502. The winner, meanwhile, will earn $111,599, plus a heap of bounties that figure to roughly double that amount.

Click the "Payouts" tab above for a full breakdown of the prize money.

04-09-2021 00:41 UTC

Double Bounty for Nuter

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Level 20 : 17,500/35,000, 5,000 ante

Pulkit Goyal put in all but one chip, 231K, in the hijack. Timothy Nuter raised all in for 801K in the next seat and "77Storm77" was undeterred, calling off 473K on the button. Goyal tanked a long time then called in hopes of making a money jump.

Goyal:
Nuter:
77Storm77:

The board missed everyone, leaving the king kicker a winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Nuter	1,588,000 491,000	491,000
Pulkit Goyal	Busted
77Storm77	Busted

04-09-2021 00:51 UTC

Novak Eliminates Malinowski

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Level 20 : 17,500/35,000, 5,000 ante

Ankush Mandavia opened for 77,000 under the gun and Andrii Novak called in the cutoff. Wiktor Malinowski shoved 467K in the big blind and Mandavia bowed out. Novak was willing, though.

Novak:
Malinowski:

Malinowski flopped a straight draw on . However, he couldn't overtake the pair on the turn or river.

With 10 players left, the tournament is once more hand-for-hand on the final table bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrii Novak	2,572,000 1,226,000	1,226,000
Wiktor Malinowski	Busted

04-09-2021 01:23 UTC

Final Table Redraw and Counts (full)

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Level 22 : 25,000/50,000, 7,500 ante

Seat	Player	Stack
1	Bruno Volkmann	1,196,407
2	Wei Zhao	1,609,948
3	Enrico Camosci	816,986
4	Timothy Nuter	203,206
5	Ami Barer	2,133,831
6	Christian Rudolph	1,609,948
7	Sami Kelopuro	1,817,016
8	Andrii Novak	2,337,348
9	Renan Bruschi	3,693,298

Player	Chips	Progress
Renan Bruschi	3,693,298 298	298

Andrii Novak	2,337,348 -234,652	-234,652
Ami Barer	2,133,831 -654,169	-654,169
Sami Kelopuro	1,817,016 729,016	729,016
Wei Zhao	1,609,948 -5,052	-5,052
Christian Rudolph	1,591,960 960	960
Bruno Volkmann	1,196,407 -105,593	-105,593
Enrico Camosci	816,986 -500,014	-500,014
Timothy Nuter	203,206 206	206

04-09-2021 01:27 UTC

Timothy Nuter Eliminated in 9th Place ($38,266)

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Level 22 : 25,000/50,000, 7,500 ante

Timothy Nuter shoved for 197K in middle position. Chris Rudolph called in the big blind.

Rudolph:
Nuter:

The board was all Rudolph, rendering the river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Nuter	Busted

04-09-2021 01:56 UTC

Enrico Camosci Eliminated in 8th Place ($56,064)

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Level 23 : 30,000/60,000, 9,000 ante

Action folded to the button, where Enrico Camosci crammed in 810K. Andrii Novak looked him up in the big blind with and Camosci had to be disappointed to see he was pipped with .

The flop brought some chopping potential for Camosci but low cards fell on the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrii Novak	3,733,000 1,653,000	1,653,000
Enrico Camosci	Busted

04-09-2021 02:19 UTC

Wei Zhao Eliminated in 7th Place ($58,106)

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Level 24 : 40,000/80,000, 12,000 ante

Andrii Novak opened under the gun for 160,000 and Wei Zhao shoved for about 1.1 million in the cutoff. The button and blinds folded but Novak called with .