GGMillion$ Recaps: June 2025
The Daily Scoop – GGMillion$ Season 2025 Episode 17 – June 4, 2025
Russian player Ilia Streltsov won the latest GGMillion$ top prize of $1.66 million this week as a final table packed with players of legendary reputation battled for glory. With not one but two seven-figure scores on offer, one of the biggest GGPoker events of the year so far played out in fine style as a big chip leader saw their lead disappear and one man rose through the ranks to conquer the game.
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A Huge Chip Leader, a Massive Prize Pool
This week’s special guest on the show was the German tournament crusher Fedor Holz. Holz has over $50 million in lifetime earnings just from live tournaments, putting him 11th on the all-time money list. The GGTeam member has two WSOP bracelets, despite taking several periods away from the game to focus on business and personal development, called the action alongside Gross, and revelled in the role.
Heading the top nine as play began at the final table was ‘dafaniu’ from Austria, who began with a massive 120 big blind stack. Also from Austria, ‘If_i_persist’ was second in chips a long way back on 54 big blinds, with Russians Nikita Kalinin (46BB) and Ilia Streltsov (41BB) still within range.
Some way back were the rest of the Texas Hold’em field, who had less than 25% of the leader’s chips. Polish player Mariusz Golinski (29BB), Germany’s Alexander Tkatschew (27BB), Costa Rican ‘FUGG’ (24BB), Spanish player Juan Dominguez (19BB), and short-stacked French player Emilien Pitavy (13BB) completed the line-up.
It wasn’t long before Pitavy busted. All-in pre-flop with ace-deuce, they ran into ‘If_i_persist’ with ace-ten. The Austrian player prevailed as a flop of J-3-3, which was followed by a six on the turn and a ten on the river for good measure. That pot sent Pitavy home with a score of $196,689.
Persistence Wins the Hour
Nearly an hour later, ‘If_i_persist’ scored the second elimination of the night. Taking out the unfortunate ‘FUGG’, who might have exclaimed something similar when he effectively shoved with pocket jacks but ran into pocket aces. The board of 7-4-2-5-3 gave the Austrian an unnecessary wheel straight and sent ‘FUGG’ home with $255,121 in eighth place.
The prizes were so big at this week’s final table that in seventh place, German player Alexander Tkatschew won $330,901, as much as the winners get on an average week. Losing a massive flip with pocket nines to Juan Dominguez’s king-queen, Tkatschew had very little left when he shoved from the small blind with ace-ten in the next hand. Streltsov called with queen-jack and a cruel board of K-T-5-J-J as Tkatschew flopped the nut flush draw but was sent the German home on the running jacks.
All-in two hands later for three big blinds with a suited ten-seven, Nikita Kalinin lost to Mariusz Golinski’s king-ten, a board of A-K-8-A-3 had the Russian drawing dead before the river. Kalinin cashed for $429,175 in sixth place.
Thirty minutes passed before he was joined on the rail by ‘dafaniu’, who risked it all with ace-queen and was called by a resurgent Ilia Streltsov with pocket eights. It was a coin flip to claim the chip lead. The flop of 9-5-2 offered the at-risk overnight chip leader no hope. A jack on the turn and six on the river saw the player who came into the action with more than double their nearest challenger out in fifth place for $556,621.
Streltsov Wins the Day
With four players left, Streltsov’s lead was massive, with 70 million chips, over 60% of the chips in play. His closest rival, Juan Dominguez, was sitting with 19 million, while Golinksi and ‘If_i_persist’ had just 11.1 and 11.8 million chips respectively. Despite the stacks, Dominguez was the next victim, as a long period without anyone busting saw the Spanish player all-in with queen-eight, losing to Streltsov’s ace-deuce. The board of J-5-2-9-5 flirted with a flush for Dominguez but failed to get there, sending him home with $721,898.
Three-handed, Golinski shoved with ace-eight and was called by Streltsov holding ace-queen. Not the easiest of boards played out as a flop of K-9-6 was followed by a seven on the turn. A second king on the river ended the matter in the chip leader’s favor, and Golinksi departed with $936,235.
Heads-up began with Streltsov holding a massive lead of 98.2 million to 13.8 million chips, and soon, the Russian had them all. The very first hand of heads-up play, Streltsov shoved with king-seven and ran into the ace-jack of ‘If_i_persist’. The board favored the leader, though, with it coming down K-8-6-5-2 to end the event as Ilia Streltsov won the $1,661,695 top prize while ‘If_i_persist’ had to be consoled by the $1,214,195 runner-up prize.
Watch all the action with Jeff Gross and Fedor Holz right here:
GGMillion$ Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ilia Streltsov | Russia | $1,661,695 |
| 2nd | ‘If_i_persist’ | Austria | $1,214,195 |
| 3rd | Mariusz Golinski | Poland | $936,235 |
| 4th | Juan Dominguez | Spain | $721,898 |
| 5th | ‘dafaniu’ | Austria | $556,621 |
| 6th | Nikita Kalinin | Russia | $429,175 |
| 7th | Alexander Tkatschew | Germany | $330,901 |
| 8th | ‘FUGG’ | Costa Rica | $255,121 |
| 9th | Emilien Pitavy | France | $196,689 |
The Daily Scoop – GGMillion$ Season 2025 Episode 18 – June 11, 2025
The Dutch player Jans Arends won his fourth GGMillion$ title after an astonishing final table performance. With unconventional moves and massive all-ins, Jans Arends came into the action in the middle of the pack but jumped to the top after some remarkable and dominant late stage play.
Nguyen on Target for the Win
This week’s GGMillion$ was hosted by regular presenter Jeff Gross, with popular WPT Global Slam and Triton Poker winner Xuan Liu on co-commentator duties. With almost $3.3m in live poker earnings alone, Liu is an authority on both online and live poker, and she brought plenty of action and thrills across a fun evening on GGPoker.
Leading the final nine into the race to become champion was one of three German players, Christopher Nguyen on 86 big blinds. A fair way behind on 60 big blinds was Chinese player ‘PepsiFanta’, while Samuel ‘€urop€an’ Vousden from Finland sat with 48 big blinds. Behind the leaders, Dutch regular Jans Arends (46BB), German pro Caspar Engelien (38BB), Polish player ‘dafaniu’ (36BB), Russian ‘Dima SPR’ (27BB), Belarusian Mikalai Vaskaboinikau (24BB), and German Simon Beckmann (15BB) were all hoping they could recover from their shorter stacks to take the title.
The short-stacked Beckmann was the first player to leave the Texas Hold’em action. All-in for 14 big blinds with queen-jack of diamonds, he started well behind the ace-king of his countryman, Caspar Engelien. A flop of K-7-5 paired Engelien’s king but provided a sweat, with two diamonds. However, the offsuit seven and three on turn and river ensured Beckmann departed in ninth place for $52,606 as Engelien chipped up at his compatriot’s expense.
Cooler After Cooler
Then, eight became seven in the very next hand. All-in for seventeen big blinds with ace-king, Vousden was at risk and behind as Mikalai Vaskaboinikau, who called with pocket kings. The board of Q-5-4-2-6 provided the chance for a wheel, but the river let down the Finn as he left with $67,093. It was a disastrous evening for Vousden, who had started third in chips and ended with him the second to leave the virtual felt.
Despite winning that hand, the Belarusian Vaskaboinikau was out next in seventh place. It was another cold deck as he was all-in with ace-ten but lost to the ace-king of Engelien, as a stress-free board of K-9-5-A-T had the Belarussian drawing dead to the river, and eventually out on the rail with $85,568. Engleien was running away with it, now leading the event ahead of the former leader Nguyen
The next victim was taken out less than 10 minutes later. A preflop min-raise by ‘dafaniu’ was shoved on by ‘Dima SPR’ holding pocket tens and ‘dafaniu’ snapped it off with pocket aces. A flop of K-K-3 was followed by a queen on the turn and a four on the river, sending the Russian home with $109,132 as the Polish player recovered some momentum after a tricky start.
The final table got off to a rambunctious start, with four eliminations within twenty-five minutes. The shortest stack was sitting at nearly 40 big blinds, as all of the action had occurred within the first level of play. For all of the early excitement, things would calm down, as there would not be another elimination for over 45 minutes.
Arends Bosses the End Game
Engelien had enjoyed waking up to monster hands throughout the final table, but when he made it 138,000 with ace-king, ‘dafaniu’ was happy to reraise with pocket aces. The German player called to a flop of Q-6-4 and in doing so, likely saved himself some money, as a c-bet from ‘dafaniu’ was only called. A nine on the turn saw the Pole bet again, this time for 750,000 and Engelien got away from it, folding to fight another day.
Jans Arends put Engelien in a box a short time later, with the Dutchman’s impressive post-flop yielding results. On a board showing 7-7-3-T, Arends bet, leading to a shove from Engelien with pocket eights. Arends snapped off that shove with ace-seven for flopped trips, while Engelien had a flush draw to go with his eights. Unfortunately, it didn’t come in. The king of hearts on the river meant Arends took the lead in the tournament as Engelien left with $139,184 in fifth place.
Sitting on just over 7 million chips, Arends held a big advantage, with ‘dafaniu’ (4.4m), ‘PepsiFanta’ (4.2m), and Nguyen (3.2m) all playing catch-up. The overnight leader Nguyen was all-in and at risk on the fifth deal of four-handed play and had the best of it with eights over ‘PepsiFanta’ with sevens. But a cruel run-out on a board of 5-4-3-4-7 sent Nguyen to the rail in fourth for $177,512.
Three-handed play lasted for over 45 minutes as Arends continued to grow his already decisive lead. ‘PepsiFanta’ eventually shoved with ace-eight of spades, and was called by Arends with ace-queen of diamonds. The chip leader easily held through the J-6-5-2-3 board as ‘PepsiFanta’ lost their fizz, exiting for $226,394 in third while Arends went into the final heads-up with a near 4:1 chip lead.
The final hand came barely 10 minutes later, as ‘dafaniu’ bluffed it all with seven-six of hearts on a board of A-3-2-T-A. Arends had a big call to make with just six-three for a flopped second pair that had been weakened by the river, but he clicked the call button and with it won his fourth GGMillion$ title and the top prize of $368,247 while ‘dafaniu’ was consoled with $288,737 as the runner up.
Watch how it all played out in the company of Jeff Gross and Xuan Liu right here on the GGPoker YouTube channel:
GGMillion$ Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jans Arends | Netherlands | $368,247 |
| 2nd | ‘dafaniu’ | Poland | $288,737 |
| 3rd | ‘PepsiFanta’ | China | $226,394 |
| 4th | Chris Nguyen | Austria | $177,512 |
| 5th | Caspar Engelien | Austria | $139,184 |
| 6th | ‘Dima SPR’ | Russia | $109,132 |
| 7th | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | $85,568 |
| 8th | Samuel Vousden | Finland | $67,093 |
| 9th | Simon Beckmann | Austria | $52,606 |
The Daily Scoop – GGMillion$ Season 2025 Episode 19 – June 18, 2025
A superb victory for Mexico-based player ‘ImWohooooooooo’ saw the player from the middle of the pack jump through the deck, overcoming the chip leader to score a brilliant win against the odds. With online poker legends such as Niklas Astedt, Chris Nguyen, and Michael Addamo all at the felt, the final table in this week’s GGMillion$ was a Tuesday night thriller.
Cates and ‘K-Mart’ on the Beat
This week’s GGMillion$ saw two co-commentators take the reins without regular host Jeff Gross, as Kevin Martin and Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates brought the Texas Hold’em action to life. Belarussian player ‘va11ero’ led the final nine with a massive 91 big blinds, with German GGMillion$ regular Christopher Nguyen (55BB) and last week’s runner-up, Polish player ‘dafaniu’ (46BB) closest to the leader.
Swedish poker player Niklas Astedt (44BB) was in the running, with Hungary’s Andras Nemeth (42BB) and Mexico-based ‘ImWohooooooooo’ (37BB) in the mood to celebrate only a little further back, as was German player Alexander Tkatschew on 36 big blinds. The record-breaking Australian GGMillion$ king Michael Addamo (20BB) and Russian player ‘IamBusinessman’ (19BB) began with smaller stacks and looked to double quickly.
The chips were passed around the table for thirty minutes before the first player was ousted from the felt, the record-breaking multiple GGMillion$ winner, Michael Addamo. The Aussie was short when he shoved with ace-four of spades on a board of K-Q-9 with two spades. It was ‘dafaniu’ who made the call, and last week’s runner-up held with ace-king offsuit. An offsuit four and ten landed on turn and river to send Addamo home with a score of $39,388 in ninth place.
From Hero to Zero
The next player to bust was last week’s near-miss heads-up player, ‘dafaniu’. The Poland-based player had sunk to seven big blinds and got it all-in with pocket fives from mid-position. Unfortunately, they ran into the marginally better stacked Andras Nemeth with pocket queens. A clean board sent the Polish player home after 7-4-4-Q-Q made Nemeth quads on the river with ‘dafaniu’ already drawing dead to an eighth-place finish worth $50,435.
The Russian player ‘IamBusinessman’ was the next player to leave, busting for $64,581 when they moved all-in with six-four on a flop of J-6-4 with two spades. ‘ImWohooooooooo’ called with ace-king of spades and after an offsuit ten on the turn, one arrived in spades on the river to reduce the field to six players.
Six became five after a monumental cooler took out the German player Alexander Tkatschew for a score of $82,695. All-in with ace-king, Tkatschew ran into the pocket aces belonging to ‘va11ero’ and got no help on the J-4-3-J-7 board. Two hands later, five were reduced to four, as Nemeth’s pocket threes were beaten by pocket fours held by ‘va11ero’. A club flush came in on the turn to end matters before the river card fell, sending the Hungarian home with $105,889 in fifth place.
Miracle River Wins Million$
With four players remaining in the hunt, ‘ImWohooooooooo’ had the lead with 5.39 million chips, as ‘va11ero’ (4.24m), Chris Nguyen (2.51m) and Niklas Astedt (1.49m) hunted down the leader. The hunt proved a fruitless battle for Astedt, as the Swede lost a big flip to Nguyen for most of his stack, then, with his last 1.5 blinds, lost another flip with pocket sevens to the ace-jack of ‘ImWohooooooooo’. The flop of 8-4-6 was followed by an ace on the turn and a queen on the river pushing Astedt to the rail, cashing for $135,589 in fourth.
Three-handed play took very little time to play out, with Chris Nguyen suckered in by an overbet on the river by the Mexico-based ‘ImWohooooooooo’. The board had fallen J-5-2-J-K, and the Mexico player shoved with jack-five. Nguyen mistakenly believed his king-seven of hearts to be ahead and made the call, losing all of his chips and cashing for $173,618 but missing out on the final battle for glory.
Heads-up, ‘ImWohooooooooo’ had a two-to-one lead, with 9.63m, to the overnight chip leader ‘va11ero’, with 4.01m chips. ‘va11ero’ did manage a big win on a board showing 7-6-5-4-4 with ace-three as ‘ImWohooooooooo’ had their pocket queens soundly beaten. That hand switched the lead, but the Mexico-based player retook the lead five hands later and, with the edge in chips, the final hand played out in dramatic fashion. Pre-flop, ‘ImWohooooooooo’ put in a min-raise which was called. That was followed by a post-flop min-bet, which ‘va11ero’ also called. The turn saw ‘ImWohooooooooo’ fire a pot-sized barrel that ‘va11ero’ called, and the board complete, showing K-9-9-4-J. The river was a miracle for ‘va11ero’ with queen-ten giving the king-high straight, it also completed a runner-runner flush for ‘ImWohooooooooo’. All the chips got in, and the GGMillion$ had a new winner, and ‘va11ero’ had an extra $222,314 in their wallet for the runner-up position.
It was an impressive win for ‘ImWohooooooooo’, as the player who came into the action sixth in chips ultimately took the $284,669 top prize, conquering the overnight chip leader heads-up in style.
Watch all the action as Dan Cates and Kevin Martin brought all the action to life on GGPoker’s YouTube channel.
GGMillion$ Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ‘ImWohooooooooo’ | Mexico | $284,669 |
| 2nd | ‘va11ero’ | Belarus | $222,314 |
| 3rd | Chris Nguyen | Germany | $173,618 |
| 4th | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | $135,589 |
| 5th | Andras Nemeth | Hungary | $105,889 |
| 6th | Alexander Tkatshew | Germany | $82,695 |
| 7th | ‘IamBusinessman’ | Russia | $64,581 |
| 8th | ‘dafaniu’ | Polland | $50,435 |
| 9th | Michael Addamo | Australia | $39,388 |
The Daily Scoop – GGMillion$ Season 2025 Episode 20 – June 25, 2025
The latest GGMillion$ action on Tuesday saw Israeli player ‘Yougottofoldnow’ win the weekly $10,000-entry online poker tournament as Dominik Nitsche fell just short of glory yet again. The German Nitsche, who has yet to win a GGMillion$ title, had the lead going into the heads-up battle but let it get away, and called off his stack in the final hand.
Back in the Hot Seat
After a week off, Jeff Gross was back in his seat as regular host and was joined this week by American Kevin Rabichow. A celebrated poker coach and professional player, Rabichow’s $4.5 million in live earnings supplements his vast online success, with his role as a GTO coach one he enjoys and has a fantastic reputation for.
Heading into the final nine, Italian player Enrico Camosci led by a large margin with 94 big blinds. Behind him, the only player with more than half Camosci’s stack was the German player and multiple WSOP bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche (65BB), with French player Emilien Pitavy (40BB) on the last podium spot before the final table began.
The rest of the field, but still in the chase for the top of the leaderboard, but from further back were Finland’s Samuel ‘€urop€an’ Vousden (39BB), German Caspar Engelien (35BB), Serbia’s Danilo Velasevic (32BB), Israeli player ‘Yougottofoldnow’ (27BB), Argentina’s ‘nicomind89’ (25BB) and the short stacked GGMillion$ crusher Michael Addamo from Australia, who began with 17 big blinds.
The first player to leave the final table was short-stacked Addamo. After slowly bleeding chips over the first twenty-five minutes, he attempted to double back into contention by shoving ace-jack of hearts pre-flop. The unfortunate Addamo saw the bad news when he ran into Vousden’s ace-king of clubs. The bigger stack held with ease as the board came down K-T-6-5-2. There was a bit of a sweat on the river as the board had two hearts to match Addamo’s, along with an inside straight draw. The 2 of spades on the river prevented all of that, and Addamo was out with a score of $37,584.
€urop€an Goes Home
Samuel Vousden’s stack had not changed much since the knockout, but with the help of some bad timing, he found the exact wrong moment to make a move as he left in eighth for $48,125. All-in with ace-four of hearts, the Finnish pro ran into Dominik Nitsche’s ace-king. A runout of K-8-3-Q-5 with just one heart on the flop left him drawing dead on the river, sending ‘€urop€an’ home with $48,125.
Then, two hands later, seven became six. The Argentinian player ‘nicomind89’ was all-in pre-flop with ace-jack but failed to hold against the king-queen of Camosci when a board of K-4-3-2-6 fell, leaving the Argentine to console themselves with $61,623.
One-and-a-half orbits later, an all-German clash sent Caspar Engelien home with $78,907 in sixth. Caspar got it all-in from the big blind with his last 3.5 big blings on a flop of 8-4-3 with six-three for bottom pair. Engelien got the call from his countryman Nitsche with ace-jack of spades and only one spade on the flop. An offsuit eight on the turn was no help for Nitsche, but the jack of diamonds on the river helped in the best way possible, making him a better pair and sending Engelien home. That pot gave Nitsche a 35 big blind lead and pushed his chance of winning his first GGMillion$ title in the right direction.
Emilien Pitavy was the next player to book a one-way ticket to the rail when he shoved pre-flop with ten-seven of diamonds and ran into the ace-queen of spades belonging to ‘Yougottofoldnow’. The board came down Q-6-5-J-3, offering no help for Pitavy, and the French player departed for $101,039 in fifth place.
Nitsche Blows It Again
Down to four players, Nitsche had the lead with 4.79 million chips, followed by ‘Yougottofoldnow’ with 3.96m, Velasevic (2.56m), and Camosci, who had fallen from chip leader to short stack with just 1.76m. There was a shock exit in fourth, when Serbian Danilo Velasevic got it all-in with ace-king of spades. And even though Velasevic did his job and got it all-in pre-flop, the cards refused to help against the ace-four of ‘Yougottofoldnow’. A Q-3-2 flop was sweaty, while the turned ace changed nothing. The river, however, changed everything. A five completed the board to hand the Israeli player a wheel, sending Velasevic home with $129,378.
Down to three, Enrico Camosci threw some shade Nitsche’s way. All-in with pocket eights, the Italian lost a flip to the German’s ace-ten after a board of Q-6-4-A-2 played out, sending Camosci home with $165,666. Camosci played the ‘You Suck!’ avatar as Nitsche took a lead into the heads-up, with 8.61m chips to ‘Yougottofoldnow’s 4.47m chips.
The lead changed hands about halfway into what would become a nearly 30-minute-long heads-up clash, with ‘Yougottofoldnow’ grabbing the lead in a pot where both players were bluffing. ‘Yougottofoldnow’ made the final bluff, betting the river with just ace-high, getting Nitsche to fold. The final Texas Hold’em hand played out on a board of 8-6-5-A-2. Nitsche bet the river big with ace-king but was raised all-in by ‘Yougottofoldnow’ with ace-deuce. The German couldn’t resist clicking call, and in doing so, he fell just short of the GGMillion$ win that still eludes him. Nitsche claimed second place again, this time for $212,132, while the Israeli ‘Yougottofoldnow’ won $271,631 as weekly champion.
Watch all the action as Jeff Gross and Kevin Rabichow bring the GGMillion$ to life in style on the GGPoker YouTube channel.
GGMillion$ Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ‘Yougottofoldnow’ | Israel | $271,631 |
| 2nd | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | $212,132 |
| 3rd | Enrico Camosci | Italy | $165,666 |
| 4th | Danilo Velasevic | Serbia | $129,378 |
| 5th | Emilien Pitavy | France | $101,039 |
| 6th | Caspar Engelien | Germany | $78,907 |
| 7th | ‘nicomind89’ | Argentina | $61,623 |
| 8th | Samuel Vousden | Finland | $48,125 |
| 9th | Michael Addamo | Australia | $37,504 |
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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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