Pascal Lefrancois Closes The Gestalt And Finally Wins GGMillion$ ($443.2K)
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Lefrancois played several dozen $10K GGMillion$ events, reached the final table four times, but never managed to win. Here’s how the action at the final table unfolded.
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Lefrancois started the final table in the middle of the chip counts with 41 bb
He won the first big pot in 7-max against Barak Wisbrod. Effective stack 19 bb. Lefrancois opened from CO with K 10 , Wisbrod defended BB with 9 7 .
- Flop 9 5 Q , Lefrancois c-bet 1.5 bb.
- Turn 9 . Wisbrod donk-bet 2 bb, Lefrancois call.
- River 4 . Wisbrod bet 7.5 bb into 12.3 bb, Lefrancois shove, Wisbrod fold.
The stack became 34 bb.
In 6-max Lefrancois doubled up through chip leader Bernhard Binder: A K > 6 6 , board 8 6 5 J 3 , 73 bb pot. Lefrancois became second in chips, only Binder had more (81 bb).
In 6-max Lefrancois executed a bluff. Lakerveld on SB with Q K , Lefrancois on BB with 3 7 , limp pot. Board 4 6 9 Q 8 . Lefrancois bet three streets: 1.37 bb on the flop; 4.5 bb on the turn; overbet 22 bb into 14.5 bb on the river — and it worked, Lakerveld folded top pair.
In 5-max Lefrancois’ stack dropped to 17.5 bb. Eventually he got it in with 6 6 against Arends with 10 10 and hit a heart flush on the river.
In 4-max Lefrancois knocked Ole Schemion out. Lefrancois opened from SB, Schemion shoved 15 bb on BB with A 2 — Lefrancois had A A .
A couple of hands later Lefrancois was again dealt A A against K K of Arends — the stack grew to 102 bb. Arends had 20 bb left, Binder — 27 bb.
In one hand Binder unsuccessfully executed a bluff against Lefrancois. Board 5 Q 6 A 2 . Flop checked through. Turn Binder check-raise 8.5 bb. River Binder bet 13 bb into 22 bb. Lefrancois did not fold A 5 .
In 3rd place Binder knocked out Arends: 88 > 55, pot 12.6 bb.
Binder started heads-up with 18.5 bb, Lefrancois — with 100 bb.
Binder doubled twice: first with A3o vs AJo, a three on the flop + another on the turn.
In the next hand on board 4 9 9 10 4 Binder bet three streets with an all-in on the river with Q 9 , Lefrancois called with K 10 .
But in the end luck sided with Lefrancois.
First he doubled with A K vs 4 4 . Board J 6 Q 8 10 . In the final hand both opponents made top pair. Board 3 Q 9 J 6 . Binder check-raised the flop, check-called the turn and check-called for all chips on the river. Showdown: Lefrancois had Q 8 , Binder had Q 5 .
GGMillion$ final table payouts (226 entries total):
| Position | Country | Player | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Pascal Lefrancois | $443,221 |
| 2 |  | Bernhard Binder | $341,770 |
| 3 |  | Jans “Graftekkel” Arends | $263,541 |
| 4 |  | Ole Schemion | $203,218 |
| 5 |  | Anton Yakuba | $156,702 |
| 6 | | Daniel Lakerveld | $120,834 |
| 7 |  | Barak Wisbrod | $93,175 |
| 8 |  | Tamas “szagos” Adamszki | $71,848 |
| 9 |  | Alejandro “PapoMC” Lococo | $55,402 |
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