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Russian player Artem Osmirko has won the $10,000 buy-in GGMillion$ High Roller, one of online poker’s premier weekly events. The tournament drew 144 entrants, generating a prize pool of $1,396,800, with Osmirko securing the top prize of $303,531 along with a $10,000 package to the GGMillion$ live event at the 2026 World Series of Poker Paradise.
Fifteen players finished in the money, with Aleksejs Ponakovs the first to cash after busting in 15th for $23,279, pushing his lifetime GGMillion$ earnings close to $7.6 million. Thomas Muehloecker followed in 12th ($26,097), while Tobias Eichenseher exited in 10th place for $32,789, just short of the final table.
The nine-handed final table was streamed live with host Jeff Gross and guest commentator Denys Chufarin. Guillaume Nolet was eliminated first after shoving short-stacked with king-nine, losing to a player known as “leng321.” Brazilian short stack Brunno Botteon went out in eighth after his all-in with ace-eight of spades was called by Osmirko’s pocket jacks, with a flush ultimately sealing his fate.
“Lucky-Nomad” claimed a career-best GGMillion$ cash of $68,860 before busting in seventh, while Aleksei Borovkov fell in sixth after his pocket nines ran into Paul Hong’s pocket kings. Simon Beckmann, the chip leader entering five-handed play, was eliminated soon after in a series of costly confrontations.
Three-handed play ended when Vlada Stojanovic’s ace-ten couldn’t catch up to Osmirko’s flopped set of jacks. Heads-up against Hong saw the lead swing back and forth before Osmirko pulled away, ultimately winning the final hand when his ace-seven rivered a jack-high straight against Hong’s flopped set of nines.
Hong settled for second place and $237,045. Osmirko’s win marks his first GGMillion$ title, though he remains well behind Artur Martirosian’s record 13 victories in the series.
