Nenad Dukic

Three years ago, Serbia’s Nenad “O O L” Djukic came agonizingly close to becoming a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner. Djukic fell at the final hurdle in the $1,050 No-Limit Hold’em GGMasters HR Freezeout Online event, losing heads-up to an anonymous Spanish player. Although Djukic collected $216,348 for his runner-up finish, like most poker players, he wanted the bracelet.

Fastforward to September 15, 2025, and Djukic more than made amends for his bridesmaid finish three years prior. The Serbian topped a massive 14,803-strong field in the $400 COLOSSUS, claiming his first bracelet and a cool $692,842 of the guarantee-busting $5,565,928 prize pool.

Career-Best Score and First WSOP Bracelet for Dukic

Nenad Djukic
Nenad Djukic

On Day 2 of the COLOSSUS, 1,516 of the 14,803 starters returned to the GGPoker tables, each with a $786 minimum cash locked in. By the time the tournament was down to its last three tables, the players guaranteed themselves a five-figure haul. When Russia’s Kazi Bairamukov busted in tenth place for $49,211, the final table was set, and the bracelet was in reach for the nine finalists.

Brazilian “DedsPeps” was the first to fall, finishing ninth for a $86,609 score. “wvwMasteRwvw” ($112,306) and Habibi Albi ($145,631) were eliminated, leaving only six players in the hunt for the title before “Ophelie” ($188,847) and “Jason0322” ($244,892) crashed by the wayside.

The United Kingdom’s Daniel Daw took fourth place and an impressive $317,574, and the COLOSSUS progressed to the heads-up stage when “StackOderWeg” saw their deep run end in a third-place finish worth $411,831.

Djukic found himself heads-up against Peruvian Oscar Cueva for the title and the lion’s share of the $5,565,928 prize pool. Djukic got the job done and his hands on $692,842, plus, more importantly, his first WSOP bracelet. Cueva headed into the night having received $534,066 for his runner-up finish.

#22: $400 COLOSSUS Final Table Results

Place Player Prize
1 Nenad “O O L” Djukic $692,842
2 Oscar Cueva $534,066
3 StackOderWeg $411,831
4 Daniel Daw $317,574
5 Jason0322 $244,892
6 Ophelie $188,847
7 Habibi Albi $145,631
8 wvwMasteRwvw $112,306
9 DedsPeps $86,609

Evgenii Akimov Takes Down the $5K Short Deck Championship

Russia’s Evgenii Akimov can forever call himself a WSOP bracelet winner after he left 88 opponents in his wake in the $5,000 Short Deck Championship event. Akimov’s victory came after he defeated Dwyer Tobin heads-up. In addition to the coveted gold bracelet, Akimov also received $99,170 in cash.

Akimov had to battle some special players en route to his bracelet win. Stoyan Madanzhiev, Yuzhou Yin, Ben Miner, Elior Sion, and Xu Zhu navigated to the final table but ultimately fell short.

#18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship Final Table Results

Place Player Prize
1 Evgenii Akimov $99,170
2 Dwyer Tobin $74,642
3 Xu Zhu $56,181
4 Elior Sion $42,286
5 Ben Miner $31,828
6 Benard Larabi $23,956
7 Yuzhou Yin $18,031
8 Special_for_you $13,970

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“K!ngOfM!A” Crowned Lucky Sevens Bounty Champion

Progressive bounty tournaments tend to get the poker community excited, particularly when the stakes are high. Event #19: Lucky Sevens Bounty 7-Handed may have cost $777 to enter, but that didn’t prevent 2,503 players from turning out for it. Those entrants created a $1,847,589 prize pool and some rather large bounties by the end.

Pavel Plesuv reached the final table but had to make do with a fifth-place finish. Plesuv banked $42,988 from the regular prize pool plus another $7,891 worth of bounties for a total haul weighing in at $50,879.

The duo that reached the heads-up stage padded their GGPoker bankrolls with six-figure prizes. Bernard Larabi, who had earlier finished sixth in the $5,000 Short Deck Championship, busted in second place for a $124,200 prize, including bounties. Larabi’s untimely demise left “K!ngOfM!A” as the last player standing, meaning they scooped a WSOP bracelet and $194,847 in prize money.

#19: $777 Lucky 7’s Bounty 7-Handed NLH Final Table Results

Place Player Prize Bounty Total
1 K!ngOfM!A $98,763 $96,084 $194,847
2 Bernard Larabi $98,761 $25,439 $124,200
3 Roman Ro $74,847 $18,725 $93,572
4 Equilibrium84 $56,723 $17,995 $74,718
5 Pavel Plesuv $42,988 $7,891 $50,879
6 HermoineGranger $32,579 $22,774 $55,353
7 Maciej Toma $24,690 $3,740 $28,430
8 JOEL523 $14,139 $5,377 $19,516

Iago Botelho Claims WSOP Gold for Brazil

Brazilian Iago Botelho is $158,759 richer than he was a few days ago, and he’s a WSOP champion, after he came out on top of a 1,803-strong field in Event #22: $800 Ultra Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em. The top 270 finishers shared the $1,370,280 prize pool, a min-cash weighing in at $1,630, which increased to $28,925 for a final table appearance.

Former sit&go grinder and current popular Twitch streamer Hristo Anastassov bowed out in fifth and saw his $800 investment swell to $60,005. “panesiia” joined the long list of eliminated players; their fourth-place finish earned them $76,529.

Mark Kolbanstev narrowly missed out on a $100,000+ prize when he ran out of steam in third. Kolbanstev took home $97,602 for his efforts.

Heads-up saw Botelho lock horns with Alessio La Francesca, an Italian who won a $1,650 side event at last year’s WSOP Paradise festival. The win slipped away from La Francesca this time around, although the $124,479 runner-up prize should go some way to numbing the pain. With La Francesca’s exit, Botelho became a WSOP bracelet winner and the recipient of $158,759.

#20: $800 Ultra Deepstack NLH Final Table Results

Place Player Prize
1 Iago Botelho $158,759
2 Alessio La Francesca $124,479
3 Mark Kolbantsev $97,602
4 panesiia $76,529
5 Hristo Anastassov $60,005
6 Ophelie $47,049
7 Ppatel $36,890
8 Klemi Hagag $28,925

“Look@This” Denies Neugebauer His Second Bracelet

Max Neugebauer
Max Neugebauer fell short of his second bracelet

A field of 1,392 GGPoker players descended on Event #21: $1,500 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH and created a $1,983,600 prize pool. Only 195 of those starters made it into the money, including Rainer Kempe, Renan Bruschi, Mark Radoja, Christian Rudolph, and Dario Sammartino.

All eyes were on Max Neugebauer once the nine-handed final table was set, not least because the giant Austrian won the €10,350 WSOP Europe Main Event title in 2023 for €1,500,000 and the event’s bracelet. Neugebauer reached the heads-up section of this $1,500 event and looked set to join the ever-growing list of players with multiple bracelets to his name. However, “Look@This” of Malta spoiled the party, resigning Neugebauer to a $231,177 consolation prize and claiming the bracelet and $299,801 top prize for themselves.

#21: $1,500 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH Final Table Results

Place Player Prize
1 Look@This $299,801
2 Max Neugebauer $231,177
3 CampeR! $178,262
4 Filet-O-Fish $137,459
5 Bluff Ranger $105,995
6 GreatJoe $81,733
7 Bababangg $63,025
8 Escalatievogel $48,599
9 Rodrigo Seiji Sirichuk $23,798

Kirill Shugai Denies Lucas Greenwood a Gold Bracelet

Lucas Greenwood
Lucas Greenwood had to make do with a second-place finish.

The Greenwood brothers, Sam and Lucas, are hugely successful poker players. Only Sam has managed to capture a WSOP bracelet, but that almost changed in Event #23: $400 PLOSSUS. Almost being the operative word.

After leaving all but one of the 409 entrants in his wake, which included such luminaries as Damian Salas, Simon Mattsson, and Jerry Odeen, Lucas Greenwood found himself heads-up against Kirill Shugai. It was the deepest Greenwood had reached in a bracelet-awarding event since his fourth-place finish in the $1,500 Mixed NLHE/PLO event at the 2019 WSOP in Las Vegas.

Unfortunately for Greenwood, he would lose heads-up to his Russian opponent and had to make do with a runner-up prize worth $84,076 whe you include progressive bounties. Shugai will likely still be celebrating his impressive win, which earned him a gold WSOP bracelet and a total cash haul worth $174,374.

#23: $400 PLOSSUS Final Table Results

Place Player Prize Bounty Total Prize
1 Kirill Shugai $75,753 $98,621 $174,374
2 Lucas Greenwood $75,730 $8,346 $84,076
3 WeachPeber $57,396 $11,504 $68,900
4 LuckPanch $43,502 $14,159 $57,661
5 Leonid Bogachkin $32,972 $8,545 $41,517
6 Elpibeallin $24,992 $11,289 $36,281
7 L Rozomashvili $18,944 $1,000 $19,944
8 Diogo Veiga $11,195 $11,564 $22,759

GGPoker WSOP Online Winners

GGPoker WSOP Online

Event Buy-in Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize
#1: 6th Annual WSOP Kick-Off $500 4,047 $1,922,325 Oihan Abarzuza $147,632
#2: $300 Gladiators of Poker, $3M GTD $300 13,077 $3,648,483 Sergi Reixach $465,614
#3: $2,100 Bounty NLH Championship $2,100 803 $1,606,000 Dante Fernandes $236,826
#4: $840 Bounty PLO $840 908 $726,400 Arthur Ebrahim $97,864
#5: $1,000 DOUBLE CHANCE NLH $1,000 1,110 $1,054,500 Ravid Garbi $133,656
#6: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH $1,500 1,399 $1,993,575 Léo Jokura $247,557
#7: $215 Mystery Millions $215 53,758 $10,633,332 Adrovan Rodrigues $585,154
#8: $2,500 Turbo NLH Championship $2,500 540 $1,282,500 Mark Radoja $182,565
#9: $320 Bounty NLH $320 3,881 $1,154,986 Sander Ostlyngen $95,097
#10: $500 Ladies NLH Championship $500 263 $124,925 Barbara Akemi $20,537
#11: $100 FLIP & GO NLH $100 14,769 $1,403,055 Victor Lima $176,932
#12: $500 Mini Main Event NLH $500 11,367 $5,399,325 Song Hui $681,610
#13: $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship $5,000 542 $2,575,500 Arie Muller $413,376
#14: THE BIG $500 Bounty NLH $500 3,370 $1,600,750 Kun Liu $126,331
#15: $1,000 5-Card PLO $1,000 797 $757,150 Liran Machluf $110,015
#16: $215 Beat the Pros Bounty NLH $215 7,013 $1,387,171 Alex Fortin-Demers $91,181
#17: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER $1,500 5,920 $8,436,000 Simon Mattsson $1,271,600
#18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship $5,000 89 $422,750 Evgenii Akimov $99,170
#19: $777 LUCKY SEVENS Bounty 7-Handed NLH $777 2,503 $1,847,589 K!ngOfM!A $194,846
#20: $800 Ultra Deepstack NLH $800 1,803 $1,370,280 Iago S Botelho $158,759
#21: $1,500 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH $1,500 1,392 $1,983,600 Look@This $299,801
#22: $400 COLOSSUS $400 14,803 $5,565,928 Nenad “O O L” Djukic $692,842
#23: $400 PLOSSUS $400 4,630 $1,740,880 Kirill Shugai $174,374

Remaining WSOP Online Schedule

Only nine more events need to crown their champions before the latest edition of the WSOP Online wraps up at GGPoker. They include the massive $25 million guaranteed WSOP Online Main Event and the $10,300 GGMillion$ High Rollers that guarantees at least $10 million will be won.

Date Buy-in Event Guarantee
Thu, Sep 18 $525 #25: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em  
Sat, Sep 20 $10,000 #26: $10,000 Heads Up NLH Championship [No Late Reg]  
Sun, Sep 21 $1,050 #27: $1,050 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha  
Mon, Sep 22 $5,000 #28: $5,000 WSOP Online MAIN EVENT, $25M GTD [Day 2] $25,000,000
Tue, Sep 23 $25,000 #29: $25,000 GGMillion$ SHR Championship  
Thu, Sep 25 $2,100 #30: $2,100 6-Handed Bounty No-Limit Hold’em  
Sat, Sep 27 $5,000 #31: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller  
Sun, Sep 28 $1,500 #32: $1,500 The Closer NLH [Bounty Turbo, Final Stage]  
Mon, Sep 29 $10,300 #33: $10,300 GGMillion$ High Rollers, $10M GTD [Day 2] $10,000,000



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