2021 GG Spring Festival

H-83: $10,300 Super Tuesday
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 GG Spring Festival

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$397,264
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$1,820,000
Entries
182
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Late Registration Over

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Level 19 marks the end of late registration. In total, there were 98 unique entrants and 182 entries overall. The final prize pool stands at $1,820,000. Of the 56 remaining players, 26 will cash for at least $18,238. First place is a handsome $397,264.51

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Christoforou Knocks Off Ponakovs

Level 18 : 3,500/7,000, 850 ante

Andreas Christoforou opened to 15,400 from early position and action folded to Aleks Ponakovs on the button, who shoved for his remaining 94,800. Action folded back to Christoforou, who made the call.

Christoforou: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Ponakovs: {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

Ponakovs was in trouble heading into the flop, which came {10-Spades}{2-Clubs}{k-Hearts}, pairing him and putting him into the lead.

The {6-Hearts} changed nothing, but the {q-Hearts} river paired Christoforou's queen and eliminated Ponakovs.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andreas Christoforou cy
Andreas Christoforou
595,000
94,923
94,923
Profile photo of Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

The Big Dogs on Break

Level 18 : 3,500/7,000, 850 ante

Here are the top 10 chip counts while players take a quick five-minute break.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
1,476,000
196,000
196,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ami Barer
Ami Barer
1,003,000
Profile photo of Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
753,000
148,544
148,544
Profile photo of Andras Nemeth hu
Andras Nemeth
670,000
227,000
227,000
Profile photo of Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
611,000
87,773
87,773
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb
607,000
123,194
123,194
Profile photo of Andrii Derzhypilskyi ua
Andrii Derzhypilskyi
597,000
483,000
483,000
Profile photo of Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
596,700
32,314
32,314
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski
576,000
114,137
114,137
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Leonard "LottoLarry" Maue de
Leonard "LottoLarry" Maue
545,000
545,000
545,000

Badziakouski Doubles Through Vieira

Level 18 : 3,500/7,000, 850 ante

Action folded to the button, where Mikita Badziakouski opened for 14,000. Joao Vieira 3-bet shipped his stack from the small blind, which was enough to put Badziakouski at risk for his last 196,922. Aleksejs Ponakovs folded from the big and Badziakouski called.

Badziakouski: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Vieira: {a-Spades}{3-Spades}

It turned out to be an ill-timed shove from Vieira, who received no help on the {q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} runout and was forced to double Badziakouski up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
435,644
435,644
435,644
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
165,191
-205,795
-205,795
WSOP 3X Winner

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,500/7,000

Ante: 850

Haxton Knocks Out Two; Assumes Chip Lead

Level 17 : 3,250/6,500, 800 ante

Shawn Daniels opened to 13,000 first to act and action folded around to a short-stacked "MarathonOG", who went all-in for their 31,128 from the small blind. Isaac Haxton used up some of his timebank in the big blind and re-raised to 49,256. Daniels responded by shoving for 584,276. Haxton had him covered and made the call.

Haxton: {q-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}
Daniels: {k-Clubs}{a-Hearts}
"MarathonOG": {10-Clubs}{a-Spades}

All three players held an ace, with Daniels in the lead (having both his opponents dominated).

The {3-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{10-Diamonds} flop put "MarathonOG" in the lead with a pair of tens, but the {9-Diamonds} turn gave Haxton outs to a flush.

The river completed the board with a {7-Diamonds} in dramatic fashion — giving Haxton the flush and awarding him the enormous pot.

Haxton is our new tournament chip leader.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
1,280,000
612,444
612,444
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of MarathonOG ca
MarathonOG
Busted
Profile photo of Shawn Daniels us
Shawn Daniels
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Barer Over a Million

Level 17 : 3,250/6,500, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ami Barer
Ami Barer
1,031,500
1,031,500
1,031,500
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
667,556
-85,010
-85,010
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
523,227
523,227
523,227
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Andras Nemeth hu
Andras Nemeth
443,000
222,053
222,053
Profile photo of David Coleman us
David Coleman
361,000
261,000
261,000
Profile photo of Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
318,000
232,600
232,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Wei Zhao cn
Wei Zhao
291,321
291,321
291,321
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
267,000
196,000
196,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
195,271
195,271
195,271
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Luuk Gieles nl
Luuk Gieles
163,721
-153,908
-153,908
Profile photo of Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
140,000
-102,636
-102,636
Profile photo of Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
137,000
33,407
33,407
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,250/6,500

Ante: 800

Filatov Fades Benitez to Survive

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

Francisco Benitez opened from the button to 12,000 and was met with a 3-bet shove to 104,958 by Anatoly Filatov. The blinds folded and Benitez called.

Benitez: {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Filatov: {a-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}, giving Benitez a whopping 18 outs to improve with any king, jack, ten, or diamond.

The {3-Clubs} turn and {a-Spades} river bricked out for Benitez and gave Filatov two pair for the winning hand and double up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
604,456
-744
-744
Profile photo of Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
221,166
-48,509
-48,509