We are getting down to the wire here at the Natural8 GGSeries 2020s festival. After 17 days of nonstop games, the series has now paid out $ 49.7 million which means it will completely demolish its $ 50 million guarantee. The series opened on April 5 with games running through April 26. Over 830 games have been completed with another 220 or so remaining.
Cash games ranging from low to premium buy ins are also running daily. Here’s a look at the top stories of Day 17.
Another six figure win for Golden snitch
For the second day in a row, player Golden snitch came out the wealthiest after shipping two events. The larger payout was for $ 115.3K at the Daily Main High Roller tier becoming the only player of Day 17 to win six figures in a single event. This event also generated the richest prize pool of the day and is now the second biggest apart from the Phased events. Golden snitch’s second six figure win having won the first one at the recent Sunday Main High Roller tier. Golden snitch moved up from 12th rank to the top 10 in the GGSeries 2020s Leader Board.
$300,000 GGSeries Leaderboard
| Rank | Nickname | Points | Prize |
| 1 | WooKah | 23,178.14 | $37,500.00 |
| 2 | (8) SasukeUchiha | 19,455.49 | $29,000.00 |
| 3 | Multi Account | 18,872.00 | $23,500.00 |
| 4 | PocketJah | 17,767.24 | $18,500.00 |
| 5 | TuucJenji888 | 16,550.36 | $15,500.00 |
| 6 | jueeeepucha | 15,813.80 | $13,000.00 |
| 7 | FuTimReilly | 13,570.87 | $11,500.00 |
| 8 | KathyLehne | 13,386.98 | $10,200.00 |
| 9 | The_Answer | 12,212.70 | $9,100.00 |
| 10 | Golden snitch | 12,017.09 | $8,300.00 |
GGS 282-HR: $5K Daily Main
Guarantee: $200,000
Entries: 106
Prize pool: $ 503,500
ITM: 15 places
Payouts
1st Golden snitch – UK – $ 115,315.96
2nd PabloPotatoe – Austria – 86,829.43
3rd great poker – Croatia – $ 65,379.97
4th PocketJah – Canada – $ 49,229.15
5th MuckCMuckC – Germany – $ 37,068.07
6th RickDaltonR – Mexico – $ 27,911.11
7th The_Answer – Mexico – $ 21,016.24
8th HogFish333 – Switzerland – $ 15,824.60
9th TheProfessional – Canada – $ 13,958.17
10th Mikhail Tal – Croatia – $ 12,311.93
11th porsche911sp – Qatar – $ 12,311.93
12th Kralius – Croatia – $ 12,311.93
13th HONEYDETECTED – UK – $ 12,311.93
14th InsanityWaterline- Croatia – $ 10,859.79
15th CallthePolice – Canada – $ 10,859.79
GGS 279A-HR: $2.5K
Guarantee: $75,000
Entries: 58
Prize pool: $ 137,750
ITM: 7 places
Payouts
1st Golden snitch – UK – $ 47,721.70
2nd Krissyb24 – Canada – $ 29,164.82
3rd WooKah – Germany – $ 21,054.02
4th CallthePolice – Canada – $ 15,198.85
5th Jadeito – UK – $ 10,972.02
6th vamossuerte – Canada – $ 7,920.68
7th Jisssses – Hungary – $ 5,717.91
Big payday Multi Account and The_Answer
Other top 10 ranked players, Multi Account and The_Answer, performed just as well. Both closed out a $5K High Roller event to collect the second and third largest single event payouts. Combined with their other winnings of the day, both earned around $ 100K.
GGS 286-HR: $5K
Guarantee: $200,000
Entries: 70
Prize pool: $ 332,500
ITM: 9 places
Payouts
1st Multi Account – Canada – $ 91,441.32
2nd GASTRADER – Canada – $ 61,115.99
3rd RickDaltonR – Mexico – $ 47,785.43
4th MuckCMuckC – Germany – $ 37,362.52
5th HogFish333 – Switzerland – $ 29,213.05
6th notsureif – Austria – $ 22,841.12
7th SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 17,859.04
8th TheProfessional – Canada – $ 13,963.63
9th Jrussyb24 – Canada – $ 10,917.90
GGS 289-HR: $5K
Guarantee: $150,000
Entries: 39
Prize pool: $ 185,250
ITM: 4 places
Payouts
1st The_Answer – Mexico – $ 79,024.67
2nd Krissyb24 – Canada – $ 46,691.85
3rd porsche911sp – Qatar – $ 29,389.91
4th TheProfessional – Canada – $ 18,499.30
5th PrettyPuff – Canada – $ 11,644.27
Two wins for B3ndTheKnee
Player B3ndTheKnee joined the Leader Board top 100 list after crushing two events, the Daily Main High tier and the Omaha High Roller tier. This brought a combined $ 44K in winnings.
GGS 282-H: $500 Daily Main
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 273
Prize pool: $ 129,675
ITM: 39 places
Final table payouts
1st B3ndTheKnee – Mexico – $ 24,729.13
2nd escobarry – Belgium – $ 18,391.49
3rd brynkenneyAA – UK – $ 13,678.14
4th BillLewinsky – Netherlands – $ 10,172.71
5th NeverGambol – Lithuania – $ 7,565.66
6th Any2Cantu – Mexico – $ 5,626.74
7th D.Washington – Argentina – $ 4,184.72
8th Donghong Wan – Japan – $ 3,112.27
9th davido770 – Brazil – $ 2,314.65
GGS 284-HR: $1K Omaha
Guarantee: $ 40,000
Entries: 59
Prize pool: $ 56,050
ITM: 7 places
Payouts
1st B3ndTheKnee – Mexico – $ 19,417.81
2nd Babasupersonic – Argentina – $ 11,867.06
3rd KeijjoKonvehti – Finland – $ 8,566.81
4th DraganGalic – Austria – $ 6,184.36
5th OneAndOnly – Hungary – $ 4,464.47
6th Jonah Hill – Sweden – $ 3,222.89
7th GambleOrDaslt? – Mexico – $ 2,326.60
Simultaneous bounty event wins for waransan
Player waransan was the only player of the day to win two tiers of the same event. Player waransan won the GGS 275-H $105 Bounty Hyper [6-Max] and GGS 275-M $31.50 Bounty Hyper [6-Max], both events held simultaneously. For this achievement, we recognize waransan as one of the top bounty hunters of Day 17.
GGS 275-H: $105 Bounty Hyper [6-Max]
Guarantee: $20,000
Entries: 184
Prize pool: $ 20,000
Winner: waransan – Germany – $ 4,483.96
GGS 275-M: $31.50 Bounty Hyper [6-Max]
Guarantee: $12,500
Entries: 395
Prize pool: $ 12,500
Winner: waransan – Germany – $ 2,320.42
SasukeUchiha – Top Bounty earner
Earning the most in the Bounty category was SasukeUchiha after taking down the GGS 281: $210 Bounty Special for nearly $16K. SasukeUchiha closed out the day winning a second event to collect $27K combined. SasukeUchiha continues to hold second rank in the Leader Board.
GGS 281: $210 Bounty Special
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 508
Prize pool: $ 101,600
Winner: SasukeUchiha – 15,986.65 (deal)
2nd El Internado – Andorra – $ 9,394.67 (deal)
3rd puntwiththebest – UK – $ 8,853.77
4th vincin – Vietnam – $ 5,079.65
GGS 290-HR: $1K Hyper
Guarantee: $20,000
Entries: 26
Prize pool: $ 24,700
ITM: 4 places
Payouts
1st SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 11,103.70
2nd KathyLehne – Canada – $ 6,824.32
3rd Krissyb24 – Canada – $ 4,194.22
4th laolalo – Israel – $ 2,577.76
Race ledaer WooKah hauls in another two events
In mentioning the Leader Board, top ranked player WooKah made our recap once again. Not only has WooKah owned pole position since Day 2, WooKah has also managed to keep a wide gap from his closest challengers. Among WooKah’s deep runs in Day 17 were two victories.
GGS 289-HR: $1K Turbo
Guarantee: $30,000
Entries: 38
Prize pool: $ 36,100
ITM: 5 places
Payouts
1st WooKah – Germany – $ 15,399.69
2nd TheProdigalSen – Canada – $ 9,098.92
3rd Babasupersonic – Argentina – $ 5,727.26
4th PocketJah – Canada – $ 3,604.99
5th jueeeepucha – Mexico – $ 2,269.14
GGS 289A-H: $500 Turbo
Guarantee: $20,000
Entries: 55
Prize pool: $ 26,125
ITM: 7 places
Winner: WooKah – Germany – $ 9,050.68
Other Daily Main results
GGS 282-M: $50 Daily Main
Guarantee: $50,000
Entries: 1,034
Prize pool: $ 50,000
ITM: 179 places
Winner: futomaki – Netherlands – $ 8,113.29
2nd r0cknfolama – Belarus – $ 5,833.15
3rd RR007 – Kazakhstan – $ 4,194.08
GGS 282-L: $5 Daily Main
Guarantee: $7,500
Entries: 1,334
Prize pool: $ 7,500
ITM: 215 places
Winner: Emperorl – Cyprus – $ 1,040.07 (deal)
2nd lucky punch – Russia – $ 978.18 (deal)
Starter results
GGS 273-H: $200 Starter
Guarantee: $40,000
Entries: 220
Prize pool: $ 40,480
ITM: 35 places
Winner: LUCKYBabies – Singapore – $ 7,916.20
6th Henri Buehler – Austria – $ 1,752.98
GGS 273-M: $20 Starter
Guarantee: $20,000
Entries: 1,089
Prize pool: $ 20,037.60
ITM:
Winner: jamesg777 – UK – $ 3,251.88
GGS 273-L: $2 Starter
Guarantee: $3,000
Entries: 2,016
Prize pool: $ 3,709.44
ITM: 341 places
Winner: Incandenza – Russia – $ 448.64 (deal)
2nd _ShockLaSat_ – Vietnam – $ 400.18 (deal)
3rd Pashka454 – Russia – $ 383.22 (deal)
Daily Specials
GGS 278: $88 Daily Special
Guarantee: $80,000
Entries: 946
Prize pool: $ 80,000
ITM: 161 places
Winner: Jcm_1995 – Albania – $ 13,112.58
GGS 276: $55 Daily Special
Guarantee: $50,000
Entries: 967
Prize pool: $ 50,000
ITM: 161 places
Winner: S.Crosby – Canada – $ 8,195.50
GGS 274: $33 Daily Special
Guarantee: $30,000
Entries: 975
Prize pool: $ 30,000
ITM: 161 places
Winner: -PPI- Netherlands – $ 4,917.40
Other High Roller and High results
GGS 284A-HR: $5K Omaha
Guarantee: $75,000
Entries: 24
Prize pool: $ 114,000
ITM: 3 places
Payouts
1st Mikhail Tal – Croatia – $ 59,565.01
2nd bastou – Finland – $ 36,032.02
3rd JustaCluster – Canada – $ 18,402.97
GGS 285-HR: $2.5K
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 59
Prize pool: $ 140,125
ITM: 7 places
Payouts
1st great poker – Croatia – $ 48,544.48
2nd Jebron Lames – Canada – $ 29,667.67
3rd Unfortunate-Jim – Malta – $ 21,417.02
4th JosephFrizzl – Netherlands – $ 15,460.90
5th KathyLehne – Canada – $ 11,161.19
6th Multi Accont – Canada – $ 8,057.24
7th SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 5,816.50
GGS 290-HR: $5K
Guarantee: $50,000
Entries: 19
Prize pool: $ 90,250
ITM: 3 places
Payouts
1st TheProfessional – Canada – $ 47,155.63
2nd VaPaCooler – Uruguay – $ 28,525.35
3rd PagoPagoPago – Canada – $ 14,569.02
GGS 283-H: $1K
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 103
Prize pool: $ 100,000
ITM: 15 places
Payouts
1st Nator – Mexico – $ 22,902.86
2nd Supreme8 – Germany – $ 17,245.17
3rd RealRaw – Canada – $ 12,985.10
4th shroooms – Indonesia – $ 9,777.39
5th SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 7,362.08
6th jueeeepucha – Mexico – $ 5,543.42
7th TEET1ME – Canada – $ 4,174.02
GGS 279-HR: $1K
Guarantee: $75,000
Entries: 88
Prize pool: $ 83,600
ITM: 13 places
Final table payouts
1st mikkudiv – India – $ 19,812.41
2nd jueeeepucha – Mexico – $ 15,004.43
3rd Aladjinn – Hungary – $ 11,363.25
4th Trashdawg – Albania – $ 8,605.69
5th TuucJenji888 – Canada – $ 6,517.31
6th Feral – Czech Republic – $ 4,935.73
7th fkbedtime – Germany – $ 3,737.95
8th ZABOUR 26 – Brazil – $ 2,830.85
9th Jisssses – Hungary – $ 2,432.38
Phased Event results
The next Phased event has begun with 377 entries so far and 55 qualifying to Day 2. This event offers the largest guarantee of the three Phased events. For a buy in of $1K, players have a chance at a guaranteed $ 1 million prIze pool. With the other two Phased events – $500K GTD and $750K GTD – well exceeding its guarantee, there is every indication this last one will achieve the same. Three starting heats offered daily until April 26. Latest heat results below.
Among the day’s qualifiers was MaShaAllah who recently won the GGS Phased $500, $750K GTD for $ 135K. Current chip leader is PabloPotatoe with 1,215,635 who qualified in Day 17.
GGS Phased: $1K, $1M GTD [Day 1]
Time: 22:00
Entries: 40
Advanced to Day 2: 4 players
Chip leader: PabloPotatoe – Austria – 1,215,635
GGS Phased: $1K, $1M GTD [Day 1]
Time: 1:00
Entries: 63
Advanced to Day 2: 8 players
Chip leader: ViloAvo – Estonia – 740,054
GGS Phased: $1K, $1M GTD [Day 1 Turbo]
Time: 4:00
Entries: 31
Advanced to Day 2: 7 players
Chip leader: Imar54 – New Zealand – 343,228
Somuchpoker will continue to track the Natural8 GGSeries 2020s. Check back with us for the daily recaps.
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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