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Brazilian pro Fabiano Kovalski has extended his remarkable run of form by winning the $10,000 GGMillion$ on GGPoker, pocketing $464,794. The victory comes shortly after his breakout performances at EPT Barcelona, where he won the €3,250 Mystery Bounty event for €331,430 and followed up with a career-best €727,280 score in the €10,300 High Roller.
This edition of the GGMillion$ drew 237 entrants, building a prize pool of $2,308,900 shared among the top 25 finishers. Day 1 wrapped up with nine players left, each already guaranteed $58,099, with the eventual winner also receiving a $10,000 ticket and a $10,000 GGMillion$ Live Paradise entry.
Frenchman Emilien Pitavy was the first to fall on the final day, exiting in ninth for $58,099 after his all-in ace-nine was outdrawn by Andrii Derzhypilskyi’s ace-queen, which rivered a flush. Two fellow Brazilians followed Pitavy out the door, as Jesse Cesar and Alisson Piekazewicz were both eliminated, with Piekazewicz ultimately falling to Kovalski’s pocket sevens.
Derzhypilskyi himself departed in sixth for $126,715 after his king-queen shove ran into Jon Vallinas’s suited ace-queen. Dmitrii Kravchenko took fifth for $164,329 when his turned ace-jack flush draw was crushed by Hannes Jeschka’s flopped set of eights.
Chip leader Laszlo Bujtas then lost a three-way all-in to Kovalski’s pocket aces, while Jeschka bowed out in third for $276,368 after his king-queen couldn’t catch up to Kovalski’s sevens.
Heads-up play saw Vallinas hold an early lead before Kovalski surged ahead. The final hand saw Kovalski rivering a diamond flush to win a massive pot, sending Vallinas to the rail with $358,405 for second place and sealing Kovalski’s long-awaited first GGMillion$ title after ten prior final-table appearances without a win.
