THE DAILY SCOOP – GGMillion$ Season 2024 Episode 40
GGMillion$ Drama as Volz Wins Electrifying Final Table for $327,000
A thrilling final table played out on GGPoker last night as the $10,300 weekly GGMillion$ event saw German player Dennis Volz take the title after a rollercoaster finish to the high stakes tournament. With commentary from regular host Jeff Gross and his guest this week, Michael Jozoff, the action was non-stop as it took four hours to find a winner in an exciting finale to the classic online showdown for high rollers and GGPoker satellite qualifiers alike.
Savino’s Ugly Early Exit
The final nine were led into the action by Bulgaria’s Ognyan Dimov, who started the final table on 91 big blinds. Behind him, French player Jérémie Zouari (72BB), Brazil’s Iago Savino (70BB), and Austrian Martin Finger (61BB) were all in hot pursuit, as was the amusingly named ‘Filthy Triple’ from Poland on 55 big blinds.
There was a long drop to Germany’s Dennis Volz (22BB) in sixth, followed by Italian regular at this buy-in, Enrico Camosci (20BB), Russian Kirill Skcherbakov (18BB) and the short-stacked Christopher Frank, also from Germany, who started with just 13 big hands. Despite the disparity in chips, there was no quick kill, with the short stacks mainly chipping up early.
It was nearly 30 minutes into the final table before Iago Savino shoved with a suited eight-nine from the big blind. Kirill Skcherbakov, sitting in the Big Blind, put himself at risk by calling with ace-seven off. Kirill was defeated across a board of K-8-2-J-8, and the Russian, whose on-screen avatar is the main protagonist in the classic movie American Psycho, was unable to survive the hand which killed his hopes with the same level of brutality, as he left for a score of $46,750.
The Chip Leader is Shot Down
One short stack had gone, and soon, the man who started as the shortest of short stacks was also on the rail. Chris Frank was all-in with king-ten of spades and was drawing thin when Martin Finger turned over pocket tens. The flop of 6-5-4 without a single spade provided little inspiration for Frank. An eight on the turn left him drawing to three outs. No king arrived, with a six condemning to an eight-place finish worth $59,623.
Everything changed over an hour and forty-five minutes without an elimination as the chip leader, Bulgaria’s Ognyan Dimov, went from hero to almost zero. The seven players battled like Trojans until bigger blinds and less time to think forced some moves. On a board of K-5-4-8-4 where two hearts had arrived on the flop, Dimov shoved ten-six of hearts, perhaps hoping that his suited hand would block a call from Denniz Volz. Unbeknownst to Dimov, Volz was sitting with the king-ten of clubs. The German eventually figured it out, making the call to take out Dimov in seventh place for $76,042.
Volz continued his aggressive play, and it paid off handsomely when he took out Enrico Camosci in sixth for $96,982. The Italian raised pre-flop and then shoved for around 15 big blinds with pocket nines following a re-raise. Volz had conjured his image perfectly and called with pocket queens. A flop of T-6-2 with two diamonds was no trouble, but another diamond on the turn in the shape of an ace meant that any diamond would complete an unlikely four-flush for the at-risk Camosci. It didn’t come, as an offsuit king fell, sending the Italian home instead and making Volz the outright leader.
Flip-Flop Finish Favors Volz
Next to go was Martin Finger, who was all-in for just seven big blinds with king-ten and was called by Jérémie Zouari with ace-king. Two aces on the flop made it near impossible, and the deuce of spades on the turn ended Finger’s hopes as he cashed in fifth for $123,688. Zouari’s win saw him shoot up to 5.19 million in chips, only behind Volz on 6.2 million. Savino (3.14m) and ‘Filthy Triple’ (2.27m) were a little further back.
While the Polish short stack managed to get back into it, the Brazilian Savino struggled. Savino eventually called off Volz’s four-bet shove with ace-nine, only to see his opponent table pocket kings. No help came for Savino on the Q-8-6-4-J board, and he departed for a result worth $157,749 as he narrowly missed out on the podium places.
‘Filthy Triple’ needed a double and was all-in with king-ten. He needed help after his caller, Zouari, flipped over pocket nines, then caught a flop full in the face with it coming A-9-3. The Polish all-in player needed running hearts or Broadway cards. Unfortunately, the turn revealed the three of hearts, which locked up the full house, confirming Zouari would make heads-up with 6.11 million chips.
Heading Into Heads Up
Volz had the lead with 10.69 million, and between the two potential first-time GGMillion$ players, that was a decent lead. It changed quickly, however, with Zouari brilliantly bluffing with a double-gutter to take the lead. In the very next hand, the Frenchman only had to win a coinflip to take the title but his pocket fives couldn’t hold against the ace-six of Dennis Volz, with a board of A-J-9-Q-4 flipping the German back into the lead.
Volz had grown his lead by the time he shoved with king-jack and Zouari called it off with ace-queen, hoping that the best hand held up. If it didn’t, the title was going to Germany. A flop of Q-J-7 paired both players but kept Zouari in line for the chip lead. A four on the turn put the Frenchman as an 88% favorite, but a second jack on the river handed Dennis Volz trips and the latest GGMillion$ title for $327,250, with Zouari forced to accept the $256,591 for second place.
Watch all the action of a thrilling conclusion to this week’s GGMillion$ action right here in the company of Jeff Gross and Michael Jozoff:
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dennis Volz | Germany | $327,250 |
| 2nd | Jeremie Zouari | France | $256,591 |
| 3rd | ‘Filthy Triple’ | Poland | $201,189 |
| 4th | Iago Savino | Brazil | $157,749 |
| 5th | Martin Finger | Austria | $123,688 |
| 6th | Enrico Camosci | Italy | $96,982 |
| 7th | Ognyan Dimov | Bulgaria | $76,042 |
| 8th | Christopher Frank | Germany | $59,623 |
| 9th | Kirill Skcherbakov | Russia | $46,750 |
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.