Action of the Day
The tournament started with 18 registered players, though that number more than tripled in the first three levels of play and gathered enough entries in Level 17 to surpass its guarantee. A generated prize pool of $2,400,000 would be awarded to the top 13 with 38 players remaining.
After registration closed, the virtual bodies dropped quickly and a few short levels later,
Sami Kelopuro eliminated
Timothy Adams (13th place - $47,852),
Michael Watson (12th place - $47,852),
Pavlo Kolinkovskyi (11th place - $50,526), and RRomashka (10th place - $52,349) all got a piece of the prize pool but fell short of a final table birth.
Rudolph Takes Chip Lead From O Dwyer
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Stephen Chidwick Wins 2021 GG Spring Festival H-93: $25,500 Super High Roller for $442,339
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GGPoker Spring Festival H-83: $10,300 Super Tuesday Action of the Day
98 unique entrants had filled the field with no shortage of notables, as can be expected of a $10K. Among those who cashed, but fell short of the final table, are Stephen O Dwyer (24th place), Daniel Dvoress (20th place), Isaac Haxton (18th place), Sam Greenwood (17th place), Fedor Holz (13th place), and Kristen Bicknell (11th place), who was among one of the last people to late reg. She fell just short of the final table when her ace-six suited fell to Watson s ace-queen.
The money bubble burst when Sam Kelopuro s ace-four suited couldn t hold against Stephen Chidwick s jack-eight suited.
Finland s
Sami Kelopuro has shipped yet another big event at
GGPoker. This time it was the GGPoker Spring Festival (GGSF) H:49: $25,500 Super High Roller for a whopping $520,003 after more than 9 1/2 hours of play.
Kelopuro had many obstacles to overcome at the final table including a big come-from-behind victory heads-up against a very tough opponent in
Wiktor Malinowski.
The victory brought Kelopuro s poker tournament earnings at GGPoker up to nearly $6.4 million in cash, which includes $408,406 he won hauled in back in February of this year when he shipped the GGPoker $10,300 Super MILLION$.
The Super High Roller was another success story for GGPoker with 90 entries (including 35 re-entries) generating a $2,250,000 to smash the lofty $2,000,000 guarantee.