GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD Day 1a | 2021 GG Spring Festival

04-11-2021 18:38 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Filatov	175,205 75,205	75,205

Pablo Navarro	163,534 163,534	163,534
Georgi Sandev	152,579 152,579	152,579
Elio Fox	141,230 141,230	141,230

Roger Tondeur	138,856 138,856	138,856
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt	136,727 36,727	36,727
Viktor Ustimov	136,115 136,115	136,115

Bert Stevens, who gained notoriety under his alias "girafganger7" before switching to his real name on GGPoker, made it 1,500 to go first to act. From the cutoff, Aleks Ponakovs three-bet to 4,800 and Stevens called.

Stevens check-called 7,015 on the flop and 15,492 on the turn. The river was the and Stevens checked a third time. Ponakovs moved all in for 70,411 and Stevens, covering the Latvian by a hair, called with for a set.

Ponakovs' was second best and, like Reeves before, he opted for a reentry right away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bert Stevens	197,183 97,568	97,568

Aleks Ponakovs	100,000 100,000	100,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

04-11-2021 18:55 UTC

Break

Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 400/800, 100 ante

The field is on their first break of the day. 163 entries have been made thus far, with 158 of them in contention after the first hour.

04-11-2021 18:56 UTC

Top Stacks in the Break

Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bert Stevens	189,173 -8,010	-8,010

Ole Schemion	186,248 22,682	22,682

Mike Watson	185,156 85,156	85,156

Pablo Navarro	182,425 18,891	18,891
Anatoly Filatov	180,330 5,125	5,125

Artur Martirosian	179,587

Luke Reeves	171,650 71,650	71,650
Gergely "Land on it!" Kulcsar	156,616
Ravid "jerbi9999" Garbi	153,897
judd trump	146,629

04-11-2021 19:07 UTC

Sirichuk Doubles Through "Kunkuwap"

Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jean-Pierre "Kunkuwap" Van Der Spuy raised to 3,600 in early position, Rodrigo Sirichuk three-bet to 12,800 from the small blind and Van Der Spuy called.

The flop was and Sirichuk continued for 8,976. Van Der Spuy simply ripped it in for 116,073 and Sirichuk timebank-called for 73,379 total.

Rodrigo Sirichuk:
Jean-Pierre "Kunkuwap" Van Der Spuy:

The two hands were nearly equal in equity but it would be Sirichuk to get all of it after the turn and river ran out clean.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodrigo Sirichuk	191,910 191,910	191,910
Jean-Pierre "Kunkuwap" Van Der Spuy	33,718 -35,576	-35,576

04-11-2021 19:13 UTC

Sirichuk Loses it Back

Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 400/800, 100 ante

A grand total of three hands. That's how long Rodrigo Sirichuk was able to enjoy his newfound wealth before losing it to Thomas Muehloecker. In a three-bet pot, Muehloecker held and flopped the joint on a board. Sirichuk bet 7,000, Muehloecker check-raised to 19,200 and Sirichuk called.

On the turn, Muehloecker bet 14,300 and Sirichuk slid in another call. The completed the board and Muehloecker bet 16,250 this time. Sirichuk, holding a busted , went for the ill-timed bluff and shoved all in. Muehloecker called it off and shot above the 200k mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Muehloecker	202,844
Rodrigo Sirichuk	93,188 -98,722	-98,722

Level: 4

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 125

04-11-2021 19:22 UTC

Aces Versus Kings for Wigg

Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 500/1,000, 125 ante

An old-fashioned aces versus kings ultimately resulted in a preflop all-in between Anton Wigg and Aliaksei Boika. After a raise from Wigg, Jason Koon three-bet in the small blind. Boika four-bet from the big blind, Wigg shoved, Koon folded and Boika called.

The board ran out eight-high for Wigg to hold with ease and end it early for Boika. The Belarusian hasn't decided to reenter as of yet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Wigg	194,940 94,940	94,940

Aliaksei Boika	Busted

04-11-2021 19:25 UTC

Top Chip Stacks

Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 500/1,000, 125 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Filatov	244,815 64,485	64,485

Ole Schemion	236,304 50,056	50,056

Thomas Muehloecker	231,904 29,060	29,060
Ramiro Petrone	208,690
Jorma Nuutinen	207,603
Alexandros Kolonias	205,835

Bert Stevens	188,748 -425	-425

Justin Bonomo	187,772

Tobias Duthweiler	183,935
Andreas Christoforou	180,007
Elio Fox	176,193 34,963	34,963

Pablo Silva	175,379
Mike Watson	170,414 -14,742	-14,742

Pablo Navarro	169,784 -12,641	-12,641
Artur Martirosian	166,486 -13,101	-13,101

Luke Reeves	164,920 -6,730	-6,730