The Daily Scoop – GGMillion$ Season 2025 Episode 26 – August 6, 2025

This week’s GGMillion$ was a very special event. It’s not often that the reigning world champion sits down to co-commentate on a $10,000 event, but this week, Michael ‘The Grinder’ Mizrachi was co-commentator alongside guest host Felipe Ramos in the weekly GGMillion$ spectacular. 

With over $29 million in live earnings alone, the latest inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame won both the WSOP Main Event and the $50,000 Poker Players Championship at the 56th annual WSOP just a few short weeks ago. As nine terrific players battled down to a winner, it was pure poker paradise for the passionate Brazilian Felipe Ramos to watch, with three of the finalists hailing from his home country.

Padilha Leads Brazilian Trio

As nine finalists drew seats at the final table, it was the Brazilian Pedro Padilha who held the chip lead with the equivalent of 77 big blinds to his name. A short distance behind him was the Frenchman Ivan Deyra (67 big blinds), with two more Brazilians in close attendance, Bruno Botteon (63BB) and ‘gtavares10’ (42BB) both chasing hard. 

Others in the race included German player Leonard Maue (54BB), Russian GGMillion$ legend Artur Martirosian (52BB), and Austria’s Bernhard Binder (35BB), with the popular Triton Poker Tour regular Wai Kiat Lee from Malaysia on 26 big blinds and Serbian Jovan Kenjic (18BB) as the official short stack.

The first player out of the action was ‘gtavares10’, who got into a raising war pre-flop with Ivan Deyra forty-five minutes into the final table. Despite being second in chip stack, he five-bet shoved with ace-king and ran into Ivan Deyra, the only player with a bigger stack, holding pocket aces. A flop of Q-T-5 opened up the possibility of a gutshot Broadway straight. Those outs were reduced from four to three on the deuce turn, which gave Deyra a superior diamond flush draw. An offsuit jack was all that would save ‘gtavares10’. The eight that fell on fifth street was no help, and Deyra, who now had over 35% of the chips in play, knocked out the Brazilian who earned $47,911 in ninth place.

GGMillion$ Legend Martirosian Departs

It is a brave player who takes on Artur Martirosian at the GGMillion$ felt, especially with the worst hand. Wai Kiat Lee shoved with ace-five of hearts pre-flop and Martirosian snapped him off with ace-king, doubling through his Malaysian opponent to a stack of 2.1 million chips. That left Lee short, and in the next hand, his six big blinds were in the middle pre-flop, defending his pocket eights. Lee needed to hold to double up against Kenjic’s ace-nine of clubs, but a board of Q-7-6-9-A played out to tease Lee with false hope, only to dash it, leaving him on the virtual rail with $61,104 in eighth place.

Russian poker legend Artur Martirosian busted in seventh place for a score of $77,931 as his bid to extend his record for the most GGMillion$ fell short. All-in with pocket eights and a slightly bigger stack, Martirosian lost out to Bruno Botteon’s pocket tens, leaving himself with just over 4 blinds. At risk for the rest of his stack with ace-seven on a flop of J-7-5, the Russian lost to the dominating ace-jack of Pedro Padilha, who saw a king and three fall to complete the board, and reduce the field to six.

Jovan Kenjic busted next in sixth for $99,391, his suited king-seven losing to the ace-nine of Binder. The 7-3-2 flop gave hope, but running 9’s ended his tournament. Pocket tens had been the power hand of the table and again proved their value when German player Leonard Maue shoved pre-flop for under three bigs with ace-seven of clubs. Bernhard Binder held the tens and the Austrian and across a hand of T-6-5-2-A, had Maue drawing dead to the river on his way to collecting $126,761 in fifth place.

A Bluff Catcher to Beat Them All

With four players left, Ivan Deyra had the chip lead on 6.63 million, with Bernhard Binder closest on 4.48m chips. Both Pedro Padilha (3.11m) and Bruno Botteon (3.07m) were still in striking distance, having a great chance of victory. A protracted battle played out, with no one busting for 75 minutes before a massive pre-flop all-in and call. Deyra put his tournament life on the line with ace-ten against Binder’s pocket fives. A board of 7-2-2-4-4 sent Deyra home with $161,688 in fourth as Binder took a big lead into the final three.

Having taken nearly three hours to get down to three-handed, the action only took eight hands to reach heads-up. Binder shoved with jack-seven of clubs, and Botteon, at risk, was correct to call him off with the shorter stack holding ace-queen. The board favored the chip leader. Unfortunately, the board landed J-9-3-7-J to give the Austrian a full house on the river and send the Brazilian home with $206,187.

Binder Closes The Book on Padilha

Heads-up, Binder’s stack of 12.9m was almost three times the size of Padilha’s 4.38m chips. The Austrian kept his Brazilian opponent at arm’s length for 15 minutes until a board of K-9-7-T-K played out, with two spades on the flop and a third landing on the river. Padilha spotted the chance to bluff his way back into contention and, holding the eight-five, including the eight of spades, moved all-in. Sadly for him, Binder had turned the full house with king-nine and had the easiest of calls to claim an unlikely victory. 

At the start of the final table play, Binder had started way down the list of hopefuls on just 35 big blinds. Padilha had been chip leader, but in the end, Binder claimed the $335,380 top prize, with the Brazilian runner-up banking $262,966.

Watch all the action play out with Brazilian GGPoker Global Ambassador Felipe Ramos and the 2025 WSOP Main Event world champion Michael ‘The Grinder’ Mizrachi calling the action here:

GGMillion$ Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Bernhard Binder	Austria	$335,380
2nd	Pedro Padilha	Brazil	$262,966
3rd	Bruno Botteon	Brazil	$206,187
4th	Ivan Deyra	France	$161,688
5th	Leonard Maue	Germany	$126,761
6th	Jovan Kenjic	Serbia	$99,391
7th	Artur Martirosian	Russia	$77,931
8th	Wai Kiat Lee	Malaysia	$61,104
9th	‘gtavares10’	Brazil	$47,911

Live GGMillion$ Season 2025 Episode 27 – August 14, 2025

This week’s GGMillion$ was a little different. While the regular $10,300-entry tournament takes place every week on GGPoker, this one was part of the 2025 Onyx Super High Roller Series presented by Onyx Club in Northern Cyprus. Playing out inside the stunning venue of the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, the final table featured nine greats of the game and ended with a million-dollar winner in the $10,400 buy-in tournament.

Wakil Leads the Way

Heading into the action without the usual GGPoker Betting Odds presented on screen was also something different this week. The favorite was definitely the chip leader, an experienced tournament pro from Canada, Jamil Wakil, who began on a stack of 9.78 million chips, good for 61 big blinds. Four players gathered in a close pack behind him, with Austria’s Stefan Kiwisch (7.45m), Lebanese star Moussa Ahmad (6.44m), Ohad Geiger from Israel on 6.4m, and Chinese regular Weiran Pu on 5.94 million chips. 

In the bottom half of the final table chipcounts, Bulgarian Krasimir Yankov (5.51m) and Chinese player Peng Chen (5.09m) had very playable stacks, while short stacks Hao Tian (2.65m) and Turkish player Orhan Ates (2m) were looking for a way back into the match. Every player deserved their prize of at least $85,000 for making the final nine players from a field of 510 entries as they battled for the GGMillion$ trophy and $1 million top prize. 

When play began, Wakil started like a train at full speed. His elimination of Tian in ninth place for $85,000 came quickly when the chip leader’s ace-king beat the Chinese player’s ace-queen. The same two hands combined again, this time for Moussa Ahmad to dominate Weiran Pu, who was knocked out in eighth place for $102,000, reducing the field to seven players. 

Yankov Loses When Leading

A run of bad luck contributed to many players exiting the GGMilion$ final table in the middle period of the action. Turkey’s Orhan Ates came into play as the short stack and was dominated to get sent to the rails in seventh place for $127,000, his king-four falling short to the king-jack of Stefan Kiwisch. In the next all-in, it was the hand that was behind that won plenty, with Ohad Geiger taken out in sixth for $160,000 when his ace-nine couldn’t hold against the queen-jack of diamonds held by Krasimir Yankov, which made a flush on the river. 

Peng Chen was the last remaining Chinese player of three to make the final, but he busted in fifth place when Kiwisch’s pocket nines prevented his own ace-nine from surviving, the Bulgarian making a set on the flop. Chen’s score of $212,000 was followed by Yankov’s own result worth $292,000 in fourth when he was taken out by the eventual winner in unfortunate circumstances. All-in and at risk with king-nine, Yankov lost to Ahmad’s jack-nine. A jack on the flop did the damage as play moved three-handed. Ace-five for Ahmad was good enough to beat Kiwisch’s ace-four to send him home with $415,000, and heads-up began with the Lebanese player holding a 3:1 chip lead.

A dominating double-up followed for Wakil as the Canadian seemed to have the better of the heads-up battle in the early stages. On a flop of J-4-2 with two clubs, Ahmad shoved with just eight-three of clubs and put Wakil to the test. 

“All right, let’s finish the game, all in!” said Ahmad as he moved his chips over the line. 

Wakil stood up, seeking solace from his rail or perhaps the Poker Gods. 

“What do you have?” He asked, to which Ahmas replied, “When you call, you will see.”

Ultimately, the Canadian made the right decision, calling with two red tens and odds of 61% to win the hand. The king of diamonds was a safe turn card, but the six of clubs landed on the river to complete Ahmad’s flush. 

Wakil was consoled on the rail as first-time GGMillion$ champion Moussa Ahmad punched the air in delight!

GGMillion$ Live Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Moussa Ahmad	Lebanon	$1,000,000
2nd	Jamil Wakil	Canada	$650,000
3rd	Stefan Kiwisch	Austria	$415,000
4th	Krasimir Yankov	Bulgaria	$292,000
5th	Peng Chen	China	$212,000
6th	Ohad Geiger	Israel	$160,000
7th	Orhan Ates	Turkey	$127,000
8th	Weiran Pu	China	$102,000
9th	Hao Tian	China	$85,000

Was Jamil Wakil the Best Player at the Final Table?

After Jamil Wakil, who was at the heart of a scandal during the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event when it was alleged his opponent, Ukrainian Aleksandr Shevliakov, was angle shooting at the final table, and Moussa Ahmad seemed destined to meet heads-up, that exact scenario took place. But was the end result the right one? There’s no doubt that Ahmad took a wider line on his play, opening and even calling wide the later the match went on. 

Back in May, Wakil dealt with the perceived injustice admirably, ever the gentleman. After the final hand here, where a flush draw overtook his superior hand, there were words between Wakil, the overnight chip leader, and the winner, Moussa Ahmad. It’s unfair to say Ahmad was the worst performer at the final table when he won, and that also wouldn’t be true, but Wakil might have been the best, as the cards let him down the further the game went on.

Watch the Pros Play Live

Perhaps the best result was for Turkish player Orhan Ates, who began on just 13 big blinds but laddered two places to seventh. That changed his winnings from $85,000 to $127,000, a solid hike when considering that his first move at the final table had to go well for him to have any chance of surviving that far. 

Under the lights in Northern Cyprus, Moussa Ahmad was feeling a million dollars as he punched the air with both arms upon victory. Wakil, who missed out on glory in Europe just before the World Series of Poker, now has to face a runner-up result just after the WSOP’s conclusion. The Canadian will lick his wounds. 

Watch all the action from the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa in Northern Cyprus presented by Onyx Club right here:

 

The Daily Scoop – GGMillion$ Season 2025 Episode 28 – August 20, 2025

Regular host Jeff Gross was joined by Tristan Wade in the commentary booth for this week’s GGMillion$ as the weekly $10,000-entry tournament brought just eight poker legends together to see who would win a top prize of over $1.3m. In the end, a stunning performance from an Austrian powerhouse fell just short thanks to the Bulgarian player Ognyan Dimov’s big win against online legend Linus Loeliger.

Was Mullur the Hot Tip Pre-Match?

Heading into the final table,

there were nine finalists instead of the usual nine thanks to a double elimination on the fringes of the final table. Leading the last eight was Mexico-based player ‘JakeTheRake’ with 98 big blinds, and he was the betting favorite via the GGPoker odds, available in the client at 3.56. A short way behind in both chip terms and the betting market was one of the best online players ever, as Swiss player Linus Loeliger began on 76 blinds at odds of 3.76. 

A long way back, Austrian Samuel Mullur, provided huge value, available at odds of 6.34 with a big stack of 53 big blinds. Mullur has enjoyed a rapid rise to prominence under the tutelage of many greats of the game such as Fedor Holz, and represented the chasing pack as their best chance of victory. Daniel Petersen from Denmark also saw himself priced up generously, available at odds of 7.96 despite having a very playable stack of 44 big blinds.

Of the remaining four players, Ognyan Dimov (33BB/9.18) started with the most chips, but Finnish pro Casimir Seire (21BB/15.34) was available at much longer odds with a still playable stack. Only the two short stacks had longer odds, with the Russian Alexander Zubov with 20 big blinds on offer at 16.72 and Brazilian Fabian Boianovsky at odds of 17.7 to win with 19 big blinds. 

Key Moments from the Felt

With only eight players starting, the stacks were a little deeper. It took some time to find an elimination, but when it came, it was dynamite. Ognyan Dimov put in a huge shove pre-flop with king-queen of hearts only for Alexander Zubov to call off his remaining stack of 13 big blinds with pocket tens (1:00:18). The crucial coinflip saw the Bulgarian flop a queen, which held to take out the Russian in eighth place for $227,984.

After Brazil’s Fabian Boianovsky was dominated to defeat in seventh for $294,722, an interesting pot played out featuring the chip leader at the time, ‘JakeTheRake’ and Linus Loeliger, the most successful Swiss tournament poker player in the history of the game. The former held pocket nines and the latter pocket eights, but the Swiss player Loeliger made a flush on the river after his opponent turned a set of nines (1:18:20). It was a fascinating hand, with expert analysis throughout on how to play the hand, not only from Jeff Gross and Tristan Wade but the GTO Wizard, which provided the recommended action on each street, turning out to be exactly what Loeliger did in order to win the pot.

Mullur doubled through Seire with a dominating ace-king over ace-jack, and the Finnish player busted soon after. Mullur repeated the trick with the same hand against Petersen’s ace-five to reduce the field to four.

The chip leader, ‘JakeTheRake’, lost out in fourth place for $639,070 when his king-queen couldn’t catch Ognyan Dimov’s ace-jack. A pivotal hand played out soon after. (2:45:50) Linus Loeliger held the top pair of queens with his hand of queen-six, and he was up against the mystery hand held by Dimov. A board of Q-T-4-7-3 played out. On both turn and river, the GTO Wizard said that Loeliger should fold on both streets. That advice was ignored, and the Swiss player’s top pair on the flop was no good against Dimov’s ace-queen, losing to a better kicker.

Going into heads-up play, that pot gave Dimov a lead of almost 3:1 in chips and although Mullur conjured up some tricks early on to remain in the hunt, the Bulgarian still led by the time Mullur was dealt pocket queens on the button (3:04:41). A flop of T-9-5 saw Mullur continue, but Dimov raised with jack-eight for an open-ended straight draw. Mullur made the right play, shoving, and Dimov called, not knowing he only had three outs to secure the win compared to the optimal situation of both sevens and queens being available to him.

A hold for Mullur would have put the Austrian almost level but despite being a 76% favorite to win the hand thanks to the live hand odds in the client, a seven on the turn changed all that. 

“There’s the seven. That’s it!” yelled Jeff Gross as the crucial card fell on fourth street, and Mullur, who was now drawing dead, quickly gave Dimov the ‘Good Game’ avatar by way of congratulation.

GGMillion$ Results – August 19th, 2025

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Ognyan Dimov	Bulgaria	$1,390,158
2nd	Samuel Mullur	Austria	$1,072,634
3rd	Linus Loeliger	Switzerland	$827,836
4th	‘JakeTheRake’	Mexico	$639,070
5th	Daniel Petersen	Denmark	$493,512
6th	Casimir Seire	Finland	$381,271
7th	Fabian Boianovsky	Brazil	$294,722
8th	Alexander Zubov	Russia	$294,722
9th	M Diaz	Mexico	$176,520

Mullur Time Almost Takes Glory

It’s easy to say after the show, but Samuel Mullur’s performance possibly deserved even more than a run to second place and seven figures. What an end boss! Ognyan Dimov’s victory came courtesy of a ‘no guts no glory’ play that his stack could take losing, but Mullur deserves huge props for playing the hand so well and getting his chips in way ahead with 76% equity. 

Dimov’s unexpected victory from the middle of the pack was rewarded for bettors who invested in the stoic Bulgarian. Starting the final table with 33 big blinds, he showed exactly why more players backed him than his nearest chasing rival, and the shrewd gamblers who backed the Bulgarian at 9.18 were celebrating afterwards.

It’s hard not to say ‘JakeTheRake’ will be disappointed with a limp showing as chip leader. Coming into play with such an advantage could and maybe should have led to some early domination, but the opposite happened, and it was no surprise when the Mexico-based player busted in fourth place. In recent weeks, the chip leader has often finished in the final two and almost always made the podium, so this week’s leader will be disappointed to have trailed in fourth. A consolation will be the payout of $639,070 in a bumper week – that’s often double the top prize, so ‘JakeTheRake’ picked the best week to tumble from the top. 

Linus Loeliger Lucks Out

Long held as a legend of online poker, Linus Loeliger, a.k.a. ‘LLinusLLove’ won’t be happy with the manner of his exit. Despite GTO Wizard telling us that his hand was a fold on turn and river when dominated by Dimov’s ace-queen, the 30-year-old Swiss player called away his stack and will rue those decisions on turn and river. 

Loeliger, who has won $9m in live tournament earnings as well as crushing cash games online, is more of a cash game player than he is a tournament crusher, but he might put that hand into the solver and weep. After all, the all-in on the river wasn’t a marginal fold – the GGWizard had Loeliger’s queen-six as an 88% fold and only a 12% call. With over 20 million chips left if he’d made the fold, Loeliger would still have been a major threat. And the difference between finishing third and winning this week’s GGMillion$? Over $560,000 in prize money. Ouch!

Watch all the highlights of a stunning final table here in the company of Jeff Gross and Tristan Wade as one of the most unpredictable GGMillions in recent months played out on GGPoker’s YouTube channel here:

 

GGMillion$ Final Table Results

Dominguez Our Pick for Glory – August 27, 2025

The latest GGMillion$ was always set up to be a classic, and the chip leader of ‘Jon AV Santos’ from Mexico started with a big chip lead and a great shot at winning. Despite having 87 big blinds and being a hot favorite at +320, he wasn’t overly backed by GGPoker bettors – did GGPoker fans think him bad value for short odds, or was his luck about to run out? 

A little further back, the shrewd backers picked their favorites, as Samuel ‘€urop€an’ Vousden (54BB), was second favorite at +436, despite being just fourth in chips when play began. It’s easy to see why 29 bettors parted with over $3,000 well before the final began, with the Finnish superstar one of the most experienced players at the final table. 

Behind the two favorites, ‘dafaniu’ (63BB) and ‘GREPoker’ (59BB) were available at +542 and +558, respectively, but they were largely ignored for Juan Dominguez (31BB) behind them at +742. Admittedly, the Spanish player’s stack topped just three others, but he was our pre-game pick* of the bunch for the win. Neither Artur Martirosian nor Michael Addamo made the final this week, so there was no record extension for Martirosian.

The Daily Scoop – GGMillion$ Season 2025 Episode 29

A stunning final table, saw two Europeans singled out for greatness. In the end, it was Samuel Vousden who took the crown as the overnight leader blew their chance to make their stack pay and win the GGMillion$ title. 

As play got underway, Fedor Holz was on co-commentary alongside Jeff Gross. Jeff, who has $3.75m in live earnings in poker tournaments, was streaming alongside one of the best to do it, as Fedor has an incredible $50 million in ranking tournaments.

Key Moments from the Felt

The bust-outs started early this week, as the Montenegrin player Dejan Kaladjurdjevic left with $36,737 in ninth place, his suited jack-ten no match for ‘dafaniu’ with pocket aces. Another jack-ten was the reason someone left the action, as Brazilian Rodrigo Sirchuk saw 28 big blinds disappear early (1:20:00). He committed his stack on a board of 9-8-8-4-8, but he was up against Samuel Vousden’s queen-nine. GGWizard suggested the all-in for the at-risk Brazilian, and he made that play, but the Finnish superstar made a brilliant call on the river to move third in chips as Sirichuk departed in eighth for $47,041.

Aside from both ‘GREPoker’ and ‘Jon AV Santos’ holding pocket aces in the same hand, not too much happened for some time before the fuse was lit. Indonesia-based ‘dafaniu’ saw his pocket jacks crushed by the German player Tobias Eichenseher’s pocket aces before running ace-jack into another pair of rockets held by the overnight leader and crashing out in seventh for $60,235.

We told you that Santos was not the one as chip leader, and guess what – we were right! Juan Dominguez had ace-king dominating Santos’ ace-queen. It was still only a 76% shot from the flop for the Spanish player, who held magnificently, sending Santos home with $77,130 in sixth. Soon, Dominguez, sixth in chips overnight but our hot tip heading into the final, had another victim, taking out ‘GREPoker’ in fifth when ace-nine flipped well against pocket eights, a nine on the flop sending the Russian player home with $98,764.

An extended period without anyone leaving saw Dominguez slip from a solid second in chips to the short stack. All-in with ace-five pre-flop, he was in a great position to double up through Eichenseher, but the German’s jack-seven of hearts got lucky, as he called to hit a board of K-7-4-3-3 and bust our overnight pick in the cruellest of circumstances (3:42:08) for $126,465.

After Russia’s Sergei Denisov busted in third place, contriving to bust with jack-eight against the ace-king belonging to Eichenseher. A jack in the window provided the smallest of sweats, as a king arrived with it, and the German player bagged a 3:1 chip lead heads-up when his superior hand held from that moment. 

GGPoker bettors backed Vousden, but could he come back to win? Taking a slim lead after a series of marginal hands went his way, the Finn had a slight lead with 6.9m to Eichenseher’s 6.8m. Soon, all the chips went in (4:12:00). A raise from Vousden with nine-eight on a flop of T-7-6 was a 100% call according to GGWizard for Eichenseher with ten-eight. The German took the sub-optimal play; however, instead shoving for all 5.8 million of his remaining chips. Vousden snap-called, of course, and while a nine would chop the pot, Eichenseher couldn’t turn or river a miracle card as a jack and a four landed as the at-risk player ended up drawing dead to give ‘€urop€an’ the win and $265,514.

GGMillion$ Results – August 26th, 2025

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Samuel Vousden	Finland	$265,514
2nd	Tobias Eichenseher	Germany	$207,355
3rd	Sergei Denisov	Russia	$161,936
4th	Juan Dominguez	Spain	$126,465
5th	‘GREPoker’	Russia	$98,764
6th	‘Jon AV Santos’	Mexico	$77,130
7th	‘dafaniu’	Indonesia	$60,235
8th	Rodrigo Sirchuk	Brazil	$47,041
9th	Dejan Kaladjurdjevic	Montenegro	$36,737

Toss-Up Between European Aces Goes Against Us

We said that both Samuel Vousden and Juan Dominguez looked good value heading into the final table, but ultimately it was not the Spaniard’s day. Losing that last all-in with ace-high called by a jack-high was brutal, but some great play can leave European online poker proud. 

For ‘€urop€an’; however, it was six times the charm as he bullied his way into a final lead, then won a crucial final hand for almost all the chips while the less-experienced Tobias Eichenseher from Germany pushed all-in when GGWizard said to call on the flop. Would the chips have gone in anyway on the turn? Quite possibly. Was it still a post-flop error that cost the German the match? Also yes.

Do you make the call there? Re-raise to fold if the Finnish player shoves? Maybe you should be playing the weekly qualifiers for the $10,000-entry GGMillion$ on GGPoker. 

Watch Jeff Gross and Fedor Holz break down every great call, flawed fold, and raging raise right here at the GGMillion$ final table via the GGPoker YouTube channel.

GGMillion$ Final Table Results

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About the Author: Paul Seaton has written about poker for over 10 years, interviewing some of the best players ever to play the game such as Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth. Over the years, Paul has reported live from tournaments such as the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and the European Poker Tour. He has also written for other poker brands where he was Head of Media, as well as BLUFF magazine, where he was Editor.

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Edited by Shawn A.