Lex Veldhuis streamed and finished as runner-up in the GGPoker World Carnival 5,250 Bounty Hunter Main Event, while Corentin Soulier...
Corentin Soulier won the heads-up match, earning 5,250 Bounty Hunter. He also finished as runner-up in the main event, which was streamed live. The 10KG GMillion main event guarantees 1 TP, 4 T, and 10M, and is currently underway.
Two years ago, Lex Veldhuis, then a PokerStars ambassador, won his first SCOOP (Small Open Online Poker) championship while livestreaming his own poker game. That same year, he even won the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) while dressed as Ali G! Fast forward a few days, and the popular Dutch player nearly replicated a similar feat at the GGPoker World Carnival.
Veldhuis is 5,250 Bounty Hunters was one of 111 entrants in Sunday's Main Event, which offered...The total prize pool is 555,000. As usual, when Veldhuis participates in high-stakes online poker tournaments, he streams his matches on Twitch.
Veldhuis performed exceptionally well at the nine-player final table. After Ignacio Moron, Ole Schemion, and Arsenii Malinov were eliminated, Veldhuis was second in chips with only six players remaining.
China's "yyyyy96" was subsequently eliminated, followed by Boris Angelov and Andrii Novak, leaving Veldhuis to face Corentin Soulier and Viacheslav Buldygin in a three-way battle. The latter was eliminated by Corentin, and the match entered the one-on-one stage.
Heads-up play began with Veldhuis leading Soulier by 50.3 to 41.7 big blinds, but early pots were flowing into Corentin's side.
In the final hand, Soulier raised, and Veldhuis defended in the big blind with K7 suited. The flop came Q, 10, 10 with two spades, and Veldhuis checked and called a small continuation bet. The turn brought a 2, revealing two diamonds, and Veldhuis checked again. Corentin continued to pressure, betting a pot-sized amount, which Veldhuis called.
The river card was a King, and Veldhuis checked for the third time. Corentin pondered for a long time before going all-in. Veldhuis, who had 22.2 big blinds (the pot was 21.3 big blinds before he went all-in), told the audience, "I think I have to call. It's hard to make pairs. I'm not really keen on doing that." He then pressed the call button.
Corentin flipped the KQ cube, and Veldhuis came in second place. 64,022 were eliminated, while the champion took home the prize.143,241.
$5,250 Bounty Hunter Sunday Main Event Final Table Results
| Ranking | player | country | Bounty | bonus | Total prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corentin Soulier | Austria | $95,859 | $47,382 | $143,241 |
| 2 | Lex Veldhuis | Netherlands | $16,640 | $47,382 | $64,022 |
| 3 | Viacheslav Buldygin | Russia | $27,265 | $37,649 | $64,914 |
| 4 | Andrii Novak | Ukraine | $14,140 | $29,916 | $44,056 |
| 5 | Boris Angelov | Moldova | $2,500 | $23,771 | $26,271 |
| 6 | yyyyy96 | China | $1,250 | $18,888 | $20,138 |
| 7 | Arsenii Malinov | Mexico | $3,125 | $15,008 | $18,133 |
| 8 | Ole Schemion | Austria | $8,906 | $11,926 | $20,832 |
| 9 | Ignacio Moron | Mexico | $5,000 | $9,476 | $14,476 |
A mega-event with a guaranteed $10 million prize pool is underway.
The GGPoker World Carnival, with a total guaranteed prize pool of $30 million, will run until June 9th, and several major events are also scheduled. Among them, the guaranteed prize pool is a whopping $10 million. 10,000 GMillion The main event is the largest event in the entire series and has already begun.
In the first three Day 1 starter groups, 406 players have bought in, but only 38 have successfully advanced to Day 2. The upcoming Day 1 groups are scheduled for 7:00 PM BST from May 20th to 24th, with the final "Last Chance" group starting at 4:00 PM BST on May 25th, exactly five hours before the start of Day 2. Satellite races with discounted rates are available for this major event.
The current chip leader is Caspar Engelien, who finished his group with 2,844,263 chips (114 big blinds). The rest of the top ten list includes some top grinders, including Sven Andersson, Teun Mulder, and Jans Arends.
Superstar Alex Foxen is currently in eighth place at the time of writing, which could make things interesting. Foxen is participating in the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro event. Day two of the GGPoker event begins on May 25th, coinciding with Triton... Day 3 of the 150K 10th Anniversary Special RaceThe second day of the 30K No-Limit Texas Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Mixed Event and the first day of the $100K Pot-Limit Omaha Main Event conflicted.
It's expected that Foxen will participate in at least one of the Triton tournaments; it will be very interesting to watch him compete against the royals of live poker while simultaneously playing online!
10,000 GMillion Current chip stacks of the top ten players in the main event
| Ranking | player | country | Chip quantity | Big Blind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caspar Engelien | Austria | 2,844,263 | 114 |
| 2 | macc23 | Venezuela | 2,844,263 | 104 |
| 3 | Viacheslav Buldygin | Russia | 2,844,263 | 70 |
| 4 | Ivan Ilichev | Russia | 2,844,263 | 70 |
| 5 | Sven Andersson | Austria | 2,844,263 | 68 |
| 6 | Teun Mulder | Austria | 2,844,263 | 60 |
| 7 | Andrii Derzhypilskyi | Ukraine | 2,844,263 | 60 |
| 8 | Alex Foxen | Canada | 2,844,263 | 59 |
| 9 | Jans Arends | Austria | 2,844,263 | 57 |
| 10 | Carlos Ribeiro | Brazil | 1,418,577 | 57 |
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