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Alisson Piekazewicz Finally Wins GGMillion$ Title – GGMillion$ Season 2026 Episode 25

GGMillion$ action made a spectacular return after a week off due to the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas. The $10,000 weekly event was back on GGPoker and awarding a top prize of $280,345. Jeff Gross was back on comms after his own adventures in Las Vegas, joined by special guest Mike Wasserman for the action. In the end, Brazilian chip leader Alisson Piekazewicz finally won his first GGMillion$ title at his eighth final table. 

Pre-Match Betting Odds

Heading into this week’s GGMillion$ with an impressive lead was Brazilian Alisson Piekazewicz, who was one of four players from the South American poker power nation. With a massive stack of 107 big blinds, his odds of 3.14 in the GGPoker client seemed completely fair and reasonable. We loved the 4.44 on offer to back the Lebanese player Rayan ‘Beriuzy’ Chamas, a former guest of Jeff Gross on the show, and sitting on 74 big blinds in second place.

Two more Brazilians sat in third and fourth on the leaderboard, with Rodrigo Selouan (59BB/6.78) and Dalton Hobold (42BB/8.34) both chasing down their leading countryman, while the Russian player Osmirko Artem had 36 big blinds and was available at odds of 10.70 in the poker client.

Every player had a chance to succeed, but some more so than others. Swedish player Sven Andersson started on 32 at odds of 11.82, with Brazil’s Pedro Padilha (26BB/12.16), Chinese player ‘Fishing boat’ (19BB/25.30), and Russian Viacheslav Larin (4BB/49.92) all hoping for a miracle at a variety of different odds.

Key Moments from the Felt

There was a very early bust-out at the final table, and it wasn’t a shock. Russian pro Viacheslav Larin only had four big blinds to click into the middle and did so with ace-seven on the second hand of the night. Running into Sven Andersson’s ace-ten, Larin’s luckless run at the final table was over quickly when both players paired the flop, and he departed with $38,790 in ninth place.

Next to leave, nearly 40 minutes later, was the Chinese player ‘Fishing boat’. All-in with a suited ace-ten, he needed to hit to overtake the pocket nines of Rayan Chamas, but a board of Q-5-2-J-5 did him no service, and he busted for a cash of $49,669 in eighth place. Soon, the field was reduced to six with the elimination of Dalton Hobold for $63,601. All-in pre-flop with ace-king, he couldn’t overtake his fellow Brazilian Pedro Padilha’s pocket queens, losing the coinflip to leave just three Brazilians in the field hoping to take the title. Shortly after, only two of Brazil’s finest remained, and they didn’t include Rodrigo Selouan. All-in with ace-four, Selouan ran into Padilha’s pocket eights and never caught up through the K-6-4-6-7 board, heading home with a score of $81,439. 

Russian player Osmirko Artem crashed out in fifth place for a $104,281 result when he ran badly during a coinflip (2:24:10). All-in pre-flop with ace-queen, it was Chamas, a.k.a. Beriuzy, who had a pocket pair, and used his ‘Just One Time!’ emoji to help his pair of nines survive the board… but not without a sweat. A queen on the flop gave Artem a 91.21% chance of the double-up according to the on-screen GGPoker in-hand odds, but a nine on the turn changed all that. An ace on the river meant nothing, and the Lebanese player Chamas survived and now sat third in chips in a close fight for the title. 

There was always going to be an all-Brazilian clash that defined part of the GGMillion$ final table, and sure enough, Pedro Padilha’s exit to Alisson Piekazewicz was it (2:48:20). All-in with pocket deuces pre-flop, Padilha got a surprise call from Piekazewicz with ace-nine of spades, and after an ace on the flop, a blank turn led to Piekazewicz putting a preemptive ‘Good Game!’ out there. The Poker Gods must have been taking a moment off, however, as the overnight chip leader survived and Padilha went to the virtual rail to collect $133,529 in fourth place.

While Piekazewicz had won that hand to reestablish some control, it was Swedish pro Sven Andersson who led three-handed play with 6.38 million chips to Piekazewicz’s 5.95 million. Beriuzy, down to 1.69 million, needed to try to battle back into contention. Unfortunately, it took less than 10 minutes before he lost a flip for his tournament life with pocket deuces. Piekazewicz’s ace-four paired up to grab the win and send Chamas out with $170,981 in third place. 

Heads-up, the chips were almost level, with Sven Andersson (7.24m) and Alisson Piekazewicz (6.77m) separated by just a few blinds. The stacks being so similar prompted an epic duel between the two men, with no quarter offered and no quarter given.  Both men held the lead at various points, but a failed bluff by Andersson with just jack-high when Piekazewicz had flopped a set of queens cost him bundles of chips, and two hands later, all the chips went in. Leading almost 4:1 in chips, Piekazewicz limped with ace-ten of spades, Andersson shoved with jack-queen offsuit, and the Brazilian chip leader called it off. A flop of 8-5-2 with two spades removed two of Andersson’s six outs, and after the ten turn, he was waving the white ‘GG’ flag. An offsuit nine or queen would save Andersson, but it never came as the river offered the eight of clubs, and it was all over. After 65 appearances in the GGMillion$, including eight final tables, Alisson Piekazewicz was finally the champion.

This Week’s GGMillion$ Results – July 14th, 2026

The battle to win this week’s GGMillion$ might have looked easy to Alisson Piekazewicz coming in as chip leader and reigning supreme, but along the way, he lost plenty of ground and had to continue to keep attacking in order to eventually win his first title in the format. 

“He stayed aggressive, he wasn’t afraid to put the chips in and pull the trigger,” said Mike Wasserman. “He did it when he had people covered, so if it didn’t work he could still come back and build it back up. One of the themes that we saw today that we can take away is that when you’re out of position, instead of putting yourself in the check-call line when you have strong hands, start building the pot.”

“Some great play, great bluffs, and great calls – we saw a little of everything!” agreed Jeff Gross. 

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

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Alisson Piekazewicz	Brazil	$280,345
2nd	Sven Andersson	Sweden	$218,938
3rd	Rayan ‘Beriuzy’ Chamas	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

How Piekazewicz Won it ‘Again and Again’

Coming into play with the lead is far from a guarantee of victory in the GGMillion$, and for a time, it seemed like it might be a curse rather than a charm to Alisson Piekazewicz. At his eighth final table, the Brazilian finally got it done, and it wasn’t a case of others making huge mistakes but rather the eventual champion remaining aggressive despite several setbacks. 

A late bluff from Sven Andersson certainly helped, going all the way to the river with big bets when doomed with just jack-high against the set of queens for Piekazewicz. The Brazilian even shoved on the river on that hand, denying the Swede a chance to see what he had lost to, but it wasn’t long after that a deserved win came for the excellent Piekazewicz as he took down the $280,345 top prize and finally grabbed his hard-earned GGMillion$ title at long last.

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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.