The GGPoker Spring Festival is only into Day 3, but there’s already a Series Most Valuable Player frontrunner. Lev Gottlieb, who won a World Series of Poker bracelet last summer on GGPoker, took down a pair of $10,000 buy-in events on Tuesday, including the $10,300 Super MILLION$, for more than $900,000 in earnings.
Over the past 18 months, the Super MILLION$ on GGPoker has become a marquee online poker event with some of poker’s best players duking it out each week for their share of $2 million in prize money. On Tuesday, Gottlieb topped the super-sized 312-entry field in Event #5-H ($10,300 Super MILLION$) to win $586,075.23. Runner-up Pedro Garagnani was left to console himself with $451,925.51 while third place went to ‘LUCKuHARD‘ for $348,482.24.
At the same time, Gottlieb was working his way through 140 other players in Event #15-H ($10,300 Super Tuesday), including runner-up Joao Vieira and third place finisher Timothy Adams, to add another $320,728.78 to his haul for the day. Vieira, who made a couple of podium appearances on Tuesday, won $240,512.62, while Adams earned $180,359.04 for his performance.
The third and final five-figure buy-in event on the day, Event #15-H ($25,500 Super High Roller), drew 85 runners for a $2,125,000 prize pool. Ottomar Ladva, an Estonian chess grandmaster, beat all of them to win $446,446.20. This is Ladva’s second high-profile poker win this year. In February, he defeated Justin Bonomo heads up to take down the partypoker MILLIONS Online $25,000 Super High Roller. This time around, Marius Gierse was cast as the runner-up, earning $435,789.71 in the process and Juan Dominguez finished in third for $301,474.56.
All of that managed to overshadow another win for one of the best online poker players in the world. Niklas Astedt beat Shyngis Satubayev heads up to win Event #14-H ($1,050 PLO-NL Bounty) to win $39,974.81. Satubayev, who won a GGPoker Spring Festival event on Monday, earned $20,121.60 for falling one spot short of a second title. Vieira picked up an additional $16,832.17 for his third-place result.
Other players who found themselves standing tall at the end of a GGSF High event on Tuesday were ‘sisu‘ (Event #11-H), ‘kazanova2020‘ (Event #13-H), and Pulkit Goyal (Event #17-H).
Event #5: $10,300 Super MILLION$
Entries: 312
Prize pool: $3,120,000
- Lev ‘LevMeAlone’ Gottlieb – $586,075.23
- Pedro Garagnani – $451,925.51
- LUCKuHARD – $348,482.24
Event #11: $1,050 High Rollers Main Event
Entries: 630
Prize pool: $630,000
- sisu – $106,817.22
- jochee – $80,101.33
- HORN3T – $60,067.52
Event #13: $525 Bounty
Entries: 990
Prize pool: $495,000
- kazanova2020 – $49,273.71
- A Pateychuk – $24,763.22
- Aram Oganyan – $16,993.66
Event #14: $1,050 PLO-NL Bounty
Entries: 250
Prize pool: $250,000
- Niklas Astedt – $39,974.81
- S Satubayev – $20,121.60
- Joao Vieira – $16,832.17
Event #15: $10,300 Super Tuesday
Entries: 141
Prize pool: $1,410,000
- Lev ‘LevMeAlone’ Gottlieb- $320,728.78
- Joao Vieira – $240,512.62
- Timothy Adams – $180,359.04
Event #16: $25,500 Super High Roller
Entries: 85
Prize pool: $2,125,000
- Ottomar Ladva – $446,446.20
- Marius Gierse – $435,789.71
- Juan Dominguez – $301,474.56
Event #17: $525 Turbo [6-Max]
Entries: 471
Prize pool: $235,500
- Pulkit Goyal – $45,880.79
- Vulvasore – $33,172.59
- marlin5555 – $23,984.43
