MASSIVE $1.3M WIN! Danilo Velasevic Dominates With 166BB Stack−Biggest GGMillion Chip Lead Ever
Velasevic Wins Epic GGMillion$ Title – GGMillion$ Season 2025 Episode 41
This week’s GGMillion$ featured nine of the world’s best players and ended with one of the best wins in recent weeks as a dominant chip leader went around the houses to call on his talent at the end. Making a brilliant late-in-the-day bet, the Serbian Danilo Velasevic finally saw off Arie Muller to claim the win and over $1.3 million, one of the biggest GGMillion$ wins this year.
Pre-Match Betting Odds
With Jeff Gross on comms and Fedor Holz at his side, the Serbian player Danilo Velasevic had perhaps the biggest lead anyone has ever held going into the final table, with 166 big blinds, and could only be backed at odds of 1.68 in the GGPoker client. Israeli player Arie Muller (70BB/6.1) was his closest rival and still had less than half the leader’s stack. Chinese player ‘littlepapi’ had 35 big blinds at odds of 11.06, and looked a decent bet given his greater stack than many and experience in this type of final table.
With the remaining six players collectively having way fewer chips than Velasevic, there was a huge favorite and the rest trailing as outsiders.
Those other challengers did include some top talent, however, with Brazil’s Dante Fernandes (21BB/17.46), the Kazakhstani player ‘maratenok1985’ (19BB/21.38) and Thai hopeful ‘LucynaKushinada’ (18BB/17.28) all trying to get back into it early on. Mexico-based player ‘lllllllletsRoll’ started on 18 big blinds at odds of 19.5, while with just 12 and 10 bigs respectively, German player Klemens Roiter (25.72) and Israeli GGMillion$ regular Barak Wisbrod (23.76) were praying that their first all-in would find a double-up.
Key Moments from the Felt
No sooner had the action got underway than the field lost a player. On the fifth hand, Mexican player ‘lllllllletsRoll’ was all-in and at risk with ace-king of spades and ran into ‘littlepapi’s pocket jacks to bust for $176,928. A jack came on the flop, and while the Mexican hit a spade on the flop and turn, no miracle runner-runner flush came on the river, meaning the field was down to eight.
Klemens Roiter was the next to fall, cashing for $228,511 in eighth when his suited ace-king of diamonds was no match for Arie Muller’s queen-nine in spades after a queen came on the flop. There was another elimination less than a minute later, as Wisbrod pushed with pocket fours only to be taken out by ‘LucynaKushinada’ with pocket fives. Cashing for $295,403, Wisbrod wasn’t on the rail long before he was joined by Kazakhstan’s ‘maratenok1985’. They shoved with king-queen and fell to ‘littlepapi’s ace-jack, for a result worth $382,153 in sixth place.
The action had been fast and furious as the final table was down to 5 within 20 minutes of starting, but that’s where it stopped. There was a large gap before the next elimination when ‘LucynaKushinada’ fell in fifth place (1:35:45) for $494,652. All-in and at risk with pocket deuces, they ran into the overnight leader Velasevic with pocket threes. To help ensure the victory, the table captain hit a set on the turn to give himself over 55% of the chips in play with just four players remaining.
Dante Fernandes won $640,547 in fourth place when he raised 10% of his stack with pocket ace-king of hearts and called off the rest when Velasevic re-raised with pocket nines. Velasevic hit a set on the flop, and even though Fernandes paired his ace on the turn, he was drawing dead to the river. (2:06:25)
Three-handed play lasted for 30 minutes but ended when ‘littlepapi’ (2:38:18) suffered some very bad luck. All-in for over 18 million chips with ace-ten, he was dominating the ace-three of Velasevic; however, a three on the river broke ‘littlepapi’s poker heart, and sent him home with $829,749 in third, and gave Velasevic a marginal lead going into the heads-up battle for the title.
The crucial hand heads-up saw Muller hit bottom pair and overcommit chips, as Velasevic flopped top pair and rivered a straight. Muller’s call from 18 million chips on the river was pivotal, handing Velasevic a 6:1 lead and effectively made his task monumentally hard. Muller was soon all-in and at risk, this time with the best of it with ace-three. Velasevic could easily afford the chips to call with queen-ten and got lucky, rivering a ten to take the title and the $1.39m top prize. (2:42:50)
This Week’s GGMillion$ Results – November 25th, 2025
While Arie Muller’s runner-up finish was worth over a million dollars, Danilo Velsevic got the job done as chip leader, taking out short stacks when required and playing fearlessly through the rest. With a ruthless streak from the first card, the chip leader did lose the lead briefly but always looked likely to win it back with his relentless aggression and tight, tactically sound play.
Here are all the finishers from this week’s GGMillion$ final table:
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Danilo Velasevic | Serbia | $1,393,371 |
| 2nd | Arie Muller | Israel | $1,075,113 |
| 3rd | ‘littlepapi’ | China | $829,749 |
| 4th | Dante Fernandes | Brazil | $640,547 |
| 5th | ‘LucynaKushinada’ | Thailand | $494,652 |
| 6th | ‘maratenok1985’ | Kazakhstan | $382,153 |
| 7th | Barak Wisbrod | Israel | $295,403 |
| 8th | Klemens Roiter | Germany | $228,511 |
| 9th | ‘lllllllletsRoll’ | Mexico | $176,928 |
Did Muller Lose Composure Heads-Up?
While credit must be given to the overnight chip leader, Danilo Velasevic, the collapse of Arie Muller heads-up was the key reason that the Serbian managed to get over the line. Muller had almost the same chip stack as Velasevic when the final duel began, but protecting his stack never seemed natural to the Israeli player.
In the key hand, it was a substantial raise from Velasevic and a poor call from Muller, the eventual runner-up. Holding bottom pair on a board showing A-5-4-T-2, where a second card in spades didn’t arrive until the river, meant many fewer missed draws. What would Velasevic be betting the pot? Was it supposed to be a bluff? Muller only beats a paired deuce, weaker eight, and air.
Velasevic made a great bet, but Muller should have gotten away.
“This would be quite a hero call gone wrong.” Jeff Gross said before the call was made. Was Muller wrong to make the call? Watch all the action in the company of host Jeff Gross and co-commentator Fedor Holz right here:
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.
