Even though Brazil did not have any members at the final table of this week’s GGMillion$ High Rollers US$ 10.000, the title went to a Lusophone brother. Portugal’s Pedro Neves won the edition of GGPoker’s trendy High Roller tournament this Tuesday (17), reaching a prize of almost half a million dollars.
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This week’s GGMillion$ recorded 254 entries, raising the prize pool from the guaranteed US$ 2 million to US$ 2.463.800. The largest slice of this prize pool went to Pedro Neves, who managed to overcome all renowned opponents and pocket exactly US$ 480.386.
In the heads-up, Pedro Neves led from start to finish against the German Christoph Vogelsang, who left with US$ 370.428. Sven Andersson, from Sweden, completed the top 3, while the final table also featured other names of the caliber of Wiktor Malinowski and Ilya Anatski.
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Check out the final GGMillion$ standings:
- Pedro Neves (Portugal) – US$ 480.386
- Christoph Vogelsang (Germany) – US$ 370.428
- Sven Andersson (Sweden) – US$ 285.639
- Volodymyr Palamar (Ukraine) – US$ 220.258
- Ilya Anatski (Belarus) – US$ 169.842
- Wiktor Malinowski (Poland) – US$ 130.966
- João Tomás (Portugal) – US$ 100.988
- Alexander Kirichenko (Russia) – US$ 77.872
- Patrick Brooks (United Kingdom) – US$ 60.048
When the final table began, Pedro Neves had an intermediate stack, while Anatski led. However, the two took opposite paths until they collided, with the Portuguese player eliminating the Belarusian in 5-handed play. From then on, it was Neves who took the reins, until reaching the HU with an advantage and securing the title with A6o versus Vogelsang’s 83s on the A74K6 board with no flush chances.
Regularly, Brazil appears at the GGMillion$ final tables, as Gustavo Campos did last week. However, this time, no representative of the green and yellow flag made it there. The country’s players to reach ITM were Renan Bruschi (16º, US$ 29.649) and Rodrigo Selouan (27º, US$ 20.649).
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