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Osmirko Artem Runs the Table to Win First GGMillion$ Title – GGMillion$ Season 2026 Episode 26

GGMillion$ returned to its usual Tuesday slot this week, with the 10,000 buy-in event once again drawing a stacked final table and awarding a top prize of $303,531. Jeff Gross was on commentary, joined by Denys Chufarin, whose own poker journey is the subject of a new GGPoker documentary premiering on the channel’s YouTube page this week. The series follows Chufarin from his early days as a midstakes grinder to his current status as an elite high roller, and it’s a fitting backdrop for a player who took the long way up. This week, though, the spotlight belonged to someone else at the table. Russian pro Osmirko Artem, who fell in fifth place last week, went one better this time, running through the field to claim his first GGMillion$ title. 

Pre-Match Betting Odds

Coming into the final table with the chip lead was Austria’s Simon Beckmann, sitting on 73 big blinds and available at betting odds of 4.14 in the GGPoker client. Close behind was Brazil’s ‘Lucky-Nomad’ on 61 big blinds (4.94), with Russia’s Osmirko Artem in third at 51 big blinds and odds of 7.48.

China’s ‘leng321’ (49BB/8.34) and New Zealand’s Paul Hong (47BB/7.10) rounded out the top five, while Serbia’s ‘Vlada2108’ (37BB/9.86) and Russia’s Aleks Borovkov (35BB/10.14) sat in the middle of the pack. Brazil’s B Botteon began short on 20 big blinds at odds of 17.06, and Canada’s Guillaume Nolet was the shortest stack of all with just 6 big blinds, a long shot at 36.50.

Key Moments from the Felt

The tournament kicked off, and it didn’t take long for the first elimination. Guillaume Nolet moved all in from middle position for his final 3 big blinds with king-nine offsuit. Osmirko Artem called from the small blind with ace-two of spades, and ‘leng321’ came along in the big blind with eight-five offsuit. A flop of jack-eight-five improved ‘leng321’ to two pair, and a four on the turn left Nolet drawing dead. Artem folded, and a meaningless jack on the river sent Nolet out in ninth place for $41,997.

Eighth place followed soon after when B Botteon shoved all in from the cutoff with ace-eight of spades. Osmirko Artem called from the button, holding pocket jacks, including the jack of hearts. The flop came all hearts, ace-king-three, giving Botteon top pair but Artem a flush draw. A six of clubs on the turn changed nothing, but a two of hearts on the river completed the draw, giving Artem the chips while Botteon collected $53,777 for eighth.

‘Lucky-Nomad’ went next in seventh place. Holding ace-king in the big blind, he three-bet after a raise from Artem that Simon Beckmann also called. Artem folded, but Beckmann had a live hand with king-seven, and the king-seven-deuce flop gave him top two pair. A small bet-and-call sequence continued after a blank four on the turn, and when ‘Lucky-Nomad’ committed the rest of his stack in a raise war, he found himself all in and drawing to just one out, an ace, at 6.82 percent. The river brought a nine, and ‘Lucky-Nomad’ was eliminated for $68,860.

Three hands later, Aleks Borovkov woke up with pocket nines and jammed his short stack. Paul Hong looked him up with pocket kings, and after a king flopped, Borovkov was reduced to needing one of the remaining two nines. A ten on the turn ended his chances, and a harmless eight on the river confirmed his exit in sixth place for $88,174.

Fifth place fell to Simon Beckmann, whose stack had shrunk considerably since his overnight chip lead. Holding pocket threes in the small blind, he shoved over a Paul Hong min-raise and was called by ‘Vlada2108’ with ace-queen offsuit. The ace-eight-seven flop left Beckmann drawing to one of two remaining threes, an 8.79 percent shot. Unfortunately, neither the turned king nor the rivered seven aided Beckmann, who was now on the rail for $112,905.

With four players left, Paul Hong led the way with 6.49 million chips. ‘Vlada2108’ was sitting comfortably in second with 4.47 million, while Osmirko Artem (2.61 million) and ‘leng321’ (1.62 million) had some work to do if they wanted to win. Two hands into four-way play, Artem raised from the small blind with nine-six and was called by ‘leng321′ holding queen-four of hearts. A queen-ten-six flop gave ‘leng321’ top pair, and he called a bet from Artem before a second six on the turn gave Artem trip sixes. ‘leng321’ led out, only to be raised all in by Artem, and the call revealed he would only be saved by a queen. A river five ended his run in fourth place for $144,573.

The very next significant pot swung the tournament decisively in Artem’s favor. After doubling through Paul Hong to seize the chip lead, Artem began applying maximum pressure, opening with a wide range. When ‘Vlada2108’ found ace-ten offsuit in the small blind, he re-raised Artem’s open, only to be snap-jammed on by pocket jacks. ‘Vlada2108’ called and saw a jack-ten-four flop give Artem top set. The board ran out five-five, offering no further help, and ‘Vlada2108’ departed in third place for $185,122.

Heads-Up: Artem Completes the Run

Osmirko Artem took a commanding 11,695,774 (97BB) to 3,514,226 (29BB) chip lead into heads-up play against Paul Hong. Despite the disparity, the pair traded blows for 25 minutes before the final hand arrived. Artem, playing an extremely wide range throughout heads-up, moved all in with ace-seven offsuit. Hong looked down at pocket nines and made the call.

The flop fell jack-ten-nine, giving Hong the bottom set but also handing Artem a gutshot straight draw. The turn brought the eight Artem needed, completing his straight and leaving Hong needing the board to pair to survive. The river was no help, and Osmirko Artem was crowned GGMillion$ champion, capping off a final table in which he had a hand in nearly every knockout.

This Week’s GGMillion$ Results – July 21st, 2026

Osmirko Artem’s route to his first GGMillion$ title was built on volume rather than a single defining hand. He was directly involved in five of the eight eliminations that preceded the heads-up finish, calling off Guillaume Nolet, sending B Botteon to the rail with a flush, doubling through Paul Hong to seize control, and eventually closing out ‘Vlada2108’ in third before completing the job heads-up. It was a final table where Artem’s willingness to get his chips in the middle, and to keep applying pressure once he had the stack to do it, proved decisive.

For Osmirko Artem, this marks a significant improvement from last week’s fifth-place finish as he claims his first GGMillion$ title. 

Here are all the finishers from this week’s GGMillion$ final table:

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Osmirko Artem	Brazil	$280,345
2nd	Paul Hong	Sweden	$218,938
3rd	‘Vlada	Lebanon	$170,981
4th	Pedro Padilha	Brazil	$133,529
5th	Osmirko Artem	Russia	$104,281
6th	Rodrigo Selouan	Brazil	$81,439
7th	Dalton Hobold	Brazil	$63,601
8th	‘Fishing bait’	China	$49,669
9th	Viacheslav Larin	Russia	$38,790

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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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Edited by Shawn A.