Dozens of the world’s high on-line poker gamers descended on GGPoker over the weekend and acquired into the GGMillion$ Excessive Rollers occasion. Some 158 entries of $10,300 created a $1,580,000 prize pool that the highest 20 finishers shared, and it was Aleksejs Ponakovs who got here out on high, leaving a path of superstars in his wake.
A min-cash weighed in at $20,980, with the likes of Barak Wisbrod and Leon Sturm serving to themselves to that exact sum. Pavel Plesuv and Christoph Vogelsang additionally cashed however missed out on a last desk look, with Cypriot “spimodactyl” bursting the ultimate desk bubble after crashing out in tenth.
$10,300 GGMillion$ Last Desk Outcomes
The nine-handed last desk was a star-studded affair, as anticipated from a $10,300 buy-in on-line event. It grew to become much less so when Andrey Kotelnikov bowed out in ninth, a end price $45,878.
“GREPoker” from the UAE fell in eighth for $58,212 earlier than Canadian “we_are_cookin” had their goose cooked; their GGPoker account swelled by $74,625 shortly after busting in seventh.
The ultimate six gamers wouldn’t have appeared misplaced in a event commanding 5 occasions the buy-in of the GGMillion$. These six grew to become 5 after Austrian star Daniel Smiljkovic ran out of steam. Smiljkovic crashed out in sixth for a $95,175 addition to his bankroll.
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All 5 surviving gamers have been now assured a six-figure haul, and it was Felipe Boianovsky who was the primary to gather one. The 2023 PokerStars SCOOP Foremost Occasion champion noticed his newest deep run finish in fifth place, which awarded a powerful $121,384 to the Brazilian.
Ukraine’s Igor Popyk turned his $10,300 funding into $154,809 with a fourth-place end, which left a trio of poker Goliath’s vying for the title.
Artur Martirosian was reduce down in third for $197,440, leaving Pascal Lefrancois heads-up in opposition to Latvia’s best, Ponakovs. This event doesn’t permit offers, so the one-on-one battle continued as deliberate regardless of a close to $70,000 distinction within the payouts.
Ponakovs got here out on high and acquired the $321,152 high prize, denying Lefrancois one other high-stakes victory. The $251,810 Lefrancois acquired for his second place end will go some approach to numbing the ache of falling on the last hurdle.
Winter Giveaway Collection Grand Finale Ends in a Heads-Up Chop
Ponakovs was not the one GGPoker participant to see over $300,000 land of their account. The highest two finishers within the $250 Winter Giveaway Grand Finale adopted in his footsteps. The multi-day event attracted 18,958 gamers who fought tooth and nail for a slice of the $4,510,340 prize pool, which GGPoker added $150,000 to.
Six of the 9 finalists noticed $100,000+ prizes land of their accounts. “Kanme11” ($46,907), “GNboy” ($60,818), and Benjamin Miner ($78,859) missed out on a six-figure haul, however it’s unlikely there have been too upset contemplating the sums they have been awarded.
“Wizard Of Aus” was the primary recipient of a $100,000 prize. They netted $102,255 for his or her sixth-place end. “PokerLifexd” and “gzlucky” joined the listing of busted gamers, receiving $132,596 and $171,944, respectively.
The elimination of “belatheboss” in third, good for $222,971, left “Zadni venzi” of Russia heads-up in opposition to New Zealand’s Graeme Putt. The last-standing duo struck a deal that noticed “Zadni zvenzi” turn into the event’s champion and obtain $338,620, with Putt strolling away with $325,621.
$250 Winter Giveaway Grand Finale Last Desk Outcomes
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GGPoker’s consideration now turns to the Ace Poker League (ACL), that includes 27 trophy occasions and purple envelope money drops between January 12 and February 2. What higher approach to have a good time the Lunar New 12 months?
Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
