Level: 23
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 9,000
2021 GG Spring Festival
H-24: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty]
Day: 1
Rudolph Doubles Through Bruschi
Level 22
: 25,000/50,000, 7,500 ante
Action folded to the small blind, where Renan Bruschi shoved. Chris Rudolph was all too happy to call it off with 
and he saw two undercards shown in 
.
The 
had Bruschi dead by the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,271,000
-1,153,000
|
-1,153,000 |
|
||
|
1,793,000
849,000
|
849,000 |
Rudolph Loses a Chunk
Level 22
: 25,000/50,000, 7,500 ante
Renan Bruschi completed the blind and Christian Rudolph raised to 165,000. Bruschi peeled and the flop came 
. Bruschi check-called 125,000 then 340,000 on the 
. The 
checked through and Bruschi's 
was a winner against 
.
That got a "not sure if" emoji from Rudolph.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,424,000
730,702
|
730,702 |
|
|
||
|
|
944,000
-647,960
|
-647,960 |
Barer Three-Bets the Flop
Level 22
: 25,000/50,000, 7,500 ante
In the cutoff, Ami Barer opened for 92,000 in the last hand at 40K and Andrii Novak defended big blind. They saw a 
flop and Novak checked. Barer bet 79,500 and Novak came back with 249,500. Barer reraised right back to 468,688. Novak peeled and the turn was the 
.
Barer barreled tiny for 176,000 and Novak folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,740,000
606,169
|
606,169 |
|
2,080,000
-257,348
|
-257,348 |
Timothy Nuter Eliminated in 9th Place ($38,266)
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Final Table Redraw and Counts (full)
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,693,298
298
|
298 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,337,348
-234,652
|
-234,652 |
|
|
2,133,831
-654,169
|
-654,169 |
|
1,817,016
729,016
|
729,016 |
|
1,609,948
-5,052
|
-5,052 |
|
|
1,591,960
960
|
960 |
|
1,196,407
-105,593
|
-105,593 |
|
816,986
-500,014
|
-500,014 |
|
|
203,206
206
|
206 |
Mandavia Busted, Nuter on Fumes
Level 22
: 25,000/50,000, 7,500 ante
Timothy Nuter got most of his stack in pre with 
and had Chris Rudolph at risk but it was Rudolph holding 
. The tens held and Rudolph dubbed to just under 1.6 million.
Meanwhile, Ankush Mandavia also got a dominating hand in for his stack but he was less fortunate with 
against the 
of Renan Bruschi as an ace arrived on the turn.
The players have redrawn seats for the final table, which will begin shortly back at 20K/40K.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,693,000
935,000
|
935,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,591,000
1,179,000
|
1,179,000 |
|
|
203,000
-1,385,000
|
-1,385,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level: 22
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 7,500
Bruschi Avoids the Bubble
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 6,000 ante
Renan Bruschi limped in the small blind and Ankush Mandavia popped it to 140K. Bruschi shoved for 1,364,261 and Mandavia was ready with 
.
Unfortunately for him, the ace magnets were true to form as Bruschi's 
found a bullet on the 
flop and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,758,000
1,495,000
|
1,495,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
388,000
-1,634,000
|
-1,634,000 |
|
|
||
Barer's River Shove Goes Uncalled
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 6,000 ante
Ami Barer raised to 88,000 in the cutoff and Sami Kelopuro defended the big blind. Barer continued for 78,900 on the 
but Kelopuro came out betting with 100,000 on the 
. He bet far bigger on the 
river with 772,000 and Barer used a bit of time bank before jamming more than 1.4 million.
Kelopuro put in the "OMG" emoji as he tanked but he ultimately settled on a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,788,000
1,431,000
|
1,431,000 |
|
|
1,088,000
-913,000
|
-913,000 |