Joni Jouhkimainen Leads Star-Studded Final Table in GGSF Event H-109: $25,500 Sunday Millions
The final edition of the $25,500 Sunday Millions as part of the 2021 GG Spring Festival has reached the final table. Out of a field of 172 total entries (78 unique players who re-entered 94 ), only nine players remain to battle for the lion's share of the $4,300,000 prize pool.
Joni Jouhkimainen ended up as the chip leader with a stack of 5,344,169 which is almost double that of Elio Fox's 2,872,603 second place chip stack. Among the finalists is also Sami Kelopuro, who required nine bullets to run up the stack and finish Day 1 with 1,357,246, good enough for the fourth position.
Final Table Line-Up GGSF Event H-109: $25,500 Sunday Millions
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joni Jouhkimainen | Finland | 5,344,169 | 133 |
| 2 | Elio Fox | United States | 2,872,603 | 71 |
| 3 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 2,325,872 | 58 |
| 4 | Sami Kelopuro | Finland | 1,357,246 | 34 |
| 5 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 1,350,142 | 34 |
| 6 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 1,248,792 | 31 |
| 7 | Isaac Haxton | Canada | 1,040,386 | 26 |
| 8 | Andras Nemeth | Hungary | 1,016,890 | 25 |
| 9 | Seth Davies | United States | 643,900 | 16 |
The Action of the Day
Just a little over 30 players were seated when the cards went in the air and the action was fast-paced from the get-go. Marius Gierse became the first of many casualties and the list of notables on the rail kept growing during the registration period.
Many other well-known pros came up short of the cash prizes such as Fedor Holz, Anatoly Filatov, Guillaume Nolet, Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov, Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb, Connor Drinan, and Jason Koon to name all but a few of poker's superstars in contention. Zhuang Ruan went on a hot streak during the final stages of the registration period but his fortune ran out on the money bubble when he lost to Jouhkimainen who flopped quads.
The frantic post-bubble stage saw the remaining players race to a conclusion with rapid-fire eliminations happening on each table until Jouhkimainen rivered a full house to eliminate Wei Zhao in 10th place.
The final table will commence on Monday, April 26 just after 3 p.m. EDT. Action will pick-up from Level 33 where blinds are 35,000/70,000/8,500.
Remaining Payouts
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $956,440 |
| 2 | $717,228 |
| 3 | $537,846 |
| 4 | $403,327 |
| 5 | $302,453 |
| 6 | $226,808 |
| 7 | $170,082 |
| 8 | $127,543 |
| 9 | $95,644 |
flop that appeared giving him a broadway draw. 
falling on the turn must have made Zhao think luck was on his side but it was just an illusion as the 
paired the board on the river and ended his tournament on the final table bubble.
flop a paired his queen but it also gave Nemeth a gutshot. 
turn improved Malinov's hand to trip queens and he was looking good to score the double until the 
fell on the river, completing Nemeth's straight and Malinov was eliminated in 11th place for $60,259.
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