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GGMillion$ Won by ‘spaise411’ in 30th Final Table Appearance 

This week’s GGMillion$ showdown was a thriller and played out on GGPoker’s YouTube channel to poker fans around the world as regular host Jeff Gross was joined in the virtual commentary booth by the Ukrainian Denys Chufarin, who is part of the GGPoker team, known as ‘SantaZzz’ to poker fans around the world. The content creator, who has over 26,000 subscribers on YouTube, helped bring the action to life with flair and top-class analysis as the action played down to a winner. 

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Pre-Match Betting Odds

Heading into the final table of nine, the leader was the Russian player Osmirko Artem, who bounced into the action on a super-sized stack of 105 big blinds. Having accumulated 27.9% of the chips in play, he was unsurprisingly a massive favorite to land the title, with odds of just 3.5 going into the final. Closest to Artem in terms of chips – and betting odds on GGPoker – was the Dutch player Roeland Peeks on 61 big blinds, which was reflected with odds of 5.1.

Third in chips was the Chinese player Long Cao, who began with 46 big blinds, less than half the leader. Despite that, his odds were relatively short at 7.68, not dissimilar to Russian player ‘spaise411’ on 8.52. While he began with just 44 big blinds, the Russian’s experience meant he was a good pick to come out on top if he could get some momentum going early. 

GGMillion$ regulars Leonard Maue from Germany (33BB / 8.72) and Israeli Ravid Garbi (31BB / 10.98) were both interesting picks because of their know-how of table dynamics and play at this particular final table, with American Eric Yanovsky (26BB / 13.4), last week’s big dog Ottomar Ladva (17BB / 14.1) and short stack German Christopher Nguyen (14BB / 20.8) were outsiders given the leader’s massive chip advantage over them at the start of play. 

Key Moments from the Felt

Across a thrilling three-hour final table, things initially went how you’d have imagined as kick-off pre-empted short stacks being eliminated by the more powerful players around them. Nguyen left in ninth for $48,976 after losing a flip to Osmirko Artem, ace-jack no good against pocket sixes, especially after a third six landed on the flop. Nguyen would be joined soon after on the virtual rail by Ravid Garbi, Israel’s finest at the GGMillion$ felt, going down with pocket jacks against the ace-king of Long Cao to walk away with $62,463 in eighth after an ace arrived on the turn.

Ottomar Ladva (1:11:50) was unable to use a pocket pair to win his way back into proceedings, as the Estonian went for broke with pocket fours and ended up that way. Roeland Peeks woke up with pocket aces in the big blind, and it got even better for the Dutchman as a flop of A-6-2 landed. Only running cards would save Ladva, who couldn’t find them to bust in seventh place for $79,664.

Moments after folding to an all-in correctly, Artem had the chance to take out another player. Having thrown away king-jack when Peeks shoved with ace-king, Artem held ace-eight of hearts and raised to 140,000 from middle position. Leonard Maue shoved with pocket nines for 840,000, and the Russian chip leader called it off. The German was a favorite to double up, but an ace on the flop did the fatal damage to Maue’s stack. Neither a nine nor running cards came to save him as he busted in sixth place for $101,602.

A domination took out Cao in fifth place for $129,580 as his ace-seven lost to the ace-ten of ‘spaise411’. The hand gave the Russian the overall chip lead with 6.38 million chips, with the overnight leader Artem down to 5.91m, and Peeks hovering ominously on 5m chips. The only American player in the final nine, Eric Yanovsky, who was playing from Argentina, couldn’t last any longer, busting fourth for a score of $165,263. All-in pre-flop (2:08:30) for 12 big blinds with ace-jack in the small blind, he ran into Artem’s ace-king in the big blind, catching no help on the board to exit just outside the podium places.

Three-handed play lasted nearly an hour, with each player still having over 5m chips, until a huge confrontation saw the overnight leader crash out in third place for $210,772. All-in pre-flop with ace-eight of hearts again, the Russian lost his stack to Peeks (3:05:00), whose pocket jacks held after a sweaty flop of T-9-5 with two hearts, gaving Artem hope of a reprieve. Ultimately, no more hearts came, and no miracle ace saved the Russian as Artem cashed for $210,772 in third, and the Dutch player Peeks took a 2:1 lead into the heads-up battle.

A fascinating final duel saw the Russian player ‘spaise411’ initially fall further behind, slipping to a 5:1 chip deficit. However, a flush over flush hand propelled the Russian back into contention before resisting an all-in battle with ace-king against pocket nines. With the chips level, the Russian player won a series of small pots to take a pivotal lead as trips beat top pair to set up his own 5:1 chip advantage. Peeks took a chance with ace-eight (3:35:50) but ran into pocket kings. A king hit the flop as no help came on the turn, leaving the Dutch player drawing dead on the river, as ‘spaise411’ became this week’s winner.  

This Week’s GGMillion$ Results – October 21st, 2025

It was no coincidence that ‘spaise411’ conquered the final table of this week’s GGMillion$, winning the top prize of $342,838 as Roeland Peeks took $268,814 as runner-up. His experience told the tale, just as the overnight leader’s late shove with ace-eight showed his shortcomings. It was a strong hand, but with the chips so evenly spread, it was the wrong move at the wrong time, and that mistake was brutally punished. 

Here’s how everyone ended up at the latest GGMillion$ final table on GGPoker.

GGMillion$ Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	‘spaise411’	Russia	$342,838
2nd	Roeland Peeks	Netherlands	$268,814
3rd	Osmirko Artem	Russia	$210,772
4th	Eric Yanovsky	United States	$165,263
5th	Long Cao	China	$129,580
6th	Leonard Maue	Germany	$101,602
7th	Ottomar Ladva	Estonia	$79,664
8th	Ravid Garbi	Israel	$62,463
9th	Christopher Nguyen	Germany	$48,976

Did the Chip Leader Throw it Away?

Coming into the action with a massive chip lead, Osmirko Artem initially used that stack to exert pressure on all of his opponents. However, while he was able to win all-ins against the short stacks, when it came to three-handed play, with the stacks almost even, there needed to be a stronger strategy in play. The ace-eight hand, which had worked earlier in the tournament, overcoming pocket nines at one point, was on short odds, and he couldn’t repeat the trick.

By contrast, ‘spaise411’ stayed in the background for most of the final table due to table dynamics, only really coming to life when there was an obviously optimal way of making chips. That all changed heads-up, as he ramped up the aggression and put Roeland Peeks to the sword. The final hand was brutal, ace-high again going down against a big pair, but while this was fortunate for the winner, his victory had significantly more to do with skill than luck. A brilliant performance saw the Russian move through the gears, unlike his countryman, who led the field only to press the pedal to the metal at precisely the wrong time. 

Watch all the action play out on the GGPoker YouTube channel here with Jeff Gross and Denys Chufarin:

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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.

* The pre-game pick is the sole opinion of the author. It in no way reflects or affects the outcome of the final table.