Ravid Garbi and Niklas Astedt both walked away with more than $530,000 after chopping a super high roller event online at GGPoker. The talented duo struck a deal when heads-up in the $25,500 Sunday Million SHR tournament, which resulted in them sharing more than $1 million of the $2,600,000 prize pool.
A field of 104 entries meant the tournament paid out 15 places. Mikita Badziakouski was the unfortunate soul who burst the money bubble. Superstars including Guillaume Nolet, Andras Nemeth, Juan Dominguez, and final table bubble boy Elio Fox secured a slice of the prize pool.
Benjamin Rolle was the final table’s first casualty. Rolle’s ninth-place exit came with a $65,102 payout. Marius Gierse then fell in eighth for $86,205, which was the last prize not to weigh in at six figures.
Isaac Haxton banked $114,147 for his seventh-place finish while Cyprus’ "pitrasyan" collected $151,147 after they came unstuck in sixth. Fifth-place and $200,140 went to Nick Petrangelo, with Christian Rudolph walking away with $265,013 after busting in fourth.
Brazilian star Yuri Dzivielevski ran out of steam and fell in third, a finish worth $350,914. Dzivielevski’s exit left Astedt heads-up against Garbi. The duo agreed to a deal before Garbi went on to defeat the Swedish online poker legend in the one-on-one battle.
$25,500 Sunday Million SHR Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ravid Garbi | Israel | $537,958* |
| 2 | Niklas Astest | Sweden | $541,973* |
| 3 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | $350,914 |
| 4 | Christian Rudolph | Austria | $265,013 |
| 5 | Nick Petrangelo | Canada | $200,140 |
| 6 | pitrasyan | Cyprus | $151,147 |
| 7 | Isaac Haxton | Canada | $114,147 |
| 8 | Marius Gierse | Austria | $86,205 |
| 9 | Benjamin Rolle | Austria | $65,102 |
*reflects a heads-up deal
Ami Barer Banks $173K Score
Ami Barer helped himself to a $173,260 score in the $2,100 buy-in Super MILLION$ Omaholic Bounty event at GGPoker. The high stakes tournament drew in a 556-strong crowd who created a guarantee-busting $1,112,000 prize pool. Half of the pot went on the head of each entrant with the top 50 finishers sharing the other 50%.
Dozens of elite grinders finished inside the money places but fell short of the seven-handed final table. Special mentions have to go to 15th place finish Andras Nemeth who won $25,920 of which $20,328 came via bounty payments. Also, Ben Wilinofsky crashed out in tenth place for $24,928 with $19,312 of that sum stemming from opponents’ scalps.
Alexander "xBGx" Fitasov and Thomas Hueber found their time at the final table short-lived. Joao Vieira and Ukrainian Andriy Lyubovetskiy joined the ong list of busted names before Dario Sammartino bowed out in third, a finish worth $82,729 with bounties includes.
Barer found himself in the unenvious position of having to battle one-on-one with Isaac Haxton. However, Barer did not let that faze him and he got the job done. Barer’s reward was a huge $173,260 score; Haxton reeled in a $110,667 consolation prize.
Barer went on to take down the $210 Bounty Hunters Sunday Special for an additional $33,392!
$2,100 Super MILLION$ Omaholic Bounty Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Bounties | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ami Barer | Canada | $89,367 | $173,260 |
| 2 | Isaac Haxton | Canada | $26,515 | $110,667 |
| 3 | Dario Sammartino | Austria | $20,164 | $82,729 |
| 4 | Andriy Lyubovetskiy | Ukraine | $26,437 | $72,923 |
| 5 | Joao Vieira | Brazil | $10,562 | $45,101 |
| 6 | Thomas Hueber | Austria | $1,000 | $26,662 |
| 7 | Alexander "xBGx" Fitasov | Russia | $14,937 | $34,004 |
Other Notable GGPoker Victories on January 30
- Daniel Custodio – first-place in the $1,050 GGMasters High Roller for $150,789
- Mark Radoja – first-place in the $10,300 Sunday High Roller for $127,423
- Andras Nemeth – first-place in the $5,250 Sunday Deepstack HR for $116,137
- Alexandre "raking-even" Raymond – first-place in the $,050 Sunday High Rollers Main Event for $110,069
- Pedro Garagnani – first-place in the $5,250 Sunday Blade Bounty for $102,343*
- Sphynx! - first-place in the $5,25 Bounty Hunters HR Main Event for $97,735*
- Michael "MarathonOG" Carter – first-place in the $888 Sunday Crazy Eights HR for $63,513
- Breno "Computron" Bertalia – first-place in the $300 GGMasters Bounty for $53,329*
- dutra n8 – first-place in the $150 GGMasters for $49,294
- Stefan "Stiopata" Atanasov – first-place in the $250 Sunday Main Event for $46,268
- Noor1 – first-place in the $1,050 Omaholic Main Event for $46,162
- Monkydlufy34 – first-place in the $1,050 Sunday heater for $38,348*
- Konstantinos "WoohooYESYoNo" Tsakonas – first-place in the $525 Sunday Fifty Stack Bounty for $25,833*
- Tyler "TheRayGuy" Cornell – first-place in the $630 Sunday Super Six Bounty Turbo for $21,333*
*includes bounties
