H-06: $25,500 Sunday Five Million [2-Day Event] Day 1 | 2021 GG Spring Festival

04-05-2021 01:38 UTC

Rolle Busts Pillai

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

Shankar Pillai doubled through Benjamin Rolle not long ago and then open-jammed out of the small blind, which Rolle snap-called while in the big blind.

Shankar Pillai:
Benjamin Rolle:

The kicker played on the board to send Pillai to the rail. Lucas Greenwood and Isaac Haxton followed as the final five tables were reached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Rolle	790,290 617,426	617,426

Shankar Pillai	Busted

Isaac Haxton	Busted

Lucas Greenwood	Busted

04-05-2021 01:34 UTC

Sammartino Doubles; Reeves Busts

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

Dario Sammartino was at risk for a pot of more than 400k against Dan Smith, which triggered the following showdown.

Dario Sammartino:
Dan Smith:

The board kept Sammartino in contention while Smith's late entry has paid off thus far.

Shortly thereafter, Luke Reeves jammed from under the gun and Bert Stevens made the call from the big blind.

Luke Reeves:
Bert Stevens:

The board brought no help to Reeves as he missed the overcard and flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bert Stevens	1,000,139 380,950	380,950

Elio Fox	511,957 4,957	4,957

Yuri Dzivielevski	468,432 468,432	468,432

Dan Smith	427,107 327,107	327,107

Dario Sammartino	390,136 -29,197	-29,197

judd trump	165,250 165,250	165,250
Sean Winter	165,009 -259,551	-259,551
Luke Reeves	Busted

Level: 24

Blinds: 7,000/14,000

Ante: 1,750

04-05-2021 01:27 UTC

Kolinkovskiy Busts "xyzpoker"

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

The pace of eliminations has somewhat slowed down as fewer super late entrants remain.

"xyzpoker" was among those and ran with into the of Pavlo Kolinkovskiy in a battle of the blinds.

The board provided no help as aces and queens prevailed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavlo Kolinkovskiy	607,101 607,101	607,101
xyzpoker	Busted
Blake "Beast2018!" Bohn	Busted
Pablo Brito Silva	Busted
Michael Zhang	Busted

04-05-2021 01:24 UTC

Kelopuro Over a Million

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

A massive three-way all-in was brewing and the pot exceeded one million, featuring the following three players.

Sami Kelopuro:
Isaac Haxton:
Daniel Dvoress:

The board ran out and Kelopuro tripled up while Haxton was left with fumes, which he quintupled right atfer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sami Kelopuro	1,009,638 909,638	909,638
Daniel Dvoress	215,152 -87,824	-87,824

Isaac Haxton	31,620 31,620	31,620

04-05-2021 01:22 UTC

Down to Six Tables

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

As the pace of eliminations whittled down the field of hopefuls in frantic fashion, only six tables remain.

Former big stack Mustapha Kanit was the last player to bust and just prior to that, Joakim Andersson also ran out of chips.

Andersson called the jam by Timothy Adams in a battle of the blinds to reveal the slightly superior hand.

Joakim Andersson:
Timothy Adams:

Adams paired up on the board to send Andersson to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Adams	596,522 222,950	222,950

Joakim Andersson	Busted

Mustapha Kanit	Busted

04-05-2021 01:20 UTC

Kruk Eliminated by Mateos

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Christopher Kruk was also among the last-gasp entries and got his short stack in from the cutoff, which Adrian Mateos called out of the big blind.

Christopher Kruk:
Adrian Mateos:

The board brought no help to Kruk and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	181,750 181,750	181,750

Christopher Kruk	Busted

04-05-2021 01:19 UTC

Large Batch of Casualties

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
IceGuerilla	Busted
Alex Foxen	Busted

Rui Ferreira	Busted

Igor "lechuckpoker" Grigoriev	Busted
Nick Petrangelo	Busted

Fedor Holz	Busted

Mike Watson	Busted

Laurynas Levinskas	Busted
Michael Addamo	Busted

David Yan	Busted

Stephen Chidwick	Busted

Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb	Busted
Julian Stuer	Busted
Alexandros Kolonias	Busted

Mikita Badziakouski	Busted

Marius Gierse	Busted
Eelis Pärssinen	Busted

Level: 23

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,500

04-05-2021 01:13 UTC

Zobian Busts Rudolph and O'Dwyer

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

In three-way action to the flop, Christian Rudolph got it in with the out of the big blind. Aram "Pusha T" Zobian looked him up from the small blind with for the overcards and flush draw.