Brazilian-based Estonian Ottomar Ladva won Event #15 of the GGPoker WSOP Super Circuit, the $5,250 Bounty High Roller NLH, for $311,429. Of that total, $193,789 came from bounties collected along the way.
The event drew 345 entries and generated a $1,725,000 prize pool. Half went to bounties on each player's head, with the top 41 finishers splitting the remaining 50%.
Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottomar Ladva | Brazil | $193,789 | $117,640 | $311,429 |
| 2 | JohanC-14 | Slovenia | $23,750 | $117,640 | $141,390 |
| 3 | Fernando Olimpio | Brazil | $50,507 | $93,477 | $143,984 |
| 4 | Alejandro "PapoMC" Lococo | Argentina | $31,875 | $74,276 | $106,151 |
| 5 | Sorel Mizzi | UAE | $4,062 | $59,020 | $63,082 |
| 6 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | $46,171 | $46,897 | $93,068 |
| 7 | iN sis TenT | Brazil | $13,750 | $37,264 | $51,014 |
| 8 | kalashnikovvv | UAE | $1,875 | $29,610 | $31,485 |
| 9 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Slovenia | $12,187 | $23,528 | $35,715 |
Nikita Kuznetsov busted first, finishing ninth for $35,715. kalashnikovvv and iN sis TenT followed in eighth and seventh, taking $31,485 and $51,014 respectively. Blaz Zerjav exited in sixth for $93,068, and Sorel Mizzi finished fifth for $63,082.
Alejandro "PapoMC" Lococo took fourth for $106,151. Fernando Olimpio busted in third for $143,984, leaving Ladva and JohanC-14 to play heads-up for the title.
Both players locked in $117,640 from the prize pool. The bounty gap was where Ladva pulled clear: his $193,789 in collected bounties dwarfed JohanC-14's $23,750. Ladva won heads-up to claim the WSOP Circuit ring and $311,429 in total. JohanC-14 took $141,390 as runner-up.
Volkmann Finishes Second But Collects the Bigger Payday
In Event #16, the $1,050 GGMasters Freezeout Championship, Brazil's Bruno Volkmann finished runner-up but received the larger prize after a heads-up deal with champion Lucky__Bear of Hong Kong.
The event drew 2,487 entries and generated a $2,487,000 prize pool. Pieter Aerts finished seventh ($67,054), Seu Joaquim fifth ($119,242), and Amit Ben Yacov fourth ($159,012) before Thailand's Gamba Di Legno busted in third for $212,046.
The two remaining players struck a deal before completing heads-up play. Lucky__Bear took the title with $322,957, while Volkmann collected $336,888, about $14,000 more than the champion due to the deal terms.
$10K High Roller Set for Final Table
Seventeen of 18 ring events are done. The $10,000 GGMillion$ High Roller is the last to crown a champion, with nine players returning for a final table that begins at 7:00 p.m. BST on March 31.
Kirill Shcherbakov leads with 110.6 big blinds, nearly double the stack of Checo Pacheco (62.7 big blinds) in second. The remaining finalists are Matheus Machado, Joshua McCully, Joao Vieira, Rayan "Beriuzy" Chamas, and Daniel Petersen, who holds the short stack at 15 big blinds. The first-place prize is $1,702,088.
Cards-up coverage with a slight delay will be available on the GGPoker Twitch and YouTube channels.
