H-38: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event | 2021 GG Spring Festival

2021-04-11 23:36 UTC

Rockets for Ramos to Eliminate Holz

Jaxon

Nível 23 : 30,000/60,000, 9,000 ante

Fedor Holz jammed for 341,960 and was called by Dennys Ramos from the button. Arsenii Malinov jammed for heaps from the big blind and Ramos called off for about 1.5 million in total.

Fedor Holz:
Dennys Ramos:
Arsenii Malinov:

Ramos eliminated Holz while doubling up against Malinov after the board was unable to help either of his opponents.

Holz collected $23,290 including $12,813 in bounties for his 14th place performance.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dennys Ramos	3,421,048 3,210,066	3,210,066
Arsenii Malinov	2,426,867 -1,697,594	-1,697,594
Fedor Holz	Eliminado

2021-04-11 22:11 UTC

Four Players Gone as Maimone Bubbles

Jaxon

Nível 18 : 12,500/25,000, 3,500 ante

Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb ousted two players on the money bubble.

Joni Joukimainen:
David Coleman
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb:

The board didn't help either of Gottlieb's opponents and he eliminated two players. Coleman finished outside the money while Jouhkimainen collecting a min-cash thanks to the following hand at another table at the same time.

Kartik "Mandovi" Ved opened for 44,000 from under the gun. Daid Peters jammed for 554,000 from the hijack and Nick Maimone called off for 296,763 from the big blind.

Kartik "Mandovi" Ved:
Nick Maimone:
David Peters:

The board didn't help Maimone or Peters and Kartik "Mandovi" Ved eliminated two players. Maimone was out on the pure bubble while Peters collected a min-cash.

Shortly after, Kristen Bicknell was also eliminated for a min-cash.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Kartik "Mandovi" Ved	2,260,910 1,800,179	1,800,179

Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb	2,206,604 456,680	456,680
Kristen Bicknell	Eliminado

David Peters	Eliminado

Nick Maimone	Eliminado
David Coleman	Eliminado
Joni Jouhkimainen	Eliminado

2021-04-11 21:28 UTC

Holz Back in the Chip Lead

Jaxon

Nível 15 : 6,000/12,000, 1,800 ante

Fedor Holz is back in the chip lead with 63 players remaining.

Holz opened to 30,000 from the cutoff before he called a three-bet jam from the button by Joakim Andersson to 330,120.

Joakim Andersson:
Fedor Holz:

Holz was behind but moved quickly ahead as his ace connected on the flop. Neither the turn nor the river was able to save Andersson and he was eliminated short of the money.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Fedor Holz	1,750,097 366,780	366,780

Alex Foxen	838,120 -180,360	-180,360

Joao Vieira	535,403 339,606	339,606

QuantumKey	521,970 -64,220	-64,220
Tom Delaine	309,527 -8,800	-8,800
David Yan	182,076

Joakim Andersson	Eliminado

2021-04-11 20:52 UTC

Bicknell Freerolling After Ousting Cornell

Jaxon

Nível 14 : 5,000/10,000, 1,500 ante

Tyler "TheRayGuy" Cornell had a $3,125 bounty that Bicknell just collected bringing her total bounties up to $6,250 for more than the $5,250 buy-in for this event.

Isaac Haxton opened for 17,600 from under the gun and Bicknell called from the hijack. Cornell three-bet jammed for 335,802 from the small blind. Haxton folded and Bicknell called.

Tyler "TheRayGuy" Cornell:
Kristen Bicknell:

Bicknell's cowboys not only held but improved to a full house on the board to win a big hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Kristen Bicknell	903,466 428,402	428,402

Isaac Haxton	626,213

Rodrigo Selouan	564,514 156,433	156,433
Tyler "TheRayGuy" Cornell	Eliminado

2021-04-11 18:10 UTC

Rudolph Ousts Holz and Van Der Spuy

Jaxon

Nível 6 : 1,250/2,500, 350 ante

Fedor Holz opened for 5,250 from early position and was called from one seat over by Christian Rudolph. Jean-Pierre "Kunkuwap" Van Der Spuy three-bet to 30,320 from the big blind. Holz four-bet jammed for 98,600 and Rudolph, who had both players covered, made the call.

Jean-Pierre "Kunkuwap" Van Der Spuy:
Fedor Holz:
Christian Rudolph:

Rudolph hit top pair and the nut flush draw on the flop. Neither the turn nor the river changed the outcome of the hand and Rudolph eliminated two opponents who both re-entered after the hand.

Meanwhile, Rudolph won a small pot just after this one to become the first player over 600K in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Christian Rudolph	602,220 150,020	150,020
Mustapha Kanit	288,542 78,615	78,615
Kevin Paque	202,610
David Coleman	185,296
Jean-Pierre "Kunkuwap" Van Der Spuy	100,000
Fedor Holz	100,000 700	700

2021-04-11 17:45 UTC

Lucky Double for Filatov

Jaxon

Nível 5 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

"BIG HAI" opened for 4,600 from under the gun and got a call from Anatoly Filatov from the hijack before Francisco "EdiJunio11" Correia three-bet to 24,000 from the small blind.

"BIG HAI" four-bet to 65,620. Filatov called and Correia folded.

Filatov called off for 103,990 on the flop facing a jam by his opponent and needed a lot of help.

Anatoly Filatov:
BIG HAI:

Filatov got the help he needed on the turn and the river assured the GGPoker Ambassador a double-up.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Anatoly Filatov	367,620 140,873	140,873
Stefan Schillhabel	124,797 24,797	24,797

Francisco "EdiJunio11" Correia	101,346 101,346	101,346
Jans Arends	77,846 77,846	77,846

Blaz Zerjav	61,550 -38,450	-38,450
BIG HAI	36,777 36,777	36,777

2021-04-11 16:21 UTC

Vieira Collects First Bounty

Jaxon

Nível 1 : 400/800, 120 ante

"kle888" opened for 2,000 from the button. Joao Vieira three-bet to 10,000 from the big blind. "kle888" used some of his clock before he four-bet to 28,400.

Vieira then used some of his time bank before jamming for 119,160. "kle888" called off for 86,880 in total and the players turned over their cards.

kle888:
Joao Vieira:

The board gave "kle888" a pair but they were ousted as this wasn't good enough to beat Vieira's rockets.

Vieira became the first player to collect a bounty of $2,500, half of which goes straight to his GGPoker account and the other half increasing his personal bounty.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Joao Vieira	227,360 107,720	107,720

kle888	Eliminado

2021-04-11 12:00 UTC

Welcome to GGPoker Spring Festival H-38: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event

Jaxon

GGPoker Spring Festival rolls on with the latest in its high-stakes series of events on its journey to meeting $150 million in guarantees in the GG Spring Festival H-38: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event. The tournament is a one-day affair at GGPoker with a whopping $1.5 million guarantee.

As the title of the event, suggest the tournament is a progressive knockout (PKO) with initial bounties of $2,500 and will go up in a big way from there as the tournament progresses through the event and into the early hours of the morning. Players will immediately collect half the bounty on any player they have eliminated with the other half adding onto their own personal bounty for others to potentially collect on.

Unlimited re-entries are allowed during the 280-minute late-registration window and the structure will be slow with 20-minute levels for the first 13 levels and then 15-minute levels after that. Players begin with 100,000 in their stacks and blinds and antes at 400/800/120.

Currently, 44 players are registered including the likes of Rainer Kempe, Jack Salter, Dara O'Kearney, Patrick Leonard, Rui Ferreira, Chris Moorman, and Niklas Astedt. Many more recognizable names will surely join them over the next few hours.

The action kicks off at 12:05 p.m. EDT (6:05 p.m. CEST), so keep an eye at PokerNews to follow this high-stakes, action-packed event today.