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Pedro’s Party in GGMillion$ March to Glory – GGMillion$ Season 2026 Episode 8

The latest GGMillion$ final table was an absolute thriller and ended with Pedro Neves sealing a memorable win. Leading the final nine, Neves did things the hard way, sliding down the chipcounts only to come roaring back late on to steal the win from his opponents while regular host Jeff Gross and special guest co-commentator Mike Wasserman were looking on.

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Pre-Match Betting Odds

As the final nine took their virtual seats at the GGMillion$ felt, there wasn’t the kind of overwhelming leader as seen in recent weeks. Portugal’s Pedro Neves had the chip lead with 78 big blinds, but it certainly wasn’t an unassailable one, making his odds of 3.84 seem short to us. In second place on the leaderboard was Hong Kong player Tom Heung (69BB/5.66), who was the same odds as Mexico-based ‘Coco Bongo Reg’ on 64 bigs. 

Just behind the leaders was the Belarusian professional Andrei Piatruschanka on 63 big blinds, available at odds of 5.76 in the GGPoker client. Ukrainian ‘yipm’ (33BB/13.54) followed, but it was the German player Leon Sturm (31BB/10.0) who attracted our attention, with the experienced tournament player being our top pick for the outright win at the start of the evening. 

Behind Sturm, several outsiders still had every chance to take the win themselves, with 

Uruguay’s ‘SePico77’ (22BB/16.98), Thailand’s ‘Karma is a Cat’ (21BB/14.28), and the Russian player Viktor Ustimov (13BB/27.56), all hoping that an early double-up could propel them back into contention.

Key Moments from the Felt

Almost as soon as the action kicked off, play saw Viktor Ustimov on the outside looking in. Just eleven hands pre-empted Ustimov’s committal of his chips with ace-nine against the button move from Neves with pocket deuces. No help came for Ustimov across the king-high board that left Neves celebrating a full house with fives full of deuces and sent the Russian home with $55,157 in ninth place.

Exactly one orbit later, a wild move by the German player Leon Sturm saw one of the most experienced players at the table perish in eighth place for $71,530. It was terrible timing, running into Heung’s pocket kings, which held with ease to reduce the field to seven. It would be a while before it became six, as a whirlwind first hour at the final table felt concluded with Ukraine’s ‘yipm’ losing a flip with pocket deuces to Neves’ suited king-jack, a king on the flop enough to see off the Ukrainian for a score of $92,763.

The Uruguayan player ‘SePico77’ (2:11:20) was the next player to bust, when they moved all-in with pocket nines pre-flop. They would need to hold against the ace-jack belonging to the Belarusian Andrei Piatruschanka, but they could not. An ace arrived on the turn to destroy the chances of the South American, sending him to the virtual rail with $120,299 in sixth place.

Tom Heung became embroiled in a raising war with ‘Coco Bongo Reg’ and paid the price, busting in fifth place for $156,009. (2:34:41) All-in pre-flop with king-queen of spades, Heung ran into the Mexico-based player’s ace-jack in the same suit. Two jacks on the flop spelled doom for Heung unless he could miracle a ten, but it didn’t come and the Mexico-based player rivered an ace to improve to a full house.

A kicker played further into ‘Coco Bongo Reg’s hands after a flop of 9-7-6 saw ‘Karma is a Cat’ shove with queen-eight, and the Mexico-based player called with ace-eight. Thanks to the on-screen percentages, we could see that Coco Bongo Reg was a 73% favorite and that held true through turn and river to send play three-handed, with ‘Karma’ busting for $202,318. 

Down to three, Pedro Neves was not happy with being the short stack and started stepping on the gas. Raising and taking, playing well at showdown, and pressurizing on the turn and river multiple times, the Portuguese player used all his experience to climb back to the top with a big lead. And when Andrei Piatrushchanka shoved with ace-nine (3:27:30), snapped him off with pocket tens to take a 12:1 chip lead into heads-up. 

The final hand was as quick to arrive as it was brutal. (3:31:40) Neves snap-called with ace-eight once ‘Coco Bongo Reg’ shoved with jack-six. After a flop of K-Q-3, Neves rode out the turn and river to claim his second title in three weeks after joining Jeff on the mic last week. 

“Pedro Neves, guest on the show last week, taking booth run-good to a new level!” said Jeff. “[Pedro] is now two titles in three weeks and cashed last week too. Also, kudos too ‘Coco Bongo Reg’, who used a $150 satellite seat to go all the way.”

This Week’s GGMillion$ Results – March 3rd, 2026

After an astonishing run from two satellite winners making the final three, Jeff congratulated Pedro on the victory, and Mike Wasserman agreed.

“It was really good to be able to watch that all play out.” 

“I honestly thought one mis-step with Coco who went loco, other than that he played great.”

With a strong showing for two delighted super satellite qualifiers but ultimately a win for the favorite, Pedro Neves became a two-time GGMillion$ winner in just three weeks, all of which he has cashed in. 

With the online qualifiers performing brilliantly across the board at the final table, everyone is excited to see if this could replicate itself in the GGMillion$ in seven days’ time. Here’s how this week’s final table players ended up:

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Pedro Neves	Portugal	$441,260
2nd	‘Coco Bongo Reg’	Mexico	$340,258
3rd	Andrei Piatruschanka	Belarus	$262,375
4th	‘Karma is a Cat’	Thailand	$202,318
5th	Tom Heung	Hong Kong	$156,009
6th	‘SePico77’	Uruguay	$120,299
7th	‘yipm’	Ukraine	$92,763
8th	Leon Sturm	Germany	$71,530
9th	Viktor Ustimov	Russia	$55,157

Was Neves Unbeatable from the Start?

After such a strong favorite saw it out to close out the win, was it inevitable that Portugal’s Pedro Neves won his second GGMillion$ title in three weeks? In a word, never! He never looked like he was running away with it until the last ten minutes of a three-hour epic on GGPoker as the qualifiers, and in particular ‘Coco Bongo Reg’, really pushed him all the way. 

‘Coco Bongo Reg’ was the best of all the qualifiers, and a return of $340,258 is life-changing money for an investment of $150. The Mexican player deserves huge credit for the accomplishment, although the odd bet calculation wasn’t as precise as that made by Neves and some of the other GGMillion$ regulars. The levels between the players weren’t chasms at all. 

If this week’s GGMillion$ finale should encourage anyone to play it next week, then it should be the qualifiers who will race to get to the latter stages in seven days’ time. Who knows, maybe you could run deep and win life-changing money like Coco Bongo too.

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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.