Day 9 of the Natural8 GGSeries 2020s offered a lighter schedule than the previous day with only 47 games offered however that didn’t stop players from piling in. In the aftermath, 23,585 entered and $ 1.75M was paid out. This brought about a cumulative prize pool of over $ 26 million after 442 games tallied.
Plenty more days of games up ahead. The festival got rolling on April 5 and is scheduled to run until April 26. Over half of the $ 50 million guarantee has been dished out. Just as exciting are the cash tables offering low buy ins to top of the line games. Make sure to check those out. For now, read up on the recent top stories.
Jadeito is the day’s single largest and biggest winner
Day 9’s single largest tournament winner was player Jadeito after crushing the Daily Main High Roller tier. For his achievement, Jadeito collected a handsome score of $ 88,861.06 . Jadeito also cashed in two other events to bring his total winnings to $ 106,009.30 becoming the only player to pocket six figures. Jadeito moved from 30th to 16th rank in the GGSeries 2020s Leader Board.
GGS 145-HR: $5K Daily Main
Guarantee: $15,000
Entries: 54
Prize pool: $ 256,500
ITM: 7 places
Payouts
1st Jadeito – UK – $ 88,861.06
2nd TheProfessional – Canada – $ 54,306.92
3rd fat&lazy – Canada – $ 39,204.04
4th EP2019 – Netherlands – $ 28,301.31
5th Richard Reid – Canada – $ 20,430.66
6th SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 14,748.85
7th TheCleaner11 – Croatia – $ 10,647.16
SasukeUchiha cashes in six events to climb into 2nd rank
Another big day at the races for player SasukeUchiha who moved up the leader board once again. SasukeUchiha cashed in six events, one of which was a victory, to earn over 1,600 points and climb into 2nd rank just below player WooKah. This also gained SasukeUchiha a pocketful $ 83,447.19. Listed below were SasukeUchiha’s largest scores of Day 9.
GGS 149-HR: $5K
Guarantee: $125,000
Entries: 29
Prize pool: $ 137,750
ITM: 4 places
Payouts
1st great poker – Croatia – $ 61,924.41
2nd SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 38,058.71
3rd pDNA – UK – $ 23,390.87
4th Jadeito UK – $ 14,376.01
GGS 145-HR: $5K Daily Main
Guarantee: $15,000
Entries: 54
Prize pool: $ 256,500
ITM: 7 places
Winner: Jadeito – UK – $ 88,861.06
6th SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 14,748.85
GGS 148-HR: $2.5K
Guarantee: $80,000
Entries: 54
Prize pool: $ 128,250
ITM: 7 places
Payouts
1st Multi Account – Canada – $ 44,340.54
2nd porsche911sp – Qatar – $ 27,153.46
3rd great poker – Croatia – $ 19,602.02
4th SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 14,150.65
5th WooKah – Germany – $ 10,215.33
6th TEET1ME – Canada – $ 7,374.42
7th KathyLehne – Canada – $ 5,323.58
GGS 153-HR: $1K Hyper
Guarantee: $20,000
Entries: 23
Prize pool: $ 21,850
ITM: 3 places
Payouts
1st SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 8,984.41 (deal)
2nd TuucJenji8888 – Canada – $ 9,338.36 (deal)
3rd PocketJah – Canada – $ 3,527.23
WooKah continues to dominate the GGSeries 2020s Leader Board
For eight days straight, player WooKah continued to command the GGSeries 2020s Leader Board. WooKah cashed in six events of which one was a triumph at the largest High Roller field of Day 9. This created a very large gap of 2,915.80 to his nearest challenger SasukeUchiha. WooKah earned $ 31,402.34 for the day. Listed below was the event WooKah championed.
| Rank | Nickname | Points | Prize |
| 1 | WooKah | 12,268.14 | $37,500.00 |
| 2 | (8) SasukeUchiha | 9,352.34 | $29,000.00 |
| 3 | FuTimReilly | 8,352.56 | $23,500.00 |
| 4 | jueeeepucha | 7,922.19 | $18,500.00 |
| 5 | Multi Account | 7,558.30 | $15,500.00 |
| 6 | KathyLehne | 7,070.52 | $13,000.00 |
| 7 | TuucJenji888 | 6,993.63 | $11,500.00 |
| 8 | mach 5 retard | 6,886.76 | $10,200.00 |
| 9 | The_Answer | 6,709.40 | $9,100.00 |
| 10 | LIinusLLove | 5,848.84 | $8,300.00 |
GGS 143-HR: $1K
Guarantee: $75,000
Entries: 96
Prize pool: $ 91,200
ITM: 13 places
Winner: WooKah – Germany – $ 21,613.55
Largest High Roller field of Day 9
Multi winner – ImBackBaby
Player ImBackBaby was the only multi winner of Day 9. ImBackBaby shipped two Bounty events to take home over $ 11K. ImBackBaby is currently ranked 46th in the Leader Board.
GGS 150-H: $525 Bounty Turbo [6-Max]
Guarantee: $30,000
Entries: 67
Prize pool: $ 33,500
Winner: ImBackBaby – Israel – $ 8,567.43 includes 15 bounties worth $ 250 each
GGS 139-M: $31.50 Bounty Hyper [6-Max]
Guarantee: $2,500
Entries: 358
Prize pool: $ 12,500
Winner: ImBackBaby – Israel – $ 2,135.29 (deal) includes 73 bounties worth $ 15 each
Daily Specials
The Daily Specials continue to be very popular with the low buy ins offering large guarantees. Below are the events’ latest champions.
GGS 142: $88 Daily Special
Guarantee: $80,000
Entries: 929
Prize pool: $ 80,000
ITM: 161 places
Winner: IWC20 – Vietnam – $ 13,112.58
GGS 140: $55 Daily Special
Guarantee: $50,000
Entries: 988
Prize pool: $ 50,000
ITM: 161 places
Winner: Pura_Vida_Mae – UK – $ 8,195.50
GGS 138: $33 Daily Special
Guarantee: $30,000
Entries: 1,020
Prize pool: $ 30,967.20
ITM: 161 places
Winner: tormento – Germany – $ 5,076.04
Top bounty hunter
Day 9’s most profitable bounty hunter was player johny at the $210 Bounty Special. johny also brought down the axe on over 90 punters to score a combined total $ 18,476.94.
GGS 144: $210 Bounty Special
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 505
Prize pool: $ 101,000
Winner: johny – Germany – $ 18,476.94 includes 95 bounties worth $ 100 each
Mid and Low tiered Daily Main results
In addition to the High Roller and High tiered Daily Mains listed above, here are the winners of the bottom two tiers. Each of these tiers brought in a healthy field of over 1000 entries.
GGS 145-M: $50 Daily Main
Guarantee: $50,000
Entries: 1,034
Prize pool: $ 50,000
ITM: 179 places
Final table payouts
1st David Wallace – Brazil – $ 6,917.87 (deal)
2nd ArmStronGG – Belarus – $ 7,028.57 (deal)
3rd puntasaurus – UK – $ 4,194.08
4th NLongBottom – UK – $ 3,015.58
5th NeverIsEasyMan – Brazil – $ 2,168.23
6th P2VB – Israel – $ 1,558.98
7th frinKss777 – Israel – $ 1,120.92
8th peterpan27793 – Germany – $ 805.95
9th DIE_ANTON – Germany – $ 579.49
GGS 145-L: $5 Daily Main
Guarantee: $7,500
Entries: 1,537
Prize pool: $ 7,500
ITM: 251 places
Final table payouts
1st Polittechnolog – Russia – $ 1,145.71
2nd evenstacknow – Canada – $ 823.11
3rd Moergis.cz – Germany – $ 591.81
4th TheLastDodo – $ 425.52
5th LediMary887 – Russia – $ 305.95
6th ricardosoad – Brazil – $ 219.98
7th junimoe19 – Germany – $ 158.17
8th haistagang – Estonia – $ 113.72
9th Vagabund_13 – Russia – $ 81.77
Starter results
As always, kicking off Day 9 were the Starter events. Listed below are the winners of each tier.
GGS 137-H: $200 Starter
Guarantee: $40,000
Entries: 176
Prize pool: $ 40,000
ITM: 27 places
Winner: Easterdamnz – Belgium – $ 8,015.98
GGS 137-M: $20 Starter
Guarantee: $15,000
Entries: 1,009
Prize pool: $ 18,565.60
ITM: 161 places
Winner: TheBestof Bests – Brazil – $3,043.36
GGS 137-L: $2 Starter
Guarantee: $2,000
Entries: 1,728
Prize pool: $ 3,179.52
ITM: 287 places
Winner: Kamora – Russia – $ 482.90
Biggest prize pools of Day 9
GGS 145-HR: $5K Daily Main
Guarantee: $15,000
Entries: 54
Prize pool: $ 256,500
ITM: 7 places
Winner: Jadeito – UK – $ 88,861.06
GGS 145-H: $500 Daily Main
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 475
Prize pool: $ $ 100,000
ITM: 27 places
1st NoTekJusThro – Romania – $ 19,663.10
2nd Code Red – Ukraine – $ 15,002.03
3rd StephenEdwards19 – UK – $ 11,445.86
4th MAMOHT-T Russia – $ 8,732.66
5th BillionME – Brazil – $ 6,662.61
6th Moist – New Zealand – $ 5,083.26
7th bil01 – Brazil – $ 3,878.29
8th FeelsGTOman – Germany – $ 2,958.96
9th sissyphus – Bulgaria – $ 2,257.55
GGS146-H: $1K
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 102
Prize pool: $ 100,000
ITM: 15 places
Payouts
1st azbana – Brazil – $ 22,902.86
2nd ChaoJiang11 – Canada – $ 17,245.17
3rd RoosterBooster – Canada – $ 12,985.10
4th JosephFrizzl – Netherlands – $ 9,777.39
5th Unfortunate-Jim – Malta – $ 7,362.08
6th jueeeepucha – Mexico – 5,543.42
7th JCardz – Canada – $ 4,174.02
8th Babasupersonic – Argentina – $ 3,142.92
9th Jadeito – UK – $ 2,772.23
10th UgotKantchanned -Brazil – $ 2,445.27
11th TEET1ME – Canada – $ 2,445.27
12th mach 5 retard – Canada – $ 2,445.27
13th escobarry – Belgium – $ 2,445.27
14th asonth$ 2,445.27e river – Finland – $ 2,156.86
15th chinanumberone – Brazil – $ 2,156.86
GGS 146-M: $125
Guarantee: $70,000
Entries: 557
Prize pool: $ 70,000
ITM: 89 places
Winner: shroooms – Monaco – $ 12,386.23
GGS 146-L: $10
Guarantee: $8,000
Entries: 759
Prize pool: $ 8,000
ITM: 125 places
Winner: Zatevaxa – Russia – $ 1,359.71
Largest fields
GGS 143-HR: $1K
Guarantee: $75,000
Entries: 96
Prize pool: $ 91,200
ITM: 13 places
Winner: WooKah – Germany – $ 21,613.55
GGS 143-H: $100
Guarantee: $50,000
Entries: 512
Prize pool: $ 50, 000
ITM: 89 places
Winner: Vladiator13 – Lithuania – $ 8,847.21
GGS 143-M: $10
Guarantee: $10,000
Entries: 1,250
Prize pool: $ 11,500
ITM: 215 places
Winner: Anchelotti – Russia – $ 1,793.82
GGS 137-L: $2 Starter
Guarantee: $2,000
Entries: 1,728
Prize pool: $ 3,179.52
ITM: 287 places
Winner: Kamora – Russia – $ 482.90
Other High Roller and High results
GGS 147-HR: $1K Omaha
Guarantee: $ 40,000
Entries: 42
Prize pool: $ 40,000
ITM: 5 places
Payouts
1st samyT – Antigua – $ 17,063.36
2nd espiei – $ 10,081.91
3rd ninoboys80 – Albania – $ 6,346
4th SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 3,994.45
5th Jonah Hill – Sweden – $ 2,514.28
GGS 152-HR: $1K Turbo
Guarantee: $30,000
Entries: 37
Prize pool: $ 35,150
ITM: 5 places
Payouts
1st D.Washington – Argentina – $ 14,994.44
2nd KathyLehne – Canada – $ 8,859.48
3rd keves-esh – Israel – $ 5,576.54
4th SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 3,510.12
5th jueeeepucha – Mexico – $ 2,209.42
GGS 152-H: $500
Guarantee: $30,000
Entries: 67
Prize pool: $ 31,825
ITM: 9 places
Payouts
1st mach 5 retard – Canada – $ 8,752.29
2nd sesase123 – Germany – $ 5,849.67
3rd WooKah – Germany – $ 4,573.74
4th koalified – Germanay – $ 3,576.12
5th jueeeepucha – Mexico $ 2,796.10
7th Peleus34 – Hong Kong – $ 1,709.36
8th RoosterBooster – Canada – $ 1,336.51
9th Flyin1000 – Canada – $ 1,044.99
GGS 152A-HR: $500 Turbo
Guarantee: $20,000
Entries: 46
Prize pool: $ 21,850
ITM: 6 places
Payouts
1st ChaoJiang11 – Canada – $ 8,349.98
2nd escobarry – Belgium – $ 5,134.31
3rd Belliatori – Croatia – $ 3,448.58
4th Imaxc – China – $ 2,316.32
5th sesase123 – Germany – $ 1,555.81
6th koalified – Germany – $ 1,045
GGS 148-H: $250
Guarantee: $50,000
Entries: 228
Prize pool: $ 52,440
ITM: 39 places
Winner: playboy1983 – Switzerland – $ 10,117.57
GGS Phased: $500, 750K GTD heats
Another two GGS Phased: $500, 750K GTD heats completed to bring the total entries up to 248 and qualifiers into Day 2 to 37 players. A prize pool of $500K is guaranteed; the current tally after 4 heats is $ 119,225. Below are the latest results.
GGS Phased: $500, $750K GTD [Day 1]
Time: 21:00
Entries: 49
Advanced to Day 2: 6 places
Chip leader: Pounders – Canada – 823,955
GGS Phased: $500, $750K GTD [Day 1]
Time: 1:00
Entries: 109
Advanced to Day 2: 16 players
Chip leader: Boxer fire – Hong Kong – 537,096
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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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