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GGMillion$ High Roller WSOP Bracelet Won by Sergio Aido for $2.2m – GGMillion$ Season 2026 Episode 36

This week’s GGMillion$ on GGPoker was a very special one. With over $2.2 million up top and a total prize pool of over $17 million, the added prize of a World Series of Poker bracelet was also on the line online. That meant every player at the nine-handed table brought their A-Games, and it was the Spanish pro Sergio Aido who used all his high roller experience to get the job done and grab gold in the WSOP Online Series, as well as becoming the latest GGMillion$ champion.

Pre-Match Betting Odds

Before the cards went into the virtual air, the nine finalists were appraised by this week’s commentary team. With regular host Jeff Gross joined by the multiple WSOP bracelet winner and poker legend Alex Foxen behind the mics, there was a clear chip leader at the top of the counts. Dutchman Roeland Peeks had an outrageous lead with 171 big blinds, quite possibly the largest stack ever, in terms of big blinds, we’ve ever seen at a GGMillion$ final table. The massive lead was reflected in the odds offered for Peeks to win on the GGPoker client, with odds of just 2.14. 

If it was hard to see past Peeks for the win, then perhaps the only player who did appeal was the Spanish tournament specialist, Sergi Aido. The tournament crusher was second in chips, but still had a very strong stack of 72 big blinds, and he was our pick of the week’s players at odds of 6.2. 

Behind Peeks and Aido, no one had even a quarter of the chip leader’s stack. Brazilian player Matheus Machado (37BB/9.86) was chasing hard, with the online poker legend Niklas Astedt, a.k.a. ‘Lena900’ looking to win for Sweden with 36 big blinds and at odds of 9.44. The German former GGMillion$ winner Ole Schemion (32BB/10.34) hovered close behind, with his countryman Chris Nguyen (28BB/14.88) just behind him. 

There were three short stacks who would need a start like a Formula 1 car, with Dutch player Johannes Straver (23BB/15.54) marginally ahead of Israel’s Oshri Lahmani (19BB/27.84), with the American player Alessandro Di Michele starting as the shortest stack at the table on 16 big blinds at odds of 33.52.

Key Moments from the Felt

Niklas Astedt was the first player to leave the final table, as the Swedish poker legend bowed out in a premium-vs-premium clash. The surprise all-in saw huge stacks in the middle, with the player known as ‘Lena900’ marginally at risk against close competitor Matheus Machado. Astedt’s pocket queens were topped by the pocket aces belonging to the Brazilian, leaving the Swedish online poker legend to collect $278,847 in ninth place.

American player Alessandro Di Michele had started as the shortest of them all and soon exited in eighth place for $361,528 after climbing just a single rung up the ladder. Committing his stack pre-flop with ace-nine, he ran into Machado’s pocket queens, and this time around, the ladies were a big favorite to win. That fulfilled their duty when the flop of Q-9-6 was followed by a seven on the turn that left Di Michele drawing dead to the river and pushed Machado a bit closer to the top of the table.

Seven turned to six after the third all-in and call that ended in elimination, with Machado standing as the conqueror. The chips were in the middle pre-flop again, with Johannes Straver (1:22:07) from the Netherlands cashing for $468,752 when his ace-queen couldn’t overcome Machado’s pocket tens. There was a queen in the window, but a ten lurking right behind it, and with no further help, the Dutchman bowed out as Machado moved second in chips.

Oshri Lahmani learned the hard way just how cruel poker can be when he became the Brazilian wrecking ball’s latest victim. Machado min-raised with ace-king, Lahmani shipped with pocket jacks, and got a call from Machado as the two pros were off to the races. Sadly for Lahmani, he fell at the last hurdle. The ten-high flop was safe, so too was the deuce on the turn that merely paired its flopped doppelganger. But the river king was a sinker, as Lahmani lost out in sixth, cashing for $607,805.

Ole Schemion was also sinking fast, and while he made a disciplined fold in an attempt to ladder when his compatriot Nguyen shoved, the German doubled up with pocket queens through the chip leader Peeks’ ace-queen. That left Schemion running on fumes, and he shoved in the very next hand for nine big blinds with ace-four. Schemion was unlucky to bust, as Nguyen, fresh off the double up, called it off with jack-queen, and those new chips worked wonders. A queen on the flop and another on the turn did the trick as Schemion cashed for $788,136 in fifth place. 

With four players left, Peeks still had the lead, but it was far from overwhelming as the chips had bunched up considerably. His 49.8m was marginally clear of Aido’s stack of 46.4m, with Machado’s 42.1m not far behind. Nguyen was the short stack, but with 36.9 million chips himself, everyone had a real shot at glory.

Chris Nguyen was the next player to go and in heartbreaking circumstances. (2:07:35) Holding king-eight to Sergio Aido’s king-three, the German must have thought he had the best of it when a board of K-3-2-2 had landed. But his effective check-shove on the turn put him in a world of trouble, drawing only to three outs. No eight came on the river and the German pro left with the first seven-figure cash at the final table, winning $1,021,994 in fourth place.

Three-handed play began with Sergio Aido in charge, and that continued to huge effect when he took a massive chunk off the overnight chip leader. On a board with two nines, Aido had flopped trips and made Peeks pay to see a river with his flush draw. Peeks called for 10 million and didn’t hit the diamond he needed. (2:35:35) The very next hand, Peeks was all-in and in terrible shape. His ace-five lost to Machado’s ace-ten and play was heads-up, with the overnight leader on the rail in third for $1,325,271.

Heads-up, Aido’s 108.4m was well ahead of Machado’s 66.9m. The early pots went the Spaniard’s way, and he established a better than 2:1 chip lead. The lead disappeared however, after a board of 4-3-2-K-4 landed and gave Machado the straight with ace-five. In the very next hand, with Machado leading by a slim margin, his jack-seven hit the J-9-2 flop hard but not as hard as Aido, who flopped a set with pocket deuces. By the time the river came down, there was a 32 million pot to fire at and Aido value-bet 22.8 million and got called.

That pot gave Aido a big lead of better than 2:1 again and a few minutes later, he had it all. (2:53:08) Machado moved all-in over Aido’s bet pre-flop but the Brazilian’s ace-three was dominated by Aido’s ace-seven and the board was a safe one, leaving the Spanish pro to collect $2,228,762 and the WSOP gold bracelet along with the GGMillion$ title. Machado, who battled so well, earned $1,718,571 as a deserving runner-up.

This Week’s GGMillion$ Results – September 29th, 2026

With a thrilling final table won by our pick Sergio Aido. The Spanish player’s fellow elite pro Alex Foxen was complimentary about his peer in the post-match analysis. 

“He had a couple of spots go his way and he just navigated quite well,” said Foxen. “Nothing too outrageous, no crazy bluffs, just very consistent and put the pressure on when he could, won some flips, well done Sergio, congrats.”

While big names like Niklas Astedt and Ole Schemion busted fairly early, Sergio Aido traversed the tournament’s final table with skill and patience and got his just reward. 

Here are all the finishers from this very special WSOP GGMillion$ High Roller, where Sergio Aido won gold and over $2.2 million. 

Here are all nine finalists and what they took home in this week’s GGMillion$ finale:

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Sergio Aido	Spain	$2,228,762
2nd	Matheus Machado	Brazil	$1,718,571
3rd	Roeland Peeks	Netherlands	$1,325,271
4th	Chris Nguyen	Germany	$1,021,994
5th	Ole Schemion	Germany	$788,136
6th	Oshri Lahmani	Israel	$607,805
7th	Johannes Staver	Netherlands	$468,752
8th	Alessandro Di Michele	United States	$361,528
9th	Niklas Astedt	Sweden	$278,847

Did Roeland Peeks Give Away His Edge?

It’s hard to argue too greatly against the merits of any player at this week’s GGMillion$ final table. Sergio Aido’s performance was rightly praised by his fellow Triton Poker tour and WSOP crusher Alex Foxen on comms, as well as the host with the most, Jeff Gross, but could the overnight leader have done more to stop him? Possibly. 

The key pot that went away from Peeks came just before his exit, in third place. Holding a king-high diamond flush draw from the flop, Peeks called Aido’s bet of 10m on the turn, and that cost him dearly after he missed the river. But pre-flop, calling 4.2m in position was questionable. Once in the hand, however, Aido’s c-bet on the flop of 9-9-5 was a small one of only 2.2m, but Alex Foxen noted how there was the opportunity to raise. At that point, of course, Peeks has a real chance of winning the hand, never mind that Aido has flopped trips and calls any raise, including for the entire stack. A raise from Peeks, rather than the call he made on the flop, gives him information. 

If Peeks had raised to 7 million instead of calling, he loses five million chips in the hand. But instead, his call on both flop and turn costs him more than ten million due to Aido’s bet on the turn. If Peeks raises the flop, he finds out where he is, that is to say, losing to any hand other than a worse flush if he hits.  

Peeks might have gotten out of the way sooner in the hand, or if not, have been left with more chips to decide what to do with next, allowing him to raise-fold the next hand, or wait for a more opportune moment due to the ICM situation changing between him and Machado in the next hand. 

Sometimes money saved really is money earned, and with just shy of $400,000, the difference between second and third is truly significant in the GGMillion$.

Watch all the action play out in the company of Jeff Gross and Alex Foxen right here:

WSOP Online Main Event                                          2026 Week 37

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.

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Edited by Shawn A.