Playing in the $1,000,000 guaranteed GGMillion$ is a dream for many online poker players. The $10,000-entry weekly event is the playground of big-league players such as Artur Martirosian, Ole Schemion and Niklas Astedt. As we found out, however, it’s just as attainable as a dream to win for players who play $100 buy-in events or even less as it is poker’s elite.
A Series with Poker History
The $10,000 buy-in GGMillion$ has been a big part of online players’ schedules for over two years. After initially being hosted by Randy ‘Nanonoko’ Lew and Kevin ‘RotterdaM’ van der Kooi and is now presented by GGPoker Global Ambassador Jeff Gross and a different co-commentator every week.
Playing in the GGPoker GGMillion$ isn’t simply a case of buying in for $10,000. You can qualify for the event for a lot less on GGPoker, and in recent months, winners have turned $100 satellite entries into a top prize of over a quarter of a million dollars. That’s because no matter how many entries, there’s always a $1 million prizepool guaranteed. Yes, each and every week.
Over the many weeks of GGMillion$ Season 2, that has led to some amazing stories, with each week’s drama streamed for free on the GGPoker YouTube channel. Jeff Gross – and his co-host – break down the action, offer pre-match odds on the nine players to make the final table and even bring you some of the action from previous weeks to help you make up your mind who is going to win.
In each YouTube stream that goes out, GGPoker also award a prize of either $50 or $100 to whoever can guess the winner, with the victor receiving their funds directly into their GGPoker accounts. From those winnings, it’s not just possible but plausible that you could run up the $100 win for instance into a ticket to the $10,000 GGMillion$ Main Event itself. Win the GGMillion$ for a free $100 ticket? That’s life-changing money for guessing one player from nine who wins an online final table.
Who is the Most Successful GGMillion$ player in History?
The GGMillion$ action is not only unique, but attracts unique players. With a final table selection of players you can bet on, players to stake on PokerStake and cards-up coverage of the weekly $10,000-entry event on the GGPoker YouTube channel, there are also live poker partnerships the GGMillion$ runs into too, with players having won a WSOP gold bracelet in live GGMillion$ events in the past. As Jeff Gross says:
“GGMillion$ features the best players in the world and hosts special events for our incredible community. Come and be a part of the best poker show ever!”
Over the course of the two years that players have been playing the GGMillion$, Russian pro Artur Martirosian is the overall leader, with an incredible 11 titles. Having reached 44 final tables and cashed 83 times, Martirosian has won an amazing $9.39 million in GGMillion$ events. Michael Addamo is closest to Martirosian, with eight titles and $6.27 million in winnings. Juan Dominguez has actually won more than anyone except Martirosian, the Spaniard banking $7,711,139 across winning four titles and just 29 final tables.
Here’s how the top 10 GGMillion$ players of all-time look on the all-time leaderboard:
| GGPoker GGMillion$ All-Time Rankings Leaderboard: | ||||||||
| Place | Name | Titles | Final Tables | Cashes | Winnings | |||
| 1st | Artur Martirosian | 11 | 44 | 83 | $9,397,255 | |||
| 2nd | Michael Addamo | 8 | 29 | 48 | $6,279,359 | |||
| 3rd | Ole Schemion | 6 | 28 | 53 | $6,301,095 | |||
| 4th | David Yan | 5 | 25 | 43 | $6,808,129 | |||
| 5th | Aleks Ponakovs | 5 | 33 | 54 | $6,671,572 | |||
| 6th | Wiktor Malinowski | 5 | 35 | 55 | $5,613,145 | |||
| 7th | Samuel Vousden | 5 | 31 | 52 | $5,340,923 | |||
| 8th | Andras Nemeth | 5 | 18 | 36 | $3,098,411 | |||
| 9th | Juan Dominguez | 4 | 29 | 55 | $7,711,139 | |||
| 10th | Niklas Astedt | 4 | 44 | 66 | $6,492,900 | |||
How You Can Stake a GGMillion$ Winner
You can play the GGMillion$ by taking part in the tournament itself, of course. That buy-in could range from qualifying for $100 up to the $10,000 buy-in, but it could also be played by buying the action of other players who take to the felt. The PokerStake staking page for GGMIllions features all the top names we’ve talked about above but it also features other players with very strong records, and often at zero to no markup.
Players such as Igor Popyk, Ivan Deyra and Simon Beckmann are all selling their action to next week’s GGMillion$. You can check all the GGMillion$ frontrunners in terms of an all-time list by heading to the official GGPoker tournament page here if you want to pick a winner.
After you’ve invested in your chosen PokerStake player, you can watch all the action, which starts at 18:15 UTC+0 every week, you can join Jeff and the gang at the final table by tuning in right here. Here’s what the GGPoker GGMillion$ looks like, as it is enjoyed by up to 50,000 poker fans every week!
