GGS #473: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em - 1M Gtd.
Day 1 Completed
2019 Natural8 Good Game Series 3
GGS #473: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em - 1M Gtd.
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Natural8 Good Game Series 3
Buy-in
$25,500
Prize Pool
$1,911,000
Entries
78
Level
29
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
1,800
Level 29
: 6,000/12,000, 1,800 ante
The action is complete, the day is done! After a long grind in the $1,000,000 Guaranteed, $25,000 buy-in GGS #473 event on Natural8, a winner was crowned. Brazil's "baitu" was the last player standing, making their way through a field of 78 entries to win $466,106.
The action kicked off in the huge tournament at midnight CET and even before the virtual dealers were in their seats, there were twenty-four players ready and waiting to take their shot at a share of the $1 million guarantee. With an hour still left in registration, the number was up to 31, but action was anything but slow.
Several players were already playing huge stacks, including the early chip leader, "PyramidOfSkulls," who had more than 70,000 chips in Level 9, having started with 15,000. As registration drew to a close, entries, both new and re-entries, began to spike. With fifteen minutes left in late registration, there were 63 entries on the books, but by the time it all closed down, 78 entries swelled the prize pool well beyond the original $1,000,000 guarantee.
After they crunched all the numbers, the total prize pool came in at a monstrous $1,911,000. That put more than twice the buy-in up for the minimum cashers in eleventh and tenth, and a few dimes short of $500,000 up top.
Once registration closed, it played down pretty quickly. They were in the money within six hours of cards going in the air, with "PerfectDisguise" and "ravenoustrashdog" winning $56,813 each for eleventh and tenth place respectively.
The eventual winner, Brazilian player "baita," was dominant throughout the final table, carrying one of the biggest stacks nearly the whole way, with the biggest stack for most of the endgame. He or she eliminated five of the final nine players, including the final three for victory.
One of the side stories of the final table was that four of the final nine, and five of the eleven cashers were sporting maple leafs beside their names; all hailing from Canada. The four-handed play came down to one Brazilian against three Canadians, but none of the Canucks were able to stop the surging "baita."
| Position | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | baita | Brazil | $466,106 |
| 2 | RL-Stine | Canada | $355,057 |
| 3 | PyramidOfSkulls | Canada | $270,466 |
| 4 | SasukeUchiha | Canada | $206,029 |
| 5 | AlwaysWithNuts | Russia | $156,943 |
| 6 | PloFishh | Malaysia | $119,552 |
| 7 | PokerBluff1 | Hungary | $91,069 |
| 8 | ImLividBuddy | Canada | $69,372 |
| 9 | Omar Bingo | Poland | $62,780 |
| 10 | ravenoustrashdog | Canada | $56,813 |
| 11 | PerfectDisguise | Mexico | $56,813 |
Level 29
: 6,000/12,000, 1,800 ante
"RL-Stine" limped in, and "baita" raised it up to 42,000. "RL-Stine" called to see the flop of 
.
"baita" check-raised a bet of 30,000, making it 94,250 to go. "RL-Stine" called and the turn came 
. "baita" shoved for 647,249, and "RL-Stine" tank-called.
"RL-Stine": 
"baita": 
Both players had top pair, but "baita" had the best kicker. The 
river didn't change anything and "RL-Stine" made second place cash worth $355,057.30.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,170,000
266,500
|
266,500 |
|
Busted |
Level 29
: 6,000/12,000, 1,800 ante
It was blind on blind again as "baita" shoved into the small stack of big blind "PyramidOfSkulls". They made the call and had the pre-flop advantage.
"PyramidOfSkulls": 
"baita": 
Board: 
"baita" paired their six and nothing came to help "PyramidOfSkulls". They won $270,466.12 for third place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
903,500
20,956
|
20,956 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 29
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,800
Level 28
: 5,000/10,000, 1,500 ante
Blind on blind, "baita" raised to 35,000 from the small, and "SasukeUchiha" shoved for 249,271 from the big. With cards on their backs, it was pair over pair.
"SasukeUchiha": 
"baita": 
Board: 
There was no help for the eights, and "SasukeUchiha" had to settle for $206,028.54 for fourth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
882,544
499,037
|
499,037 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 28
: 5,000/10,000, 1,500 ante
While Thailand's Michael "Michael Soyza" Soyza's run in this event may have ended prematurely in 33rd spot, that could be because he was occupied elsewhere. Soyza was also in the GGS Championsip, and ended up taking 6th place for $26,318.20.
Across the virtual poker room, Soyza was also running deep in Blade Turbo $25K. he eventually ran as deep as possible in a poker tournament, taking down the top prize for $486,858.48 for his best online cash. Other notables with deep runs in the Championship Event include Henri "Henri Buehler" Buehler, Fabrizio "UknowWhoIam" Gonzales, Renat "zamazkatv" Lypin, Dominik "PrinzofDTO" Nitzhe, Bryan "Bryan Paris" Paris, and Laurynas "LaurisL91" Levinskas.
Level: 28
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,500
Level 27
: 4,500/9,000, 1,350 ante
"PyramidOfSkulls" raised to 54,000 from under the gun, and "baita" called from the small blind. When the flop came 
"baita" bet 40,500, enough to put "PyramidOfSkulls" all-in. They quickly called.
"PyramidOfSkulls": 
"baita":
Board
"PyramidOfSkulls"' big slick held for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
383,507
-90,292
|
-90,292 |
|
|
185,084
78,142
|
78,142 |
Level 27
: 4,500/9,000, 1,350 ante
It was a blind on blind hand where "RL-Stine" limped in and "baita" checked their option. Both players checked the 
flop, but when the 
hit the turn, "RL-Stine" fired 12,000 into the middle.
"baita" called, and the river came 
"RL-Stine" bet 22,000, and "baita" raised to 72,000. "RL-Stine" thought for a moment before shoving all in for 226,338. "baita" quickly mucked sending the pot to "RL-Stine" as they showed a .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
473,799
-94,350
|
-94,350 |
|
|
345,738
97,050
|
97,050 |