SHOCKING UPSET! Unknown ‘RealOA’ Crushes Adrian Mateos & Ottomar Ladva For 347K GGMillion Victory
GGMillion$ Won by ‘RealOA’ as Big Names Fluff Their Lines
The $10,000-entry GGPoker GGMillion$ brings the cream of the crop to the poker felt every week, and this week was no different. Regular host, Jeff Gross, was joined by the WSOP Online Main Event champion Benjamin Rolle on comms. The German pro enjoyed one of his best days at the online felt a few weeks ago, and calling the action on a rare week he wasn’t in play at the final table, Rolle added a lot to proceedings as the big names at the felt let two smaller names through the gaps in their armor.
Who Were the Pre-Match Betting Favorites?
As play got underway, it was the powerful Ottomar Ladva leading the field with 84 big blinds, just ahead of Chinese player ‘RealOA’, who was just a single big blind behind in the counts. Given his vast experience at the felt, it would be easy to tip Ladva for the outright win, with his previous record in GGMillion$ finals being as strong as it is. Comparing the two, Ladva had raked in $16.1 million in lifetime winnings on GGPoker, compared to just $6,221 for ‘RealOA’.
The record holder in those terms at the final table was the Spanish player Adrian Mateos, who has over $19m in winnings at the GGPoker felt. At odds of 5.86, Mateos still represented great value with 66 big blinds. Although Vladimir Minko’s odds of 6.16 (with 46 bigs) were only slightly longer, we went with the Spanish player’s incredible tournament record as a guide to greatness this week, tipping him for the win if Ladva lost his lead.
Elsewhere, Argentina’s Guilhermo Pinarello began with 36 big blinds at odds of 12.14, as did his countryman, ‘KingofM!A’, with 26 big blinds, priced up at 13.32. Brazilian Kelvin Kerber had the same starting stack at slightly longer odds of 14.68, while Japanese player ‘Buzzcut’ was the favorite for the chop at outsider odds of 32.48 due to holding just 11 big blinds at the start of play.
Only eight players started the final table thanks to a double elimination, which ended the penultimate day of competition in the event. That was when the Lithuanian player Paulius Vaitekunas busted for a score of $49,557 in ninth place.
Key Moments from the Felt
As the final table began, the eight remaining players began with a tense period where no one busted for over an hour. After that first phase where the chips were passed around the table, it became a frantic affair. ‘KingofM!A’ lost out with queen-high pre-flop all-in to the new dominant player at the felt, ‘RealOA’. The high cards counted, and the Argentinian busted for $63,204 in eighth place. Adrian Mateos had endured a nightmare at the felt, and despite making the right play to fold after being outflopped by ‘RealOA’, a small blind reshove on the next hand with ace-nine (2:04:10) after ‘Buzzcut’ had pushed from the button with ace-jack, saw the Spanish player crash out for $80,609 in seventh.
The overnight leader, Ottomar Ladva, slumped from his early advantage to exit when he also lost out with ace-nine, this time in spades. ‘RealOA’ called the Estonians’ shove holding pocket threes. A clean board saw Ladva ousted in sixth for $102,806. ‘Buzzcut’s heroics continued to match everyone’s at the final table, as their pre-flop shove with pocket nines (2:43:00) got a caller in the form of the Brazilian player Kelvin Kerber. Kelvin’s ace-king lost out despite flopping an ace, as a nine came with it on the flop and set ‘Buzzcut’ up to again trim the field. Kerber’s bust-out was worth $131,117 for finishing fifth place.
Vladimir Minko was a big player early in the action, but he lost out in unfortunate circumstances. The Russian correctly called from the big blind with ace-seven, but ended on the wrong side of the cards when ‘RealOA’s king-queen shove (3:15:30), found a board featuring two kings. A two on the turn left Minko drawing dead and was sent home with $167,223 in fourth.
Three-handed play lasted just fifteen minutes as ‘Buzzcut’s king-queen was shot down by ‘RealOA’s ace-nine, sending the Japanese player home with $213,272 in third place. Heads-up began with the Chinese chip leader holding 14.4 million chips to Guilhermo Pinarello’s 4.3m. That ended after just two hands, as an all-in from ‘RealOA’ with 7-4 of hearts on the board of K-4-3-8-2 with three hearts to complete the flush, saw Pinarello call with ace-seven (3:30:00), including a blocker, the ace of hearts. The call ended the event in ‘RealOA’s favor as they won their first GGMillion$ title after a dominant performance at the final table.
This Week’s GGMillion$ Results – October 14th, 2025
An effective performance from ‘RealOA’ made the difference in this week’s GGMillion$ final table. After the event, Ben Rolle complimented Kelvin Kerber on his actions too, but in the end, the chips told the true tale.
“I would have liked to see those plays from [Minko].”
“He did tighten up,” agreed Jeff Gross.
“He made some very tight folds. The winner played loose but people were not adjusting to big stacks being looser. What I like about players that are loose is that they know how to get the money in.”
After a rollercoaster ride, here was how this week’s GGMillion$ final table ended:
GGMillion$ Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ‘RealOA’ | China | $346,903 |
| 2nd | Guilhermo Pinarello | Argentina | $272,001 |
| 3rd | ‘Buzzcut’ | Japan | $213,272 |
| 4th | Vladimir Minko | Russia | $167,223 |
| 5th | Kelvin Kerber | Brazil | $131,117 |
| 6th | Ottomar Ladva | Estonia | $102,806 |
| 7th | Adrian Mateos | Spain | $80,609 |
| 8th | ‘KingofM!A’ | Argentina | $63,204 |
| 9th | Paulius Vaitekunas | Lithuania | $49,557 |
Did Reticence Win the Day of Big Stack Play?
With only eight players at the final table instead of nine, viewers might have expected the action to have been more aggressive, but this week’s GGMillion$ final table was one of the more passive ones in recent weeks. This may have had a lot to do with losing players who rely on their natural aggression early. Both Adrian Mateos and Ottomar Ladva busted before the final five, which left ‘RealOA’ as a huge chip leader.
While the laddering of the Japanese player ‘Buzzcut’ was impressive – they cashed for $213,272 in third place, five places above their lowly starting position – that rise to prominence came at the expense of some big stacks clashing. ‘RealOA’ used their stack well, and it was great to see a player with just over $6,000 in winnings on GGPoker before the final walk away with over $350,000 in winnings.
Mateos, Ladva, and, in particular, Minko might wish they had done things a little differently after reviewing the action.
Why not do that now? Watch this week’s GGMillion$ final table replay with Jeff Gross and Benjamin Rolle right here:
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About the Author: Paul Seaton has written about poker for over 10 years, interviewing some of the best players ever to play the game such as Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth. Over the years, Paul has reported live from tournaments such as the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and the European Poker Tour. He has also written for other poker brands where he was Head of Media, as well as BLUFF magazine, where he was Editor.
* The pre-game pick is the sole opinion of the author. It in no way reflects or affects the outcome of the final table.
