Unknown Qualifier Ziarko777 Wins The $10K GGMillion$ For $290,884

How Ziarko777 Won The $10K GGMillion$

Before last night, the Polish player had earned just $12,858 on GGPoker, including the $10K tournament ticket he won through the satellite.

Ziarko777 started the final table with the top-7 stack. He surprised both the commentators and the viewers with several unconventional plays.

For example, with nine players remaining and an effective stack of 22 big blinds, he cold-called a three-bet from the big blind with A 10 in a three-way pot. On the K 9 5 flop, Leqenden made a 10% bet, and Ziarko777 shoved. The move worked perfectly: Thomas Muehloecker folded 10 10 , while Leqenden folded Q Q .

Later, with eight players remaining and a 42-big-blind stack, Ziarko777 opened from UTG with AQo. Gabriel Tavares three-bet to 6 big blinds with KJs. Ziarko777 made the surprising decision to fold his premium hand.

Of course, luck also played its part. With eight players left, Ziarko777 doubled up with A J against Thomas Muehloecker’s A K . The board ran out 6 Q 5 10 K , giving Ziarko777 a Broadway straight in a pot worth 58 big blinds.

In heads-up play, Ziarko777 defeated Kelvin Kerber. In the final hand, Ziarko777 flopped top pair and got the money in on the turn against Kerber’s overpair. On the river, Ziarko777 improved to two pair.

$10K GGMillion$ Final Table Payouts (138 entries — the smallest GGMillion$ field of the year)

Place	Country	Player	Prize
1		Ziarko777	$290,884
2		Kelvin Kerber	$227,168
3		Gabriel Tavares	$177,409
4		Chris Klodnicki	$138,549
5		Tamas Adamszki	$108,201
6		Ilya “Leqenden” Anatski	$84,500
7		Thomas “WushuTM” Muehloecker	$65,991
8		Fernando “Fergiac” Giacomelli	$51,536
9		Pascal Lefrancois	$40,247