$61,387
Ami Barer went into the star-studded final table armed with enough chips for sixth place at the restart but he was the first player out of the door. The action folded to Barer on the button, and he raised to 150,500 with pocket tens at the 35,000/70,000/8,500a level.
Guillaume Nolet woke up in the small blind with the powerhouse hand that is pocket aces, and he three-bet to 441,000. Barer responded with an all-in bet worth 1,572,964 in total, and Nolet made the easy call. Nolet flopped top set, and Barer was drawing dead on the turn.
Eighth place went to
Idris Ambraisse after his timing was out against Nolet. A min-raise to 160,000 from Nolet, which he made with ace-queen after being the most active player at the table by some margin, was three-bet all-in for 981,908 by Ambraisse with king-jack. Nolet called the extra chips and won the hand courtesy of a queen on the flop.
$61,387
Ami Barer went into the star-studded final table armed with enough chips for sixth place at the restart but he was the first player out of the door. The action folded to Barer on the button, and he raised to 150,500 with pocket tens at the 35,000/70,000/8,500a level.
Guillaume Nolet woke up in the small blind with the powerhouse hand that is pocket aces, and he three-bet to 441,000. Barer responded with an all-in bet worth 1,572,964 in total, and Nolet made the easy call. Nolet flopped top set, and Barer was drawing dead on the turn.
Eighth place went to
Idris Ambraisse after his timing was out against Nolet. A min-raise to 160,000 from Nolet, which he made with ace-queen after being the most active player at the table by some margin, was three-bet all-in for 981,908 by Ambraisse with king-jack. Nolet called the extra chips and won the hand courtesy of a queen on the flop.
$61,387
Each of the nine finalists is now guaranteed $61,387 but one of them will pad their bankroll with almost $400,000 â $394,852 to be exact. Canada s McDavid97 is the player leading the charge for that astronomical sum right now thanks to having 3,719,502 chips in their stack.
McDavid97
won their seat for only $525, so is already guaranteed a massive return on that investment. They have their sights firmly set on more than the ninth-place payout and have every chance of walking away as the tournament s champion.
The overnight chip leader will not have matters their own way, however, because there are some legitimate stars in the chasing pack.
$61,387
A relatively cagey start saw no eliminations in the first hour of play. The bust out draught ended with judd trump heading to the showers in ninth-place. The Chinese grinder open-shoved from the small blind for 12 big blinds with ace-queen, and Malinowski looked him up with pocket fives. The board ran king-high, busting judd trump.
Luke Reeves was the next out of the door. The two-time former Super MILLION$ champion was down to less than three big blinds when he crashed out. Reeves pushed all-in with king-jack on the button,
Yuri Dzivielevski re-shoved with ace-king to isolate Reeves. A jack on the flop gave Reeves some hope, but an ace on the turn resigned Reeves to an eighth place finish.
507,924
Some 184 players exchanged $10,300 for the chance to become the 47th Super MILLION$ champion, which left GGPoker nursing a $160,000 overlay. The top 20 finishers won a slice of the $2 million prize pool, with three-time Super MILLION$ champion
Michael Addamo bursting the bubble.
A steady stream of eliminations followed, with
Isaac Haxton s elimination in tenth place being the last exit of the evening.
Each of the nine finalists return to their seats at 6:00 p.m. BST on May 4 knowing they have locked up at least $61,387 for their efforts. Nolet, who won this event in October 2020, has his sights set on a much more substantial prize, and the ball is in his court at the restart.