Level: 15
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,800
2021 GG Spring Festival
H-24: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty]
Day: 1
Big Flip to Elias
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 1,800 ante
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas opened for 26,400 early and Darren Elias made it 76,800 a couple of seats over in the cutoff. Angelou-Konstas tanked then shoved for about 500,000 and Elias called with 
.
Angelou-Konstas had the overs with 
but didn't have much of a shot on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,198,000
993,000
|
993,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Shortest Stacks Approaching Bubble
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 1,800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | |
|
291,000
-268,000
|
-268,000 |
|
274,000
199,000
|
199,000 |
|
231,000 | |
|
204,000 | |
|
|
175,000
-226,000
|
-226,000 |
|
173,000
173,000
|
173,000 |
|
79,000
-940,000
|
-940,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,500
Elias Check-Rips on Nemeth
Level 16
: 8,000/16,000, 2,500 ante
The tournament has hit a bit of a lull but a big hand developed between Darren Elias, defending his big blind preflop, and Andras Nemeth, opening on the button.
Nemeth bet small with 30,360 on the 
flop and then barreled bigger with 114,450 on the 
. Elias responded by raising all in and Nemeth opted against putting his remaining 562K at risk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,438,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
562,000
288,000
|
288,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Camosci Ends the Stalemate
Level 17
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Enrico Camosci raised to 40,000 in middle position and was called in two spots. On the 
, he simply shoved all in, covering his opponents. Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb called off for 280K in the cutoff.
Gottlieb:
Camosci: 
Equities were close but the pair prevailed as the board ran 
, .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
902,000
619,000
|
619,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Hand-for-Hand Before Break
Level 17
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The tournament has reached a break with 22 players left and one final hand being dealt, the first of hand-for-hand play two off the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Updated Chip Counts at Break (full)
Level 17
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,614,000
176,000
|
176,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,357,000
-71,000
|
-71,000 |
|
1,273,000
452,000
|
452,000 |
|
1,116,000
344,000
|
344,000 |
|
|
1,097,000
813,000
|
813,000 |
|
1,050,000
847,000
|
847,000 |
|
1,034,000
301,000
|
301,000 |
|
|
947,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
795,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
|
||
|
754,000
182,000
|
182,000 |
|
|
605,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
516,000
516,000
|
516,000 |
|
469,000 | |
|
|
||
|
468,000
-134,000
|
-134,000 |
|
409,000
-182,000
|
-182,000 |
|
|
||
|
376,000
-546,000
|
-546,000 |
|
|
||
|
365,000 | |
|
|
338,000
-224,000
|
-224,000 |
|
259,000 | |
|
|
233,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
221,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
|
94,000
-79,000
|
-79,000 |
Gierse Busted as Bruschi Doubles
Level 17
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Marius Gierse shoved for 88K in the cutoff and Enrico Camosci attempted to iso in the small blind. However, Renan Bruschi opted to call off with 
.
Camosci had 
and was dominate by Gierse's 
.
Nobody hit anything on the board, though, and the sevens won unimproved.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
851,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
631,000
-316,000
|
-316,000 |
|
|
Busted | |