Finland's Andreas Nasman became a GGPoker Super MILLION$ champion in October 2021 after sitting down at the final table with a substantial chip lead. History looks to be repeating itself because Nasman is the player to catch going into the final table of the latest Super MILLION$, where $221,651 awaits the eventual champion.
GGPoker Super MILLION$ Final Table Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Nasman | Finland | 3,070,911 | 123 |
| 2 | Arsenii Malinov | Mexico | 2,080,753 | 83 |
| 3 | Andrii Derzhpilskyi | Ukraine | 1,939,043 | 78 |
| 4 | Wiktor Malinowski | Macau | 687,204 | 28 |
| 5 | ShangHigh | Mexico | 678,717 | 27 |
| 6 | Niklas Astedt | Norway | 606,706 | 24 |
| 7 | Yen-Liang "yao_poker" Yao | Taiwan | 548,796 | 22 |
| 8 | Elton "nothingworks" Tsang | Maldives | 369,860 | 15 |
| 9 | Andras Nemeth | Austria | 218,010 | 9 |
Nasman finished Day 1 of the GGPoker Super MILLION$ with 3,070,911 chips, which are the equivalent of 123 big blinds, the only player with more than 100 bigs when play resumes. Nasman now has a legitimate chance of joining an elite group of players who have taken down a Super MILLION$ event more than once.
Arsenii Malinov is one of the players standing between Nasman and Super MILLION$ title number two. Malinov has won this event before, doing so when it had its buy-in increased to $25,500 from $10,300. The increase cost of entry meant Malinov walked away with $661,743 after defeating Seth Davies heads-up. Malinov returns to the action armed with 2,080,753 chips (83 big binds).
Ukraine's Andrii Derzhypilskyi has never won the Super MILLION$. Indeed, the Ukrainian will take a seat at a Super MILLION$ final table for the first time in his career. Derzhypilski has a war chest of 1,939,043 chips (78 big blinds) when play resumes and could be the dark horse of this final table.
GGPoker Super MILLION$ Final Table Pay Structure
- 1st - $221,651
- 2nd - $173,100
- 3rd - $135,184
- 4th - $105,573
- 5th - $82,448
- 6th - $64,388
- 7th - $50,284
- 8th - $39,270
- 9th - $30,668
There is a huge gap between Derzhypilskyi in third and reigning champion Wiktor Malinowski in fourth. Where the former has 78 big blinds at his disposal, the 687,204 stack of Walinowski contains only 28 big blinds. However, the Macau-based Pole has come back from worse positions than, so write off Malinowski at your peril.
Fifth place at the restart belongs to "ShangHigh" of Mexico, a player who is competing in only their second Super MILLION$. The unknown player takes on some of the biggest names in online poker with 687,717 chips in their stack, or 27 big blinds if you prefer.
Five-time Super MILLION$ champion Niklas Astedt has plenty of work ahead of him if he is to become the first six-time champion. Astedt has 606,706 chips, 24.3 big blinds, when the cards are back in the air. With how Astedt approaches tournament poker, expect him to be one of the first finalists out of the door or the last man standing once the dust settles with little in between.
Just below Astedt with a 548,796 stack (22 big blinds) is Yen-Liang "yao_poker" Yao, who has navigated his way to a Super MILLION$ final table for the first time. This is the 13th Super MILLION$ Yao has entered, let's hope it is not as unlucky as the number suggests.
Eighth-place with 369,860 chips (14.8 big blinds) is Elton "nothingworks" Tsang, who is showing as playing this event from the Maldives; nice for some, eh? You may remember that Tsang triumphed in the €1 million Big One For One Drop at the 2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza. That victory banked Tsang €11,111,111 ($12,249,912), and proved Tsang knows his way around a poker table. Tsang is handcuffed somewhat due to his short stack but he is by no means dead and buried here.
Bringing up the rear is three-time Super MILLION$ champion Andras Nemeth. The talented Hungarian has come out on top in three of the eight final tables he has reached but that may extend to three from nine because he sits down today with 218,010 chips or 8.7 big blinds.
