Who Will Win the Super MILLION$ Main Event?
Poker fans around the world are geared up for what promises to be the most exciting day of the High Rollers Week at GGPoker as today is the day that the HRW 18: $10,300 Super MILLION$ Main Event final table will play down to a winner.
The event guaranteed $5 million but this was just a placeholder as 581 entries bumped the prize pool to a whopping $5,810,000!
Nine of the world's best players are featured at today's final table. Each player is guaranteed $161,097 with their eyes on a massive $726,839 top prize.
The final table kicks off today at 6 p.m. GMT with PokerNews reporting all of the action at the final table on a 30-minute delay until a winner is crowned.
The delay is to avoid spoilers as the final table will also be broadcasted with a 30-minute delay. Randy "nanonoko" Lew and Kevin "RotterdaM" van der Kooi commentating with all hole cards exposed.
The action will begin at Level 40 with blinds at 150,000/300,000 and an ante of 35,000 and increase every 25 hands.
HRW 18: $10,300 Super MILLION$ Final Table Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Yan | New Zealand | 10,941,325 | 36 |
| 2 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 9,848,764 | 33 |
| 3 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 8,968,541 | 30 |
| 4 | Andrii "Brahman33" Novak | Ukraine | 7,428,832 | 25 |
| 5 | Michael Watson | Canada | 6,283,910 | 21 |
| 6 | Aleksei "JokerFace" Barkov | Russia | 4,382,660 | 15 |
| 7 | Sergei "iplaytooslow" Denisov | Russia | 4,368,476 | 15 |
| 8 | Eelis Parssinen | Finland | 3,220,398 | 11 |
| 9 | Aleks Ponakovs | Latvia | 2,657,604 | 9 |
David Yan Leads the Way
David Yan enters the final table as the table captain with a chip leading stack of 10.9 million in chips. That being said, it is anyone's game, especially considering how closely bunched the top of the leaderboard is with poker legends Davidi Kitai and Niklas Astedt on his tail.
Yan was the only player besides Andrii "Brahman33" Novak to qualify to the Main Event via satellites to advance to the final table. That didn't stop either player to re-enter after losing all their chips with Yan firing three bullets before catapulting into the chip lead and Novak, who enters the final table in fourth place, firing two bullets.
One big story to follow is whether Eelis Parssinen can push his eighth place stack into a podium finish. Last week, Parssinen was runner-up in the $3 million guaranteed HRW 02: $10,300 Super MILLION$ for a massive $472,222 payday.
Aleksei "JokerFace" Barkov, who enters the action in sixth place, is also another big story as this was his first appearance in a Super MILLION$ event. Barkov ran up his second bullet into the chip lead and was near the top of the leaderboard throughout the second half of Day 1.
Other big names at the final table include Michael Watson, Aleksei "JokerFace" Barkov, Sergei "iplaytooslow" Denisov, and Aleks Ponakovs.
HRW 18: $10,300 Super MILLION$ Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $726,839 |
| 2 | $602,066 |
| 3 | $498,713 |
| 4 | $413,101 |
| 5 | $342,187 |
| 6 | $283,445 |
| 7 | $234,787 |
| 8 | $194,482 |
| 9 | $161,097 |
Watch The Super MILLION$ Action Unfold on Twitch
You can watch the final table action from the Super MILLION$ final table over on the official GGPoker Twitch channel at 8 p.m. GMT.
All the action is streamed with cards-up coverage so you can see how nine of the world’s best poker talent play poker while following along with our coverage here at PokerNews.
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landing on the turn to pair up Astedt. 
completed the board on the river and Denislov was ousted in ninth place for $161,097.
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Eelis Parssinen held in the big blind after the 
ran out on the board.
. Eelis Parssinen called off for 10.1 million with 
from the button.
ran out on the board to give Parssinen a double up and became the first player to surpass 20 million in chips.
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flop nor with the 
on the turn.
board gave Watson quads and Novak was sent packing in fourth place for $413,101.
completed the board on the river and Kitai won the hand with a better kicker.