Brazilian Gustavo Campos achieved an honorable fifth place in this week’s GGMillion$ High Rollers US$ 10,000. This Tuesday (10th), he played the final table of the popular competition on GGPoker and secured valuable payjumps after starting with the seventh largest stack.
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This week’s GGMillion$ registered 255 entries, raising the prize pool from the guaranteed US$ 2 million to US$ 2,473,500. By finishing in fifth place with his nickname “Gusscamposs”, Gustavo Campos secured a handsome prize of US$ 170,510. His elimination came at the hands of New Zealander Paul Hong.
Shortly after the elimination of German Leon Sturm in sixth place, Gustavo Campos was short-stacked and needed a double-up. In the big blind, he received KQ of hearts and saw Hong, in the small blind, put him all-in. The Brazilian called with his remaining 16 bbs, but saw the New Zealander show AJo.
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The flop J63 with J3 of hearts gave Campos outs, but the J of spades on the turn reduced his chances. He was still on a flush draw, however, he couldn’t complete the combination, as the 9 of spades appeared on the river.
Not a replay: Samuel Vousden wins again
At the time of Gustavo Campos’s elimination, Samuel Vousden was already comfortably leading the final table. He maintained this position until the end, confirming the title by defeating Ukrainian Denys Chufarin in heads-up. Thus, the Finn pocketed US$ 482,277, a US$ 10,000 package for the GGMillion$ Live Paradise, and a rare consecutive second championship in the competition.
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Check the final standings of the GGMillion$:
- Samuel Vousden (Finland) – US$ 482,277
- Denys Chufarin (Ukraine) – US$ 371,886
- Paul Hong (New Zealand) – US$ 286,763
- Aliaksei Boika (Belarus) – US$ 221,125
- Gustavo Campos (Brazil) – US$ 170,510
- Leon Sturm (Germany) – US$ 131,481
- “Feofan777” (Russia) – US$ 101,386
- Josef Schusteritsch (Austria) – US$ 78,179
- Alexander Zubov (Russia) – US$ 60,284
