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Osmirko Artem Claims Superb GGMillion$ Win – GGMillion$ Season 2026 Episode 42

This week’s GGMillion$ finale saw a group of poker legends clash at the online felt as the $10,000-entry GGPoker event came to a conclusion in the company of regular host Jeff Gross and special guest co-commentator Bernhard Binder. The Austrian, last year’s $10,000,000 Super Main Event winner at WSOP Paradise in The Bahamas, provided expert analysis on the action as it unfolded.

As a dramatic final table played out, the overnight leader Osmirko Artem rode the rollercoaster and survived several players bidding to overtake him, eventually claiming his second title after a short but exciting final battle with a brilliant Brazilian opponent.

Pre-Match Betting Odds

As the final table began, the leader of the pack was one of last week’s starring trio of Russian players. Osmirko Artem started with 84 big blinds and, as such, was short odds of 4.60 to win. He wasn’t the favorite, however, as that tag belonged to the Canadian former WSOP Main Event finalist Pascal Lefrancois. With 79 big blinds, he was available in the GGPoker client at odds of just 4.14. 

Behind the top two, a couple of the most experienced players in GGMillion$ history lay in wait, hoping to cause an upset. Brazilian Pedro Padilha had 63 big blinds and was available at odds of 5.40, but we preferred the chances of Rayan ‘Beriuzy’ Chamas, with the Lebanese pro sitting on 60 bigs at 5.38, and he was our pick to win this week’s GGMillion$ title.

Several talented players were hoping for strong starts to put them back in the running. Italian player Gaspare Sposato (36BB/9.88), Ukrainian GGMillion$ regular Andrii Derzhypilskiy (34BB/11.14), and Mexico-based ‘Valen_tina’ (21BB/22.50) were all outside shots, while Brazil’s Gabriel Tavares (12BB/26.78) and the Austrian player Tim Kramer (11BB/31.38) both needing a miraculous comeback if they wanted to win.

Key Moments from the Felt

Unsurprisingly, things went wrong for a short stack quickly, and it was Tim Kramer who busted in ninth place for $58,074. The Austrian moved all-in pre-flop for 11 big blinds with ace-jack and was quickly called by Andrii Derzhypilskiy with the dominating ace-king. A queen-high board couldn’t save Kramer, and he left the action as the Ukrainian got off to a dream start.

Soon, just seven players remained, as ‘Valen_tina’ from Mexico departed for $74,066 in eighth place. (1:11:10) All-in pre-flop from the small blind with ace-deuce for 22 big blinds, they were called off by Osmirko Artem’s inferior king-queen of hearts. As is so often the case in poker, the short stack got unlucky to bust, as Artem’s paint cards matched both a king and a queen on the flop before a five on the turn. Only a four would save the at-risk player, and it didn’t come; a six on the river sent ‘Valen_tina’ to the rail as the chip leader added fortune to bravery and increased his lead over the field.

The next exit was just as unfortunate as Artem continued to hit the deck like a sailor in a storm. Derzhypilskiy’s strong start had unraveled by the time he found what he thought was his way back into the game with pocket kings. All-in for 11 big blinds, he was called by Artem with ace-five of hearts, but as the Russian had done a bit earlier, he hit with the trailing hand. Both an ace and a five came on the flop. An ace on the river gave the overwhelming chip leader a boat as Derzhypilskiy was removed from the table with an extra $94,462 for the effort.

The worst hand looked to win again when our pick for the top spot, former GGMillion$ champion Rayan ‘Beriuzy’ Chamas, called off his stack in a blind-vs-blind battle with king-jack. (1:48:17) Gaspare Sposato had shoved with ace-four but the Italian fell behind despite hitting top pair on the A-K-J flop. Two pair looked to put ‘Beriuzy’ back in business until after a seven on the turn, a four on the river sucker-punched him from the field in sixth for a score of $120,475.

Five became four soon after, with Gaspare Sposato the unfortunate victim of the most exciting cooler since Indiana Jones climbed into a fridge to avoid an explosion. All-in pre-flop for 16 big blinds with ace-king, he ran into Pedro Padilha’s pocket aces, and while the Italian hit a king on the flop, the additional help which was needed never came and Sposato collected $153,650 in fifth.

With four players left, Artem was still the runaway leader with 8.9 million chips. He won another pot for almost all of Gabriel Tavares’ chips when the Brazilian bluffed off 90% of his stack to the Russian, and soon after, Tavares was out. All-in twice and surviving, his micro-stack made it back up to almost two big blinds, but he was all-in with the worst of it with jack-five against ace-queen. A queen on the flop and no drama thereafter meant Tavares was drawing dead on the river, where he exited for $195,962. 

The top three at the start of the final table were the final three at the end of the action, as an epic battle prevailed. (2:39:50) Pascal Lefrancois may have had the live arena edge on his competitors, but Artem was putting down the hammer and soon had over 15 million chips, with neither of his opponents holding even a fifth of his stack. Both Lefrancois and Padilha decided to scrap between themselves to put one of them in with a chance. It was the Brazilian who survived. Lefrancois needed help with ace-three against the pocket eights of Padilha, but he got the absolute opposite, as an eight in the window left him needing running cards to double up. No help came for the Canadian and Padilha took him out for $249,924 in third place. 

Heads-up, Artem enjoyed a lead of almost exactly 3:1 in chips, and grew that lead early in the final duel when Padilha bet with a straight but failed to hit. Soon, the lead was 8:1 and then 16:1 with the Russian having all the momentum.  Padilha managed to get some chips back before finding a raise with king-nine of spades only to have Artem shove with ace-ten of clubs. (2:45:07) The raise was called, and after a flop of Q-J-6, Padilha was up against it. An ace on the turn meant only one of the three remaining tens in the deck could save the Brazilian but an innocuous six fell to give Osmirko Artem his second GGMillion$ title and the top prize of $406,521, with Padilha claiming $318,747 as a worthy runner-up. 

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

A thrilling final table was claimed by the Russian player Minko after an incredible heads-up battle.

A thrilling final table saw the overnight leader go wire-to-wire as Russian pro Osmirko Artem beat the field to claim his second GGMillion$ title in dominant fashion. While several short stacks busted early, the Brazilian Gabriel Tavares was one of two South Americans from his country to make the final four, turning a difficult starting stack at the final table into a fourth-place finish worth $195,962.

“We have to talk about Osmirko in first. Played a lot of hands, but didn’t go too crazy pre-flop, made a lot of good starting hands, won the big flips in the right spots and it’s a good day for him.”

“I thought again with six left everyone was a household regular and some of the pedigree you’d expect on the GGMillion$.”

As Jeff said, Bernhard Binder will be back to defend his Super Main Event title in The Bahamas as part of the WSOP Paradise series, with qualifiers running into events on GGPoker today.

Here’s how everyone finished at this week’s GGMillion$ final table:

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Osmirko Artem	Russia	$406,521
2nd	Pedro Padilha	Brazil	$318,747
3rd	Pascal Lafrancois	Canada	$249,924
4th	Gabriel Tavares	Brazil	$195,962
5th	Gaspare Sposato	Italy	$153,650
6th	Rayan ‘Beriuzy’ Chamas	Lebanon	$120,475
7th	Andrii Derzhupilskyi	Ukraine	$94,462
	‘Valen_tina’	Mexico	$74,066
9th	Tim Kramer	Austria	$58,074

Did Artem Beat the Field or ICM Dictate?

The split of chip stacks this week caused it to be a case of the haves and have-nots in the GGMillion$ finale. With four stacks dominating, everyone needed to know their ranges. Osmirko Artem was certainly prepared to stick his chips in the middle early on, and got lucky to win a couple of all-ins when he had the chips and the cards helped him overtake the opposition.

Heads-up, Tavares’ countryman Padilha simply could never catch up with Artem, as the Russian used his stack to control the final duel and see it out, a simple hand at the end virtually playing itself. Both Pedro Padilha and Pascal Lefrancois were padlocked when three-handed by the sheer size of Artem’s lead and the ICM consequences of stepping out of line, with over $68,000 between finishing second and third. 

Watch all the action in the company of GGMillion$ host Jeff Gross and the 2025 WSOP Super Main Event winner Bernhard Binder as one of the most exciting final table in recent memory 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.