H-72: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event
Day 1 Completed
2021 GG Spring Festival
H-72: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event
Day: 1
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb Makes It Four by Winning the GGPoker Spring Festival H-72: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event for $316,692
Level 34
: 300,000/600,000, 90,000 ante
After winning H-05: $10,300 Super MILLION$ for $586,075, H-15: $10,3000 Super Tuesday for $320,729, and H-35: $10,300 PLO-NL High Roller for $199,771, Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb has now made it four by taking down the 2021 GG Spring Festival H-72: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event for a whopping $316,692 which including an amazing $214,297 in bounties. The tournament attracted 228 unique players who reentered 89 times. This created a prize pool of $1,585,000 with 44 players cashing.
Gottlieb has increased his total winnings on GGPoker to $2,210,839 which is an incredible achievement in itself. The WSOP online bracelet winner was near the top of the counts for most of the day and came into the final table second in chips to close it out in the end by defeating Chris Klodnicki heads-up. They were joined on the final table by Gergely "Land on it!" Kulcsar, Arie Muller, Sami Kelopuro, Ottomar Ladva, Hannes "BlackFortuna" Speiser, Anton Wigg, and Darrell Goh.
H-72: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Bounty | Prize | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb | Mexico | $214,297 | $102,395 | $316,692 |
| 2 | Chris Klodnicki | United States | $36,719 | $102,237 | $138,956 |
| 3 | Gergely "Land on it!" Kulcsar | Hungary | $41,406 | $78,467 | $119,874 |
| 4 | Arie Muller | Germany | $10,156 | $60,178 | $70,334 |
| 5 | Sami Kelopuro | Finland | $11,250 | $46,151 | $57,401 |
| 6 | Ottomar Ladva | Estonia | $7,188 | $35,394 | $42,582 |
| 7 | Hannes "BlackFortuna" Speiser | Austria | $19,375 | $27,144 | $46,519 |
| 8 | Anton Wigg | Sweden | $32,422 | $20,817 | $53,239 |
| 9 | Darrell Goh | Austria | $15,469 | $15,965 | $31,434 |
Action of the Day
With unlimited entries allowed in this tournament, the action was chaotic from the start. Big names like Fabrizio Gonzalez, Fedor Holz, Yuri Dzivielevski, Benjamin Rolle, Ole Schemion, Max Kruse, Patrick Leonard, and Timothy Adams for example managed to stick around until the registration closed but all busted without making it into the money. In the end, it was Chi Zhang who would bubble the tournament when he check-shoved with a flopped flush draw to see Speiser look him up with the nut-flush draw and get there on the turn.
Artur Martirosian was the first player to cash and he was followed by a plethora of well-known players like David Peters, Connor Drinan, Michael Addamo, Ami Barer, Darren Elias, Dietrich Fast, Rui Ferreira, Wiktor Malinowski, Jans Arends, Anatoly Filatov, and Ryan Riess. But Dario Sammartino would become the final table bubble boy when he tank-shoved with the flopped top pair. Kulcsar had flopped the set of queens to get the tournament down to the all-important last table.
The final table would end up lasting just over two hours. Kulcsar held a commanding chip lead and kept increasing it but Gottlieb was hot on his heels. Goh fell to Wigg in a three-way all-in where Wigg doubled through Speiser. The shorter stacks kept getting shorter and in another three-way all-in pot, the players who were involved split it when the flush came on the board. But immediately after, Gottlieb eliminated Wigg, Speiser, and Ladva when he flopped a set and improved to a full house to claim three bounties.
Several double-ups would follow before Kelopuro fell to the hands of Klodnicki while Gottlieb took out Muller next to increase his lead as he held over half of the chips in play. But it would be Gottlieb who would claim Kulcsar's bounty when he turned the higher pair than the Hungarian player. Klodnicki still had the chip lead but it was Gottlieb who would put the pressure on his opponent to take over the chip lead and ground Klodnicki down.
Klodnicki would double up three times in a row to switch things around but Gottlieb raise-called the shove of the American with queens and flop a set to leave Klodnick behind with one big blind. Klodnicki survived one all-in but couldn't win the second one to bust as the runner-up for $102,237 and $36,719 in bounties.
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Chris Klodnicki Eliminated in 2nd Place ($102,237 + $36,719)
Level 34
: 300,000/600,000, 90,000 ante
Chris Klodnicki shoved from the button for 1,224,032 and Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb made the call.
Chris Klodnicki: 
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb: 
The flop came 
for Gottlieb to hit the pair of queens.
The turn was the 
to give Klodnicki a glimmer of hope as he picked up the open-ended straight draw although a king on the river would split the pot but the 
completed the board instead for Klodnicki to bust as the runner-up for $138,956 which includes $36,719 in bounties.
Gottlieb walks away with another title in this series for a combined prize of $316,692 which includes a whopping $214,297 in bounties.
A recap is to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,700,000 | 1,314,032 |
|
Busted |
Klodnicki Outkicks Gottlieb
Level 34
: 300,000/600,000, 90,000 ante
Chris Klodnicki was forced all-in for his last 567,016 and Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb called.
Chris Klodnicki: 
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb: 
The board ran out 
for Klodnicki to double up with the higher kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,385,968 | -657,016 |
|
|
1,314,032 | 657,016 |
Gottlieb Flops the Set to Leave Klodnicki Short
Level 34
: 300,000/600,000, 90,000 ante
Chris Klodnicki limped in on the button and Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb raised to 1,980,000 for Klodnicki to shove with the slightly bigger stack. Gottlieb called for the remaining 13,451,492.
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb:
Chris Klodnicki: 
The board ran out 
for Gottlieb to hold with the higher pocket pair and even improve to a set on the flop to leave Klodnicki super short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,042,984 | 17,386,492 |
|
|
657,016 | -17,386,492 |
Level: 34
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 90,000
One for Gottlieb
Level 33
: 250,000/500,000, 75,000 ante
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb limped in on the button and Chris Klodnicki raised to 1,750,000 which Gottlieb called.
The flop came 
, Klodnicki continued with a bet of 1,000,000 which was called.
The turn was the 
and Klodnicki fired 1,412,500 into the pot and Gottlieb called.
They both checked through the on the river. Klodnicki tabled the 
for Gottlieb to claim the pot with the for two pair
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,043,508 | -1,937,500 |
|
|
13,656,492 | 1,937,500 |
Klodnicki Doubles Back to the Lead
Level 33
: 250,000/500,000, 75,000 ante
Chris Klodnicki limped in on the button and Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb raised to 1,650,000 for Klodnicki to go along.
The flop came 
, Gottlieb check-called the 862,500 bet of Klodnicki.
The turn was the 
and Gottlieb barreled a bet of 1,707,750 into the pot for Klodnicki to shove for 7,403,004 and was called.
Chris Klodnicki:
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb: 
Klodnicki had flopped the straight but Gottlieb had turned two pair.
The river completed the board with the 
for Klodnicki to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,981,008 | 8,706,004 |
|
|
11,718,992 | -8,706,004 |
Klodnicki Doubles Up Again
Level 33
: 250,000/500,000, 75,000 ante
Chris Klodnicki shoved from the button for 5,562,502 and Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb made the call.
Chris Klodnicki: 
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb: 
The board ran out 
for Klodnicki to hold with the higher kicker and even river the pair of aces to double up with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,424,996 | -5,182,502 |
|
|
11,275,004 | 5,182,502 |
Level: 33
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 75,000