Pavel Plesuv Holds a Colossal GGPoker Super MILLION$ Chip Lead
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Only nine of the 179 players who bought into this week's edition of the GGPoker Super MILLION$ remain in contention for the $363,836 top prize, and it looks like the final table could be a rather one-sided affair.
Pavel "EzzzGame" Plesuv takes his seat at the star-studded final table armed with 6,746,094 chips, or 169 big blinds, more than double the number of chips of his nearest opponent. Indeed, Plesuv's stack is so massive that he could double up each player from fourth through ninth and still not be eliminated from this tournament!
GGPoker Super MILLION$ Final Table Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel "EzzzGame" Plesuv | Moldova | 6,764,094 | 169 |
| 2 | Zombie Chow | Montenegro | 2,882,046 | 72 |
| 3 | Barak Wisbrod | Israel | 1,748,254 | 44 |
| 4 | Rodrigo Sirichuk | Brazil | 1,557,987 | 39 |
| 5 | Alex "FutureofMe" Kulev | Ireland | 1,375,850 | 34 |
| 6 | Juan Dominguez | Andorra | 1,123,103 | 28 |
| 7 | WOOLOOLOO | UAE | 1,037,786 | 26 |
| 8 | Benjamin Rolle | Austria | 725,180 | 18 |
| 9 | Justin Bonomo | Canada | 685,700 | 17 |
Countries as displayed in the GGPoker client
The Super MILLION$ has not been kind to Plesuv since its launch. Surprisingly, this is Plesuv's first cash and, therefore, final table appearance in GGPoker's huge weekly event. All the pain of not cashing could soon drift away because it is certainly advantage Plesuv when the action commences at 6:00 p.m. GMT on November 22. Plesuv sold 33% of his action via the in-built staking software, with Christian Rudolph bagging some 32.3%. Rudolph is now on course to bank more than $100,000 if Plesuv emerges victoriously.
Montenegro's "Zombie Chow" is the player closest to Plesuv; they return to the fray with 2,882,046 chips (72) big blinds. Zombie Chow finished eighth in this event back in mid-August and won $45,430. Even if they fall in ninth place, which seems unlikely, Zombie Chow will capture a larger prize of $51,876.
Third place at the restart belongs to Israel's Barak Wisbrod, courtesy of his 1,748,254 stack (44 big blinds). Wisbrod has more than $1.8 million in GGPoker earnings, a figure helped by his sixth-place finish in the August 9 edition of the Super MILLION$ which earned him $92,795.
GGPoker Super MILLION$ Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $363,836 |
| 2 | $285,278 |
| 3 | $223,682 |
| 4 | $175,385 |
| 5 | $137,517 |
| 6 | $107,825 |
| 7 | $84,544 |
| 8 | $66,289 |
| 9 | $51,976 |
Brazilian sensation Rodrigo Sirichuk has navigated his way to his fourth Super MILLION$ final table in the space of five weeks, and will be hopeful that his 1,557,987 stack (39 big blinds) is enough to mount a charge on what will be his first Super MILLION$ title. Finishing fourth or better sees Sirichuk's GGPoker winnings push through $2 million.
Alex "FutureofMe" Kulev knows how it feels to become a Super MILLION$ champion because he walked away with the title and $538,138 in prize money as recently as November 2. Kulev has plenty of work ahead of him if he is to become a two-time champion of this tournament because his 1,375,850 chips (34 big blinds) place him fifth when the cards are back in the air.
Juan Dominguez has finished in the top four of the Super MILLION$ more than a dozen times, yet an outright victory still eludes him. Dominguez last cashed in this tournament on August 9, finishing third for $194,824. The Andorra-based Spaniard recently broke through $11 million in GGPoker winnings. He sits down at the final table armed with 1,123,103 chips (28 big blinds).
Sometimes, being an unknown quantity at a final table can work in your favour. "WOOLOOLOO" hopes this is the case this week. The United Arab Emirates-based players has fired five bullets in this week's event, with their fifth bite at the cherry seeing them finish Day 1 with 1,037,786 chips (26 big blinds). If WOOLOOLOO managed to finish as the runner-up or champion, they will more than double their current GGPoker winnings tally.
Whenever Benjamin Rolle cashes in the Super MILLION$, he tends to go super deep; the Austrian has a handful of runner-up finishing in addition to a win at the turn of the year. Rolle is an incredible talent, but he will be hamstrung by his 725,180 stack (18 big blinds) when the final table commences. If anyone can go from zero to hero, it is Rolle.
Bringing up the rear this week is Justin Bonomo and his 685,700 chips (17 big blinds). Bonomo won this event back in Season 1 but has only reached the final table four times since that victory. You can rest assured that Bonomo will not have given up on winning another Super MILLION$ gong despite his lowly starting position.
