GGSF Main Event-H: $1,500 PLO-NL, $2M GTD [Day 2]
Day 2 Completed
2021 GG Spring Festival
GGSF Main Event-H: $1,500 PLO-NL, $2M GTD [Day 2]
Day: 2
Event Info
Level 26
: 600,000/1,200,000, 150,000 ante
At the final table of GG Spring Festival Main Event-H: $1,500 PLO-NL, a favorite and a longshot met at the end to chop up all the money.
Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad began the final table with the biggest stack and completely dominated from start to finish, wrecking fellow leader Markus "Lenbert1" Schottes and just generally rampaging to what looked like an insurmountable lead.
Meanwhile, "Majki365," the shortest stack by far and the only player open from the start about wanting to deal, managed to ladder past all the other players at the seven-handed table. They double up heads up, and after a few more hands of play, Haraldstad agreed to deal and they each secured more than $200K for their efforts in the 1,412-entry field.
Official Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad | Norway | $249,926 |
| 2 | Majki365 | Slovakia | $210,693 |
| 3 | Bernard Larabi | Hungary | $147,781 |
| 4 | Markus "Lenbert1" Schottes | Germany | $110,705 |
| 5 | Arvi Vainionkulma | Finland | $82,931 |
| 6 | Suhepx | Austria | $62,125 |
| 7 | Jens "Tankanza" Lakemeier | Austria | $46,539 |
For Haraldstad, the key hand came up with three tables left. He flopped top set of aces versus second set of kings held by Bernard Larabi, who had the chip lead and opted to check-shove the turn. After missing the one-outer, he crashed back to the pack while Haraldstad rocketed to the chip lead with more than 100 big blinds.
Some heavy bubble pressure saw Haraldstad take 43 million out of about 140 million total chips to the final table.
Only Schottes was close behind with 40 million but nothing went right for him at the final table besides an early bust of Jens "Tankanza" Lakemeier. He dropped three pretty big pots to Haraldstad to fall to a short stack and ended up going out in fourth.
In the mean time, Majki365 pretty much sat on the sidelines as Haraldstad played all of the pots and busted just about everyone. Every time they got all the chips in, they had the best of it and held up. All the while, their offers for a deal went unrequited.
When Haraldstad busted Larabi in third on a zero-sweat hand, a deal still seemed pretty unlikely as Haraldstad was up about 6-to-1 in chips.
Majki365 finally got it in behind but they managed a double, and not too long after that, Haraldstad decided to end things early and not risk any miracle comeback, giving up about $14K from the first-place prize money.
Level 26
: 600,000/1,200,000, 150,000 ante
The players raised all in with nothing left to play for and it was 
for "Majki365" against 
for Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad. The 
flop gave Majki365 a big lead but Haraldstad turned kings full to end the proceedings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
141,200,000
39,903,880
|
39,903,880 |
|
Busted |
Level 26
: 600,000/1,200,000, 150,000 ante
Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad got paid off on a river bet holding the second-nut straight to reduce "Majki365" back down to about 25 million.
Majki365 had put up the "deal" flag at the beginning of the final table, and lo and behold, after every other player had been eliminated except one, that last opponent opted to click the deal box also. With about 20 seconds left in the deal-making time, both players agreed to the numbers put forth by GGPoker.
Haraldstad earns $249,926 while Majki365 gets $210,693 under the new payouts.
Level: 26
Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000
Ante: 150,000
Level 25
: 500,000/1,000,000, 125,000 ante
"Majki365" limped, Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad potted, Majki365 repotted and Haraldstad shoved. Majki365 was all in for about 19 milliom.
Majki365: 
Haraldstad: 
The 
brought a pair for Majki365 but the 
gave Haraldstad a straight. He needed only to fade a river spade but couldn't do so as the 
arrived.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
101,296,120
2,549,120
|
2,549,120 |
|
|
38,897,388
23,968,388
|
23,968,388 |
Level 25
: 500,000/1,000,000, 125,000 ante
Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad opened on the button and Bernard Larabi defended the big blind. Action checked to the turn on 
and Larabi potted for all but the last few thousand. Haraldstad shoved and Larabi called.
There was no drama left as 
, good for top set, had Larabi's 
drawing dead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 25
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 125,000
Level 24
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
Joachim "jochee" Haraldstad opened on the button for 2 million and faced a three-bet to 6.8 million by small blind "Majki365." Haraldstad shoved and Majki365 called for right around 7 million total.
Majki365: 
Haraldstad: 
It was a good spot for Majki365 and their hand held on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
98,747,000
-2,833,405
|
-2,833,405 |
|
|
14,929,000
2,736,528
|
2,736,528 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 100,000