Kovalski Wins GGMillion$: 237 Entries, $464,794 First Prize
Fabiano Kovalski won the GGMillion$ for $464,794, though the two reports differ on the event buy-in and the fourth-place payout.
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On October 29, 2026, PokerNews and SoMuchPoker separately reported that Brazilian player Fabiano Kovalski won GGPoker's GGMillion$, taking the $464,794 first prize. PokerNews said he had previously won the €3,250 Mystery Bounty at EPT Barcelona for €331,430 and then the €10,300 High Roller for €727,280, which it called his career-best score.
On the event itself, PokerNews reported 237 players, a $2,308,900 prize pool and 25 paid places; at the end of Day 1, nine players remained and each had locked up at least $58,099. SoMuchPoker also reported 237 entries and the same $2,308,900 prize pool, against a guarantee of more than $2,000,000, with 25 paid places, and gave the buy-in as $10,300. PokerNews styled the tournament as the $10,000 GGMillion$. Because the two reports give different buy-ins, those figures should be read separately.
Final-table eliminations
PokerNews recorded that French player Emilien Pitavy was the first to go from the nine-handed final table. Button Andrii Derzhypilskyi min-raised, and Pitavy, in the big blind, three-bet shoved for 7.5 big blinds with A-9. Derzhypilskyi called with A-Q suited, made a flush, and Pitavy finished ninth for $58,099.
PokerNews then had short stack Jesse Cesar's A-8 of diamonds lose to compatriot Alisson Piekazewicz's A-Q; Cesar finished eighth for $75,345. About an hour later, Piekazewicz was eliminated by Kovalski. SoMuchPoker detailed that hand: Kovalski shoved with pocket sevens, Piekazewicz called with A♦2♣, the flop paired Piekazewicz's deuce, the turn brought a second king, and the river was a 3. Piekazewicz finished seventh for $97,711.
PokerNews also recorded Andrii Derzhypilskyi's exit in sixth. From the button he shoved 15 big blinds with K-Q and lost to big blind Jon Vallinas's A-Q suited, taking $126,715. Dmitrii Kravchenko went fifth: on a king-high turn with three hearts on board, he overbet-shoved A-J including the J♥; Hannes Jeschka had turned a set of eights and called, the river was a 2, and Kravchenko earned $164,329.
The two reports agree that fourth-place finisher Laszlo Bujtas shoved with A-5 against Kovalski's pocket aces and failed to improve. They differ on the payout: the PokerNews table lists $213,109, while SoMuchPoker lists $213,019. The reports also differ on the stack sizes in that hand. Hannes Jeschka finished third when his K-Q shove ran into Kovalski's pocket sevens; Jeschka took $276,368.
At the start of heads-up play, PokerNews had Vallinas leading Kovalski by 13,153,979 to 11,701,021 chips. SoMuchPoker named the heads-up opponent as Jon AV Santos and said Kovalski reached the final hand after building about a 2-to-1 lead. Both list the runner-up prize as $358,405, but they name the runner-up differently.
The final hand
SoMuchPoker recorded that Kovalski limped with 5♦4♦ and the opponent checked with K♣8♥. The flop came Q♦8♦5♥, the turn brought another 8, and the river 6♦ completed Kovalski's flush. The opponent shoved the river and Kovalski called. PokerNews also reported that Kovalski limped with 5-4 suited and the opponent checked K-8, and said the river shove was 6.4 million chips into a 3.2 million pot. Kovalski collected the $464,794 first prize.
PokerNews further reported that the champion received a $10,000 ticket and a $10,000 GGMillion$ Live Paradise entry. SoMuchPoker referred more generally to additional tournament tickets. Those extras are separate from the $464,794 cash prize.
Local reading context
GGMillion$ is a high-buy-in online tournament on GGPoker. Its buy-in, entry count and prize pool are event-level figures; the $464,794 is Kovalski's individual finish prize and should not be added to the $2,308,900 prize pool. PokerNews also says the champion received a $10,000 ticket and a $10,000 GGMillion$ Live Paradise entry, rewards that are separate from the cash first prize.
Source report dates: 2026-10-29
Original sources and verification
- PokerNews
PokerNews reported on October 29, 2026, that Fabiano Kovalski won GGPoker's $10,000 GGMillion$ for $464,794 and also received a $10,000 ticket and a $10,000 GGMillion$ Live Paradise entry. It reported 237 players, a $2,308,900 prize pool, 25 paid places, and nine players left at the end of Day 1 with at least $58,099 each. It said Kovalski had previously won the €3,250 Mystery Bounty at EPT Barcelona for €331,430 and the €10,300 High Roller for €727,280, which it called his career-best score. It detailed the eliminations of Pitavy, Cesar, Piekazewicz, Derzhypilskyi, Kravchenko, Bujtas and Jeschka and the final hand, listing $358,405 for runner-up Jon Vallinas and $213,109 for fourth.
- SoMuchPoker
SoMuchPoker reported on October 29, 2026, that Kovalski won the GGMillion$ for $464,794 after beating heads-up opponent Jon AV Santos, who received $358,405; it said the result was Kovalski's ninth final table in the event and his first title. It reported 237 entries, a $2,308,900 prize pool against a guarantee of more than $2,000,000, a $10,300 buy-in, and 25 paid places. It described the eliminations of Piekazewicz, Bujtas and Jeschka and the final hand, and listed Bujtas's fourth-place prize as $213,019.