Arie Muller started the action with a raise to 33,600 and Kenneth Smaron three-bet to 105,000 out of the big blind. Muller then four-bet jammed for a total of 631,894 and Smaron beat him into the pot.
Arie Muller:
Kenneth Smaron:
Both colors were covered as well and Muller found no miracle escape on the board.
Samuel "vivaegipto" Bernabeu raised to 32,000 in the cutoff and was called only by Yuri Dzivielevski on the button. The flop went check, check, and Bernabeu check-raised the turn from 75,000 to 230,000. Dzivielevski only called and then called the jam by Bernabeu for 260,688 on the river.
Bernabeu turned over the for the top two pair but Dzivielevski had flopped a set with .
In the final hand of the night, China's "nomoretilt" defended the big blind and check-raised the flop. Chip leader Isaac Baron called and then folded to a shove for 845,857 on the turn. "nomoretilt" flashed nines and sevens to claim the final pot of the night.
The chip counts of all 16 survivors and a recap of today's action are to follow.
The third starting day of the 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ Week $10,300 Main Event has come to a conclusion. Day 1c attracted a total field of 140 unique entries and 43 re-entries to boost the overall field to 632 entries.
After 22 levels of 20 minutes each, the field was thinned down to just 16 survivors and WSOP bracelet winner Isaac Baron claimed the lead with a stack of 2,689,768. Baron had nearly reached 3 million in chips in the final level of the night but had to settle for less than that, narrowly missing out on the overall lead.
Russia's rising star Artur Martirosian finished in second place with 2,056,261 while Mike Watson turned his fourth entry for Day 1c into a stack of 1,541,833. Kenneth Smaron finished right behind that with 1,540,218 and the top 10 for the penultimate flight also include Yuri Dzivielevski (1,380,298) and Vlad Martynenko (1,147,664).
Top 10 Counts Super MILLION$ Week $10,300 Main Event Day 1c
Position
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds Day 2
1
Isaac Baron
United States
2,689,768
134
2
Artur Martirosian
Russia
2,056,261
103
3
Mike Watson
Canada
1,541,833
77
4
Kenneth Smaron
United States
1,540,218
77
5
nomoretilt
China
1,385,857
69
6
Yuri Dzivielevski
Brazil
1,380,298
69
7
JESUSYAAZY
Austria
1,294,495
65
8
Luciano "CaboDaciolo" De Hollanda
Brazil
1,182,014
59
9
Vlad Martynenko
Ukraine
1,147,664
57
10
Pan-DaDa
China
1,071,686
54
Among the further survivors were Christopher Frank (1,049,028), Jean-Noel "OscarBrown" Thorel (356,509), Justin Bonomo (212,570), and Aleksejs Ponakovs (162,318). All those unhappy with their earned stack sizes for Day 2 may also enter the final starting day on Sunday March 7 as the best stack is carried forward.
Day 1c saw 16 players out of the 183 entries survive, which makes for 75 qualified players thus far with one starting day to come.
The Action of the Day
Day 1c had barely commenced when Artur Martirosian jumped to the top of the leaderboard by knocking out Aleksandr Trofimov. It was a sign for the things to come in the hours beyond that, as the pace of all-in showdowns, new entries, and re-entries never really slowed down.
Isaac Haxton was among those to try and run up a stack despite already having virtually bagged up chips in a previous flight. However, his efforts were not crowned by success and Haxton was one of many high-profile casualties of the day. Other notables who came and left without anything to show for were Dario Sammartino, Brunno Botteon, Kristen Bicknell, Luke Schwartz, Sam Greenwood, GGPoker ambassador Anatoly Filatov, and Stephen Chidwick.
However, towards the end of the day it was Isaac Baron who set the pace. He was responsible for the fall of Luke Schwartz when he flopped a set and rivered a full house to catch Schwartz bluffing with ten-high. Baron also knocked out the always dangerous Michael Addamo when aces prevailed against ace-queen. Laurynas Levinskas fell victim to his hot run as well, losing a flip with ace-king versus jacks in the final level of the night.
The last few minutes then reduced the field further as notables such as Michel "CrossfireX" Dattani, Arie Muller, and Samuel "vivaegipto" Bernabeu all departed just shy of reaching Day 2. Artur Martirosian then knocked out Daniyar Aubakirov when he called a river jam with top pair and was shown kings for a worse pair.
Artur Martirosian is second in chips on Day 1c
With three of the four starting days wrapped up, the current field size stands at 632 entries. That may still be shy of covering the ambitious $10 million guarantee. However, the Super Sunday on GGPoker is always known to produce the biggest fields for all major tournaments.
Day 1d will kick off at 6 p.m. UTC and the PokerNews live reporting team will be back then to provide all the action.
board gave "Pan-DaDa" the superior pair.
board.
flop went check, check, and Bernabeu check-raised the 
turn from 75,000 to 230,000. Dzivielevski only called and then called the jam by Bernabeu for 260,688 on the 
river.
for the top two pair but Dzivielevski had flopped a set with 
.
, Artur Martirosian checked his option out of the small blind.
for the top pair, as Aubarikov only had 
turn. "nomoretilt" flashed nines and sevens to claim the final pot of the night.
