Lev Gottlieb wins GG Spring Festival Super MILLION$ for $586,074
This week’s special GG Spring Festival edition of the $10,300 buy-in Super MILLION$ featured the typical final table lineup of crushers in the traditional No-Limit Hold’em format. In the end, however, a Short Deck expert emerged with the win and a super-sized payday.
Lev ‘LevMeAlone’ Gottlieb earned his first Super MILLION$ title, wrapping up the win Tuesday over a field of 312 entries. Gottlieb took home $586,074 for the win as the first week of the GG Spring Festival plays on.
Gottlieb is no stranger to poker’s most popular game, as Super MILLION$ Episode 43 marked his 19th appearance in the weekly GGPoker tournament. He’s better known for his Short Deck prowess, however, with a resume that includes a WSOP bracelet win from the $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em Championship in last year’s GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events series.
Tuesday marked Gottlieb’s first final table run in the Super MILLION$, and he finished the deal with a win that awarded his biggest career cash at GGPoker.
GG Spring Festival Event #H-05 Super MILLION$ Final Table Results
| Finish | Player Name | Playing From | Prize |
| 1 | Lev ‘LevMeAlone’ Gottlieb | Mexico | $586,074 |
| 2 | Pedro Garagnani | Brazil | $451,926 |
| 3 | Matthias ‘ILUCKuHARD’ Lipp | Austria | $348,482 |
| 4 | Jordan ‘PiePie’ Cristos | United Kingdom | $268,717 |
| 5 | Juan Pardo Dominguez | Spain | $207,209 |
| 6 | Christian Rudolph | Germany | $159,780 |
| 7 | Damian Salas | Argentina | $123,207 |
| 8 | Andrea Dato | Italy | $95,006 |
| 9 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | $73,259 |
Gottlieb tops a final table that includes Dominguez, Salas
Gottlieb entered Tuesday’s final table with a big chip lead, sitting on more than 100 big blinds. He rode that massive stack to a tournament win, topping Pedro Garagnani (2nd - $451,926) in the heads-up duel for the title.
Gottlieb’s run to the championship was no easy task, as a roster of elite tournament players awaited at the final table. Among those names were Juan Pardo Dominguez (5th - $207,209) and Christian Rudolph (6th - $159,780).
2020 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Damian Salas (7th - $123,307) came up short of adding his first Super MILLION$ title to the resume. Other notable names among the final nine included Aliaksei Boika (9th - $73,259), who made his second consecutive final table appearance.
Super MILLION$ Episode 43 played as an official GG Spring Festival event. All upcoming editions of the weekly $10,300 tournament are also included as part of the series.
Next week’s Super MILLION$ features one of the biggest guaranteed prize pools in the history of the series, with $10 million in promised prize money on the line.
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