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Michael Addamo Thrills in Epic Ninth GGMillion$ Win – GGMillion$ Season 2026 Episode 31

GGPoker’s weekly $10,000 GGMillion$ event saw some of poker’s finest at the virtual felt and the world champion in the commentary box as Lucas Jumalon, the 2026 WSOP Main Event winner for $10 million, joined regular host Jeff Gross in bringing the event to life. With GGMillion$ stalwarts such as Pedro Neves, Guillaume Nolet and Michael Addamo at the final table, it was a showdown to remember, as the Australian Michael Addamo won his ninth title in the format.

Pre-Match Betting Odds

Heading into the action, there were not one but two players who had managed to top the 100-big-blind mark, an extremely rare occurrence. Portuguese player Pedro Neves was the chip leader on 105 big blinds and betting favorite at 3.16 in the GGPoker client, while the Canadian player Guillaume Nolet was only a re-raise behind on 103 big blinds at 3.56. 

Behind the top two, the former Irish Open Online High Roller winner Ioannis Konstas sat on 71 big blinds and was good value at odds of 6.22. Everyone else in the field had less than half the stack of either of the top two players, with Russian player Roman ‘RRomashka’ Emelyanov (39/16.32) rated as less likely to win than Chinese player ‘Jokerwang777’ (36BB/14.38) and Australian poker legend Michael Addamo (28BB/11.52), who had a very playable stack and with all his experience was our pick to win. 

Three outsiders provided almost exactly the same value for anyone looking for an outside bet to win. Estonian player ‘Clarity’ followed up their final table appearance of a couple of weeks ago on 27 big blinds at odds of 18.24, while ‘Nguyen V’ from Vietnam (23BB/19.74) and Russian underdog, well… ‘Und3rdogg’ (22BB/19.96) were both hoping for lightning fast starts to put themselves back in contention.

Key Moments from the Felt

Play was initially tentative at the GGMillion$ felt, with no one at the table below the dreaded 20-big-blind level. The first player to be eliminated was Vietnamese player ‘Nguyen V’, who bet most of his stack with pocket sevens and shoved the rest on a flop of A-J-4 against his only caller, Michael Addamo, who had flopped top two with ace-jack. Another ace on the turn meant the Vietnamese player was drawing dead to the river, and he exited in ninth place for $52,951.

The Estonian ‘Clarity’ was all-in and at risk from the button next, but at least had the best hand, dominating Michael Addamo’s ace-four with his own ace-nine. That was until the chips went in, and a four landed on the flop. No help came for the Estonian thereafter, and he busted in eighth place for $68,669. In the blink of an eye, Michael Addamo had gone from an outside choice to the chip leader, leading Pedro Neves at the top of the chip counts.

Two of the short stacks had gone, and soon, a third hit the rail too. Russian player ‘Und3rdogg’ was the lowest chip stack at the start of play and saw his chance to double up with ace-jack. Addamo called pre-flop with five-three and a flop of 5-3-2 immediately gave the Aussie top two pair, leading for a quarter-pot bet. Und3rdogg raised to 350,000 chips and Addamo re-raised. Und3rdogg was not put off and moved all-in, getting snap-called to his doom, a seven on the turn and a king on the river, sending the Russian home with $89,053 in seventh place, as Addamo claimed another victim.

It was an Addamo masterclass, and another lesson was handed out to RRomashka (2:18:39), who only called pre-flop with pocket nines when Addamo min-raised with pocket kings. A flop of T-8-6 saw both players check. On the turn of a three, Addamo bet big to 950,000 and got the Russian to commit his chips. Only a nine or a seven would save the at-risk Russian but it never came, an eight on the river sending him home with $115,487 in sixth place. 

Ioannis severely overrated Jack-ten of spades (2:20:11), moving almost all of his chips into the middle pre-flop, then calling the rest off on a flop of K-7-2 with two spades. As the WSOP Main Event winner, Lucas Jumalon said, “Konstas thinks he loves this, too.” No help on the turn meant Konstas was out before the river for $149,768 as Addamo knocked out another and grew his stack to over 12.7 million.

It was an astonishing first half of the GGMillion$ for the eight-time winner, and with overnight leader Pedro Neves (6.7m) the only challenger at that stage, with both of the other players having less than a sixth of Addamo’s stack. That changed, however, with ‘Jokerwang777’ coming back strongly, doubling up with ace-queen through the Aussie’s king-six then repeating the trick through the same player with the dominating hand of ace-queen over Addamo’s queen-ten.

Guillaume Nolet moved all-in next and wasn’t in as bad a spot as he could have been (3:08:10). Pre-flop, his pocket fours were way behind Pero Neves’ pocket tens. That was still the case on the flop of A-K-5, but when Nolet shoved, Neves made a crying call and was only shown as a 58% favorite to win the hand according to the on-screen graphics in the GGPoker client due to the Canadian’s four of diamonds matching all three on the flop. Neves had no diamonds but was still the favorite and rode out turn and river to survive the sweat and take out Nolet for a score of $194,226 in fourth place. 

Three-handed lasted a long time, but during it, Michael Addamo used all his experience to keep both of his opponents at arm’s length. One inspired value bet on the river with a runner-runner full house got paid off by Pedro Neves, who had flopped second pair with a king kicker, and from that moment on, the Australian’s win seemed inevitable. With five times each of his opponents’ stacks, Addamo held king-jack when he was all-in with the best of it against Jokerwang777’s queen0seven. A board of A-J-9-5-5 sent the Chinese player home in third with $251,880, as heads-up was confirmed as the dominant player at the final table against the overnight chip leader. Neves had just 2.78 million to Addamo’s 19.9 million as a lead of better than 7:1, making the final duel akin to David vs. an in-form Goliath hunting history.

In the first hand between the two men, Addamo’s aces weren’t paid off. In the fifth hand of heads-up, Addamo shoved with ten-four of diamonds, and Neves doubled up with a king-high hand that found a pair of cowboys. Soon, however, it was all over. (3:45:20) All-in with ace-queen against Addamo’s eight-seven, the flop was safe, and turn even took away any heart outs for Addamo. However, the Australian hasn’t won so many GGMillion$ titles in his career without a dash of fortune, and he duly got it, his 10% shot coming in as an offsuit eight landed on the river to present him with his ninth GGMillion$ victory.

This Week’s GGMillion$ Results – August 25th, 2026

Coming into play in sixth place, Michael Addamo lived up to our expectations and won for backers inside the GGPoker client at odds of 11.52 to reward anyone who backed experience over chips from the start. Addamo was absolutely incredible and thoroughly deserved his latest victory, putting him third on the all-time GGMillion$ list.

“What a final table there,” said the reigning world champion, Lucas Jumalon. “Addamo did a really good job controlling his aggression. Neves played really well and got a couple of traps in there heads-up, it just didn’t go his way,” to which Jeff followed with, “We had new names and old school legends. Pedro didn’t get the win but picked up another huge score.” 

It was a brilliant final table and earned Addamo the win and $423,610 up top, with Pedro Neves taking home $326,647 as runner-up. Here are all the winners from this week’s GGMillion$.

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

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Michael Addamo	Australia	$423,610
2nd	Pedro Neves	Portugal	$326,647
3rd	‘Jokerwang777’	China	$251,880
4th	Guillaume Nolet	Canada	$194,226
5th	Ioannis Konstas	Greece	$149,768
6th	Roman Emelyanov	Russia	$115,487
7th	‘Und3rdogg’	Russia	$89,053
8th	‘Clarity’	Estonia	$68,669
9th	‘Nguyen V’	Vietnam	$52,951

Momentum Makes the Champion

It was always going to be difficult for anyone outside of the top two to win this week’s GGMillion$, but the now nine-time champion Michael Addamo made it look easy. Early momentum can be everything at a final table, and the Aussie had it in spades. In fact, he had it in hearts, diamonds and clubs too, such was his dominance. In the early levels, he was prepared to put the chips in the middle and leave some luck to the Gods. 

Thereafter, Addamo’s ability to switch gears was simply unmatched by his opponents. While others rose and fell, his stack consistently grew, and if he lost a hand in attempting to bust an opponent, he was resolute enough to understand that this was all part of playing a dominant stack and stuck to his strategy. 

While the overnight chip leader, Pedro Neves, dropped back in the running fairly early, possibly to preserve his chance of getting to the final heads-up battle, Addamo was prepared to risk chips to win some. That strategy put him not only in the final two but with a strong lead as he dominated his way to victory. 

Watch the highlights of this week’s thrilling GGMillion$ final table in the company of Jeff Gross and Lucas Jumalon here:

Here’s how this week’s thrilling GGMillion$ final table played out:

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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.

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Edited by Shawn A.