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GGMillion$ won by Satellite Star for $410,000

This week’s GGMillion$ was won for one of the best returns on investment in the competition’s history. After qualifying via satellite, the Argentinian player ‘Be Myself’ stayed true to his qualifying principles and ran his satellite ticket all the way to a $410,427 victory in thrilling style. With regular host Jeff Gross and special guest co-commentator Jonathan Jaffe in the virtual booth, the action was red hot from the first card to the last.

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Early Levels Trim the Fat

Heading into the action, it was Barak Wisbrod from Israel who had the lead with 94 big blinds. Argentina’s ‘Be Myself’ was closest to Wisbrod with 77 bigs, while a trio of top talents in Russia’s Konstantin Maslak (54BB) and ‘RRomashka’ (53BB) and Romanian ‘Ehhhh pinnnggg’ (52BB) all hovered not far behind. A little lacking were German player Alexander Tkatschew (34BB) and Aussie GGMillion$ legend Michael Addamo (23BB), while Brazilian Rodrigo Sirichuk (20BB) and Austria’s ‘lospob4res’ (18BB) brought up the rear.

The first player to lose their seat, over 30 minutes into the final table, was the short stack. ‘lospob4res’ moved all-in with pocket sevens and was crushed pre-flop by Michael Addamo with pocket kings. The Austrian’s lot got worse on the A-T-9 flop, and after a queen on the turn and an eight on the river, he was shown the rail and exited for $51,303. With the win, Addamo put himself right back in the mix as he attempted to get nearer Artur Martirosian at the top of the all-time GGMillion$ winners list.

Next to go was Tkatschew, who was all-in pre-flop with ace-king offsuit and up against Barak Wisbrod with pocket jacks. The Israeli remained ahead throughout the clean run out of 9-5-3-7-7. Tkatschew, who lost in eighth place for $66,532, strengthened Wisbrods chip stack, moving back into the chip lead with seven left.

Addamo Unlucky to Lose

Soon, Michael Addamo joined the rail as his exit was confirmed in seventh place for $86,281. His departure was particularly brutal, though, as he committed the last of his chips as the favorite with ace-nine and lost to Wisbrod’s ace-four with the chips all in the middle pre-flop. A flop of A-K-6 kept Addamo in line for a big double-up to a second-placed stack. A four on the turn was a hammer blow, and a meaningless jack on the river sent the Aussie out as Wisbrod opened up a huge lead.

An extended period without any eliminations saw ‘Be Myself’ take over the lead. His ascension to the top of the leaderboard was eventually followed by the bust-out of Romanian ‘Ehhhh pinnnggg’ for $111,893 in sixth, again courtesy of Wisbrod. All-in pre-flop with pocket eights from the big blind, the Romanian lost a flip to Wisbrod, whose king-ten offsuit hit the K-J-6 flop and survived a three on the turn and five on the river to take out yet another player.

Russian player RRomashka won a hand where he was behind Rodrigo Sirichuk to double but soon after, got short again, and those crumbs were hoovered up. All-in with ace-deuce for just over a single big blind, he lost to the jack-three belonging to ‘Be Myself’. The J-8-2-Q-T board reduced the field to four, and the Russian left for $145,108.

Wisbrod Just Misses Another Win

With four left, ‘Be Myself had the lead with 11.7 million, with Wisbrod (5.5m), Konstantin Maslak (3.2m) and Rodrigo Sirichuk (709k) all coming up short with the final stages of the battle remaining. Sirichuk recovered considerably, more than quadrupling his stack. He then shoved with six-three of hearts and was called and eliminated by Maslak’s ace-six of clubs as aboard of T-8-6-J-4 sent the Brazilian home with $188,812.

Three-handed play almost leveled out the stacks, but when Maslak ran pocket sevens into Wisbrod’s aces, everything changed. The near 13.2m pot went Wisbrod’s way, a board of A-T-T-2-2 nailing Maslak to the ground before the turn. He busted shortly afterward for $244,041 in third place when his final three big blinds lost with ace-eight to ‘Be Myself’, who woke up with aces, eventually winning with the nut flush.

Heads-up, ‘Be Myself’ had a 2.5:1 chip lead and soon had all the chips on the virtual felt. On the fourth hand of play, Wisbrod shoved with ace-five, which was snap called by the Argentinian holding pocket eights. No help came for Wisbrod, and the GGMillion$ regular had to settle for a runner-up result worth $316,483.

‘Be Myself’, who parlayed his satellite ticket into the title, was left to reflect on a dream night of online poker as he left $410,427 richer after being 5.82 to 1 to win on the site before the action began. It was a stunning victory and looked to be life-changing money on the night.

Watch all the action right here as three hours of superb action on GGPoker produced a deserving winner on the night.

 

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	‘Be Myself’	Argentina	$410,427
2nd	Barak Wisbrod	Israel	$316,483
3rd	Konstantin Maslak	Russia	$244,041
4th	Rodrigo Sirichuk	Brazil	$188,182
5th	‘RRomashka’	Russia	$145,108
6th	‘Ehhhh pinnnggg’	Romania	$111,893
7th	Michael Addamo	Australia	$86,281
8th	Alexander Tkatschew	Germany	$66,532
9th	‘lospob4res’	Austria	$51,303

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About the Author: Paul Seaton has written about poker for over 10 years, interviewing some of the best players ever to play the game such as Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth. Over the years, Paul has reported live from tournaments such as the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and the European Poker Tour. He has also written for other poker brands where he was Head of Media, as well as BLUFF magazine, where he was Editor.