Lache Bags Day 1b Chip Lead; GGPoker Ambassador Filatov Advances
The Super MILLION$ $10,300 Main Event is the crown jewel of Super MILLION$ Week at GGPoker with the event boasting a massive $10 million guarantee.
Day 1b is now in the books and it contributed 142 entries to bring the total field size up to 449 entrants with two more opening flights to go on Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7.
After 22 blind levels of 20-minutes each, the Day 1b field size was trimmed down to just 18 players with Romania's Vlad-Stefan "HaiFanFan" Lache, playing at GGPoker under an Uruguayan flag, easily ending Day 1b as the chip leader after parlaying his 100,000 opening stack more than 28-fold into a 2,818,433 in chips.
This put him inches ahead of Day 1a chip leader Luigi "shadinho94" Shehadeh who will bring in 2,705,791 into Day 2.
Lache was cruising either as the chip leader or closely nearby almost the entire way on Day 1b. He cemented his status near the end of the day in a massive hand against Ukraine's Vlad Martynenko where he got three streets of value flopping a set and improving to a full house with kings against ace-queen suited with an ace also on the board.
Four big names also joined Lache in bagging seven-figure stacks on Day 1b including Thomas Muehloecker (second - 1,943,839), Alex Foxen (third - 1,810,137), Michael Zhang (fourth - 1,234,272), and Wiktor Malinowski (fifth - 1,177,850), who has a what promises to be an epic drunken heads-up battle against Fedor Holz in the works.
Meanwhile, GGPoker Ambassador Anatoly Filatov will advance to Day 2, although it will be with just an eight big blind stack unless he tries to improve his position on Day 1c and, if necessary, Day 1d as the tournament allows the best stack forward for players that already qualified to Day 2.
Others booking their tickets to Day 2 from the Day 1b field included Wei Zhao, Elio Fox, Isaac Haxton, Alexandros Kolonias, Ioannis "Chitirijr" Droushiotis, Juan Dominguez,David Szep, Ian "potamophobia" Matakis, Francisco "VaPaCooler" Benitez, Blaz Zerjav, Arsenii Karmatckii, and David Yan.
Not everything worked out for many of the players in the Day 1b field including for David Peters. Just before the end of the day, Peters jammed with queens and seemed to be in a good spot to double after Zhang got in with sixes. A six hit the board and Peters will have to re-enter on Day 1c (March 6), and/or Day 1d (March 7) to have a chance to advance to Day 2.
Top Ten Stacks of Day 1b
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vlad-Stefan "HaiFanFan" Lache | Romania | 2,705,791 | 135 |
| 2 | Thomas Muehloecker | Austria | 1,943,839 | 97 |
| 3 | Alex Foxen | United States | 1,810,137 | 91 |
| 4 | Michael Zhang | United Kingdom | 1,234,273 | 62 |
| 5 | Wiktor Malinowski | Poland | 1,177,850 | 59 |
| 6 | Wei Zhao | China | 946,548 | 47 |
| 7 | Elio Fox | United States | 819,380 | 41 |
| 8 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 634,823 | 32 |
| 9 | Alexandros Kolonias | Greece | 568,016 | 28 |
| 10 | Ioannis "Chitirijr" Droushiotis | Cyprus | 377,925 | 19 |
Day 1c Next
The tournament will resume with Day 1c on March 6 at 6 p.m. GMT (1 p.m. EST) followed by Day 1d at the same time the following day on March 7 with all surviving players from all four opening flights advancing to Day 2 on March 8 at 6 p.m. GMT (1 p.m. EST).
Day 2 will play on until just nine players remain. Randy "nanonoko" Lew and Kevin "RotterdaM" van der Kooi will host a live stream of the final table when it kicks off the following day at 6 p.m. GMT (1 p.m. EST) at the GGPoker YouTube channel.
Of course, the PokerNews Live Reporting team will also be on hand to cover these events and more, so be sure to stay tuned.
Follow PokerNews Live Coverage of Five Events
PokerNews will not only be live reporting the Main Event from start to finish but also four other huge events at the dedicated GGPoker Super MILLION$ Hub as follows:
| Date | Time (GMT) | Event | Buy-in | GTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28 | 6 p.m. | Super MILLION$ Main Event Day 1a | $10,300 | $10,000,000 |
| 7 p.m. | Event #4: Sunday High Rollers ME Day 1 | $1,050 | $1,000,000 | |
| 8 p.m. | Event #6: Super High Roller Day 1 | $25,500 | $2,500,000 | |
| March 1 | 6 p.m. | Event #4: Sunday High Rollers ME Day 2 | - | $1,000,000 |
| March 2 | 6 p.m. | Super MILLION$ Main Event Day 1b | $10,300 | $10,000,000 |
| 6 p.m. | Event #6: Super High Roller Day 1 | - | $2,500,000 | |
| March 4 | 7 p.m. | Event #17: High Roller | $10,300 | $1,000,000 |
| March 6 | 6 p.m. | Super MILLION$ Main Event Day 1c | $10,300 | $10,000,000 |
| March 7 | 6 p.m. | Super MILLION$ Main Event Day 1d | $10,300 | $10,000,000 |
| 8 p.m. | Event #30: Super High Roller | $25,500 | $2,500,000 | |
| March 8 | 6 p.m. | Super MILLION$ Main Event Day 2 | - | $10,000,000 |
| 9-Mar | 6 p.m. | Super MILLION$ Main Event Final Table | - | $10,000,000 |
GGPoker Super MILLION$ Week Schedule
| Date | Time (GMT) | Event | Buy-in | GTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28 | 5 p.m. | Event #1: GGMasters High Rollers | $1,050 | $1,000,000 |
| 5:30 p.m. | Event #2: Bounty Hunters HR Main Event | $525 | $1,000,000 | |
| 6 p.m. | Super MILLION$ Main Event Day 1a | $10,300 | $10,000,000 | |
| 6:10 p.m. | Event #3: PLO High Roller | $10,300 | $1,000,000 | |
| 7 p.m. | Event #4: Sunday High Rollers ME | $1,050 | $1,000,000 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Event #5: Sunday 500 Special Edition | $5,250 | $1,000,000 | |
| 8 p.m. | Event #6: Super High Roller | $25,500 | $2,500,000 | |
| March 1 | 5:30 p.m. | Event #7: Bounty Hunters HR Special | $525 | $200,000 |
| 6 p.m. | Event #8: Monday Main Event | $1,050 | $400,000 | |
| 7 p.m. | Event #9: Bounty | $2,100 | $600,000 | |
| March 2 | 5:30 p.m. | Event #10: Bounty Hunters HR Special | $525 | $200,000 |
| 6 p.m. | Event #11: Super Tuesday | $1,050 | $500,000 | |
| 6 p.m. | Super MILLION$ Main Event Day 1b | $10,300 | $10,000,000 | |
| March 3 | 5:30 p.m. | Event #12: Bounty Hunters HR Special | $525 | $200,000 |
| 6 p.m. | Event #13: Wednesday Main Event | $1,050 | $500,000 | |
| 7 p.m. | Event #14: PLO | $5,250 | $250,000 | |
| March 4 | 5:30 p.m. | Event #15: Bounty Hunters HR Special | $525 | $200,000 |
| 6 p.m. | Event #16: Thursday Thriller | $1,050 | $500,000 | |
| 7 p.m. | Event #17: High Roller | $10,300 | $1,000,000 | |
| March 5 | 5:30 p.m. | Event #18: Bounty Hunters HR Special | $525 | $200,000 |
| 6 p.m. | Event #19: Friday Main Event | $1,050 | $250,000 | |
| 7 p.m. | Event #20: Short Deck High Roller | $10,300 | $250,000 | |
| March 6 | 5:30 p.m. | Event #21: Bounty Hunters HR Special | $525 | $200,000 |
| 6 p.m. | Event #22: Saturday Main Event | $1,050 | $300,000 | |
| 6 p.m. | Super MILLION$ Main Event Day 1c | $10,300 | $10,000,000 | |
| 7 p.m. | Event #23: Mini Super MILLION$ | $108 | $250,000 | |
| 7 p.m. | Event #24: Bounty High Roller | $5,250 | $500,000 | |
| March 7 | 5 p.m. | Event #25: GGMasters High Rollers | $1,050 | $1,000,000 |
| 5:30 p.m. | Event #26: Bounty Hunters HR Main Event | $525 | $1,000,000 | |
| 6 p.m. | Super MILLION$ Main Event Day 1d | $10,300 | $10,000,000 | |
| 6:10 p.m. | Event #27: PLO Bounty | $5,250 | $500,000 | |
| 7 p.m. | Event #28: Sunday High Rollers ME | $1,050 | $1,000,000 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Event #29: Sunday 500 | $5,250 | $500,000 | |
| 8 p.m. | Event #30: Super High Roller | $25,500 | $2,500,000 | |
| March 8 | 6 p.m. | Super MILLION$ Main Event Day 2 | - | $10,000,000 |
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