Ilia Streltsov

In June 2025, Ilia Streltsov won the $10,300 buy-in GGMillion$ Super Main Event on online poker, defeating a field of 1,121 entries to claim the $1,661,695 top prize. The event was part of the GG World Festival and featured a $11,210,000 prize pool. Streltsov entered the final table with 41 big blinds, behind chip leader 'dafaniu' (120 BB) and others. After a slow start that saw the first five eliminations take over 2.5 hours, Streltsov accelerated, eliminating Juan Pardo (4th, $721,898) and Mariusz Golinski (3rd, $936,235) in quick succession. He then entered heads-up with a 7:1 chip lead against 'If_i_persist' and won on the very first hand, shoving with K-7 and holding against A-J.

Ilia Streltsov is a Russian professional poker player who now lives in Argentina. Before his GGMillion$ victory, he was largely unknown in the poker world, having never cashed in the same event despite five previous attempts. His total online poker winnings prior to this win stood at $1,150,988. The $1.66 million score represents his career-best result.

The heads-up match lasted only one hand. Streltsov, holding a massive chip lead, shoved with King-Seven of different suits. 'If_i_persist' called with Ace-Jack of diamonds for their last ten big blinds. The flop came King-high with two diamonds, giving Streltsov top pair and his opponent the nut flush draw. The turn was an offsuit five, and the river a deuce, securing Streltsov's victory. The runner-up earned $1,214,195.