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GGMillion$ Won by Wilson in Debut Domination – GGMillion$ Season 2026 Episode 38

This week, the GGMillion$ title came not only with over $437,000 up top but also a ticket to the GGMillion$ Live Paradise event, and the action was fast from the start. There was a collapse from the overnight chip leader, an ICM pile-up, as one player rose above it all to claim their maiden GGMillion$ title in the $10,000 weekly GGPoker spectacular. 

Pre-Match Betting Odds

As the action was brought to us by returning regular host Jeff Gross and his guest, Belgian tournament crusher Thomas Boivin, the final nine began with a clear chip leader. The Swedish player Simon Mattsson headed into the action with a massive 116 big blinds. As a consequence, the experienced Mattsson was a massive 2.58 favorite in the betting client on GGPoker. Second in chips was the German player Chris Nguyen, who was available at odds of 5.60 with a stack of 70 big blinds.

Behind the top two, British player Andrew Wilson (47BB/7.40) was the only other player with more than one third of the chip leader’s stack. Dutch player Hannes Jeschka had 34 big blinds, but after some great results in recent weeks, we liked his odds of 10.40 and made him our pick of the week.

Next in the betting order, Austrian player M Fernandez began on 29 big blinds and was offered at odds of 12.86 to win. Portuguese powerhouse Joao Vieira (28BB/12.46) was slightly shorter odds, probably due to his excellent previous record in GGMillion$ finals, with Austria’s Max Buschmann (25BB/14.60) next. Short stacks Fabiano Kovalski from Brazil (24BB/15.70) and Andrija Robovic from Serbia (20BB/20.0) were underdogs in both chip and betting terms.

Key Moments from the Felt

The action was fast from the off, but most of it ended up swelling the stack of one player, Andrew Wilson. The British player managed to take chips from seemingly everyone, and while it took a long time for anyone to bust, the control over the chips gave Wilson a huge advantage. The overnight chip leader was Simon Mattsson, but the Swedish player endured a nightmare final table. He 3-bet shoved all-in pre-flop for 30 big blinds with ace-queen. As the rest of the final table had run, this was horribly timed as Wilson snapped him off holding pocket rockets. The board paired the Swede on the flop, but offered no further assistance as the field was reduced to eight, with Mattsson, the original table chip leader, going home in ninth place with $54,667.

Hannes Jeschka departed in eighth place for $70,894 shortly after. All-in with ace-four, the German lost to Andrija Robovic’s ace-king, being KOed by a dominating hand. Then, in the very next hand, the field dropped to six, with Joao Vieira bowing out. The Portuguese poker great woke up with ace-queen and moved all-in pre-flop only to be called by Andrew Wilson with another pocket pair; this time it was jacks, and the big stack at the table got richer, winning the coin flip to move to a stack of 12.5 million, more than half the chips in play, as his control of the table grew. Vieira left with $91,939.

The German player Chris Nguyen soon lost out after a big flip against the Brazilian Fabiano Kovalski. All-in pre-flop with pocket queens, the luckless Nguyen couldn’t hold against the ace-king belonging to Kovalski, as a board of T-9-3-K-2 rewarded the Brazilian on the turn to send Nguyen home with $119,230 in sixth place.

The flurry of exits continued with M Fernandez busting in fifth place for $154,622. All-in with pocket nines, he ran into Wilson’s pocket jacks as the British player continued to slay. As Fernandez went to the virtual rail, Andrew Wilson entered the final four in one of the strongest positions anyone has ever been at four-handed at a GGMillion$ final table. Holding a stack of 15.8 million, he dwarfed his three remaining opponents Kovalski (3.4m), Robovic (2.5m) and Buschmann (1.7m).

It was the Austrian Max Buschmann who busted next. (2:20:58) Short-stacked with less than five big blinds to his name, king-jack was an easy shove, but he ran into Wilson’s ace-ten and paid the price. Buschmann exited for $200,520 when he drew dead on a queen-high board.

The podium places guaranteed a return of $260,042 but it took an astonishing hand to propel play heads-up. (2:32:10) Fabiano Kovalski was desperately unlucky to lose with pocket aces to the pocket queens of Andrija Robovic, as the Serbian flopped a set. Wilson had called too with a suited ten-nine, but although he also flopped a gutshot straight draw, it didn’t come in, so there was no ‘double scoop’ elimination to land him the title. Kovalski busted to Wilson soon after for the pocket change he was left with, and the British player went into the final duel with a nearly insurmountable 10:1 chip lead.

A handy double-up for the Serbian came soon into the heads-up battle, as his queen-nine flopped trip queens against Wilson’s pocket kings. Having reduced his arrears to almost 2:1, Robovic was on the comeback trail, and another massive double gave him the lead. All-in with jacks against Wilson’s ace-ten, the former chip leader’s luck had deserted him at the worst possible time. 

Losing a big hand with a smaller two pair was not a welcome part of the script for Robovic, and with Wilson in the lead again (2:48:49), Robovic shoved the very next hand with pocket fours. He was snap-called by Wilson with king-queen of clubs. A king on the flop put the British player in the lead, and he survived the turn, albeit with Robovic chasing a flush draw, having four spades for a 25% chance of winning the hand. The spade didn’t come, and Wilson took down his first GGMillion$ title for $437,338 as the unfortunate Robovic finally succumbed to the dominant player of the final table, winning $337,233 after starting ninth on the grid.

This Week’s GGMillion$ Results – October 13th, 2026

This week’s GGMillion$ final table went the way of Andrew Wilson as he won this week’s GGMillion$ title on GGPoker. 

“What a chaotic finish and he gets his first title – he put on a clinic.”

“That was so fun!” said Thomas Boivin. “We’ve seen some tight play and people fighting back, I’ve had a good time.”

It was a rollercoaster ride for players in all positions, as the chip leader with 115 big blinds went from hero to zero, finishing in ninth place for just $54,667, with Wilson’s top prize worth $437,338. 

Here are all the results for this week’s entertaining GGMillion$ final table.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Andrew Wilson	United Kingdom	$437,338
2nd	Andrija Robovic	Serbia	$337,233
3rd	Fabiano Kovalski	Brazil	$260,042
4th	Max Buschmann	Austria	$200,520
5th	M Fernandez	Austria	$154,622
6th	Chris Nguyen	Germany	$119,230
7th	Joao Vieira	Portugal	$91,939
8th	Hannes Jeschka	Germany	$70,894
9th	Simon Mattsson	Sweden	$54,667

How Did Wilson Win the War

As Thomas Boivin hinted at, there was some tight play along the way, especially in the early levels. Simon Mattsson’s drop from chip leader to not only being at risk but busting in ninth place was a disaster for him and a tremendous lift to Andrew Wilson’s chances as he took on most of those chips. 

Wilson’s mastery of the final table was helped along by players losing chips without busting, putting everyone except Wilson in a world of ICM pain. Wilson seemed to be cruising to victory heads-up, only to run his hands into bigger monsters. However, while Robovic proved an unexpectedly tricky customer, Wilson’s stubborn nature, refusing to alter his tactics, worked in his favor as he decided that if he kept playing above-average hands aggressively, it would eventually pay off. The two pair over two pair hand was crucial in building back his lead, and if we’re being super critical, then Robovic might have found the fold with seven-four. But that’s a bit too much nit-picking. In truth, we’re more inclined this week to simply credit Wilson for a job well done! 

Watch all the action with regular host Jeff Gross and co-commentator Thomas Boivin as the GGMillion$ final table crowned a new winner of the prestigious online poker title, along with a seat in Paradise.

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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.

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Edited by Shawn A.