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Denys Chufarin Performs a Miracle for Maiden GGMillion$ Title – GGMillion$ Season 2025 Episode 39

This week’s GGMillion$ Super High Roller was a classic, with Jeff Gross jumping on the mic as the regular host and joined by his very special co-commentator Joe Cada. Cada, who became the youngest ever WSOP Main Event champion back in 2009, has since won 3 more bracelets in the game. He added unforgettable passion and insights on a night of high drama at the GGPoker felt, as Ukrainian player and recent GGMillion$ co-commentator, Denys Chufarin, won his first title in this event. 

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Pre-Match Betting Odds

Heading into the final table action, the chip leader had a runaway lead. One of two Belarussians at the final table, Ilya Anatski’s 98 big blinds meant he was a very short 3.46 favorite to take the title. Second in chips but a long way behind was Canadian Chris Klodnicki on 59 big blinds, and that was reflected in the available odds of 6.06. Andrew Wilson (51BB) was 6.32 in the betting odds. Of those three, we rated the chip leader Anatski as the best value. 

Behind the trio at the top, Brazilian Gabriel Tavares had 11% of the chips in play with 41 big blinds and was priced up at 8.88, slightly longer than the 8.56 on offer for Russian pro Nikita Kalinin (36BB), and purely due to the experienced player’s record playing GGMillion$ in the past. Ukrainian co-commentator from the show in October, Denys Chufarin, started with 29 big blinds at odds of 12.72 and with his deep knowledge of the game and format, as evidenced by his time on the mic, he was our outsider bet. 

Legends don’t come much bigger in poker than the Australian Michael Addamo, whose shorter price of 11.54 was justified despite him having just 22 big blinds, while Belarussian Mikita Badziakouski (21BB/12.54) was another dangerous player if he could double up early. Rank outsider Alission Piekazewicz from Brazil made it to the podium very recently, so even with 14 big blinds, he wasn’t a bad shout at all at long odds of 23.18 for those in his corner.

Key Moments from the Felt

The action ended hot but was a slow burner as the tension ramped up from the first deal in this week’s GGMillion$. It took 90 minutes for the first player to depart, and when they did, it was the British player Andrew Wilson. All-in with pocket jacks, he lost to the overnight chip leader, Anatski’s ace-queen, cashing for $48,105 as third in chips at the start of play, crashed out first at the final table.

A three-way all-in (2:37:20) saw the departure of Chris Klodnicki in eighth place for $61,352 as the player who had begun the action second in chips went the same way as Wilson. All-in pre-flop with ace-king, Klodnicki faced Gabriel Tavares with queen-ten of spades and the big stack of Michael Addamo with pocket nines. A six-high flop presented no danger to Klodnicki, but a queen on the turn took out Klodnicki and tripled up Tavares.

Another Ace-king also failed to grab more chips for the at-risk Badziakouski (2:50:30), whose dominating hand lost to the ace-seven of Denys Chufarin. A flop of 8-4-3 was safe for the Belarusian, but after a ten landed on the turn, a seven popped on the river as the multiple-time winner on GGPoker, Badziakouski, took a bad beat to exit the event in seventh place for $78,247.

Short stack Alisson Piekazewicz slid out next in sixth for $99,794 after king-high couldn’t beat ace-high, and then, just a few hands later, the field was down to four. Gabriel Taveres ran ace-king into Denys Chufarin, who was holding pocket aces, to bust for $127,276, as the Ukrainian had a sweat to the river after a king on the flop. 

“He was just on the show, the booth magic is real!” said Jeff Gross. 

“How am I about to be buying dinner, he was on 700,000 chips not so long ago!” laughed Joe Cada, whose side bet with Jeff gave a sweat to those commentating.

Nikita Kalinin busted in fourth for $162,324 when (3:05:00) he shoved with ace-queen after an overbet by Chufarin with pocket threes. The Ukrainian was on a roll and won again, taking a massive lead three-handed with 12.5 million chips, with Anatski and Addamo equally sharing just 6 million between them.

Addamo was out next in third for $207,024 when he ran super-short and was forced all in with rags to be busted by Chufarin’s suited king-queen. Heads-up began right away, with Ilya Anatski looking for his third win with half the chips held by Chufarin, who was hoping to win his first. A pivotal hand took place when both Anatski and Chufarin found a small pair to give the Ukrainian the lead again after being chipped down, only to flop the nut straight with eight-six on the next hand. An ace on the turn paired the one in Anatski’s hand, and a deuce on the river gave him two pair. The writing was on the wall. Chufarin checked, Anatski bought the bait and shoved to his doom, the Ukrainian clicking call to become a GGMillion$ champion for the very first time.

This Week’s GGMillion$ Results – November 4th, 2025

That call was worth a massive $336,740 to Denys Chufarin, as Ilya Anatski had to settle for being runner-up for $264,033. Jeff Gross had picked Chufarin to win more out of hope than expectation in solidarity with his co-commentator from the GGMillion$ in October, and it paid dividends. A stunning comeback win earned him his first title in the format. 

Here’s how everyone finished at this week’s GGMillion$ final table:

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Denys Chufarin	Ukraine	$336,740
2nd	Ilya Anatski	Belarus	$264,033
3rd	Michael Addamo	Australia	$207,024
4th	Nikita Kalinin	Russia	$162,324
5th	Gabriel Tavares	Brazil	$127,276
6th	Alisson Piekazewicz	Brazil	$99,794
7th	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	$78,247
8th	Chris Klodnicki	Canada	$61,352
9th	Andrew Wilson	United Kingdom	$48,105

Did Anatski Blow the Chance of Glory?

“As Joe Cada knows, a Nobu dinner is coming in The Bahamas!” Jeff smiled as Cada was comedically crestfallen. Denis Chufarin won at starting odds of 12.16 for Jeff to take the commentary sidebet, but did the Belarusian former winner blow it? 

While Chufarin’s win was the stuff of dreams, Ilya Anatski may well look back on the heads-up battle as a nightmare. Everything went wrong at the end, undoing some terrific work that had built a lead. And while the final hand was unfortunate, the Belarusian gave away his lead too cheaply in earlier hands, placing too much value on a small pair to give Chufarin the chance to win the tournament outright when he caught that miracle straight. With just 2 million more chips, Anatski would have retained the lead into that hand and had a much greater chance of folding to play on, even at a chip deficit of 2:1. He’d started the final duel with that exact disadvantage and successfully reversed the narrative. There was no reason he couldn’t have done it again, but instead, greed in that marginal spot cost him dearly. 

Watch all the action in the company of Jeff Gross and the 2009 WSOP world champion Joe Cada right here:

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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.