Artem Osmirko Denies Pedro Padilha His First GGMillion$ Victory

Russian grinder Artem Osmirko helped himself to a second GGMillion$ title on GGPoker on November 10, denying Pedro Padilha his first win in the process.

Osmirko won his first GGMillion$ in July, banking $303,531 and a $10,000 GGMillion$ Live ticket for the upcoming WSOP Paradise festival. The Russian now has a second win under his belt and another $406,521 in prize money.

Padilha was this week’s runner-up. As a result, the Brazilian still waits for his first GGMillion$ victory, although the $318,747 he collected for his bridesmaid finish pushed his GGMillion$ earnings past the $2 million mark.

$10,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Final Table Results

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The 192-strong field was reduced to the final nine on the first day’s play on November 8 before returning to their seats on November 10. Most of the $2,010,000 prize pool still needed to be won, with the top six finishers each collecting more than $120,000.

Tim Kramer sat down at the final table nursing a short stack and found a spot to get his chips in less than five minutes after Day 2 began. Andrii Derzhypilskyi min-raised from middle position with ace-king before calling the 11 big blind shove from Kramer in the big blind. Kramer flipped over the dominated ace-jack, which remained second-best after the community cards were dealt. Kramer’s ninth-place exit earned him $58,074.

Eighth place and $74,066 went to Mexico-based “Valen_tina” half an hour after Kramer fell. The action folded to “Valen_tina” in the small blind, and they open-shoved with ace-deuce for 23 big blinds, and Osmirko, who could call and lose and still be second in chips, called with king-queen of hearts. Osmirko flopped two pair, and that proved enough to reduce the player count again.

Kings Cracked at the Final Table

Seven-handed play lasted another 30 minutes, ending with the demise of Derzhypilskyi. Osmirko min-raised with ace-five of hearts from early position and wasted little time in calling the 11 big blind shove from Derzhypilskyi in the big blind with pocket kings. Osmirko flopped an ace and a five before improving to a full house on the river to send Derzhypilskyi to the showers with the last five-figure prize of the evening, namely $94,462.

Popular stream Rayan “Beriuzy” Chamas was nursing a 10 big blind stack when Derzhypilskyi bowed out, and he only managed to last another couple of hands before busting. Again, it was a battle of the blinds that resulted in an elimination. Malta’s Gaspare Sposato jammed from the small blind with ace-four, Chamas called in the big blind with king-jack, and looked set to double up after flopping two pair against Sposato’s top pair. Chamas stayed ahead on the turn, but a four on the river improved Sposato to a better two pair, and resigned Chamas to a sixth-place finish and a $120,475 prize.

Running Into Ace-King Into Aces Five-Handed

That hand propelled Sposato to second in chips with more than 50 big blinds, yet he was the next player relieved of his stack only 20 minutes after soaring up the counts. His final hand was a cooler five-handed. Padilha min-raised from under the gun and snap-called when Sposato moved all-in for 13 big blinds in the big blind with ace-king. Padilha flipped over pocket aces, and Sposato busted after flopping a king. Fifth place came with a score of $153,650.

Gabriel Tavares came unstuck around the 90-minute mark after an ill-timed bluff. Tavares bet all but 0.5 small blinds of his stack on a king-five-eight-queen-five board with nothing but nine-seven at a time when Osmirko held ace-five for trips. Tavares needed a miracle to come back, but the Poker Gods were not in the mood to come to his rescue, and he fell a few hands later with $195,962 to show for his efforts.

Nothing really went Pascal Lefrancois’ way during the three-handed battle, and it wasn’t surprising to see his latest GGMillion$ deep run end in a third-place finish worth $249,924. Lefrancois’ last action was to three-bet all-in for 13 big blinds with ace-trey in the big blind after Padilha opened from the small blind. Padilha called with a pair of eights in the hole, and those snowmen improved to a set on the flop. Lefrancois needed running cards, but was drawing dead on the turn.

Osmirko held 15,037,617 to 5,113,383 (94 big blinds to 32 big blinds) at the start of heads-up, and it was all over a few minutes later. Osmirko limped with ace-ten of clubs, Padilha raised from a 13 big blind stack with king-nine of spades, and Osmirko responded with a shove. Padilha called and could only watch as the five community cards missed him, relegating him to a second-place finish worth $318,747 and handing the title and $406,521 to Osmirko.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.