Rudolph Finally Gets His Hands on a Super MILLION$ Title
Christian Rudolph can finally call himself a GGPoker Super MILLION$ champion. Rudolph's 68 attempt in a Super MILLON$ event ended with him walking away with the $485,234 top prize and the title of champion.
Rudolph sat down at the nine-handed final table second in chips, and everyone in the online poker world knows that Rudolph is a dangerous foe whenever he has a big stack in front of this. This proved to be the case in this tournament as he left eight talented opponents in his wake.
Super MILLION$ Season 2 Episode 25 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Rudolph | Austria | $485,234 |
| 2 | Pascal Hartmann | Austria | $374,167 |
| 3 | spaise411 | Russia | $288,522 |
| 4 | Jason Koon | Canada | $222,481 |
| 5 | Mark Radoja | Canada | $171,556 |
| 6 | Jakob "lechayim" Miegel | Austria | $132,288 |
| 7 | Samuel Vousden | Finland | $102,008 |
| 8 | Roland "Gwriden" Rokita | Austria | $78,659 |
| 9 | Markku Kopilmaa | Estonia | $60,654 |
Estonia's Markku Kopilmaa finished fifth in the Super MILLION$ on November 28, 2021, but was the first star shot out of the sky at this final table. With blinds of 35,000/70,000/8,500a, "spaise411" opened to 140,000 from under the gun with pocket queens. The raised folded out everyone until the action was on Kopilmaa in the small blind holding pocket jacks. Kopilmaa jammed for 1,612,941, folding out Jason Koon in the big blind, holding ace-jack, but spaise411 called. The queens held, and Kopilmaa busted in ninth-place for $60,654.
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Eighth-place was decided during the same level, and was strikingly similar to the first bust out hand. Start-of-the-day chip leader Pascal Hartmann min-raised to 140,000 from the cutoff with pocket queens, before calling the 982,961 three-bet shove from Roland "Gwriden" Rokita in the small blind, which he made with a pair of jacks in the hole. Again, the queens ran true, resigning Rokita to the $78,659 eighth-place prize.
Samuel Vousden's tournament ended in a seventh-place finish during the same level the other two finalists crashed out in. Rudolph made it 140,000 to go, only for Vousden to three-bet all-in for 686,276 with ace-ten from the next seat across. With the action back on him, Rudolph snap-called with pocket aces. Vousden flopped a ten but the rest of the board failed to come to his rescue. Vousden collected $102,008, the first six-figure haul of the final table.
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The blinds were at 70,000/140,000/17,500a by the time the next players dusted off their stack, after the flurry of early eliminations. Jakob "lechayim" Miegel open-shoved from under the gun for 1,562,942 with the powerhouse hand that is pocket kings, and Hartmann called from the small blind with pocket nines. A nine on the flop propelled Hartmann into the lead, and he stayed there on the turn and river. Miegel busted with $132,288 in tow, while Hartmann's stack climbed towards 14.3 million, with his nearest rival holding just 3.6 million chips.
The final five became four when Mark Radoja's comeback was ended. Radoja was the second-shortest stack going into the final table yet managed to ladder his way up the payouts. His tournament ended a few hands after Miegel crashed out. Radoja moved all-in for 1,106,172 with ace-try of spades, and Koon re-shoved for approximately 200,000 more with king-queen in the small blind. Koon's call was rewarded with a king on the turn. Radoja headed into the night with $171,556 to show for his efforts.
Koon did not put Radoja's stack to good use because he fell by the wayside before Radoja's seat went cold. Hartmann made a play for the blinds and antes by min-raising to 320,000 on the button with jack-trey, and Koon defended his big blind with king-nine. Hartmann flopped a jack, and Koon a nine, but both players checked. A deuce on the turn paired the board, and Koon check-called a 560,000 bet from his opponent. A ten on river saw Koon check again. Hartmann bet 1,600,000 into the 1,920,000 pot, just enough to put Koon to the test for his remaining stack. Koon went into the tank before emerging with a call. Koon's fourth-place finish came with a $222,481 payday.
The tournament progressed to the heads-up stage when spaise411 crashed out at the hands of Rudolph. From the small blind, Rudolph raised to 1,300,000 with the big blind at 200,000. spaise411 called of the 912,820 he had after paying the big blind, and the cards were flipped onto their backs. Rudolph showed ace-trey, and spaise411 the queen-nine. spaise411 flopped a nine, but Rudolph caught an ace. The flop was all hearts, too, and Rudolph held the try of hearts, leaving spaise411 drawing even thinner. Rudolph's hand held, and spaise411 busted with $288,522 reasons to be happy.
Rudolph trailed Hartmann by 5,002,961 to 18,997,039 chips, but an early double with ace-trey against pocket sevens leveled the stacks.
The pair of Goliaths butted heads for more than 40 minutes with neither managing to pull ahead of the other. The tournament needed a cooler hand to crown its champion, and it got exactly that.
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Rudolph limped for 350,000 with ace-seven of diamonds, Hartmann made it 1,225,000 to go with six-five of diamonds, and Rudolph called. The ten-jack-deuce flop came with two diamonds; you can guess what is going to happen now, can you not? Hartman led for 838,200, Rudolph raised to 2,579,612, and Hartmann called. The queen of diamonds completed both players' flush, but both players checked. A nine on the river saw Hartmann shove for 8,892,044, which Rudolph snap-called.
That hand gave Rudolph a colossal 22,516,688 to 1,483,312 lead with blinds at 175,000/350,000/45,000a. Hartmann open-shoved with queen-try on the very next hand, and Rudolph looked him up with pocket jacks. Hartmann flopped trips treys but Rudolph turned a full house when the jack of diamonds landed. A seven on the river busted Hartmann in second place, a finish good for $374,167, leaving Rudolph to bank the $485,234 top prize.
