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GGMillion$ Won by Wilson in Debut Domination – GGMillion$ Season 2026 Episode 39

The latest GGMillion$ showdown saw nine of the best online players in the world reach the final table to play out a stone-cold classic on Tuesday night. Aleks Ponakovs faced a huge decision against Gus Campos, the overnight leader. The two titans clashed in an epic heads-up showdown featuring one of the biggest hands in the tournament’s history. Brought to life spectacularly by regular host Jeff Gross and Spanish guest commentator Ana Marquez, it was a GGMillion$ final table for the ages. 

Pre-Match Betting Odds

Heading into the final, three Brazilian players filled one third of the remaining field.  One of those was the chip leader, and the lead was a big one. Gustavo Campos was sitting behind 97 big blinds when play began, as the Rio de Janeiro-based player had more than double the chips of anyone else at the table, making him a red-hot favorite at odds of 3.62. 

Second in chips was the relatively inexperienced ‘Nashman12’. The Argentinian’s stack of 48 big blinds saw him at a generous 8.92 shot to win in the GGPoker client. Just 0.1 big blinds behind the South American was Aleks Ponakovs, and the Latvian WSOP bracelet winner, priced at 4.94, was our tip for this week’s title

Ukrainian player Andrii Novak had 35 big blinds at odds of 7.74, while Mongolian ‘Bingbing22’ (34BB/11.24) was only marginally behind. Brazil’s Rodrigo Selouan (31BB/10.50) had every chance of victory if he could get off to a strong start. 

The three shortest stacks were barely separated by a three-bet, with all of them having playable stacks. Kelvin Kerber was the third and final Brazilian representative (26BB/10.42), while the ever-consistent German player Hannes Jeschka (24BB/13.26) was marginally ahead of the official short-stack, the Israeli player ‘BECAUSE-OF-YOU!’ (22BB/17.26). 

Key Moments from the Felt

The first player to leave the action wasn’t in his virtual seat very long at all. German player Hannes Jeschka moved all-in from the small blind with ace-five of hearts and was called by Aleks Ponakovs in the big blind with queen-jack of the same suit. The flop came down Q-8-2 to put Ponakovs into an immediate lead. The Latvian survived the turn and river, both of which brought sixes, to send Jeschka home with $50,745 in ninth place.

Rodrigo Selouan became embroiled in a Brazilian-on-Brazilian battle that saw him exit in eighth place. All-in with ace-jack against his countryman, the chip leader Gustavo Campos, who held ace-queen and the bigger stack. The board ran clean, as Campos collected the chips that belonged to his countryman. Selouan cashed for $65,808 in eighth place.

Israeli player ‘BECAUSE-OF-YOU!’ came into the action ninth of the nine finalists and laddered superbly, eventually being very unlucky to leave in seventh place for a score of $85,342. (1:49:15) All-in with queen-jack, he lost to queen-ten when Campos rivered a ten to oust his rival.

Soon, a Brazilian made his way from the felt as GGPoker streamer and former GGMillion$ winner Kelvin Kerber busted in sixth place for $110,675. All-in pre-flop with ace-king and the slightly larger stack, he lost a 4.5m pot to Andrii Novak’s pocket jacks, who doubled right back into contention at the South American’s expense. He lost his last chips to Novak too, as ace-queen was no good against the Ukrainian’s eight-nine and Campos’ nine-four when a nine paired both of their hands.

A 7.1m chip Mystery Hand between Ponakovs and Novak changed things in a major way and led to a period of eliminations. First out was (2:05:32) ‘Nashman12’, who lost with queen-ten, and Campos’s pocket nines lost a chunk too, as Andrii Novak’s pocket kings held to send the Argentinian home with $143,528 in fifth place. 

The latest knockout meant Campos only had a slim lead, with 8.8 million chips, over our pick, Ponakovs, on 8.31 million. Novak was back in the hunt with 4.01m, while ‘Bingbing22’ was very short on just 837k. The Mongolian battled back into contention, however, doubling back into the action as Novak faded, eventually heading home in fourth place for $186,133

‘Bingbing22’ was soon on the outside looking in. (2:46:24) Holding pocket jacks against Ponakovs’ queen-nine, the Mongolian was in control of the hand for a long time, as a flop of 9-8-6 was followed by a turn of a four. On the flop and turn, money was piled into the pot, as ‘Bingbing22’ shoved the turn and was called, seeing from the on-screen GGPoker graphics that he was an 88% favorite to double-up into second on the leaderboard. Only a queen or nine would send him home, but that was exactly what happened as a nine landed on the river and Ponakovs instead went into the heads-up battle with all the momentum, the Mongolian going home with $241,385 in third.

Heads-up, Ponakovs had 10.1m and was still marginally behind Campos with 11.7m. The Latvian soon took a big hit. He flopped top pair with ace-ten, but Campos, drawing to a flush, got there on the turn. Ponakovs survived the hand but was trailing 2:1, which grew shortly to a 3:1 chip deficit.

With his back to the wall, Ponakovs found what should have been a double-up spot when his jack-three rivered the bottom end of a seven-high straight. Campos, holding just jack-ten with a single diamond on a three-diamond board, raised and put the Latvian all-in. A call would have won Ponakovs the pot, but he folded, and Campos’s lead grew to 4:1.

Soon after that spot, the South American had all the chips. (3:15:00) Ponakovs was unlucky that when he got all-in with queen-jack, he lost to Campos’ jack-ten, a queen on the turn proving the pivotal card. It paired the Latvian’s hand but gave Campos the straight and ended the event in the Brazilian’s favor, as he claimed the top prize of $405,959 and Ponakovs went away with $313,037 as runner-up.

This Week’s GGMillion$ Results – October 20th, 2026

A thrilling encounter in this week’s GGMillion$ saw Gustavo Campos, a.k.a. ‘Gusscamposs’, rule the roost and claim his second title in the format, as he got the better of Aleks Ponakovs heads-up, denying his opponent a seventh title. 

“The big stacks and the big players got it done.” Said Jeff Gross in summary.

Very well played by both. I really liked it; it was a great final table,” Ana Marquez agreed. “Ponakovs gave a show like always, and Andrii [Novak] played really good too; very confident and playing a lot of hands. It was an amazing final table and was very entertaining!”

“We saw some exploratory plays, some crazy, crazy hands.” said Jeff.

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

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Gustavo Campos	Brazil	$437,338
2nd	Aleks Ponakovs	Latvia	$337,233
3rd	‘Bingbing22’	Mongolia	$260,042
4th	Andrii Novak	Ukraine	$200,520
5th	‘Nashman12’	Argentina	$154,622
6th	Kelvin Kerber	Brazil	$119,230
7th	‘BECAUSE-OF-YOU!’	Israel	$91,939
8th	Rodrigo Selouan	Brazil	$70,894
9th	Hannes Jeschka	Germany	$54,667

Could Ponakovs Have Made the Crucial Call?

With no time banks for either player, the pivotal hand that played out was clearly the one heads-up where Gus Campos got Ponakovs to fold the straight. It was the low end of a straight, but if the Latvian was prepared to go to the river, and there was no fourth diamond on the board, how was he not able to call it off at the end? 

With the best of it, Ponakovs had a huge decision to make, but the lack of time bank on each player’s part made it more likely, not less likely, that his opponent was going to take an aggressive stance with the losing hand. Campos could have had the high straight, but if he had that better hand, then raising all-in on the turn would have looked more like that hand. Instead, he missed his diamond draw and, by shoving on the river, was showing weakness, not strength, to his decorated opponent. Ponakovs just couldn’t see it.

Watch all the action from the GGMillion$ final table with Jeff Gross and Ana Marquez right here: 

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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.