H-75: $25,500 Sunday 5 Million Dia 1 | 2021 GG Spring Festival

2021-04-19 04:21 UTC

Fox and Badziakouski Lead Star-Studded Final Table in GGSF Event H-75: $25,500 Sunday 5 Million

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Nível 31 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

The third and final edition of the $25,500 Sunday 5 Million as part of the 2021 GG Spring Festival has reached the final table. Out of a field of 208 entries, only nine players remain to battle for the lion's share of the $5,200,000 prize pool. In order to get there, the 107 unique entries fired an extraordinary 101 re-entries and four of the finalists entered multiple times.

Elio Foxed ended up as the chip leader with a stack of 3,656,185 while Mikita Badziakouski follows fewer than half a big blind behind with 3,632,732. Timofey Kuznetsov completes the overnight podium with 3,338,980 chips. Among the finalists is also Michael Zhang, who required six bullets to run up the stack and finished Day 1 with 1,833,032, good enough for the sixth position.

Final Table Line-Up GGSF Event H-75: $25,500 Sunday 5 Million

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Elio Fox	United States	3,656,185	73
2	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	3,632,732	73
3	Timofey Kuznetsov	Russia	3,338,980	67
4	Matthew "Nator" Hyman	Mexico	2,475,159	50
5	Michel "CrossfireX" Dattani	Portugal	1,929,184	39
6	Michael Zhang	United Kingdom	1,833,032	37
7	Sebastian "TheodoreRhye" Trisch	Germany	1,595,152	32
8	Sean Winter	United States	1,271,052	25
9	Ronny Kaiser	Switzerland	1,068,524	21

Ronny Kaiser, who just took down GGSF Event H-57: $25,500 Super High Roller a few days ago, also made the cut and will return with a stack of 21 blinds. Ioannis Angelou-Konstas ended up as the bubble boy when he ran with kings into aces and Darren Elias became the final casualty of the night.

The Action of the Day

More than 50 players were seated when the cards went in the air and the action was fast-paced from the get-go. Christian Rudolph became the first of many casualties and the list of notables on the rail kept growing during the registration period. Especially Wiktor Malinowski and Artur Martirosian were eliminated multiple times. There was no happy end for Malinowski as he was eliminated prior to the money bubble by Daniyar Aubakirov.

Many other well-known pros came up short of the cash prizes such as Fedor Holz, Justin Bonomo, Niklas Astedt, Nick Petrangelo, Michael Addamo, Joao Vieira, and Isaac Haxton to name all but a few of poker's superstars in contention. Ioannis Angelou-Konstas went on a hot streak during the final stages of the registration period to become the first player above a million in chips. However, his fortune ran out on the money bubble when he lost with kings to aces.

The frantic post-bubble stage shook up the leaderboard significantly. Among those to bust in the money were Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang, Jason Koon, Seth Davies, Sami Kelopuro and four-time GGSF champion Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb.

As the day raced to a conclusion with rapid-fire eliminations on the final two tables, it was Elio Fox who appeared at the top of the leaderboard after winning a flip against Samuel Vousden. Mikita Badziakouski follows just a shade behind and has the chance to better his runner-up finish to Kaiser in Event H-57: $25,500 Super High Roller.

The final table will commence on Monday, April 19 at 7.05 pm GMT. Blinds will be rolled back to 25,000/50,000 with a running ante of 6,000 to ensure an average of at least 40 big blinds for the high-stakes showdown. All levels will now feature 20 hands each and the PokerNews team will be back then to provide all key hands until a winner is crowned.

Remaining Payouts

Place	Winner	Country	Prize (in USD)
1			$1,105,679
2			$829,142
3			$621,769
4			$466,261
5			$349,647
6			$262,198
7			$196,621
8			$147,445
9			$110,568

Tags: Artur Martirosian Christian Rudolph Daniyar Aubakirov Darren Elias Elio Fox Ioannis Angelou Konstas Isaac Haxton Michael Addamo Michael Zhang Mikita Badziakouski Niklas Astedt Ronny Kaiser Samuel Vousden Timofey Kuznetsov Wiktor Malinowski

2021-04-19 03:54 UTC

Darren Elias Eliminated in 10th Place ($61,862)

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Nível 31 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

Darren Elias got the far shortest stack of fewer than four blinds in from the hijack and Ronny Kaiser reshoved with the second-shortest stack on the button. Sean Winter and Elio Fox both let go in the blinds and the following battle of the short stacks ensued.

Darren Elias:
Ronny Kaiser:

The flop left Elias in desperate shape and he was drawing dead on the turn, making the river a formality. With that, Day 1 comes to an end with nine players remaining. The chip counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ronny Kaiser	1,068,524	145,216
Darren Elias	Eliminado

2021-04-19 03:51 UTC

Samuel Vousden Eliminated in 11th Place ($58,416)

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Nível 31 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

Elio Fox raised it up to 120,000 in the hijack and Samuel Vousden three-bet to 240,000 in the small blind. Fox then piled it in for 2,150,673 and Vousden called for the 1,048,012 he had behind to create a pot of more than 3 million.

Samuel Vousden:
Elio Fox:

The flop gave Fox trips aces and Vousden needed a jack or running clubs to stay alive. He picked up equity on the turn but the river ended his run in 11th place for $58,416.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Elio Fox	3,723,685	1,790,512
Samuel Vousden	Eliminado

2021-04-19 03:44 UTC

George Wolff Eliminated in 12th Place ($55,162)

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Nível 31 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

George Wolff limped the small blind and Mikita Badziakouski raised to 152,000 in the big blind. Wolff ripped it in for 1,325,006 and Badziakouski used the "good luck" emoji before snap-calling.

George Wolff:
Mikita Badziakouski:

The dominated pair found no help on the board and Wolff was eliminated in 12th place.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mikita Badziakouski	3,537,083	1,269,506
George Wolff	Eliminado

2021-04-19 03:42 UTC

Sam Greenwood Eliminated in 13th Place ($55,162)

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Nível 31 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

Table short stack Sam Greenwood open-jammed in the cutoff and was called by Ronny Kaiser out of the big blind, who had him covered by a small margin.

Sam Greenwood:
Ronny Kaiser:

The flop improved Kaiser and he held onto the lead on the turn and river.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ronny Kaiser	1,120,308	115,608
Sam Greenwood	Eliminado

2021-04-19 03:36 UTC

Christian Rudolph Eliminated in 14th Place ($52,090)

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Nível 31 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

Elio Fox ripped it in from the small blind with the far bigger stack and Christian Rudolph instantly called out of the big blind. That created a pot of nearly 1 million and led to the following showdown.

Christian Rudolph:
Elio Fox:

The four-trey had worked for Fox in the last all-in showdown and did so again when the board ran out .

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Elio Fox	2,123,178	568,048
Christian Rudolph	Eliminado

2021-04-19 03:34 UTC

Tyler "TheRayGuy" Cornell Eliminated in 15th Place ($52,090)

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Nível 31 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

Sean Winter raised from under the gun and instantly called the three-bet jam by table short stack Tyler "TheRayGuy" Cornell in the big blind.

Tyler "TheRayGuy" Cornell:
Sean Winter:

The flop all but sealed the fate for Cornell, who then picked up some outs on the turn. The river bricked and Cornell was eliminated in 15th place.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sean Winter	1,865,556	380,724
Tyler "TheRayGuy" Cornell	Eliminado

2021-04-19 03:32 UTC

Pablo Brito Silva Eliminated in 16th Place ($52,090)

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Nível 31 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

A very short-stacked Pablo Brito Silva got it in from the hijack and forced folds from all opponents but one. Elio Fox made the call in the big blind to put the Brazilian at risk.

Pablo Brito Silva:
Elio Fox:

The board left Brito Silva drawing dead on the turn and he departed in 16th place.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Elio Fox	1,555,130	128,122
Pablo Brito Silva	Eliminado

2021-04-19 03:24 UTC

David Peters Eliminated in 19th Place ($49,188); Yuri Dzivielevski Eliminated in 18th Place ($52,090)

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Nível 30 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

David Peters fired three barrels and bet the flop for 56,000, the turn for 252,000 and the river for 1,067,500. Michael Zhang check-called all the way and his made a flush to leave Peters' with fumes.

Peters was forced all-in the next hand and a lengthy side pot emerged. On the rail end of that, Zhang defended the big blind and check-called the shove by Yuri Dzivielevski on the river. Peters tabled the , Dzivielevski held for a busted flush draw and Zhang had the best of it with to eliminate two opponents.