Joaquin Melogno wins super-sized Super MILLION$

Joaquin Melogno wins super-sized Super MILLION$
Geoff Fisk
Geoff Fisk
Posted on: December 16, 2020 12:00 PST

Uruguay’s Melogno cruises at the final table and collects $636,072

GGPoker expanded this week’s Super MILLION$ High Roller prize pool to more than triple its normal $1.5 million guarantee. One of the biggest payouts in the tournament’s 27-week history went to Joaquin Melogno after a dominant final table run.

Melongo came into Tuesday’s final table with the chip lead and finished as the tournament champion. The Uruguayan pro earned a $636,072 payday and his second career WSOP Circuit ring, as this week’s Super MILLION$ ran as part of the 2020 World Series of Poker Winter Online Circuit Series at GGPoker.

GGPoker raised the guarantee to $5 million for the WSOP Circuit edition of the Super MILLION$. A total of 511 entries pushed the prize pool to $5,110,000, with all nine final table participants earning a six-figure payday.

2020 WSOP Winter Online Circuit Series Super MILLION$ final table results

Place Player Name Playing From Prize
1 Joaquin Melongo Uruguay $636,072
2 Andrey Kotelnikov Russia $526,881
3 ‘MK-Ultra’ Canada $436,434
4 Joakim Andersson Sweden $361,514
5 ‘veca’ Turkey $299,455
6 Phillip ‘tazmania888’ Mighall United Kingdom $248,049
7 Samuel Vousden Finland $205,468
8 RogerScruton Brazil $170,196
9 Jorma Nuutinen Finland $140,908

Second career WSOP Circuit Ring for Melongo

The ongoing WSOP Winter Online Circuit Series awards 18 rings across the $100 million guaranteed festival. Tuesday’s win earned Melongo his second career WSOP Circuit Ring.