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GG World Festival 2026 | Episode 8: May 29 through May 31

The GG World Festival 2026 is entering its final stretch and the GGPoker community is not letting up. With the $1,500 GG World Championship now in the books and the series charging toward its June 9 conclusion, Episode 9 brings one of the heaviest Sunday slates of the entire festival, spanning global and Ontario action on May 31. Phase finals, two-day events, mystery bounties, and a landmark Ontario championship all landed on the same day, making for one of the busiest weekends of the series. Here is how it all went down.

SUPER TIER

Phase Event: $1,500 Omaholic Championship [Final Day] Super Tier | $1,000,000 Guarantee

The Omaholic Championship drew 1,075 entrants across its phase starting days, building a $1,531,875 prize pool, with 91 survivors returning for the final day. After 5 hours and 44 minutes of PLO action, the last three struck an ICM chop that scrambled the payout order entirely, with Pedro Neves collecting the largest share despite being lowest on the podium.

🥇 1st — A Bergstrom (Austria) — $211,589.70
🥈 2nd — Dante Fernandes (Brazil) — $219,652.78
🥉 3rd — Pedro Neves (Luxembourg) — $225,764.03 (Three-way ICM chop)

Event 282-S: $5,250 Sunday Main Event No-Limit Hold’em | Super Tier

Eighty-three players sent the prize pool to $415,000, and it was a Brazilian one-two at the top when the final hand hit the felt after 7 hours and 46 minutes, with V Buldygin of Russia rounding out the podium. Buldygin sits atop the Global Super leaderboard and keeps adding results to back it up.

🥇 1st — Gabriel Tavares (Brazil) — $74,849.34
🥈 2nd — F Boianovsky (Brazil) — $63,105.08
🥉 3rd — V Buldygin (Russia) — $53,203.59

Event 284-S: $1,500 Sunday Showdown [Mystery Bounty] Mystery Bounty | Super Tier

Three hundred thirty-seven entries produced a $480,225 prize pool, and kakashi hatake of Poland pulled off something rare, winning the tournament outright and claiming the biggest mystery bounty simultaneously. The combined payday topped $122,000. Dennis Volz finished third but collected $67,512.50 in bounties, nearly 22 times what second place Gabriel Medeiros took home in envelopes.

🥇 1st — kakashi hatake (Poland) — $43,627.59 + $78,700 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — Gabriel Medeiros (Brazil) — $32,715.93 + $3,000 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — Dennis Volz (Mexico) — $24,553.49 + $67,512.50 Bounty Rewards

💥 Biggest Mystery Bounty — kakashi hatake (Poland)

Global Super Leaderboard

V Buldygin overtakes GREAGYPoker at the top, ending a multi-episode run at number one for the Russian. Andrii Novak holds third with one week remaining.

🥇 V Buldygin (Russia) — 3,139.33
🥈 GREAGYPoker (Russia) — 3,040.18
🥉 Andrii Novak (Ukraine) — 2,795.51

HIGH TIER

Event 279-H: $525 Bounty Hunters Sunday Main Event Bounty | High Tier | $1,500,000 Guarantee

Three thousand eight hundred seventy-one entries pushed the Bounty Hunters prize pool to $1,935,500, and Paul Minzariu of Austria claimed the title after nearly 12 hours of play, collecting over $160,000 combined between prize pool and bounties. CuestaVida of Argentina picks up a second podium finish of the festival that we’ve covered, finishing in second place.

🥇 1st — Paul Minzariu (Austria) — $91,523.66 + $69,001.48 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — CuestaVida (Argentina) — $91,521.63 + $32,201.77 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — ESand (Malta) — $72,722.83 + $16,552.53 Bounty Rewards

Event 280-H: $1,050 GGMasters High Roller No-Limit Hold’em | High Tier | $750,000 Guarantee

Nine hundred seventy-six entries filled this two-day event to produce a $976,000 prize pool. After an overnight break and a combined 25 hours and 49 minutes of play, Tobias Schwecht of Austria claimed the title and a $166,548 payday. Joao Hayashi of Brazil rounds out the podium in third, picking up a second notable result of the festival.

🥇 1st — Tobias Schwecht (Austria) — $166,548.00
🥈 2nd — Gamba Di Legno (Thailand) — $124,892.80
🥉 3rd — Joao Hayashi (Brazil) — $93,656.38

Global High Leaderboard

Tom_Poker_BR leads comfortably. Andrii Novak climbs to third, appearing on two leaderboard podiums simultaneously in both the High and Super tiers.

🥇 Tom_Poker_BR (Austria) — 5,457.97
🥈 E Narmontas (Norway) — 4,969.89
🥉 Andrii Novak (Ukraine) — 4,891.90

MEDIUM TIER

Event 279-M: $55 Bounty Hunters Sunday Main Event Bounty | Medium Tier | $1,000,000 Guarantee

Twenty-three thousand four hundred eighty-two entries generated a $1,188,189.20 prize pool, and DeaD_MoPoZzz of Russia navigated the entire field in 10 hours and 12 minutes, collecting nearly $70,600 from bounties and the prize pool combined, all from a $55 buy-in.

🥇 1st — DeaD_MoPoZzz (Russia) — $45,253.00 + $25,352.79 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — Easy_G@me (Kazakhstan) — $45,241.23 + $5,997.52 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — KRfarmer (Philippines) — $35,948.52 + $9,908.36 Bounty Rewards

Event 280-M: $150 GGMasters No-Limit Hold’em | Medium Tier | $1,000,000 Guarantee

Seven thousand three hundred thirty-five entries across two days produced a $1,012,230 prize pool in the Texas Hold’em tournament. The final two players chopped it heads-up, with C Segebrecht technically finishing second but taking home more than the champion. An all-Austrian top two on the same day as the $5,250 Sunday Main Event’s all-Austrian finish: Austria is having a festival of its own.

🥇 1st — Dietrich Fast (Austria) — $114,422.85
🥈 2nd — C Segebrecht (Austria) — $125,291.72
🥉 3rd — Miranda (Brazil) — $77,032.51 (Heads-up ICM chop)

Global Medium Leaderboard

Bowrot- stays on top. Armanus reclaims second from ANTON BARDZIYAN, restoring the Dutch pair to the top two spots.

🥇 Bowrot- (Netherlands) — 7,215.30
🥈 Armanus (Netherlands) — 6,218.57
🥉 ANTON BARDZIYAN (Belarus) — 6,192.32

LOW TIER

Event 282-L: $25 Sunday Main Event No-Limit Hold’em | Low Tier

Seven thousand eight hundred seventeen entries produced a $179,791 prize pool, and Louis2597 of China claimed the title after 10 hours and 28 minutes, with compatriot Jiuxian Zhao running second and NutsAllergy of Malaysia rounding out a podium that features a rare Malaysian flag.

🥇 1st — Louis2597 (China) — $17,594.67
🥈 2nd — Jiuxian Zhao (China) — $13,562.32
🥉 3rd — NutsAllergy (Malaysia) — $10,457.98

Event 284-L: $10 Sunday Showdown [Mystery Bounty] Mystery Bounty | Low Tier

Twenty-one thousand one hundred eighty-one entries produced a $194,865.20 prize pool, and the biggest story was claimed by Z E B A of Romania, who finished 1,544th and walked away with $13,000 in mystery bounties. That is 1,300 buy-ins from a single envelope. 134566 of the Philippines claimed the actual title after 8 hours and 36 minutes.

🥇 1st — 134566 (Philippines) — $8,972.88 + $168.20 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — Ihrvin1 (Brazil) — $6,717.55 + $170.90 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — ChinChimeneea (Argentina) — $5,037.45 + $992.20 Bounty Rewards

💥 Biggest Mystery Bounty — Z E B A (Romania) — 1,544th place: $13.84 + $13,000 in Bounties

Global Low Leaderboard

Mala_Ale_Farsa holds the top spot. Survivor39 moves to second, and KingOfAllins sits third as the race tightens behind the Polish leader heading into the final week.

🥇 Mala_Ale_Farsa (Poland) — 7,137.50
🥈 Survivor39 (Russia) — 6,613.80
🥉 KingOfAllins (Belarus) — 6,603.28

GG ONTARIO FESTIVAL

HIGH TIER

GGOF-H: $1,500 GG Ontario Championship No-Limit Hold’em | High Tier

The marquee Ontario event of the festival drew 254 players and produced a $361,950 prize pool. After 9 hours and 20 minutes, Bullet claimed the title and one of the biggest Ontario scores of the entire festival at $63,725.63.

🥇 1st — Bullet — $63,725.63
🥈 2nd — R00M — $49,139.00
🥉 3rd — BCbones- — $37,891.37

Event 178-H: $210 Bounty Hunters Sunday Big Game Bounty | High Tier

One hundred sixty-four players built a $32,800 prize pool and leaderboard leader Baqr took full advantage, collecting nearly $7,630 combined to extend the Ontario High lead with one week remaining. DPSMoira picks up another podium finish, a consistent presence at Ontario final tables throughout the festival.

🥇 1st — Baqr — $2,588.44 + $5,040.63 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — GolfingGordo — $2,588.34 + $1,087.50 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — DPSMoira — $2,056.69 + $812.50 Bounty Rewards

Ontario High Tier Leaderboard (through May 31)

Baqr’s win reinforces the lead. HaveALaugh holds second, and Ekman34 stays third.

🥇 Baqr — 1,678.38
🥈 HaveALaugh — 1,621.24
🥉 Ekman34 — 1,347.01

MEDIUM TIER

Phase Event: $50 Ontario MILLION$ Festival Edition [Final Day] No-Limit Hold’em | Medium Tier

Two thousand three hundred ninety-one total entrants across the phase starting days sent 217 survivors to the final day, producing a $109,986 prize pool. TatoVHati took the title after 5 hours and 44 minutes. Icarus_Fell finished second here and then ran second again in the same evening’s $105 Sunday Bounty King Ontario.

🥇 1st — TatoVHati — $17,054.38
🥈 2nd — Icarus_Fell — $13,149.22
🥉 3rd — kingcappa — $10,139.78

Event 180-M: $105 Sunday Bounty King Ontario Bounty | Medium Tier

Seven hundred thirty-six entries built a 73,600 prize pool, and imsofgood delivered the standout bounty performance of the Ontario slate, collecting $6,239.14 in bounties on top of $4,490.01 in prize pool money. Icarus_Fell, fresh from second place in the Ontario MILLION$ Final, ran second here too for a remarkable double podium Sunday.

🥇 1st — imsofgood — $4,490.01 + $6,239.14 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — Icarus_Fell — $4,489.44 + $889.07 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — Fyrona — $3,567.30 + $378.12 Bounty Rewards

Ontario Medium Tier Leaderboard (through May 31)

TacobellPoos makes the move, overtaking 3BetPunts to claim the top spot with one week remaining. sawyer19l enters the podium in third, pushing Katy Perry off entirely.

🥇 TacobellPoos — 2,711.45
🥈 3BetPunts — 2,640.35
🥉 sawyer19l — 2,404.82

LOW TIER

Event 180-L: $25 Sunday Bounty King Ontario Bounty | Low Tier

Eight hundred ninety-six players produced a $21,324.80 prize pool as DonationDegen took 6 hours and 53 minutes to claim the title, with bounty rewards of $1,807.46 significantly outpacing the $1,246.73 prize pool score.

🥇 1st — DonationDegen — $1,246.73 + $1,807.46 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — sweetliips6 — $1,246.29 + $217.22 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — Blairwitch10 — $990.30 + $225.38 Bounty Rewards

Ontario Low Tier Leaderboard (through May 31)

Hicks19 leads comfortably with TacobellPoos in second and JonnyFav in third, the same podium as our last look.

🥇 Hicks19 — 2,298.48
🥈 TacobellPoos — 2,087.46
🥉 JonnyFav — 2,068.38

LOOKING AHEAD

One week remains in the GG World Festival 2026 and the finish line is in sight. The leaderboard races are alive in every tier, with V Buldygin having just overtaken GREAGYPoker at the top of the Super standings and TacobellPoos having just moved past 3BetPunts in the Ontario Medium race. Tom_Poker_BR leads the Global High tier but Andrii Novak, sitting on two leaderboard podiums simultaneously, is the most dangerous player left in this series. The final week of tournaments begins now. Get in there.

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