Garbi and Astedt Pad Their Bankrolls With More Than $530K

Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
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Ravid Garbi and Niklas Astedt both walked away with more than $530,000 after chopping a super high roller event online at GGPoker. The talented duo struck a deal when heads-up in the $25,500 Sunday Million SHR tournament, which resulted in them sharing more than $1 million of the $2,600,000 prize pool.

A field of 104 entries meant the tournament paid out 15 places. Mikita Badziakouski was the unfortunate soul who burst the money bubble. Superstars including Guillaume Nolet, Andras Nemeth, Juan Dominguez, and final table bubble boy Elio Fox secured a slice of the prize pool.

Benjamin Rolle was the final table’s first casualty. Rolle’s ninth-place exit came with a $65,102 payout. Marius Gierse then fell in eighth for $86,205, which was the last prize not to weigh in at six figures.

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Isaac Haxton banked $114,147 for his seventh-place finish while Cyprus’ "pitrasyan" collected $151,147 after they came unstuck in sixth. Fifth-place and $200,140 went to Nick Petrangelo, with Christian Rudolph walking away with $265,013 after busting in fourth.

Brazilian star Yuri Dzivielevski ran out of steam and fell in third, a finish worth $350,914. Dzivielevski’s exit left Astedt heads-up against Garbi. The duo agreed to a deal before Garbi went on to defeat the Swedish online poker legend in the one-on-one battle.

$25,500 Sunday Million SHR Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Ravid GarbiIsrael$537,958*
2Niklas AstestSweden$541,973*
3Yuri DzivielevskiBrazil$350,914
4Christian RudolphAustria$265,013
5Nick PetrangeloCanada$200,140
6pitrasyanCyprus$151,147
7Isaac HaxtonCanada$114,147
8Marius GierseAustria$86,205
9Benjamin RolleAustria$65,102

*reflects a heads-up deal

Ami Barer Banks $173K Score

Ami Barer
Ami Barer

Ami Barer helped himself to a $173,260 score in the $2,100 buy-in Super MILLION$ Omaholic Bounty event at GGPoker. The high stakes tournament drew in a 556-strong crowd who created a guarantee-busting $1,112,000 prize pool. Half of the pot went on the head of each entrant with the top 50 finishers sharing the other 50%.

Dozens of elite grinders finished inside the money places but fell short of the seven-handed final table. Special mentions have to go to 15th place finish Andras Nemeth who won $25,920 of which $20,328 came via bounty payments. Also, Ben Wilinofsky crashed out in tenth place for $24,928 with $19,312 of that sum stemming from opponents’ scalps.

Alexander "xBGx" Fitasov and Thomas Hueber found their time at the final table short-lived. Joao Vieira and Ukrainian Andriy Lyubovetskiy joined the ong list of busted names before Dario Sammartino bowed out in third, a finish worth $82,729 with bounties includes.

Barer found himself in the unenvious position of having to battle one-on-one with Isaac Haxton. However, Barer did not let that faze him and he got the job done. Barer’s reward was a huge $173,260 score; Haxton reeled in a $110,667 consolation prize.

Barer went on to take down the $210 Bounty Hunters Sunday Special for an additional $33,392!

$2,100 Super MILLION$ Omaholic Bounty Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryBountiesTotal Prize
1Ami BarerCanada$89,367$173,260
2Isaac HaxtonCanada$26,515$110,667
3Dario SammartinoAustria$20,164$82,729
4Andriy LyubovetskiyUkraine$26,437$72,923
5Joao VieiraBrazil$10,562$45,101
6Thomas HueberAustria$1,000$26,662
7Alexander "xBGx" FitasovRussia$14,937$34,004

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*includes bounties

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Matthew Pitt
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Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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