Brazil’s Samba Poker Team put on a show at the final table of GGPoker’s $10,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers this week, with both Pedro Padilha and Gabriel Tavares making deep runs. In the end, it was Russia’s Artem Osmirko who denied Padilha his first title in the series, closing out a come-from-behind heads-up battle to win $406,521 and lock up his second GGMillion$ High Rollers crown of the year.
A Flagship Event Delivers Another Massive Prize Pool
The GGMillion$ High Rollers is GGPoker’s marquee weekly tournament, drawing the platform’s biggest grinders to a $10,000 buy-in event that regularly produces six-figure scores. This edition saw 192 entries build a prize pool of $2,010,000, with Day 1 action on November 8 setting up a final table that played out on November 10. The top nine finishers all cashed for at least $58,000, with the eventual winner also claiming a $10,000 package to the GGMillion$ Live stop at WSOP Paradise.
For Osmirko, the win was his second GGMillion$ High Rollers title, following an earlier $303,531 score in a $10,000 edition back in July. Few players have been able to match his consistency in the series this year, and Tuesday’s result cements him as one of the format’s most feared opponents heads up.
Brazil Takes Over the Final Stretch
What made this particular final table stand out was the Brazilian presence. Padilha and Tavares, both members of the well-known Samba Poker Team, found themselves among the last four players standing, giving Brazilian online grinders plenty to cheer for even before the money got truly serious. The two teammates have built their reputations grinding high-stakes online tournaments together, and seeing both reach the sharp end of a $2 million prize pool on the same night was no coincidence; it reflects a run of strong recent results for the Brazilian high-stakes scene on GGPoker.
Tavares fell in fourth place for $195,962 after attempting a bold bluff, firing a large bet on a board of king-five-eight-queen-five holding only nine-seven high. Osmirko had flopped trip fives with ace-five and made the call, sending Tavares to the rail a few hands later. It was a gutsy, aggressive line that ultimately could not get through, but it was emblematic of the fearless style that has carried Tavares deep into big fields before.
With Tavares out, it was Padilha who kept Brazil’s hopes alive, and he did so emphatically. Facing Pascal Lefrancois of Canada three-handed, Padilha opened from the small blind with pocket eights and called when Lefrancois shoved for 13 big blinds with ace-trey from the big blind. The eights turned into a set on the flop, and Lefrancois was drawing dead by the turn, sending him to the rail in third for $249,924 and setting up a heads-up duel between Padilha and Osmirko for the title.
Osmirko Overcomes a Big Chip Deficit to Close It Out
Heads-up play began with Osmirko holding a commanding lead, 15,037,617 in chips (94 big blinds) to Padilha’s 5,113,383 (32 big blinds). Despite the deficit, Padilha did not back down. On the hand that decided the tournament, Osmirko limped with ace-ten of clubs, and Padilha raised from roughly 13 big blinds with king-nine of spades before getting the chips in the middle. Osmirko made the call, and the board ran out favorably for his ace, with a pair of aces on the river proving enough to end Padilha’s bid for a maiden GGMillion$ title.
It was a heartbreaking way for Padilha to fall just short, but the Brazilian’s runner-up finish for $318,747 was still a massive result. The score pushed his career earnings in the GGMillion$ series alone past the $2 million mark, underlining just how consistently he has performed in GGPoker’s highest-profile recurring tournament. A maiden title continues to elude him, but on current form it looks like a matter of when, not if.
A Final Table Full of Drama Before the Heads-Up Showdown
The nine-handed table produced its share of bad beats and bold shoves well before the big stacks squared off. Tim Kramer departed in ninth for $58,074 after jamming 11 big blinds from the big blind with ace-jack into Andrii Derzhypilskyi’s ace-king. In eighth, the player known as Valen_tina open-shoved ace-deuce for 23 big blinds from the small blind, only to run into Osmirko’s king-queen of hearts, which flopped two pair.
Derzhypilskyi himself exited in seventh for $94,462 in brutal fashion, shoving pocket kings for 11 big blinds into Osmirko’s ace-five of hearts after Osmirko had min-raised from early position. Osmirko flopped both an ace and a five, then rivered a full house to add insult to injury. Rayan Chamas, playing short with around ten big blinds, called Gaspare Sposato’s all-in with king-jack and flopped two pair, only for Sposato to river a better two pair and send Chamas out in sixth for $120,475. Sposato, who had briefly climbed to second in chips with more than 50 big blinds, fell in fifth for $153,650 when his king-high flop could not hold up against Padilha’s rivered set of aces.
What It Means for the GGMillion$ Series
Osmirko’s win reinforces his status as one of the series’ standout performers in 2026, while Padilha and Tavares both leave with a reminder that Brazilian talent remains a constant threat in GGPoker’s highest-stakes weekly events. For players studying how these short-handed, high-pressure spots play out, understanding solid shoving and calling ranges at low stack depths, the kind seen repeatedly at this final table, is essential. Poker Pro Academy’s guide on poker hand rankings is a useful refresher for newer players trying to follow exactly why hands like eights over ace-trey, or aces over king-nine, held up under pressure.
With another GGMillion$ High Rollers now in the books, the series rolls on with its usual mix of massive buy-ins, brutal variance, and a loyal following of grinders chasing the next six-figure score. For Brazil’s Samba Poker Team, Tuesday’s result is another data point in what has become a banner year for high-stakes success on the international stage.
As always, these buy-ins are reserved for experienced, well-bankrolled players; the GGMillion$ High Rollers carries a $10,000 price tag that is well beyond recreational stakes, and anyone considering shots at this level should only play with money they can afford to lose. Poker remains a game of skill over the long run but carries real financial risk in the short term, and players should always gamble responsibly and within their means. Must be 18+ or the legal age in your jurisdiction to play.
