Event #6: Super High Roller $25,500, $2.5M Gtd. Day 1 | 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ Week

03-01-2021 02:08 UTC

Levinskas Remains in Contention for Now

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Laurynas Levinskas lost a chunk of his short stack with an inferior full house against chip leader Seth Davies and then got it in from the cutoff, which Jargo "bungakat" Alavali called out of the big blind.

Laurynas Levinskas:
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali:

No ace appeared on the board to keep Levinskas in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	1,678,844 132,134	132,134

Jargo "bungakat" Alavali	568,912 58,366	58,366
Justin Bonomo	355,922 28,000	28,000

REPTAR	333,902 26,250	26,250
Mike Watson	182,476 7,000	7,000

Shankar Pillai	163,255 14,000	14,000

Laurynas Levinskas	121,982 51,018	51,018

03-01-2021 02:14 UTC

Levinskas and Pillai Eliminated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Laurynas Levinskas jammed with the and was called by "REPTAR" called out of the big blind with the .

The board brought and "REPTAR" made aces full of nines.

Two hands later, Shankar Pillai three-bet jammed his short stack into a raise to 35,200 by Jargo "bungakat" Alavali and earned a call.

Shankar Pillai:
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali:

Pillai took the lead on the flop but the turn and river gave Alavali broadway.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	1,672,844 6,000	6,000

Jargo "bungakat" Alavali	787,367 218,455	218,455
REPTAR	461,884 127,982	127,982
Justin Bonomo	349,922 6,000	6,000

Mike Watson	133,276 49,200	49,200

Shankar Pillai	Busted

Laurynas Levinskas	Busted

03-01-2021 02:18 UTC

Bonomo Eliminated by Davies

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds, chip leader Seth Davies open-jammed into the below-average stack of Justin Bonomo and the latter called it off.

Justin Bonomo:
Seth Davies:

Despite facing several overcards, the mighty pair of Davies held up on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	2,028,766 355,922	355,922

Justin Bonomo	Busted

03-01-2021 02:21 UTC

Two Double Ups in Quick Succession

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Arsenii Malinov raised the and David Yan called out of the big blind with the . The mighty ducks held on the board.

Mike Watson then doubled through Seth Davies when he flopped queens and jacks with on a board. They got it in after the turn and Davies failed to get there with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	1,865,490 163,276	163,276

Arsenii Malinov	1,242,488 67,376	67,376
Chi Zhang	932,381 492,192	492,192
Jason Koon	894,251 43,530	43,530

Aleksejs Ponakovs	872,187 34,250	34,250

Jargo "bungakat" Alavali	771,367 16,000	16,000
Joao Vieira	549,085 11,640	11,640

REPTAR	462,684 800	800
David Yan	274,512 124,756	124,756
Mike Watson	270,552 137,276	137,276

Sami Kelopuro	249,316 35,250	35,250
David Coleman	167,804 21,600	21,600

Level: 24

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,500

03-01-2021 02:27 UTC

Hand-for-Hand Mode Activated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Guillaume Nolet jammed the button with the and Bruno Volkmann called out of the big blind with .

The board ran out and Volkmann made the nut flush.

Hand-for-hand mode then started with the new blinds and Viacheslav Buldygin doubled through Volkmann.

Mike Watson also scored another double when he got it in preflop against Jargo "bungakat" Alavali.

Mike Watson:
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali:

The board came and Watson remained in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	1,870,990 5,500	5,500

Chi Zhang	935,881 3,500	3,500
Daniel Dvoress	793,911 5,100	5,100

Viacheslav Buldygin	748,576 301,038	301,038
Matthias Eibinger	548,778 45,396	45,396

Joao Vieira	542,585 6,500	6,500

Mike Watson	537,104 266,552	266,552

Jargo "bungakat" Alavali	508,815 262,552	262,552
Bruno Volkmann	402,179 141,917	141,917
Kyle Menard	354,439 318,592	318,592
Guillaume Nolet	Busted

03-01-2021 02:31 UTC

Menard Eliminated by Eibinger

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

The field has reached the exact money bubble after the elimination of Kyle Menard, who came up short against Matthias Eibinger.

Menard was in the big blind and defended against the under-the-gun raise of Eibinger for 43,000. On the flop, Menard check-called for 60,000 and checked again the turn. Eibinger moved all-in and Menard called for the last 246,439.

Kyle Menard:
Matthias Eibinger:

No nine or queen appeared as the river sent the chips over to Eibinger.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthias Eibinger	915,717 366,939	366,939

Kyle Menard	Busted

03-01-2021 02:35 UTC

Coleman Doubles on the Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Jargo "bungakat" Alavali opened the action with a raise to 44,000 from under the gun and Arsenii Malinov three-bet to 120,000 in a middle position. David Coleman eventually jammed the big blind for 197,304 and Alavali folded, Malinov called.

David Coleman:
Arsenii Malinov:

The board brought and Coleman more than doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arsenii Malinov	991,684 250,804	250,804
Jason Koon	921,751 27,500	27,500

Aleksejs Ponakovs	890,687 18,500	18,500

Chi Zhang	850,881 85,000	85,000
David Coleman	468,608 300,804	300,804

Jargo "bungakat" Alavali	439,815 69,000	69,000
Sami Kelopuro	266,816 17,500	17,500
David Yan	255,012 19,500	19,500

Level: 25

Blinds: 12,500/25,000

Ante: 3,000

03-01-2021 02:42 UTC

Ponakovs Pays off Zhang

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 12,500/25,000, 3,000 ante

On the money bubble, Bruno Volkmann had to raise-fold twice to drop to a shorter stack.

In the meanwhile on the other table, Chi Zhang on the button battled with Aleksejs Ponakos in the small blind.

Zhang opened to 55,000 and was called by Ponakovs. They checked to the river, on which Ponakovs reluctantly check-called a bet of 79,500. Zhang tabled and that won the pot versus .

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	2,042,490 171,500	171,500

Arsenii Malinov	1,138,684 147,000	147,000
Chi Zhang	1,094,381 243,500	243,500
Matthias Eibinger	1,088,217 172,500	172,500

Viacheslav Buldygin	922,076 173,500	173,500
Jason Koon	795,751 126,000	126,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	782,187 108,500	108,500

Daniel Dvoress	519,911 274,000	274,000

REPTAR	517,684 55,000	55,000
Joao Vieira	488,085 54,500	54,500

Mike Watson	475,604 61,500	61,500

David Coleman	439,608 29,000	29,000

Jargo "bungakat" Alavali	408,315 31,500	31,500
Bruno Volkmann	260,679 141,500	141,500
Sami Kelopuro	222,816 44,000	44,000
David Yan	204,512 50,500	50,500