Fabiano Kovalski Wins GGMillion$ Tournament for $464,794

Brazilian player Fabiano Kovalski won the $10,000 GGMillion$ tournament held on GGPoker. The victory came after Kovalski's success at the Barcelona leg of the European Poker Tour. There, he had won the 3,250 euro Mystery Bounty event for 331,430 euros and the 10,300 euro High Roller tournament for 727,280 euros, his highest career earnings.

237 players entered the tournament, and the total prize pool reached $2,308,900. The top 25 places were paid. When nine players remained on the first day, it had been agreed that everyone would receive at least $58,099. However, the championship prize was set at $464,794, and the players were aiming for it.

Frenchman Emilien Pitavy was eliminated in ninth place. Pitavy lost the hand he played against Andrii Derzhypilskyi and left the tournament with $58,099. Derzhypilskyi made a minimum raise from the button and called with the ace and queen of hearts. Pitavy's all-in move from the big blind ended with Derzhypilskyi's flush.

In the next two eliminations, two more players from Kovalski's country were knocked out. Jesse Cesar was eliminated after losing to Alisson Piekazewicz. Piekazewicz was then eliminated by Kovalski's pair of sevens. Derzhypilskyi finished sixth and won $126,715, while Dmitrii Kravchenko finished fifth and won $164,329. Hannes Jeschka won the pot in Kravchenko's elimination with a set.

When heads-up play began, Kovalski overtook Jon Vallinas and built a chip lead of more than double Vallinas's stack. Finishing the tournament in first place, Kovalski also won a $10,000 ticket and a $10,000 GGMillion$ Live Paradise entry.