GGS #473: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em - 1M Gtd. | 2019 Natural8 Good Game Series 3

09-30-2019 02:42 UTC

Prize Pool Set at $1,911,000

Lyle Bateman

Level 14 : 600/1,200, 180 ante

When the gates finally came down on registration for the massive $25,000 buy-in event, the $1 million guarantee was long since left in the dust. With 78 entries, the total prizes will be $1,911,000.

That will be split between 11 players with the minimum cashers getting $56,813.45. Of course, all the eyes are up top at the whopping $466,105.57 payday for first place.

Full payouts will be available shortly under the Payouts tab.

09-30-2019 02:15 UTC

baita Finds Aces in a Big Spot

Lyle Bateman

Level 12 : 400/800, 120 ante

baita opened from under the gun plus one with a raise to 1,600. Picasso16 reraised two seats over, making it 4,800 to go. Ilsy168 made it four bets with a shove to 64,116.

Meursault was in the big blind and tank called with the small stack of 14,590 and Picasso16 got out of the way before baita called.

baita:
ilsy168:
Meursault:

Board:

Player	Chips	Progress
baita	81,650 49,030	49,030
ilsy168	34,006 -5,840	-5,840
Meursault	Busted

09-30-2019 02:04 UTC

LuckyChewyFan69 Overpots the Turn

Lyle Bateman

Level 11 : 350/700, 100 ante

LickyChewyFan69 raised from under the gun, making it 1,400 to go. It folded all the way around to baita in the big blind, who called.

The flop came and baita check-called a bet of 1,200. baita again checked the flop, and after some time in the tank, LuckyChewyFan69 bombed 6,300 into the pot of 6,150, forcing the fold from baita.

Player	Chips	Progress
baita	32,620 -2,900	-2,900
LuckyChewyFan69	30,577 -1,550	-1,550

09-30-2019 01:16 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
MickeyM	36,900 3,240	3,240
RL-Stine	17,762 -3,370	-3,370

Joeri_van_Heeten opened under the gun for 600 and it folded to Meursault on the button. They hit the tank before shoving their stack of 4,290. The blinds got out of the way, but Joeri_van_Heeten called.

Joeri_van_Heeten:
Meursault:

The board of was clean for Meursault's over pair, and the scored the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
joeri_van_Heeten	23,451 -5,415	-5,415
Meursault	10,421 -12,033	-12,033

09-30-2019 00:22 UTC

MickyM Gets Fold on River

Lyle Bateman

Level 5 : 100/200, 36 ante

Omar Bingo limped in from under the gun before Meursault bet 700 from early position, and it folded around to MickeyM in the big blind. They made the call, and the flop came .

It checked to Meursault on the flop, and they bet 500. MickeyM was the only caller, and they both checked the turn. When the river came MickeyM led out for 2,500, prompting a fold from Meursault.

Player	Chips	Progress
MickeyM	26,720 3,075	3,075
Meursault	22,454 9,585	9,585

09-30-2019 00:14 UTC

KenBrynney Takes a Three-Way Pot

Lyle Bateman

Level 5 : 100/200, 36 ante

KenBrynney opened the action from an early spot with a raise to 450. RockyMarciano called from the button, and ilsy168 closed the betting with a call from the big blind.

The flop came and after action checked around to the button, RockyMarciano bet 420 and was called by both other players. The turn brought checks from all three players, as did the river. KenBrynney took down the pot with a pair of sixes.

KenBrynney:
RockyMarciano:
ilsy168:

Player	Chips	Progress
RockyMarciano	19,928 -540	-540
KenBrynney	19,580 1,980	1,980
ilsy168	13,705 -960	-960

09-29-2019 23:48 UTC

PyramidOfSkulls Takes Some from NOMAMES

Lyle Bateman

Level 3 : 80/160, 25 ante

Picasso16 made it 400 to go from early position and NOMAMES called from the button before PyramidOfSkulls came over top with a raise to 2,240 from the big blind.

Picasso16 got out of the way and the flop came . PyramidOfSkulls bet 1,500 and NOMAMES smooth-called behind. The turn came and NOMAMES folded to the 2,750 bet from the big blind.

PyramidOfSkulls showed the as they collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
PyramidOfSkulls	20,150 20,150	20,150
NOMAMES	12,800 -3,900	-3,900

09-29-2019 22:58 UTC

Twenty-Four Entries Waiting for Start of GGS #473

Lyle Bateman

With just a few minutes to go until virtual cards are in the air, there are already 24 players waiting patiently for their chance at the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Late registration and re-entry are open for 3.5 hours after the start of play.

09-29-2019 20:38 UTC

Crown Jewel of Natural8's Good Game Series Guarantees $1 Million

Lyle Bateman

The Good Game Series at Natural8 is coming to a close today with the crown jewel for the series, the $25,000 buy-in, $1,000,000 guarantee GGS #473. Running since September 9th, the GGS offered hundreds of tournaments across the buy-in range with $50 Million in guarantees across the series.

The high rollers get a chance to come out to play in #473. For players who can dig $25,000 in loose change out of their couch cushions, the tournament will offer 15,000 chips to start, playing 15 minute blind levels down to a winner. Late registration is open for 3.5 hours, and re-entries are available during the late registration period.

In addition to the individual prizes, Natural8 is also running a leader-board promotion at all buy-in levels. At the top of the leader-board for the High games is Polish player "NO*****" so it seems likely that the Polish early-entry to the million dollar event, "NOMAMES", will be playing for added value over and above the prize pool.

Here's a look at the top five on the High leader-board:

Place	Player	Country	Points	Prize
1	NO*****	Poland	9,497,334	T$25,000
2	Mi*****	Finland	8,111,834	T$18,000
3	ch*****	UK	7,310,161	T$13,000
4	Pi*******	Canada	7,023,242	T$10,000
5	St*******	Mexico	6,220,719	T$8,500

Action gets underway at 5 p.m. MT, or midnight UTC, and PokerNews will be watching the action and bringing you updates from the first hand to the last.