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

03-01-2021 02:47 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	2,177,490 135,000	135,000

Arsenii Malinov	1,348,684 210,000	210,000
Jason Koon	683,751 112,000	112,000

Ponakovs Takes From Zhang

Christian Zetzsche

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

Right before the blinds went up, Chi Zhang min-raised again and Aleksejs Ponakovs called from the button.

They checked to the river and this time, Zhang check-called 62,500 by Ponakovs. Zhang had flopped best with but Ponakovs had the best of it eventually with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Arsenii Malinov	1,382,684 34,000	34,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	1,077,187 295,000	295,000

Chi Zhang	977,881 116,500	116,500
Jason Koon	668,751 15,000	15,000

David Coleman	350,108 89,500	89,500

Jargo "bungakat" Alavali	343,815 64,500	64,500
Sami Kelopuro	145,816 77,000	77,000
David Yan	139,012 65,500	65,500

Level: 26

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,500

03-01-2021 02:56 UTC

Davies Forces Fold From Watson

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 3,500 ante

Seth Davies min-raised to 60,000 and Mike Watson filled up from the big blind. Watson check-raised the flop from 33,000 to 93,570 but couldn't shake off Davies. The turn went check, check, and Watson check-folded the river to an overbet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	2,352,560 175,070	175,070

Mike Watson	320,034 155,570	155,570

03-01-2021 02:57 UTC

Break With 16 Remaining

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 3,500 ante

The remaining 16 players are on break on the stone-cold money bubble.

03-01-2021 02:59 UTC

Updated Counts on the Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 3,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	2,352,560

Arsenii Malinov	1,488,184 105,500	105,500
Matthias Eibinger	1,153,717 65,500	65,500

Aleksejs Ponakovs	1,066,687 10,500	10,500

Chi Zhang	967,381 10,500	10,500
Viacheslav Buldygin	868,576 53,500	53,500
Jason Koon	686,251 17,500	17,500

Daniel Dvoress	477,911 42,000	42,000

Joao Vieira	413,085 75,000	75,000

REPTAR	370,184 147,500	147,500
Bruno Volkmann	358,679 98,000	98,000
David Coleman	324,608 25,500	25,500

Mike Watson	320,034

Jargo "bungakat" Alavali	288,315 55,500	55,500
Sami Kelopuro	135,316 10,500	10,500
David Yan	128,512 10,500	10,500

03-01-2021 03:04 UTC

Yan Doubles on the Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 3,500 ante

Arsenii Malinov min-raised to 60,000 and David Yan three-bet to 91,500 with 12 chips behind. Malinov just called and Yan's last few bits went in after the flop.

David Yan:
Arsenii Malinov:

The turn immediately gave Yan the double as the river was a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arsenii Malinov	1,447,672 40,512	40,512
David Yan	241,024 112,512	112,512

03-01-2021 03:09 UTC

Small Pot for "REPTAR"

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 3,500 ante

German player "REPTAR" raised to 60,000 and Daniel Dvoress filled up out of the big blind.

They checked all the way to the river on which Dvoress check-folded to a bet worth 54,000.

And as the bubble continues, the short stacks drop into the danger zone on both tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	2,429,060 76,500	76,500

Matthias Eibinger	1,170,217 16,500	16,500

Viacheslav Buldygin	872,076 3,500	3,500
Joao Vieira	476,585 63,500	63,500

REPTAR	424,684 54,500	54,500
Daniel Dvoress	372,411 105,500	105,500

Bruno Volkmann	289,179 69,500	69,500
Mike Watson	280,534 39,500	39,500

03-01-2021 03:14 UTC

Kelopuro Triples Up on the Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 3,500 ante

Chi Zhang min-raised from under the gun and Sami Kelopuro called all-in for just shy of that, Arsenii Malinov filled up from the big blind.

The two active players checked the flop and Malinov bet the turn for 78,150, Zhang called. They checked the river again and Kelopuro tripled with , as Malinov with the won the side pot and Zhang's ended up third best.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arsenii Malinov	1,632,690 185,018	185,018
Aleksejs Ponakovs	1,196,187 129,500	129,500

Chi Zhang	765,731 201,650	201,650
Jason Koon	609,751 76,500	76,500

David Coleman	248,108 76,500	76,500

Sami Kelopuro	234,448 99,132	99,132
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali	211,815 76,500	76,500
David Yan	186,524 54,500	54,500