Event #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship
Day 2 Completed
2023 WSOP Paradise
Event #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 WSOP Paradise
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$13,325,000
Entries
533
Level
34
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Entries
80
Players Left
8
Level 27
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
The penultimate day of Event #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship has concluded at the 2023 World Series of Poker Paradise. The third and final day will resume at 2 p.m. local time at Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas.
After two starting flights and an online flight, the event brought a total of 533 entries to the felt to generate a huge prize pool of $13,325,000. Only 80 players returned to Day 2 in the money and at the end of the day, only eight remained. Each remaining player has locked up $267,500, but all eyes will be on the WSOP bracelet and $2,726,300 first-place prize.
Leading the final eight players is Germany’s Daniel Smiljkovic with just over 51 big blinds when play resumes. Arunas Sapitavicius, Klemens Roiter, Matthew Stumpf, Frank Brannan, Damian Salas, Adrian Mateos, and Samuel Mullur round out the players who will be returning to the final table which is slated to be livestreamed on the GGPoker YouTube channel.
$25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship Final Table
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Smiljkovic | Germany | 30,800,000 | 51 |
| 2 | Frank Brannan | United States | 16,200,000 | 27 |
| 3 | Samuel Mullur | Austria | 9,150,000 | 15 |
| 4 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 11,325,000 | 18 |
| 5 | Klemens Roiter | Austria | 17,700,000 | 29 |
| 6 | Arunas Sapitavicius | Lithuania | 17,725,000 | 29 |
| 7 | Damian Salas | Argentina | 14,225,000 | 23 |
| 8 | Matthew Stumpf | Canada | 16,300,000 | 27 |
Day 2 Action
The day kicked off with 80 players all in the money and the eliminations came quickly. Some of the players who busted early in the day include Bertrand Grospellier, Justin Bonomo, Ren Lin, Ben Heath, Michael Duek, and WSOP Main Event champions Koray Aldemir and Espen Jorstad.
Mateos miraculously finds himself at the final table, even after having been down to one big blind earlier in the day. In a hand where Erik Seidel rivered a straight, Mateos was left with about 150,000 and spun it back up to return to the final day with an opportunity for a fifth bracelet.
Daniel Negreanu came into the day with hopes of a long-awaited seventh bracelet but he’ll have to wait another day. He got his chips in as a favorite against Sapitavicius, but Negreanu fell behind on the turn and was eliminated in 26th place.
Other notable players who ran deep but fell short of the final table include Artur Martirosian (11th - $164,900), Thomas Muehloecker (13th - $132,800), Daniel Dvoress (18th - $90,700), Erik Seidel (19th - $90,700), Jason Koon (22nd - $90,700), and Seth Davies (24th - $77,000).
Final Table Results & Remaining Payouts
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $2,726,300 | |
| 2nd | $1,684,500 | |
| 3rd | $1,192,300 | |
| 4th | $856,800 | |
| 5th | $625,400 | |
| 6th | $463,700 | |
| 7th | $349,400 | |
| 8th | $267,500 | |
| 9th | Renat Bohdanov | $208,300 |
Day 3 will begin at 2 p.m. local time on Friday, December 8. Level 28 will begin with blinds of 300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 big blind ante.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team continues to provide updates from WSOP Paradise at Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in The Bahamas until a winner is crowned.
Level 27
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
17,725,000
-1,275,000
|
-1,275,000 |
|
17,700,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
16,300,000 | |
|
16,200,000
-1,800,000
|
-1,800,000 |
|
|
||
|
14,225,000
-575,000
|
-575,000 |
|
||
|
11,325,000
725,000
|
725,000 |
|
||
|
9,150,000
-1,850,000
|
-1,850,000 |
|
|
||
Level 27
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
The final eight players have bagged for the night and will return tomorrow at 2:00 p.m.
A full recap of the day will be posted shortly.
Level 27
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Daniel Smiljkovic raised to 1,000,000 from late position only to see Renat Bohdanov jam from the big blind for 12,800,000. Smiljkovic wasted little time in making the call to set up a runout with Bohdanov the player at risk.
Renat Bohdanov: A♣3♣
Daniel Smiljkovic: A♦Q♣
The board ran out 7♥4♦7♣2♦6♦, leaving Bohdanov in second place and sending him home in ninth place for $208,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,700,000
9,400,000
|
9,400,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 27
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Matthew Stumpf shoved from the small blind for 7,400,000 and Daniel Smiljkovic looked him up from the big blind without hesitation.
Matthew Stumpf: A♦K♠
Daniel Smiljkovic: Q♣Q♥
The board ran out 8♠3♦7♠6♣A♣ and Stumpf found a pair of aces on the river to stay in the game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,300,000
-7,300,000
|
-7,300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
16,300,000
10,925,000
|
10,925,000 |
Level 27
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Smiljkovic | Germany | 29,000,000 | 58 |
| 2 | Frank Brannan | United States | 18,000,000 | 36 |
| 3 | Samuel Mullur | Austria | 11,000,000 | 22 |
| 4 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 10,600,000 | 21 |
| 5 | Klemens Roiter | Austria | 17,300,000 | 34 |
| 6 | Renat Bohdanov | Ukraine | 8,000,000 | 16 |
| 7 | Arunas Sapitavicius | Lithuania | 19,000,000 | 38 |
| 8 | Damian Salas | Argentina | 14,800,000 | 29 |
| 9 | Matthew Stumpf | Canada | 7,400,000 | 14 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
19,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
18,000,000
-1,300,000
|
-1,300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
17,300,000
2,300,000
|
2,300,000 |
|
|
14,800,000
-3,200,000
|
-3,200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
11,000,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
10,600,000
-1,900,000
|
-1,900,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
8,000,000
-1,900,000
|
-1,900,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
7,400,000
2,025,000
|
2,025,000 |
Level 27
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Vladimir Minko raised to 1,000,000 from the cutoff and found a caller in Frank Brannan in the big blind before seeing the flop come 2♥7♠9♣.
Brannan checked over to Minko who continued with a bet for 600,000 only to see Brannan reach into his stack and come back out with a check raise to 1,500,000.
Minko paused for a moment but didn't need much time before deciding on jamming for 4,300,000 only to see Branna put in the snap-call to set up a runout with Minko the player at risk.
Vladimir Minko: J♦10♥
Frank Brannan: A♠A♥
Minko quickly got the bad news that Brannan had trapped with aces and would need to hit his gut-shot straight draw or go runner-runner to come from behind and extend his tournament run, but when the board ran out with the 4♠ and 5♠, Minko would be forced to stand up and exit the the tournament in 10th place for $164,900.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,300,000
5,000,000
|
5,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 27
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Renat Bohdanov limped the small blind and Damian Salas checked his option.
The dealer spread the A♣8♥3♣ flop and Bohdanov bet 500,000. Salas called.
The 6♠ landed on the turn and Bohdanov continued for 1,750,000. Salas again called.
The 3♠ fell on the river and Bohdanov checked. Salas bet 1,525,000 and Bohdanov quickly sent his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,000,000
4,575,000
|
4,575,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
9,900,000
-1,100,000
|
-1,100,000 |
|
|
||
Level 27
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Arunas Sapitavicius completed in the small blind and Klemens Roiter checked his option in the big blind.
Sapitavicius bet 500,000 on the flop of 2♣7♠A♣ and Roiter called. Sapitavicius then checked on the 7♥ turn and Roiter checked back.
The J♠ river completed the board and Sapitavicius bet 850,000. Roiter laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,000,000
-2,000,000
|
-2,000,000 |
|
|
15,000,000
1,425,000
|
1,425,000 |