Interesting Stat: Niklas Astedt Has Reached the GGMillion$ Final Table 41 Times

Interesting Stat: Niklas Astedt Has Reached the GGMillion$ Final Table 41 Times
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  • Updated: March 18, 2026
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Don’t know what variance in MTTs is? Ask Niklas «lena900» Astedt! Over his career, he has reached the final table 41 times and recorded 5 wins. What’s most interesting: over the last 5 years, or 23 final tables, lena900 hasn’t won this tournament.

«lena900» Once Again Made the 9-Max GGMillion$ Last Night

He started the final table in the middle of the chip counts. At 7-max, he could have been eliminated with AKo vs KK against Joao Vieira, but an ace came on the flop — his stack went up to 57 bb.

At 7-max, Astedt eliminated Garik Tamasyan: KK > KJo, pot 26 bb.

At 6-max, jinx36 (note: formerly jinx34, has played 3 final tables and recorded 3 wins) opened from the BTN with Q Q , Astedt defended the BB with 9 4 . Flop 2 5 7 . Both checked. Turn Q — Astedt donk-bet, jinx36 called. River 10 . Astedt bet again, jinx36 called for all of his chips.

At 4-max, Astedt eliminated Tim Kramer: 88 > 33, pot 70 bb.

At 3-max, they played for over an hour. Eventually, Guillaume Nolet was eliminated. Effective stack = 16 bb. Preflop, Astedt limped with Q7s, Nolet raised to 3 bb with AKo. Board 23Q. Nolet bet 1.5 bb — faced a shove and called off the rest of his chips.

Astedt Triple-Barreled Schwecht Heads up

Astedt started heads-up with 68 bb, Tobias Schwecht with 45 bb. In one hand, Astedt triple-barreled with an all-in on the river — Schwecht called it down.

Source: GGPoker on YouTube

After that hand, Astedt had 20 bb left, Schwecht had 71 bb. But heads-up lasted another half hour. Astedt won chips back and evened the stacks.

In the penultimate hand, Astedt made an instant call on the river for nearly all his chips with top pair, but Schwecht had top pair with a better kicker.

For Tobias Schwecht, this is his first GGMillion$ victory.

Final table payouts (218 entries total):

PositionNameCountryPayout
1Tobias Schwecht$427K
2Niklas Astedt$329K
3Guillaume Nolet$254K
4Tim Kramer$196K
5Joao Vieira$151K
6jinx36$116K
7Garik Tamasian$89K
8A Kirichenko$69K
9Und3rdogg$53K