The $150 million guaranteed GG Online Championship crowned its Main Event champion on May 30 and Tobias Schwecht was that player. Schwecht came out on top of a 6,107-strong field and walked away with $727,640 of the monster-sized $8,702,475 prize pool after a four-way deal at the final table.
Schwecht came agonisingly close to winning an online WSOP bracelet in 2020 when he finished in second place behind Orhan “yirtil” Ates in the $525 Bounty No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed event. We are sure reeling in a $727,640 score in this tournament will go some way to making amends for that defeat.
“Elaine0605” of China busted in fifth for $303,807, prompting the final four players to pause the tournament and discuss a potential deal to make the pay jumps less severe. Those discussion bore fruit and play continued.
Austria’s Daniel Smiljkovic bowed out in fourth and saw $690,222 make its way to his GGPoker account. Third place and $637,583 went to Russian Arsenii Malinov. The Russian’s untimely exit left Schwecht heads-up against Roman Hrabec.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobias Schwecht | Austria | $727,640* |
| 2 | Roman Hrabec | Austria | $571,112* |
| 3 | Arsenii Malinov | Mexico | $637,583* |
| 4 | Daniel Smiljkovic | Austria | $690,222* |
| 5 | Elaine0605 | China | $303,807 |
| 6 | Tobias Duthwieler | Austria | $227,823 |
| 7 | C3H5N3O6 | Austria | $170,843 |
| 8 | Michael Addamo | Canada | $128,114 |
| 9 | joyrivas | Japan | $96,072 |
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