Omaha Specialist Dante Goya Fernandes Wins GGMillion$ on His 20th Attempt ($415.8K)

Omaha Specialist Dante Goya Fernandes Wins GGMillion$ on His 20th Attempt ($415.8K)
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  • Updated: August 19, 2026
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Dante Goya Fernandes started the final table with the third-largest stack. He could have been eliminated early, but he showed discipline and folded his way out of trouble. Later in the tournament, luck was on his side. Here’s how the final table action unfolded.

Dante Goya Fernandes Shows Discipline and Wins GGMillion$

The Brazilian found himself in two difficult spots early at the final table, but lost the minimum both times.

In one hand, Ding Biao opened QTo from UTG+1, Goya called with QQ from the HJ, and Plante 3-bet with AA behind him. Und3rdogg 4-bet KQo from the BB, forcing Biao and Goya to fold. Plante then shoved, and Und3rdogg folded.

In another hand, Goya opened 88 from UTG+1. Plante called with JJ, and Binder called from the BB with 22. The flop came 236. Everyone checked to Plante, who bet 2 BB. Binder then shoved for 10.5 BB, but Fernandes once again made the disciplined fold, while Plante called.

Goya kept his stack afloat by winning pots preflop with 4-bets.

At 8-max, he 4-bet AKo, forcing Hong to fold KQo.

At 7-max, Goya 4-bet AA from the BB. Hong again had to fold KQo, while Binder folded A8o. As a result, Goya never dropped below second place in the chip counts.

At 6-max, Goya lost a 15 BB pot with ATo against Biao’s Q8o after they got it in on a QQA flop. His stack dropped to 16 BB.

A couple of hands later, the Brazilian recovered those chips with JJ > AKs against Und3rdogg in a 35 BB pot.

Dante Goya Fernandes Eliminates All of His Opponents Starting at 6-Max

In 6th place, Goya eliminated Und3rdogg with AKo > QTs in a 32 BB pot after an ace appeared on the flop. Und3rdogg had 4-bet shoved.

Two hands later, Goya knocked out Plante with KJs > TT in a 40 BB pot after the flop came with two kings.

By this point, the Brazilian had 70 BB in his stack, while his three remaining opponents had 41 BB combined.

In 4th place, Goya eliminated Binder with KJs > A8o in a 17 BB pot on a QTJTQ board.

In 3rd place, he knocked out Haven with A3o > QTo in a 9.5 BB pot on a 56739 board.

Goya started heads-up play with 87 BB, while Biao had 24 BB. In the final hand, Ding Biao got it in with A6o against Fernandes’s 22. A deuce came on the flop, leaving Ding Biao drawing dead on the turn.

GGMillion$ Final Table Payouts

The tournament attracted 212 entries.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Dante Goya Fernandes$415,765
2Ding Biao$320,598
3Duco Haven$247,215
4Bernhard Binder$190,629
5Santiago Plante$146,995
6Und3rdogg$113,348
7Paul Hong$87,403
8Pascal Lefrancois$67,397
9Nikolai Voskoboynikov$51,970

Dante Goya Fernandes played GGMillion$ for the 20th time. His previous best result was a 4th-place finish in a phased tournament in November 2025, where he won $640.5K.