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Samuel Vousden Wins Back-to-Back – GGMillion$ Season 2026 Episode 5

A superb victory for Finland’s Samuel Vousden made him a back-to-back winner on GGPoker last night as he claimed consecutive titles in the GGMillion$ series. Jeff Gross and Rayan Chamas, a.k.a. ‘Beriuzy’, were on commentary duties this week, and the Lebanese player Chamas gave some very insightful reads on the play, not least because he only won the GGMillion$ himself a few weeks ago.  

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Pre-Match Betting Odds

With poker fans able to bet on their favorites on the final table in the GGPoker client itself, the pre-match betting odds were very evenly spread. Heading into the action, it was last week’s winner in charge of affairs, with Finland’s online poker legend Samuel ‘€urop€an’ Vousden on the start line with just under 80 big blinds. Available at odds of 3.52, he was irresistible, given not only his chip advantage but also his vast wealth of experience closing out similar final tables and record specifically in GGMillion$. 

Vousden may have been the leader, but it was only by a slim margin over Aliaksei Boika, with the experienced Belarusian on 77 big blinds and available to back at 4.08 in the slipstream of his Finnish foe. Ukrainian former champion Denys Chufarin (54BB/6.92) was in third place on the leaderboard, with New Zealander Paul Hong (37BB/9.48) a bit further back in the betting and a few chips ahead of the German pro Leon Sturm (37BB/9.32). 

Elsewhere in the counts, Austria’s Josef Schusteritsch had 33 big blinds to play with and was an 11.7 chance, while the Brazilian champion from December, Gustavo Silva Campos (29BB/15.34), was a terrific outside bet, and our tip for the top if Vousden wasn’t in the lead. Russian players ‘Feofan777’ (20BB/21.46) and Alexander Zubov (15BB/22.38) were both hoping that a strong start might allow them to double back into contention. 

Key Moments from the Felt

An elimination on the second hand set the tone for a dramatic night, as Russian player Alexander Zubov took the unluckiest beat of the evening (42:30). All-in with six-five on a board showing A-J-5-6, Denys Chufarin was Zubov’s caller with the inferior ace-queen. A three-outer queen came on the river to break Zubov’s hearts, sending him to the virtual rail with $60,284.

Less than 5 minutes later, the Austrian Josef Schusteritsch was all-in pre-flop with pocket kings only to discover he was behind the pocket aces of Paul Hong. The set-up looked perfect for Schusteritsch in the small blind as he re-raised Hong’s UTG+1 raise.  Hong came back at Schusteritsch and re-raised, prompting the Austrian to shove. The cards were turned over, and the shorter-stacked Kings saw they needed a miracle. The flop of Q-9-2 was no good for the Austrian, and on the turn of a six, only a two-outer king could save Schusteritsch. It didn’t come as a second Queen paired the board, and Schusteritsch took home $60,284 in eighth place.

A remarkable period then ensued in which no one faced elimination for over 90 minutes as the blinds crept up and up, and every all-in player survived their date with the executioner.  That incredible run ended in unfortunate style for ‘Feofan777’ when the Russian player got his remaining stack of just over two big blinds into the middle with jack-six from the big blind. The board of K-5-3-3-4 was no good as the ace-queen of Aliaksei Boika was enough to reduce the field to six while ‘Feofan777’ departed with $101,386 in seventh place. 

Leon Sturm shoved from the big blind next with king-queen of clubs but ran into Vousden holding ace-eight. The Finns hand held through the A-Q-4-5-J board to see just five left in the hunt. The bust-outs started coming now, and soon, just four remained, as the Brazilian player Gustavo Silva Campos busted in fifth for $170,510 (2:37:20). All-in from the big blind pre-flop with king-queen of diamonds, Campos needed help from the board against Paul Hong’s ace-jack. A flop of A-6-3 with two diamonds paired Hong’s jack, but gave Campos a flush draw to chase. No help came on the offsuit jack turn as Hong made trips, removing the ace of diamonds from the cards Campos was chasing. The nine of spades wasn’t the card the Brazilian was looking for, as he busted, and the final four were reached. 

A huge amount was on the line in that hand, and while Vousden still led comfortably with 12.3 million chips, Hong’s trip jacks helped him assemble a stack of 6.9m, with Boika (4.1m) and Chufarin (3.3m) trailing a little further behind.

Soon, Boika was on the outside looking in with a cash of $221,125. The Belarusian lost after a stunning hand gave the keys to the kingdom to Vousden. The aggressive Finn shoved with king-three suited pre-flop and Boika rightly snapped him off with pocket queens (2:42:25). A flop of A-T-8 and a four on the turn meant it was looking like a disaster for Vousden, but a three-outer king on the river changed everything, sending Boika to the rail with $221,125 and giving ‘€urop€an’ almost two-thirds of the chips in play.

The immensely cruel hand had shaken the table, and even better was to come for Vousden. On a flop of 9-8-2, Paul Hong shoved with queen-nine and was snapped off by Vousden with ace-nine. The Finn took down the hand and had an incredible lead with 23.3 million to Denys Chufarin’s 3.4m.

It was all over shortly after, as Vousden claimed a dominant victory at the death. Chufarin shoved with six-five of diamonds, and Vousden called with king-nine of hearts. The flop of K-T-5 paired the Finn’s hand along with Chufarin. After a queen on the turn, the chip leader at the start of play was an 88% favorite to win the title (2:58:30), with only a five or six allowing Chufarin to survive. A four was close but not what he was looking for, making Vousden a back-to-back champion for the first time, and taking home $482,277. 

“I don’t think three in a row has ever been done,” said Jeff Gross. “Vousden will go for it next week.” 

Vousden’s fellow GGMillion$ champion Chamas was full of praise for his regular opponent in the format.

“We saw the big chip leader coming in and absolutely running over the table,” he said. “It was probably one of the most impressive displays from a big stack in a long time. [Sam] was a favorite going in and showed you why, he’s not a guy who gets lucky; he picks his spots and understands the field.”

This Week’s GGMillion$ Results – February 10th, 2026

With Denys Chufarin claiming $371,886 as runner-up and Paul Hong missing out after that stunning hand to claim $286,763 in third place, there were some huge winners in this week’s GGMillion$. 

Here is how the nine-handed final table ended up after a thrilling three-hour final table that was as fast as it was exciting.

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Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Samuel Vousden	Finland	$482,277
2nd	Denys Chufarin	Ukraine	$371,886
3rd	Paul Hong	New Zealand	$286,763
4th	Aliaksei Boika	Belarus	$221,125
5th	Gustavo Silva Campos	Brazil	$170,510
6th	Leon Sturm	Germany	$131,481
7th	‘Feofan777’	Russia	$101,386
8th	Josef Schusteritsch	Austria	$78,179
9th	Alenxander Zubov	Russia	$60,284

Moment of Fortune Leads to Mastery

While some chip leaders have played slower in previous weeks, Finnish pro Vousden was never going to ease into a podium place. He wanted the back-to-back win and got it, with his style described as markedly different from qualifier ‘Feofan777’, who nevertheless won $101,386 from his $1,000 satellite ticket win. 

“The other thing we saw was the complete opposite, someone that satellited in and was playing really tight and scared, ran bad and was playing too scared, too tight. If he’s watching this, it’s good to realise you can’t play tight in these spots. You have to fight back somehow, and you don’t do that by overfolding. In poker, aggression pays.” 

Watch Jeff Gross and Rayan ‘Beriuzy’ Chamas break down all the action in this week’s GGMillion$ 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.