H-92: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty] | 2021 GG Spring Festival

04-23-2021 01:37 UTC

Andrii Derzhypilskiy Eliminated in 9th Place ($39,994)

Jaxon

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

Level 21: 20,000/40,000/6,000a

It took just three hands for Andrii Derzhypilskiy to become the first casualty at the final table.

Artur Martirosian opened for 80,000 from middle position before Derzhypilskiy jammed from the button to 618,077. Joni Jouhkimainen four-bet shoved for 1,271,880 from the small blind and Martirosian folded.

Andrii Derzhypilskiy:
Joni Jouhkimainen:

Derzhypilskiy fell quickly behind in the race after Jouhkimainen nailed a pair on the flop. The turn improved Jouhkimainen to trips and Derzhypilskiy was eliminated in ninth place for $39,993 including $15,000 in bounties after the completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Rolle	4,288,675 -18,000	-18,000
Konstantin Maslak	2,551,432 -58,000	-58,000

Artur Martirosian	2,199,330 -98,000	-98,000

Joni Jouhkimainen	2,063,957 734,077	734,077

Bruno Volkmann	1,410,301 96,000	96,000
Christian Rudolph	1,307,913 29,000	29,000
iGotQuads	1,004,572 32,000	32,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	873,820 -18,000	-18,000

Andrii Derzhypilskiy	Busted

04-23-2021 01:25 UTC

Sammartino Bubbles Final Table on a Bad Beat

Jaxon

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

Benjamin Rolle opened the cutoff for 100,000 and called a three-bet jam by Dario Sammartion to 333,000 from the big blind.

Dario Sammartino:
Benjamin Rolle:

Rolle came from behind to send Sammartino to the rail on the final table bubble after improving to two pair on the board.

Players are on a quick break while the final table is being set-up.

04-23-2021 01:19 UTC

Huge River for Rudolph

Jaxon

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

Artur Martirosian opened for 110,000 from the cutoff before he called a shove by Christian Rudolph to 787,619.

Christian Rudolph:
Artur Martirosian:

Rudolph fell well behind after Martirosian hit a pair on the flop. The turn made it more likely that Rudolph would hit the showers. But the spiked the river to give him a set for the save to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Maslak	2,322,908 218,500	218,500

Artur Martirosian	2,107,529 -38,119	-38,119

Christian Rudolph	1,637,738 1,228,119	1,228,119
Joni Jouhkimainen	1,442,380 134,500	134,500

Yuri Dzivielevski	896,820 -743,000	-743,000

04-23-2021 00:35 UTC

Nemeth's Cowboys Don't Hold

Jaxon

Level 19 : 15,000/30,000, 4,500 ante

Andras Nemeth jammed for 381,776 from the button and was called by Bruno Volkmann from the big blind.

Andras Nemeth:
Bruno Volkmann:

Nemeth was looking good on the flop but Volkman had him drawing dead after the turn gave him a straight. The river improved Volkmann's hand even further to a flush and he collected a big $18K bounty while sending Nemeth out in 14th place for $47,055 including $31,250 in bounties.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Rolle	3,210,591 425,433	425,433
Bruno Volkmann	1,104,795 345,276	345,276
Isaac Haxton	954,599 -296,433	-296,433

iGotQuads	911,216 10,500	10,500
Dario Sammartino	775,108 -279,388	-279,388
Andrii Derzhypilskiy	334,316 500	500
Andras Nemeth	Busted

04-22-2021 23:49 UTC

"jakedini" Bubbles the Thursday Thrill

Jaxon

Level 17 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Players are now in the money after Ottomar Ladva ousted "jakedini" in 21st place in what could have been the biggest pot of the day.

The hand began with Ladva opening to 70,000 from the small blind and getting a call by "jakedini" from the big blind.

"jakedini" called bets of 96,000 on the flop and 224,750 on the turn before Ladva jammed the river. "jakedini" used a bit of their clock before they called.

Ladva won the hand with a straight holding to beat his opponent's top pair with "jakerimi" turning over .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ottomar Ladva	2,018,436 890,797	890,797
Benjamin Rolle	1,258,262 208,994	208,994
Bruno Volkmann	806,946 -10,500	-10,500
Dario Sammartino	322,889 58,200	58,200
Isaac Haxton	302,383 80,777	80,777

jakedini	Busted

04-22-2021 22:46 UTC

Late Registration Closed, $1.57 Million Prize Pool

Jaxon

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

Late registration has just closed for the Thursday Thrill. The event attracted 157 entries including 49 re-entries to generate a $1,570,000 prize pool to smash the $1 million guarantee.

The top two spots will collect nearly $114K each, although the winner will get much more as the eventually progressive bounty will be huge at the end.

The top 20 spots will each collect $15,805 with 37 players remaining. The full payouts are listed in the Payouts tab in our coverage.

04-22-2021 18:45 UTC

Jattin Takes Out Kanit & Christoforou

Jaxon

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 150 ante

Hand 1: Andreas Christoforou opened to 2,500 from middle position before he called a three-bet by Farid Jattin from the cutoff to 6,490.

Christoforou check-called the flop for 5,999. The paired the board and Christoforou check-called for 9,878.

The river brought a new pattern in postflop betting for the hand. Christoforou checked and Jattin bet 20,103. Christoforou jammed for about 80,000 and Jattin called.

Jattin turned over to beat Christoforou's .

Hand 2: Christoforou was all in from under the gun the next hand for crumbs. Mustapha Kanit raised to 3,800 from one seat over before calling off for near a starting stack after Jattin jammed.

Andreas Christoforou:
Mustapha Kanit:
Farid Jattin:

Luck was on Jattin's side after his jack paired the board to collect two bounties and become the clear early chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Farid Jattin	298,604 198,604	198,604
Andreas Christoforou	Busted
Mustapha Kanit	Busted

04-22-2021 11:22 UTC

Who Will Win the H-92: $10,300 Thursday Thrill Bounty?

Jaxon

The GG Spring Festival (GGSF) continues with another fantastic event in the $1 million guaranteed GGSF H-92: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty] at GGPoker.

This is the third rendition of the Thursday Thriller during the GGSF with Andrii Novak shipping the H-24: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty] for $352,628 including bounties and Michel "CrossfireX" Dattani winning the title in the H-58: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty] for $339,484 including bounties.

Expect many of the big names that competed in these two events to come back again tonight for the third and final Thursday Thrill of the festival.

The structure featured in today's event is the same as the previous two with players starting with a huge stack of 100,000. The blind structure varies throughout the event with the first 13 blinds featuring 20-minute levels and the rest of the way until the final table will feature 15-minute blinds.

Players will have plenty of chances to build a big stack with unlimited re-entries permitted for the first 280 minutes.

If the tournament reaches at least 100 players, the special final table rules at GGPoker will be active with blinds increasing after a certain number of hands instead of by time and blinds potentially rolled back so that the average stack is at least 40 big blinds.

As this event is a progressive KO (PKO), players will collect at least a $2,500 bounty for each player they eliminated while adding at least another $2,500 to their own personal bounty.

PokerNews will report this event from when the first cards are dealt at 7:05 p.m. BST (2:05 p.m. EDT) until a winner is crown.