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GG World Festival 2026 | Episode 3: Friday Through Sunday

The first full weekend of the GG World Festival 2026 delivered in a big way. From May 8 through May 10, players across every tier showed up in force. Fields swelled, guarantees were crushed, and the leaderboard picture shifted dramatically. The $10 Million Guaratneed $525 World Bounty Festival is now just over a week away, and the race to the top is heating up across every tier.

LOW TIER

Event 64-L: Saturday Secret KO [Mystery Bounty] | $25 Buy-In | $400,000 GTD

21,701 entries pushed the prize pool to $499,123, nearly $100,000 over the guarantee. Norway’s GG_WP! won after 11 hours and 5 minutes, but the weekend’s most dramatic Low tier moment came from 411th place.

🥇 1st — GG_WP! (Norway) — $22,954.59 + $1,554 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — GGBountyHunters (Finland) — $17,206.17 + $84 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — domikk88 (Lithuania) — $12,902.81 + $228 Bounty Rewards
💥 Biggest Mystery Bounty — JacobWilder (Poland) — 411th place: $82.68 + $34,110 in Bounties

JacobWilder busted for not much more than a min-cash and still walked away with over $34,000. That is the mystery bounty format at its most unhinged.

Event 80-L: Sunday Showdown [Mystery Bounty] | $10 Buy-In | $150,000 GTD

22,361 entries generated $205,721.20, a total of $55,721.20 over the guarantee. The final three players agreed to a three-way chop, with Romania claiming both the top two spots. ICM math put Alvaro Petrone’s third-place payout above first and second after 8 hours and 38 minutes.

🥇 1st — RadicKhal (Romania) — $7,041.82 + $101.90 Bounty Rewards (3-way ICM chop)
🥈 2nd — raulmihai20 (Romania) — $7,016.57 + $89.60 Bounty Rewards (3-way ICM chop)
🥉 3rd — Alvaro Petrone (Argentina) — $8,566.51 + $95.50 Bounty Rewards (3-way ICM chop)
💥 Biggest Mystery Bounty — MarkTru (Germany) — 522nd place: $22.73 + $14,008 in Bounties

Over 22,000 players at a $10 buy-in. The Low tier continues to deliver some of the biggest raw fields in online poker and the Mystery Bounty format surprises again, with the biggest payout of the event coming in 522nd place.

Global Low Tier Leaderboard – Anton Ivar extends their lead at the top with 3,244.61 points, now joined by a reshuffled top three. Mala_Ale_Farsa moves into second at 3,082.59, and Russia’s HappyNewFear is new to the podium in third at 2,670.67. Sid_the_kid_87, who held second through the first week, has slipped to sixth at 2,396.08.

1st — Anton Ivar (Brazil) — 3,244.61
2nd — Mala_Ale_Farsa (Poland) — 3,082.59
3rd — HappyNewFear (Russia) — 2,396.08

MEDIUM TIER

Event 75-M: Bounty Hunters Sunday Main Event | $55 Buy-In | $1,000,000 GTD

24,530 entries and $1,241,218 in prize money and Bounty Hunter rewards. Argentina swept the top two spots as chacofuego took the title after 11 hours and 13 minutes.

🥇 1st — chacofuego (Argentina) — $46,413.65 + $30,136.54 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — FrManggini (Argentina) — $46,399.85 + $10,400.75 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — itsmagic[2] (Brazil) — $36,869.20 + $4,512.96 Bounty Rewards

24,530 players in a single tournament. The Medium tier Sunday Main Event was one of the biggest online poker tournaments of the year.

Event 76-M: GGMasters | $150 Buy-In | $1,000,000 GTD

7,849 entries produced $1,083,162 in this edition of the GGMasters. Austria’s Marius Gierse outlasted the field across a two-day, 28-hour-and-38-minute marathon to take the title.

🥇 1st — Marius Gierse (Austria) — $144,155.48
🥈 2nd — Fookus4F-W-G (Estonia) — $108,097.87
🥉 3rd — Doge (China) — $81,061.95

Nearly 29 hours of total play time, including an overnight break, for a $144,000 score. Marius Gierse earned that one the hard way.

Global Medium Tier Leaderboard – The Medium tier leaderboard has seen a complete reshuffle at the top. Netherlands leads the way with Armanus at 2,398.34 and Bowrot- in third at 2,370.55, with Belarus’s ANTON BARDZIYAN splitting them at 2,376.51. torski, who previously led, has slipped to seventh at 2,107.52, while liano96 sits 16th at 1,898.30. The first weekend’s leader, Savethedave1, has fallen to 61st at 1,484.29.

1st — Armanus (Netherlands) — 2,398.34
2nd — ANTON BARDZIYAN (Belarus) — 2,376.51
3rd — Bowrot- (Netherlands) — 2,370.55

HIGH TIER

Event 75-H: Bounty Hunters Sunday Main Event | $525 Buy-In | $1,500,000 GTD

4,062 entries pushed the prize pool to $2,031,000, well over the $1.5M guarantee. Vietnam’s Nicolas Godard won a thrilling finish after 10 hours and 40 minutes, topping a massive bounty haul to go with his prize pool payout.

🥇 1st — Nicolas Godard (Vietnam) — $96,039.61 + $113,039.96 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — R Meneguetti (Brazil) — $96,037.42 + $13,664.57 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — CXdao (China) — $76,311.06 + $13,211.92 Bounty Rewards

Nicolas Godard’s $113,039.96 in bounty rewards is the standout number of the weekend across all tiers. The prize pool between first and second was essentially a tie, but it was the bounties that made Godard’s night.

Event 76-H: GGMasters HR | $1,050 Buy-In | $1,000,000 GTD

1,184 entries generated $1,184,000 smashing the guarantee. Ireland’s Simon Wilson topped the field across a two-day, 26-hour-and-14-minute grind, including the overnight break.

🥇 1st — Simon Wilson (Ireland) — $199,070.28
🥈 2nd — 4THPYRAMID (Cyprus) — $149,281.02
🥉 3rd — M Aziz Junior (Brazil) — $111,945.03

Simon Wilson’s $199,070.28 was one of the biggest individual cashes of the weekend.

Global High Tier Leaderboard – The High tier leaderboard has a new leader. Austria’s Tom_Poker_BR moves to the top at 1,720.49 points, with R Romanovskyi close behind at 1,712.56. Ronan Sweeney holds third at 1,593.20, as Patrick Leonard falls off the podium and sits fourth at 1,582.20. That is still four players separated by less than 140 points at the top.

1st — Tom_Poker (Austria) — 1,720.49
2nd — R Romanovskyi (Ukraine) — 1,712.49
3rd — Ronan Sweeney (Ireland) — 1,593.20

SUPER TIER

Event 76-S: GGMillion$ High Roller | $10,000 Buy-In | $2,000,000 GTD | STILL RUNNING

257 entries generated $2,492,200 in prize money, as the GGMillion$ High Roller is heading into its final table with nine players still alive. First place is worth $481,199.42 plus a $10,000 seat to the GGMillion Live Paradise event. You can watch the final table stream live today, starting at 18:00 GMT on the GGPoker YouTube channel.

Sebastian Gaehl holds a commanding chip lead heading into the stream. Y Schneider — fresh off winning the Saturday Secret KO earlier this weekend — is still alive and looking to make it a remarkable few days at the Super tier.

Current chip counts with nine players remaining:

Player                     Big Blinds

Sebastian Gaehl   92.4 BB

W Malinowski      74.3 BB

Pedro Neves         70.7 BB

Y Schneider         35.1 BB

Pavel Plesuv        35.0 BB

Ilya Anatski         33.5 BB

Rodrigo Peceli     25.9 BB

Rodrigo Selouan  11.3BB

Minthon                10.2 BB

Event 64-S: Saturday Secret KO [Mystery Bounty] | $10,000 Buy-In | $400,000 GTD

43 entries generated a $417,100 prize pool, from which Austria’s Y Schneider took the title after 4 hours and 40 minutes, but the biggest Mystery Bounty numbers came from third and fourth place.

🥇 1st — Y Schneider (Austria) — $59,218.33 + $20,000 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — jinx36 (Philippines) — $44,314.86 + $20,000 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — Johannes Straver (Austria) — $33,162.16 + $84,550 Bounty Rewards
4th — GREAGYPoker (Russia) — $24,816.25 + $84,000 Bounty Rewards

Johannes Straver and GREAGYPoker each walked away with more in bounty rewards than the total prize for the tournament winner. At the Super tier, mystery bounty events play out on a different level entirely.

Event 80-S: Sunday Showdown [Mystery Bounty] | $1,500 Buy-In | $600,000 GTD

439 entries produced a $625,575 prize pool. Poland’s Dawid Smolka claimed the victory after 9 hours and 10 minutes, putting together an outstanding combined total.

🥇 1st — Dawid Smolka (Poland) — $53,386.76 + $62,587.50 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — Ivan Deyra (Canada) — $40,034.08 + $8,700 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — 8Valverde8 (Uruguay) — $30,021.32 + $2,800 Bounty Rewards
💥 Biggest Mystery Bounty — Edilosn Junior (Brazil) — 12th place: $3,438.88 + $79,000 in Bounties

Dawid Smolka’s combined take of over $115,000 in a $1,500 buy-in event is a standout result by any measure. Edilosn Junior’s $79,000 bounty score from 12th place is the kind of number that reminds you why mystery bounty events draw the fields they do.

Global Super Tier Leaderboard – jinx36 extends their lead at the top with 1,282.36 points despite a runner-up finish in the Saturday Secret KO. GREAGYPoker sits second at 1,212.76. Sweden’s Niklas Astedt is new to the top three at 1,001.83, while Erwann Pecheux climbs back to fourth at 945.96 and Tamas Adamszki sits back in sixth at 862.29.

1st — jinx36 (Philippines) — 1,282.36
2nd — GREAGYPoker (Russia) — 1,212.76
3rd — Niklas Astedt (Austria) — 1,001.83

GG ONTARIO FESTIVAL

LOW TIER

Event 48-L: Sunday Bounty King Ontario | $25 Buy-In | $12,500 GTD

770 entries generated $18,326 in prizes for the Ontario big Low Tier tournament. A-Astra took the title after 6 hours and 41 minutes.

🥇 1st — A-Astra — $1,088.68 + $1,728.59 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — Max Payne! — $1,088.42 + $320.53 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — jasbl8 — $864.86 + $249.82 Bounty Rewards

Ontario Low Tier Leaderboard – Hicks19 — who made the final table earlier in the week (you can find their name in Episode 2, under the Bounty King Ontario tournament)  jumps to the top of the Ontario Low tier at 921.57 points. SmallBills moves into second at 875.50, and handsomepair is third at 797.47. Bloomzz, who led in the last report with 547.23, has slipped to fourth at 794.74, while KountKardz sits sixth at 749.38, Jako17 eighth at 726.95, and the first issues leader, JangoGeorgia, is back in tenth at 708.20.

1st — Hicks19 — 921.57
2nd — SmallBills — 875.50
3rd — handsomepair — 797.47

MEDIUM TIER

Event 48-M: Sunday Bounty King Ontario | $105 Buy-In | $50,000 GTD

764 entries generated $76,400, a huge event for the ring-fenced province, was won by manpreet singh in 8 hours and 42 minutes.

🥇 1st — manpreet singh — $4,577.33 + $4,476.82 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — MrStacks — $4,576.82 + $1,023.05 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — Lil Larusso — $3,636.73 + $808.59 Bounty Rewards

Ontario Medium Tier Leaderboard – 3BetPunts takes over at the top of the Ontario Medium tier with 959.16 points, displacing Katy Perry, who led through the last report. JF1121 moves into second at 921.99, and Katy Perry holds third at 875.35. mentallyDfishin sits fifth at 791.59, while the opening weekend third-place Bernley has fallen to 11th at 693.27.

1st — 3BetPunts — 959.16
2nd — JF1121 — 921.99
3rd — Kary Perry — 875.35

HIGH TIER

Event 46-H: Bounty Hunters Sunday Big Game | $210 Buy-In | $25,000 GTD

207 entries pushed the prize pool $16,400 over the guarantee to a total of $41,400. Allen Shen took the title after 7 hours and 6 minutes.

🥇 1st — Allen Shen — $3,149.98 + $6,696.88 Bounty Rewards
🥈 2nd — JangoGeorgia — $3,149.90 + $518.75 Bounty Rewards
🥉 3rd — NoTimeBank — $2,502.91 + $562.50 Bounty Rewards

Ontario High Tier Leaderboard – HaveALaugh extended their lead at the top of the Ontario High tier with 611.59 points. Baqr moves into second at 596.20, and Jorge A Pacheco is new to the top three at 556.99. Katy Perry sits fourth at 543.50, while V_119 — who led after the first weekend has slipped to seventh at 463.18.

1st — HaveALaugh — 611.59
2nd — Baqr — 596.20
3rd — Jorge A Pacheco — 556.99

LOOKING AHEAD

Episode 3, covering the 2nd weekend, is in the books, and the GG World Festival 2026 is building momentum with every session. Fields are swelling, leaderboard positions are changing hands week to week, and the series is approaching its first major milestone. The $525 World Bounty Festival — $10 million guaranteed — is just over a week away on May 18. Before that, there is another full slate of weekday action to get through. Stay locked in and maybe you’ll see your name immortalized.

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