2021 GG Spring Festival

H-92: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty]
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 GG Spring Festival

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$113,773
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$1,570,000
Entries
157
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
70,000 / 140,000
Ante
20,000

Joukimainen Ousts Barer

Level 15 : 6,000/12,000, 1,800 ante

Joni Jouhkimainen opened for 24,000 from the button before he called a three-bet jam by Ami Barer from the small blind to 290,531.

Ami Barer: {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Joni Jouhkimainen: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

The {4-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} board gave Barer top pair but this didn't beat Jouhkimainen's ladies and he was ousted in 26th place. Marius Gierse went out at another table in 25th place to bring the field down to 24 players.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joni Jouhkimainen fi
Joni Jouhkimainen
1,258,971
282,331
282,331
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Marius Gierse at
Marius Gierse
Busted
Profile photo of Ami Barer
Ami Barer
Busted

East Eliminates "77Storm77"

Level 15 : 6,000/12,000, 1,800 ante

"77Storm77" jammed for 163,715 from the cutoff before Jareth "UraizeIfold" East three-bet jammed for 390,552 from the small blind. Joni Jouhkimainen folded from the big blind and the cards were shown.

77Storm77: {3-Hearts}{3-Spades}
Jareth "UraizeIfold" East: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

East won the flip after his queen paired up on the {q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} board to eliminate his opponent. Pablo Navarro was eliminated on a different table around the same time to leave just 26 players remaining.

A few hands later, East won another big hand. He got it all in preflop with {q-Hearts}{q-Spades} against the {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} help by Michael Addamo. The {10-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{5-Diamonds} board gave East a set and he was over 1 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jareth "UraizeIfold" East gb
Jareth "UraizeIfold" East
1,023,334
778,904
778,904
Profile photo of Joni Jouhkimainen fi
Joni Jouhkimainen
976,640
377,908
377,908
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of iGotQuads cn
iGotQuads
543,683
355,986
355,986
Profile photo of Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski
522,609
-107,220
-107,220
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Apowers1968 mx
Apowers1968
516,545
-114,549
-114,549
Profile photo of Marius Gierse at
Marius Gierse
490,984
274,352
274,352
Profile photo of Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
469,462
-441,755
-441,755
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Konstantin Maslak ru
Konstantin Maslak
273,316
99,258
99,258
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ami Barer
Ami Barer
258,731
-149,350
-149,350
Profile photo of 77Storm77 ca
77Storm77
Busted
Profile photo of Pablo Navarro es
Pablo Navarro
Busted

Volkmann Catchs Kempe's Bluff

Level 15 : 6,000/12,000, 1,800 ante

Bruno Volkmann opened for 24,000 from the button and was called by Rainer Kempe from the big blind. Kempe check-raised the the {10-Spades}{8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop from 16,650 to 49,617 and Volkmann called.

Volkmann then called a bet of 82,917 on the {6-Spades} river before Kempe jammed the {a-Diamonds} river. Volkmann called and doubled up with his {a-Clubs}{q-Spades} being more than enough to beat Kempe's {9-Spades}{2-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of jakedini ru
jakedini
906,322
370,363
370,363
Profile photo of Ottomar Ladva ee
Ottomar Ladva
890,339
-32,599
-32,599
Profile photo of Bruno Volkmann br
Bruno Volkmann
803,902
527,541
527,541
Profile photo of Andrii Derzhypilskiy ua
Andrii Derzhypilskiy
570,266
-197,729
-197,729
Profile photo of Alexandros Kolonias gr
Alexandros Kolonias
349,364
130,568
130,568
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Niklas Astedt se
Niklas Astedt
209,627
2,516
2,516
Profile photo of Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
139,175
-267,984
-267,984

Level: 15

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,800

Rudolph Eliminates Ponakovs

Level 14 : 5,000/10,000, 1,500 ante

Christian Rudolph opened for 21,000 from the hijack before he called a three-bet jam by Aleksejs Ponakovs to 313,383 from the big blind.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Christian Rudolph: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Ponakovs needed some help but none came on the {6-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{2-Spades}{q-Hearts}{4-Clubs} board. Rudolph, who finished the hand with a set of queens, collected Ponakovs' $8,750 bounty while also witnessing his stack go past 1 million in chips.

There were just 28 players remaining after the hand with 20 guaranteed at least a min-cash of $15,804 in addition to any bounties collected.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
1,234,762
-224,250
-224,250
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Christian Rudolph de
Christian Rudolph
1,012,046
499,281
499,281
Profile photo of Sergei Denisov ru
Sergei Denisov
562,723
156,415
156,415
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
275,255
180,493
180,493
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
274,454
-131,578
-131,578
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
206,639
-373,714
-373,714
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Dzivielevski Wins a Three-Way Showdown

Level 14 : 5,000/10,000, 1,500 ante

Michael Addamo opened from early position for 20,000. Wiktor Malinowski jammed for 32,695 from the hijack and Yuri Dzivielevski jammed as well for 285,817 from the button.

Addamo had them both well covered and made the call.

Wiktor Malinowski: {j-Clubs}{7-Spades}
Yuri Dzivielevski: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}
Michael Addamo: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}

The {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} board was good enough for Dzivielevski to win both the main pot and side pots.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
911,217
-120,641
-120,641
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski
629,829
258,236
258,236
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Joni Jouhkimainen fi
Joni Jouhkimainen
598,732
117,069
117,069
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Ami Barer
Ami Barer
408,081
-55,200
-55,200
Profile photo of Jareth "UraizeIfold" East gb
Jareth "UraizeIfold" East
244,430
133,036
133,036
Profile photo of Konstantin Maslak ru
Konstantin Maslak
174,058
174,058
174,058
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Szep hu
David Szep
Busted
Profile photo of Sean "quackhouse" Prendiville ie
Sean "quackhouse" Prendiville
Busted
Profile photo of Wiktor Malinowski pl
Wiktor Malinowski
Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,500

Rolle Collects Filatov's $5K Bounty

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 1,200 ante

Benjamin Rolle opened for 17,600 from the button before he called a three-bet jam by Anatoly Filatov to 51,777 from the small blind.

Anatoly Filatov: {q-Spades}{8-Spades}
Benjamin Rolle: {k-Hearts}{7-Hearts}

Filatov was ousted in 36th place after he got no help from the {2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{4-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{3-Spades} board and Rolle collected his $5,000 bounty.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
1,459,012
911,591
911,591
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Andras Nemeth hu
Andras Nemeth
975,723
99,280
99,280
Profile photo of Benjamin Rolle de
Benjamin Rolle
797,710
53,829
53,829
Raise Your Edge
Profile photo of Samuel Vousden fi
Samuel Vousden
577,690
141,073
141,073
Profile photo of Pablo Navarro es
Pablo Navarro
345,042
-92,574
-92,574
Profile photo of Andreas Christoforou cy
Andreas Christoforou
342,240
46,640
46,640
Profile photo of Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb
Busted
Profile photo of Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
Busted
Profile photo of Eelis Parssinen fi
Eelis Parssinen
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sami Kelopuro fi
Sami Kelopuro
Busted
Profile photo of Rui Ferreira pt
Rui Ferreira
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Late Registration Closed, $1.57 Million Prize Pool

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 1,200 ante
GG Spring Festival
GG Spring Festival

Late registration has just closed for the Thursday Thrill. The event attracted 157 entries including 49 re-entries to generate a $1,570,000 prize pool to smash the $1 million guarantee.

The top two spots will collect nearly $114K each, although the winner will get much more as the eventually progressive bounty will be huge at the end.

The top 20 spots will each collect $15,805 with 37 players remaining. The full payouts are listed in the Payouts tab in our coverage.