‘TouchSomeGrass’ Wins Super MILLION$ for $1.3 million

This week, the GGPoker Super MILLION$ returned and in a dramatic conclusion, gave one player their first-ever title in the tournament series as well as a WSOP circuit ring. After an epic four-hour finale, it was the Austrian player ‘TouchSomeGrass’ who banked the top prize of $1.35 million, as the Austrian-packed final table played out in dramatic fashion.

Early Elimination Precedes Lengthy Stand-Off

Play started tight and tense but exciting. Phil Gruissem, the German high roller, was Jeff Gross’ special guest, with the legendary player admitting his return to poker in January was partly inspired by having his own stable of players. His co-commentary was on point throughout the broadcast, especially when discussing his instinctive play. 

Some intuitive poker took place on the felt, with one fine example that cost the first player their seat at the table. Hungarian player Andras Nemeth shoved for ten big blinds with ace-six of spades, and he was called by Russian professional Anatoly Filatov with pocket nines. The flop of 4-3-2 was a worry for Filatov, giving Nemeth a wheel straight draw, but a nine on the turn didn’t help him, only improving Filatov’s hand to top set. A king on the river did nothing to change Nemeth’s chances and he left in ninth place for a cash of $169,257.

There was a long time before anyone else busted. The final table took just over four hours to complete, didn’t see another eviction for two hours. The lack of eliminations was affecting every player at the final table except the runaway chip leader, ‘TouchSomeGrass’, who had accumulated 36 million chips, good for 72 big blinds. Everyone else had a lot fewer, with five players sitting with less than 20 big blinds. The shortest of these stacks, ‘HansBadReg’ who started the day as chip leader, went out in eight when his pocket sevens lost to the chip leader’s queen-ten when a jack spike on the river to fill in a gutter ball straight, eliminating the Chinese player for $219,384.