2021 GG Spring Festival

GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD
Day: 1a
Event Info

2021 GG Spring Festival

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k2
Prize
$1,537,605
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$10,890,000
Entries
1,089
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
125,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
329
Players Left
41

It's MILLION$ Main Event Time! The GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD Starts Tonight!

GGPoker Spring Festival
GGPoker Spring Festival

Ten million dollars guaranteed. It's a mouth-watering prize pool which GGPoker added to one of the Main Events of the GG Spring Series in a very special edition of their weekly flagship event, the Super MILLION$. For $10,300, players get as many shots as they like for a shot to become an online millionaire. It's the first of two ten million guaranteed events on the schedule, with the $1,500 GGSF Main Event slated to kick off next Sunday.

Tonight is the first of five starting flights, with 22 levels of 20 minutes each being played until chips are bagged and tagged for the night. Players will start with 100,000 (200BB) in chips and can play as many Day 1s as they like, with their largest stack being carried forward to Day 2. Day 2 will then resume on April 18 at 8:05 p.m. local time.

The likes of Anatoly Filatov, Alex Foxen, Koray Aldemir, Daniel Dvoress, Wiktor Malinowski, Ryan Riess and Bryan Paris are already among those registered for the event. Late registration will be open until five minutes past midnight, which will be level 17.

As always, PokerNews will be there start-to-finish to capture all the excitement from the Main Event. Make sure to check back regularly to stay up to date with all the latest from the GGSF!

GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H At A Glance

DateDayTime (BST)Event NameBuy-inGTD
Apr-11Sun18:05GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD [Day 1A]$10,300$10,000,000
Apr-13Tue18:05GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD [Day 1B]$10,300$10,000,000
Apr-15Thu18:05GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD [Day 1C]$10,300$10,000,000
Apr-17Sat18:05GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD [Day 1D]$10,300$10,000,000
Apr-18Sun15:05GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD [Day 1E]$10,300$10,000,000
Apr-18Sun20:05GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD [Day 2]$10,300$10,000,000
Apr-20Tue18:00GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD [Day 3]$10,300$10,000,000

De Souza Rises Early

Level 1 : 250/500, 60 ante
De Souza with the better kicker
De Souza with the better kicker

Brazil's Belarmino de Souza was one of the breakout players of the GGPoker 2020 World Series of Poker online bracelet events. With second and third places among other accolades, De Souza cemented his status as one of the rising stars from what's arguably one of the best poker countries in the world right now.

In the Main Event, De Souza found himself clashing with the ever-entertaining Jean-Pierre "Kunkuwap" Van Der Spuy. It was Van Der Spuy coming in with a raise to 1,500 and De Souza three-betting to 5,000 in the small blind. Van Der Spuy called in position.

The flop was {a-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} and De Souza continued for 3,624. Van Der Spuy raised to 12,738 and De Souza called. The {2-Hearts} on the turn prompted checks from both sides, bringing action to De Souza again on the {6-Clubs} river. The Brazilian fired 27,342 and Van Der Spuy called it off.

De Souza showed {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} for aces with a ten kicker and outkicked Van Der Spuy's {a-Clubs}{7-Hearts} for a pot of nearly 100k.

Player Chips Progress
Belarmino de Souza br
Belarmino de Souza
150,429
50,429
50,429
Jean-Pierre "Kunkuwap" Van Der Spuy za
Jean-Pierre "Kunkuwap" Van Der Spuy
69,294

First Reentry is for Reeves

Level 2 : 300/600, 75 ante
Luke Reeves
Luke Reeves

Bert Stevens opened to 1,500 in middle position and received calls from Luke Reeves and Ole Schemion. The flop came down {7-Clubs}{3-Spades}{q-Spades} and Schemion checked. Stevens bet 2,700, Reeves raised to 8,208, Schemion reraised to 16,716, Stevens folded, and Reeves called after some thought.

On the {10-Diamonds} turn, Schemion bet enough to put Reeves to the test for his remaining stack and the Brit called for 44,305 total.

Luke Reeves: {k-Spades}{j-Spades}
Ole Schemion: {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

Reeves had straight- and flush draws but bricked both on the {j-Hearts} river to become the first player to run out of chips. He quickly jumped back in.

Player Chips Progress
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
163,566
163,566
163,566
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Luke Reeves gb
Luke Reeves
100,000
Bert Stevens be
Bert Stevens
99,615
99,615
99,615
WSOP 1X Winner

Want to Win a Share of $1 Million? See How in This $80 Event at GGPoker

Level 4 : 500/1,000, 125 ante
Value Town
Value Town

The GGPoker Spring Festival (GGSF) is almost a week old.

The poker world has may never witnessed an online poker festival like this before as the GGSF is a 'can't miss' festival with 335 tournaments boasting a whopping $150 million in guaranteed prizes!

While the festival is well underway, one big event to consider playing the weekend is the GGSF Opening Act-L: $80 NLHE.

The biggest reason is simple. For just $80 (less via satellites) you can play for a prize pool that is guaranteed to be at least $1 million!

Read on to learn all about this amazing event including the best way for you to qualify into this event for even cheaper than the $80 buy-in.

Here's all you need to know about this special event

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The bonus releases into your account in $10 increments each time you earn 6,000 Fish Buffet Points, which is the equivalent of $60 in rake or tournament fees.

Koon Flops Set, Gets Paid

Level 5 : 600/1,200, 150 ante
Koon with the set
Koon with the set

In the first few levels, we've seen a couple of lowly pairs set up to bust those unfortunate souls holding an overpair and Jason Koon became the latest beneficiary of such a setup. In a three-bet pot against Simone "spera91" Speranza, Koon flopped top set on a {6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} bord and check-raised a bet from Speranza from 6,468 to 14,736.

The turn brought the {j-Diamonds} and Koon fired a shell worth 16,181. Speranza went all in for 76,834 and Koon quickly called it off.

Simone "spera91" Speranza: {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Jason Koon: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}

The river was the {a-Hearts} and Speranza headed to the virtual rail.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
234,201
134,201
134,201
Simone "spera91" Speranza
Simone "spera91" Speranza
Busted

Schemion Extends the Lead

Level 7 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Ole Schemion
Ole Schemion

Bert Stevens raised to 4,000 in early position, Ole Schemion three-bet to 17,600 from the small blind, Stevens four-bet to 43,200, and Schemion called.

The flop was {5-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} and Schemion checked. Stevens bet 29,568 and Schemion called. The turn brought the {k-Hearts} and Schemion check-called 49,083 from Stevens this time.

The river brought the {q-Hearts} and Schemion front-shoved all in for 82,759. Stevens gave it up and Schemion moved up to 330k.

Player Chips Progress
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
329,661
400
400
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Bert Stevens be
Bert Stevens
70,957
-125,779
-125,779
WSOP 1X Winner

Edberg Hits Perfect River

Level 8 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante
Edberg Takes the Lead
Edberg Takes the Lead

Shortly before the break, Timothy Nuter raised to 4,600 in the cutoff, Kenneth "Forrest_Li" Edberg three-bet to 19,200 from the small blind and Nuter called. The {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{7-Clubs} flop saw checks from both players. On the {a-Hearts} turn, Edberg bet 14,000 and Nuter called.

The river was the {q-Spades} and Edberg checked. Nuter shoved all in for 87,830 and Edberg called directly with {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} for the rivered full house. It turned out to be the perfect river card, as Nuter rolled over {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades} for the inferior Broadway.

Player Chips Progress
Kenneth "Forrest_Li" Edberg se
Kenneth "Forrest_Li" Edberg
399,763
Timothy Nuter us
Timothy Nuter
Busted

A Big Hold for Thorel

Level 9 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Jean-Noel Thorel
Jean-Noel Thorel

Christian Jeppsson raised to 5,280 in middle position and Bioderma founder and high roller legend Jean-Noel "OscarBrown" Thorel three-bet small to 13,560 in the cutoff. Jeppsson called to see a {7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} flop fall.

Jeppsson checked and Thorel bet 10,930. Jeppsson check-raised to 30,374, Thorel shoved all in for 294,394 and Jeppsson called all in for 93,920.

Christian Jeppsson: {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
Jean-Noel "OscarBrown" Thorel: {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}

Thorel was about a 3:1 favorite with his set and locked it up on the {10-Clubs} turn, rendering the {8-Clubs} river moot.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel "OscarBrown" Thorel fr
Jean-Noel "OscarBrown" Thorel
451,808
451,808
451,808
Christian Jeppsson se
Christian Jeppsson
Busted

A Spectacular Aces vs. Kings vs. Queens

Level 10 : 1,400/2,800, 350 ante
Andersson spikes it on the river
Andersson spikes it on the river

Setups in poker come in all forms and shapes, but none of them are as infamous as picking up a monster like pocket kings preflop, only to run it smack dab into the blades. Add the ladies in the mix and you get one of the biggest — and most dreaded — coolers in all of poker.

The three monster pairs were just dealt in the Main Event between Joshua McCully, Joakim Andersson, and Julien Martini. It was the latter who opened to 7,000 in early position. Behind him, Andersson made it 19.600 to go and action folded to McCully in the big blind.

McCully four-bet to 51,800, Martini five-bet shoved all in for 131,547, Andersson came over the top for 359,869, and McCully called all in for 308,609 to create a monster pot of over 800k in chips.

Julien Martini: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Joakim Andersson: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Joshua McCully: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}

McCully had both players covered and was looking at a possible 900k stack but the {q-Spades}{9-Clubs}{9-Hearts} flop gave Martini top boat to take the lead. The {3-Hearts} on the turn changed nothing but Andersson drilled the {k-Clubs} on the river to improve to a bigger boat, sending Martini to the rail and crippling McCully in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Joakim Andersson se
Joakim Andersson
855,485
517,256
517,256
WSOP 1X Winner
Joshua McCully au
Joshua McCully
51,976
-286,274
-286,274
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner

Not Your Everyday Set-Over-Set-Over-Set

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Well, the best hand won!
Well, the best hand won!

Marc "Face-O" Carola raised to 8,000 in middle position and Aliaksei Boika, who made his third Super MILLION$ final table in a row earlier this week, three-bet shoved 106,193 from the small blind. Ankush Mandavia cold-called the shove from the big blind and Carola called all in for 67,372 to create a three-way showdown.

Marc "Face-O" Carola: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Aliaksei Boika: {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}
Ankush Mandavia: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

Boika smashed the {2-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{4-Spades} flop to hit top set and take a commanding lead in the hand. However, the {q-Diamonds} on the turn was the two outer Carola needed and he took over for the main pot.

Two outs could still win it for Mandavia and sure enough, the {k-Hearts} was burned and turned to turn the best hand at the start into the best hand at the finish as well.

Player Chips Progress
Ankush Mandavia us
Ankush Mandavia
330,581
330,581
330,581
WSOP 1X Winner
Aliaksei Boika by
Aliaksei Boika
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Marc "Face-O" Carola mx
Marc "Face-O" Carola
Busted