Ivashchenko Wins $502,709 and WSOP Circuit Ring as GGPoker’s $525 Mystery Millions Draws 21,891 Entries

Slovenia's Alexei Ivashchenko outlasted 21,891 players in GGPoker's $525 Mystery Millions to take home $502,709 and a WSOP Circuit ring, one of 18 ring events on offer during the ongoing $180 million guaranteed WSOP Super Circuit series.

The main tournament report listed the $525 buy-in event as generating a $10,945,500 prize pool, well clear of the original guarantee. Day 2 brought back 1,957 survivors, and with it, the mystery bounty payouts that defined the tournament's mid-stages.

Bounty Payouts Headlined the Mid-Stages

The largest mystery bounty haul tracked in the tournament lobby went to 52nd-place finisher "SBasin," who collected $870,735. Yannick Schneider, out in 45th, picked up $495,350 in bounty payments. A number of other players collected six-figure bounty scores before the field reached the final table.

Nine-handed, the minimum payout was $81,596. That went to ninth-place finisher "Nicroman99," who received $70,816 in prize money and $10,780 in bounties. "Hyperturbo123" and "Kuromi27" followed in eighth and seventh for $107,741 and $128,002 respectively, in line with the published final table.

"ufuk kortan" exited in sixth for $175,585. China's "No1YT" finished fifth for $230,264. The player had made up to 11.8% of their action available through GGPoker's built-in staking platform but sold just 2%. One backer, "khalnayak69," purchased 1% and received $2,302.64 in return.

Four-Handed Deal Locks Up Seven Figures

When four players remained, more than $2 million in combined prize money and bounties was still on the line. The quartet paused the clock and negotiated a deal, settling on payouts ranging from $416,838 to $523,476 before the final mystery bounty payments were added.

Cyprus's Dimitrios Michailidis was the first of the four to bust, finishing fourth for a $423,708 total. Malaysia's "Wishwish" followed in third for $536,246, setting up heads-up play between Ivashchenko and Argentina's Pablo Nazar.

Nazar finished as runner-up, with the published final table crediting him with $537,428. Ivashchenko secured the title and $502,709, a figure that included $26,760 in bounty payments.

Final Table Results

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The source final-table listing also spells the ninth-place finisher as "Nickroman99."

Six Rings Awarded, Twelve Still to Play

Five other ring events have already wrapped up alongside the Mystery Millions. Gabriel Bardini beat 4,095 players in the $500 Super Circuit Kickoff for $213,934. "Nissim ohayon17" converted a $300 entry into $142,447 in the Deepstack NLH Championship. Santuu Leinonen won the $1,050 Mystery Bounty PLO for $92,054. "flikkflakk" topped a 1,629-entry field in the $1,500 Monster Stack NLH to collect $291,856 from a $2,321,325 prize pool. And "PerV7" took down the $1,050 Bounty NLH Championship for $220,644.

All prizes include bounty payments where applicable
A separate source results table lists Event #5 with a $10,945,000 prize pool and spells the champion surname as "Ivashchenkov."

Twelve events remain. The $1,700 WSOP Super Circuit Main Event on March 23 carries a $15 million guarantee, the largest on the schedule. The series closes March 30 with the $10,000 GGMillion$ High Roller, guaranteed for $10 million. The $250 Mini Main Event on March 16 is guaranteed for $5 million.