Million-Dollar GGMillion$ Title Won by Moussa Ahmad in Cyprus

The latest GGMillion$ event took place at the live felt rather than online, as players gathered to battle to a million-dollar top prize in Northern Cyprus this week. Today’s final was the conclusion of the $10,400 buy-in event which had 510 total entries and awarded $1,000,000 to the winner, Lebanese player Moussa Ahmad. In defeating Jamil Wakil, Ahmad became a first-time GGMillion$ winner at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa in the tournament, which was presented by Onyx Club.

As part of the 2025 Onyx Super High Roller Series, the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa hosted this week’s GGMillion$ event and with 510 entries meaning there would be a million-dollar winner, competition was fierce on the coast of Northern Cyprus.

GGMillion$ Live $10,400 Main Event Cyprus Final Table Results:

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1^st	Moussa Ahmad	Lebanon	$1,000,000
2^nd	Jamil Wakil	Canada	$650,000
3^rd	Stefan Kiwisch	Austria	$415,000
4^th	Krasimir Yankov	Bulgaria	$292,000
5^th	Peng Chen	China	$212,000
6^th	Ohad Geiger	Israel	$160,000
7^th	Orhan Ates	Turkey	$127,000
8^th	Weiran Pu	China	$102,000
9^th	Hao Tian	China	$85,000

Tight is Right as Bunched Field Spreads

The final table featured nine players and when play began, everyone was guaranteed a return of $85,000 but were eyeing the $1,000,000 top prize. Leading the way was the Canadian tournament crusher Jamil Wakil with 9.78 million chips, equivalent of 61 big blinds. Behind the leader, Austrian Stefan Kiwisch (7.45m), Lebanon’s Moussa Ahmad (6.44m), Israeli hopeful Ohad Geiger (6.4m) and Chinese GGMillion$ regular Weiran Pu (5.94m) all hoped for some early momentum.

With others such as Bulgarian Krasimir Yankov (5.51m), Chinese players Peng Chen (5.09m) and Hao Tian (2.65m) and the Turkish short stack Orhan Ates (2m) all in the hunt for glory, it was the unfortunate Tian who bowed out first. All-in with ace-queen, he ran into Wakil’s ace-king for defeat by a dominating hand. The same hand repeated itself next, too, as Hian’s score of $85,000 was followed by Weiran Pu’s loss for $102,000 with ace-queen to the eventual winner Moussa Ahmad, whose ace-king propelled him up the leaderboard at the Chinese player’s expense.

It wasn’t long before only half a dozen players remained. The Turkish player Orhan Ates was shortest of them all when the final table began, but laddered up to seventh in the list before bad luck befell him. All-in with king-four, he was dominated to defeat by Stefan Kiwisch’s king-jack, never catching up to leave with a score of $127,000 outside the top six.

Geiger Counts Big Win

In sixth, it was the Israeli player Ohad Geiger who won $160,000 when his ace-nine was ahead of Krasimir Yankov’s queen-jack pre-flop but was unable to stay that way, the Bulgarian hitting a flush on the river to reduce the field to five. Soon, that number was four, as Kiwisch’s pocket nines prevailed against Peng Chen’s ace-nine, the Chinese player scoring $212,000 in fifth.

Yankov had enjoyed a great run but it ended in fourth place for $292,000 as he moved all-in with king-nine and lost to Moussa Ahmad’s jack-nine when a jack landed on the flop to send play three-handed. It wasn’t long before play was heads-up, as ace-five for Ahmad stayed ahead of Kiwisch’s ace-four by the river, sending the Austrian to the rail with $415,000 as the Lebanese player Ahmad began heads-up with a 3:1 lead.

Down to the final two players, Jamil Wakil faced an uphill battle but got almost level after controlling the early phase of heads-up play. With Ahmad holding a slim lead, a flop of J-4-2 fell, prompted Ahmad to shove.

“All right, let’s finish the game, all in!” said Ahmad.
“What do you have?” Wakil asked
“When you call, you will see.” Said Ahmad.

In the end, Wakil actually made a great call, turning over two red tens, some way clear of Ahmad’s flush draw with eight-three of clubs. However, despite being a 61% favorite to win the hand and double into a massive lead, the Canadian ran out of luck as, after a king of diamonds on the turn, the six of clubs fell on fifth street to give an ecstatic Ahmad the winning flush.

Wakil Unlucky Again in Late Stages

As Jamil Wakil was consoled on the rail by his partner, her arm around his shoulders would have felt depressingly familiar. Just a few short months ago, Wakil was the victim in an alleged angle shoot as Ukrainian Aleksandr Shevliakov was the suspect in a weird hand in Monaco. Winning the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event would have been huge for Wakil and once again despite perhaps playing the best at the final table, the Canadian’s luck ran out in unfortunate circumstances.

While the first-time GGMillion$ winner, Lebanese player Moussa Ahmad punched the air in delight, Wakil must have been devastated, not least because a discussion around a deal played out just before the final hand. Ahmad asked Wakil if he wanted to do a deal and at the time, it wasn’t had to see why. The Canadian was controlling his comeback into the game and Ahmad was disappointed to see no deal agreed even though he had the chip lead.

Just as in Monte Carlo, Wakil took the pain of an unjust defeat well, shaking hands, congratulating his opponent and moving on. but having led overnight and played most of the best poker at the GGMillion$ Live final table, he would have been gutted to have ended up in second place for $650,000.

Ahmad, the million-dollar winner, is now in pole position on the inaugural Onyx Player of the Series leaderboard, where the eventual winner will receive a $110,000 Triton Poker Jeju package. You can watch all the action from the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa in Northern Cyprus presented by Onyx Club right here:

Paul Seaton, an esteemed figure in the poker community with over ten years of experience, has provided live coverage from renowned poker tournaments like the World Series of Poker, European Poker Tour, and World Poker Tour. His involvement goes beyond observation; he has served as the Editor of BLUFF Europe Magazine and Head of Media for partypoker.