2021 GG Spring Festival
The 70 players are on their first 6-minute break of the day.
Level 4: 500/1,000/125
In back-to-back hands, Camille "Cam Godin" Godin became the first casualty of the tournament. In the first hand, Godin held ![]()
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board but got it in against Diego "TheProjector" Ventura's ![]()
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Down to a little over 30 big blinds, Godin then four-bet shoved preflop holding ![]()
. Andrii Derzhypilskyi looked her up with ![]()
and held up to eliminate the Canadian in the fourth level of the day.
Level 4: 500/1,000/125
Seth Davies came in with a raise to 2,300 from early position and Luciano "CaboDaciolo" De Hollanda called on the button. The flop came ![]()
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and Davies continued for 4,550, which got called.
On the
turn, Davies took his time before virtually cutting out 12,960. De Hollanda once again made the call to see the
river appear. Davies checked to De Hollanda, who bet 25,590.
The Canadian pro wasn't done with the hand just yet, as he check-raised all in for 113,054. De Hollande waved the white flag in response.
The GGPoker Super MILLION$ has been a thorn in the side of Niklas Astedt since the very first edition of the weekly high stakes tournament. Astedt had never won the event in 43 previous attempts, but he got the job done on April 13, and walked away with a colossal $1,095,741.
Read the featured article on PokerNews on how Astedt finally got the job done.
Needless to say, with 10-minute levels action is fast and furious across the board. The field has swiftly grown to 48 players, with the following hopefuls in the lead.
Level 2 - 300/600/75
In a blind on blind confrontation, Shankar Pillai raised the small blind to 1,800 and "Sam Grizzle" defended the big blind. Pillai then emptied the clip on a ![]()
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board, with barrels worth 1,939, 5,700, and 19.403.
"Sam Grizzle" called each street holding ![]()
but was second best against the flopped set ![]()
of Pillai.
Please note "Sam Grizzle" is a nickname.
The field is now up to 21 with [Removed:564], Leonard "LottoLarry" Maue, and Eelis Parssinen being the latest to take their seats.
A modest two tables with 14 entries at the start to kick things off in the final flight. That number is certain to rise significantly throughout the night.