H-41: $25,500 Sunday 5 Million Day 1 | 2021 GG Spring Festival

04-12-2021 00:37 UTC

Muehloecker Starting to Heat Up

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Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Thomas Muehloecker was under the gun when he raised to 16,800 and Vlada "Vlada2108" Stojanovic saw action fold to him in the big blind, he elected to shove 129,700 and Muehloecker snapped him off.

Vlada "Vlada2108" Stojanovic:
Thomas Muehloecker:

A flop brought little hope for Stojanovic as the queens of Muehloecker were still sitting pretty. A turn and river cemented it for Muehloecker who scooped another pot, dropping Stojanovic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Muehloecker	753,000 158,000	158,000
Vlada "Vlada2108" Stojanovic	Busted

Level: 21

Blinds: 4,500/9,000

Ante: 1,100

04-12-2021 00:45 UTC

Haxton Lands Much-Needed Double Though Mandavia

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Level 21 : 4,500/9,000, 1,100 ante

Ankush Mandavia shoved 216,504 from the small blind and Isaac Haxton called his fresh 100,000 stack into the middle.

Isaac Haxton:
Ankush Mandavia:

A board rolled out and the treys of Haxton secured the pot for a double through Mandavia.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	220,200 69,200	69,200

Ankush Mandavia	107,500 119,000	119,000

04-12-2021 00:50 UTC

River Washes Away Foxen's Big Flop

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Level 21 : 4,500/9,000, 1,100 ante

Alex Foxen opened to 139,500 from the small blind and Michael Zhang quickly raised to 270,000 from the big blind. Foxen called his remaining 9,378 into the pot and they turned over their hands.

Alex Foxen:
Michael Zhang:

The flop instantly shook up the hand with a giving Foxen a boat. A turn left Zhang in need of some help and help is what he received when the river completed the board. Zhang's dropped Foxen thanks to a lucky lady on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Zhang	577,400 380,400	380,400
Alex Foxen	Busted

Level: 22

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,250

04-12-2021 00:55 UTC

Break Time

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Level 22 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

The players will now be taking a five-minute break and here are the top stacks. It looks like there will be around five minutes left in the late registration period once players return from this break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei Zhao	1,010,900 397,400	397,400
Wiktor Malinowski	950,000 159,000	159,000
Darren Elias	831,300 81,100	81,100

Pedro Garagnani	817,000 166,300	166,300
David Yan	798,000 104,900	104,900
Shawn Daniels	785,300 157,600	157,600

Sami Kelopuro	775,300 301,600	301,600
Thomas Muehloecker	686,300 66,700	66,700
Juan Pardo Dominguez	685,500 527,750	527,750
Ole Schemion	665,000 57,000	57,000

04-12-2021 01:07 UTC

Fox Sits Down and Instantly Finds a Double

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Level 22 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

Elio Fox jumped in during the break and quickly found a hand. Isaac Haxton shoved from the small blind and Fox called his 85,000 into the middle from the big blind.

Elio Fox:
Isaac Haxton:

The board ran out clean as fell on the virtual felt, sending a double to Fox who just jumped into the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elio Fox	198,750

Isaac Haxton	117,525 102,675	102,675

04-12-2021 01:10 UTC

Late Registration Has Come to a Close

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Level 22 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

The six-hour late registration period has now come to an end. A total of 202 registration buttons were hit during this time, accumulating a $5,050,000 prize pool which just barely surpassed the guarantee that was set.

Just 62 players are left standing thus far in the field and of those, just 27 will find a payday. A min-cash will be pulling in $49,063 with the eventual champion taking home a whopping $1,095,741 for their victory.

Level: 23

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,500

04-12-2021 01:17 UTC

Badziakouski and Bonomo Flip for Stacks

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Level 23 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Action folded to Justin Bonomo in the cutoff and he shoved 98,750. Mikita Badziakouski jammed 122,855 over the top from the small blind and Matthias Eibinger ducked out of the big blind, leaving just two.

Justin Bonomo:
Mikita Badziakouski:

The coin flip saw Badziakouski take a monster lead when the flop landed, giving him a boat. A turn card cemented it for Badziakouski who had Bonomo drawing dead to the river card. Bonomo was eliminated and Badziakouski scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	240,100 138,800	138,800

Justin Bonomo	Busted