Dimov Decimates GGMillion$ After Loose Loeliger Call
The Daily Scoop – GGMillion$ Season 2025 Episode 28
Regular host Jeff Gross was joined by Tristan Wade in the commentary booth for this week’s GGMillion$ as the weekly $10,000-entry tournament brought just eight poker legends together to see who would win a top prize of over $1.3m. In the end, a stunning performance from an Austrian powerhouse fell just short thanks to the Bulgarian player Ognyan Dimov’s big win against online legend Linus Loeliger.
Was Mullur the Hot Tip Pre-Match?
Heading into the final table,
there were nine finalists instead of the usual nine thanks to a double elimination on the fringes of the final table. Leading the last eight was Mexico-based player ‘JakeTheRake’ with 98 big blinds, and he was the betting favorite via the GGPoker odds, available in the client at 3.56. A short way behind in both chip terms and the betting market was one of the best online players ever, as Swiss player Linus Loeliger began on 76 blinds at odds of 3.76.
A long way back, Austrian Samuel Mullur, provided huge value, available at odds of 6.34 with a big stack of 53 big blinds. Mullur has enjoyed a rapid rise to prominence under the tutelage of many greats of the game such as Fedor Holz, and represented the chasing pack as their best chance of victory. Daniel Petersen from Denmark also saw himself priced up generously, available at odds of 7.96 despite having a very playable stack of 44 big blinds.
Of the remaining four players, Ognyan Dimov (33BB/9.18) started with the most chips, but Finnish pro Casimir Seire (21BB/15.34) was available at much longer odds with a still playable stack. Only the two short stacks had longer odds, with the Russian Alexander Zubov with 20 big blinds on offer at 16.72 and Brazilian Fabian Boianovsky at odds of 17.7 to win with 19 big blinds.
Key Moments from the Felt
With only eight players starting, the stacks were a little deeper. It took some time to find an elimination, but when it came, it was dynamite. Ognyan Dimov put in a huge shove pre-flop with king-queen of hearts only for Alexander Zubov to call off his remaining stack of 13 big blinds with pocket tens (1:00:18). The crucial coinflip saw the Bulgarian flop a queen, which held to take out the Russian in eighth place for $227,984.
After Brazil’s Fabian Boianovsky was dominated to defeat in seventh for $294,722, an interesting pot played out featuring the chip leader at the time, ‘JakeTheRake’ and Linus Loeliger, the most successful Swiss tournament poker player in the history of the game. The former held pocket nines and the latter pocket eights, but the Swiss player Loeliger made a flush on the river after his opponent turned a set of nines (1:18:20). It was a fascinating hand, with expert analysis throughout on how to play the hand, not only from Jeff Gross and Tristan Wade but the GTO Wizard, which provided the recommended action on each street, turning out to be exactly what Loeliger did in order to win the pot.
Mullur doubled through Seire with a dominating ace-king over ace-jack, and the Finnish player busted soon after. Mullur repeated the trick with the same hand against Petersen’s ace-five to reduce the field to four.
The chip leader, ‘JakeTheRake’, lost out in fourth place for $639,070 when his king-queen couldn’t catch Ognyan Dimov’s ace-jack. A pivotal hand played out soon after. (2:45:50) Linus Loeliger held the top pair of queens with his hand of queen-six, and he was up against the mystery hand held by Dimov. A board of Q-T-4-7-3 played out. On both turn and river, the GTO Wizard said that Loeliger should fold on both streets. That advice was ignored, and the Swiss player’s top pair on the flop was no good against Dimov’s ace-queen, losing to a better kicker.
Going into heads-up play, that pot gave Dimov a lead of almost 3:1 in chips and although Mullur conjured up some tricks early on to remain in the hunt, the Bulgarian still led by the time Mullur was dealt pocket queens on the button (3:04:41). A flop of T-9-5 saw Mullur continue, but Dimov raised with jack-eight for an open-ended straight draw. Mullur made the right play, shoving, and Dimov called, not knowing he only had three outs to secure the win compared to the optimal situation of both sevens and queens being available to him.
A hold for Mullur would have put the Austrian almost level but despite being a 76% favorite to win the hand thanks to the live hand odds in the client, a seven on the turn changed all that.
“There’s the seven. That’s it!” yelled Jeff Gross as the crucial card fell on fourth street, and Mullur, who was now drawing dead, quickly gave Dimov the ‘Good Game’ avatar by way of congratulation.
GGMillion$ Results – August 19th, 2025
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ognyan Dimov | Bulgaria | $1,390,158 |
| 2nd | Samuel Mullur | Austria | $1,072,634 |
| 3rd | Linus Loeliger | Switzerland | $827,836 |
| 4th | ‘JakeTheRake’ | Mexico | $639,070 |
| 5th | Daniel Petersen | Denmark | $493,512 |
| 6th | Casimir Seire | Finland | $381,271 |
| 7th | Fabian Boianovsky | Brazil | $294,722 |
| 8th | Alexander Zubov | Russia | $294,722 |
| 9th | M Diaz | Mexico | $176,520 |
Mullur Time Almost Takes Glory
It’s easy to say after the show, but Samuel Mullur’s performance possibly deserved even more than a run to second place and seven figures. What an end boss! Ognyan Dimov’s victory came courtesy of a ‘no guts no glory’ play that his stack could take losing, but Mullur deserves huge props for playing the hand so well and getting his chips in way ahead with 76% equity.
Dimov’s unexpected victory from the middle of the pack was rewarded for bettors who invested in the stoic Bulgarian. Starting the final table with 33 big blinds, he showed exactly why more players backed him than his nearest chasing rival, and the shrewd gamblers who backed the Bulgarian at 9.18 were celebrating afterwards.
It’s hard not to say ‘JakeTheRake’ will be disappointed with a limp showing as chip leader. Coming into play with such an advantage could and maybe should have led to some early domination, but the opposite happened, and it was no surprise when the Mexico-based player busted in fourth place. In recent weeks, the chip leader has often finished in the final two and almost always made the podium, so this week’s leader will be disappointed to have trailed in fourth. A consolation will be the payout of $639,070 in a bumper week – that’s often double the top prize, so ‘JakeTheRake’ picked the best week to tumble from the top.
Linus Loeliger Lucks Out
Long held as a legend of online poker, Linus Loeliger, a.k.a. ‘LLinusLLove’ won’t be happy with the manner of his exit. Despite GTO Wizard telling us that his hand was a fold on turn and river when dominated by Dimov’s ace-queen, the 30-year-old Swiss player called away his stack and will rue those decisions on turn and river.
Loeliger, who has won $9m in live tournament earnings as well as crushing cash games online, is more of a cash game player than he is a tournament crusher, but he might put that hand into the solver and weep. After all, the all-in on the river wasn’t a marginal fold – the GGWizard had Loeliger’s queen-six as an 88% fold and only a 12% call. With over 20 million chips left if he’d made the fold, Loeliger would still have been a major threat. And the difference between finishing third and winning this week’s GGMillion$? Over $560,000 in prize money. Ouch!
Watch all the highlights of a stunning final table here in the company of Jeff Gross and Tristan Wade as one of the most unpredictable GGMillions in recent months played out on GGPoker’s YouTube channel here:
GGMillion$ Final Table Results
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.
