Alexandros Kolonias limped the small blind and Benjamin "Geraaaard" Chalot checked his option from the big blind. They checked all the way to the river on which Kolonias bet 300,000. Chalot called with and was good versus .
Thomas Muehloecker then won the next pot post flop on when Sebastian "Weizen" Gaehl folded to his continuation bet.
Kolonias' raise to 660,000 was three-bet to 1,740,000 by Chalot and that won the pot uncontested.
Shankar Pillai made it 660,000 to go from under the gun and Krasimir Yankov called out of the big blind. On a flop, Yankov opted to check-call for 412,345 and the duo then checked the turn. On the river, Yankov bet 1,477,550 and Pillai folded.
One hand later Yankov limped the small blind and Pillai checked from the big blind. The flop was checked and Yankov's bet worth 387,500 was called. He checked the river and Pillai's bet of 1,050,000 secured the pot without showdown.
Pillai also won the next battle of the blinds against Alexandros Kolonias with superior two pair but four diamonds on the board kept the pot rather small.
Benjamin "Geraaaard" Chalot started the final table with a three-bet jam against Ben Ward and got through with it.
Krasimir Yankov then claimed the blinds and antes with a raise before Thomas Muehloecker raised to 617,000 on the button. Javier Gomez defended the big blind and check-called the flop for 456,000. Gomez check-called another 1,008,420 on the turn and they checked the river.
Gomez tabled but Muehloecker had superior two pair with .
The cards are now in the air and as expected, the blinds have rolled back to 150-300,000 with a running ante of 35,000. Each level will feature a total of 20 hands.
All but one tournament of the inaugural 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ Week has determined a champion. The Super MILLION$ $10,300 Main Event will officially conclude the festival today as eight players out of 976 entries return to battle for the lion's share of the $10 million guarantee.
All finalists have $299,366 locked up and two seven-figure paydays will be awarded, the winner is slated to walk away with the top prize of $1,242,332.
Mexico-based British player Ben Ward leads the way with a stack of 18,432,514 but he is closely followed by Sebastian "Weizen" Gaehl (17,715,410) and the 2019 WSOP Europe Main Event champion Alexandros Kolonias (17,300,410) Krasimir Yankov sits in the middle of the pack with a stack of 14,986,851 and all further finalists are below 10 million in chips.
That includes Shankar Pillai (9,323,230), Thomas Muehloecker (7,179,571), Javier Gomez (6,633,140), and Benjamin "Geraaaard" Chalot (5,674,092). The final table was supposed to start nine-handed but after the elimination of Ole Schemion in 10th place, China's Wei Zhao bowed out after in the final hand of the other table and collected $244,811 for his 9th place finish.
Final Table 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ Week $10,300 Main Event
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Ben Ward
United Kingdom
18,432,514
61
2
Sebastian "Weizen" Gaehl
Germany
17,715,410
59
3
Alexandros Kolonias
Greece
17,300,410
58
4
Krasimir Yankov
Bulgaria
14,986,851
50
5
Shankar Pillai
United States
9,323,230
31
6
Thomas Muehloecker
Austria
7,179,571
24
7
Javier Gomez
Spain
6,633,140
22
8
Benjamin "Geraaaard" Chalot
France
5,674,092
19
*big blinds are based on the rollback to level 38 with blinds of 150,000-300,000 / ante 35,000
According to the tournament lobby, the blinds are rolled back to ensure an average stack of at least 40 big blinds. The action will resume at 6 p.m. UTC and all PokerNews live updates will be based on the showdown cards in the GGPoker client.
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