Bert Stevens sat down at the final table of the Super MILLION$ Main Event at GGPoker with the shortest stack of the nine finalists. Stevens' 2,169,895 stack, the equivalent of 13.6 big blinds, meant he was not quite on life support but that walking away with the $1,125,181 top prize was an unlikely scenario. Fast forward four hours from the final table's start, and it was Stevens who was the last man standing and the recipient of that mammoth-sized score.
GGPoker Super MILLION$ Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bert Stevens | Mexico | $1,125,181 |
| 2 | Jerome001 | China | $873,846 |
| 3 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | $678,652 |
| 4 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | $527,060 |
| 5 | Joakim Andersson | Malta | $409,329 |
| 6 | Jeff "DollarVig" Berwick | Canada | $317,896 |
| 7 | progery81 | Hungary | $246,886 |
| 8 | Anatoly Filatov | UAE | $191,739 |
| 9 | Damian Salas | Argentina | $148,909 |
Stevens double through Daniel Dvoress with pocket sevens versus ace-queen relatively early into the final table action, yet he remained the shortest stack despite the boost to his chip count. He improved his position significantly during the 100,000/200,000/25,000a level when he opened to 420,000 with pocket kings, and Artur Martirosian three-bet to 1,000,000 in late position. Anatoly Filatov woke up with suited ace-king on the button, and he ripped it in for 9,125,335. Steven called off the 4,295,790 chips he had behind, and Martirosian ducked out of the way. A queen-high board propelled Stevens to almost 11 million chips and into third place.
Everyone climbed up a payout level when Damian Salas crashed out during the next level. Salas min-raised to 500,000 with pocket jack from the cutoff, and Filatov defended his big blind with ace-six of clubs. Salas flopped a set of jack, but Filatov now had a club flush draw. Filatov checked, Salas made it 250,000 to go, and Filatov jammed all-in for 4,344,545; Salas called off for 300,000 chips less. Filatov's flush came in on the river, and Salas bowed out, collecting $148,909 for his efforts.
Eighth place was settled during the same level when Filatov busted. Filatov found himself nursing a short stack when his kings lost to the queens of Martirosian. he shoved in his last four big blinds with pocket threes from under the gun, Martirosian called with ace-nine and spiked an ace on the flop.
Career-Best Score For Hungary's "progery81"
Hungary's "progery81" saw his tournament end in seventh place for a career-best $246,886 score. Their stack dwindled to a mere 3.5 big blinds, which they committed with ace-king after Martirosian opened from under the gun with ace-four. Chinese grinder "Jerome001" called the short-stacked shove from the big blind with king-nine, and Martirosian shoved. Jerome001 instantly folded. A four on the turn reduced the player count by one.
Start-of-the-day chip leader Jeff "DollarVig" Berwick was the next player heading to the exits. nothing went right for Berwick at the final table, partly because he was sandwiched between Stevens and Dvoress. Berwick fell by the wayside after three-betting all-in for 2,350,483 in total from the big blind after Jerome001 had min-raised to 700,000 from a couple of seats over. Jerome001 called and showed king-jack, which was up against ace-queen. Jerome001 flopped a pair of kings, but Berwick had a flush draw and gutshot straight. None of his outs landed on the turn nor river, and he busted with $317,896 reasons to be pleased with himself.
Two-time Super MILLION$ champion Joakim Andersson had to make do with fifth place and $409,329 this time around. His exit hand took place during the 250,000/500,000/60,000a level, and saw him open-shove for 4,984,964 from the small blind with jack-four of diamonds. Dvoress called with the dominating queen-jack of hearts, which held on a double-ace board.
Four-handed play ended with Martirosian heading to the cashier's desk. First, he lost a huge pot with pocket fives against Dvoress' ace-queen before open-shoving with queen-ten from the small blind for 13.5 big blinds. Dvoress called with pocket fours, and looked set to lose a huge pot when Martirosian flopped two pair. However, a four on the river ended Martirosian's participation.
Heads-up was set a couple of levels later as the big blind hit 1,000,000. Steven opened to 2,100,000 with ace-queen before calling Dvoress' 14,428,178 shove, which he made with ace-six of clubs. Dvoress flopped a flush draw but could not get there; he banked $678,652 for his impressive run.
Stevens Shows His Clash With An Amazing Call
Stevens held a 38,782,508 to 30,517,492 chip lead over Jerome001 going into the one-on-one battle, and the amazing comeback was almost complete. Jerome001 took an early lead before an amazing call swung things Stevens' way.
Jerome001 limped in for 1,200,000 with six-five of spades and called when Steven raised to 4,200,000 with king-queen. Stevens led for 1,800,000 on the ace-deuce-try non-spade flop, a bet that Jerome001 called. Another three landed on the turn, and Steven check-called a 3,600,000 bet. The nine of diamonds river missed both players, and Stevens checked again. Jerome001 moved all-in for 15,532,016 effective, with the pot standing at 19,500,000, sending Stevens into the tank. The Belgian superstar emerged some time later with a king-high call, which was, of course, correct.
The contest ended shortly afterwards. Stevens woke up with aces and promptly raised to 2,520,000. Jerome001 pinned his hopes and his last 17,806,936 on king-four of hearts, and Stevens happily called. Jerome001 was drawing dead on the turn and collected $873,846, leaving Stevens to net a massive $1,125,181.
