Day 1a is Complete in Super MILLION$ ME-H
GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD Day 1a is now complete, with 22 Levels in the books, and Canadian Mike Watson leads the way in a field of 41 remaining players out of 329 entries. Watson bagged nearly 2 million chips to end the day, but there are a dozen players with more than 1 million.
Jean-Noel "OscarBrown" Thorel bagged the next biggest stack to end the day, but he more than 500K behind leader Watson. Also in the Day 2 mix with more than 1 million will be Ole Schemion, Arsenii Malinov, and Connor Drinan, among others.
Top Ten Chips
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Watson | Canada | 1,921,636 |
| 2 | Jean-Noel "OscarBrown" Thorel | France | 1,379,469 |
| 3 | Mark "Chasseneige" Demirjian | Lebanon | 1,351,772 |
| 4 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 1,209,389 |
| 5 | Arsenii Malinov | Russia | 1,190,625 |
| 6 | Fabrizio Gonzalez | Uruguay | 1,150,702 |
| 7 | Julian Stuer | Austria | 1,142,883 |
| 8 | Luigi Curcio | Italy | 1,065,348 |
| 9 | Luuk Gieles | Netherlands | 1,031,546 |
| 10 | Sean "BB164" Roberts | United States | 1,030,652 |
Day 1a Action
Action for Day 1a of GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD got going at 2:05 p.m. eastern time as the first of five starting flights.
There was a full 17 levels of registration, and when they finished registering, 329 entries were on the board, with just over 100 players still in the game. End of day leader Watson was already showing strength with a fifth place stack.
Over the course of the next two hours, they played down to 41 players left in the game. Watson was chip leader going into the final level, but Malinov might not even have made the final day if not for his fours holding in a huge race for his life against ace-queen early in the 2nd last level.
There are four more chances for players to bag a stack for Day 2, which runs on April 18th. Day 1b goes ahead on the 13th, with 1c on the 15th, 1d on the 17th, and 1e early on the 18th. Stay tuned here at PokerNews for all action from 2021 GG Spring Festival.
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