Ahmad collected the first title of the series after defeating a field of 510 entries at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa.
It was Canada’s Jamil Wakil who pushed Ahmad the hardest, bagging a $650,000 consolation prize which is now the biggest of his career.
Stefan Kiwisch took the last step on the podium, taking home a $400,000 prize back to his native Austria.
Right now, everyone’s eyes will be on the Onyx Player of the Series leaderboard. The leader at the end of the series will win a $110,000 package to play at the upcoming Triton Super High Roller Series at Jeju, South Korea.
Action Recap
When the final nine players assembled, each was guaranteed at least $85,000. Jamil Wakil led the way, followed by Stefan Kiwisch who had Moussa Ahmad nipping at his heels. Bulgaria’s Krasimir Yankov was the other player of note at the table.
Ahmad was the first to start making moves, finding a couple of good spots against both Kiwisch and China’s Peng Chen to close the gap to the leader.
Getting into a rhythm early, Ahmad was clearly ready to make a charge for glory. And when it’s your day, well, it’s your day. Minutes after winning those couple of nice pots, Weiran Pu got his chips in the middle with ace-queen only for Ahmad to wake up with ace-king.
Orhan Ates headed to the rail half an hour later after his K♠ 4♦ came unstuck against Kiwisch’s K♣ J♣. A jack on the flop was enough to take the field down to six.
That hand sent the players on a 15-minute break, and as soon as the action resumed it was Ohad Geiger who was fighting for survival.
First, Krasimir Yankov relieved him of all his chips except the last five, and then Wakil took one of those when the Israeli whiffed the flop and was helpless to fight back.
Finally Yankov finished the job with his Q♦ J♦ making a flush to beat Geiger’s A♣ 9♣, and less than five minutes later Chen was out, too.
Yankov had been labeled the master of survival for his number of escapes, but Ahmad managed to deliver the fatal blow with a dominated hand when he hit his three-outer on the flop. The Bulgarian pocketed a nice $292,000 for his fourth place finish.
The action didn’t slow down after the players returned from a break, and 15 minutes later it was Kiwisch on his way to the rail with Ahmad taking another scalp for his collection.
Ahmad would begin heads-up play for a career-best score with a four-to-one advantage but that was halved almost immediately. Fearing his chance might have gone, Ahmad suggested a deal which was quickly ruled out by Wakil.
But fate is a cruel mistress, as the very next hand was the final one of the event.
Ahmad raised on the button to 1,000,000 and Wakil three-bet to 4,500,000. Ahamd called.
Wakil quickly led out for 3,500,000 on the J♦ 4♣ 2♣ before Ahmad pondered a short while and then declared it was time to finish the tournament as he moved his remaining 14,300,000 chips over the line.
Wakil was stunned, and visibly shaken by the sudden decision that could take the win away from him as he clawed back the deficit.
Eventually, after using all his time bank chips, Wakil made the call and flipped over 10♥ 10♦, glancing over to Ahmad who turned over 8♣ 3♣ for the flush draw.
The turn was the K♦ leaving the title in Wakil’s hands, but then the 6♣ rolled off on the river to give Ahmad a maiden win.
GG Million$ Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 | Moussa Ahmad | Lebanon | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | Jamil Wakil | Canada | $650,000 |
| 3 | Stefan Kiwisch | Austria | $415,000 |
| 4 | Krasimir Yankov | Bulgaria | $292,000 |
| 5 | Peng Chen | China | $212,000 |
| 6 | Ohad Geiger | Israel | $160,000 |
| 7 | Orhan Ates | Turkey | $127,000 |
| 8 | Weiran Pu | China | $102,000 |
| 9 | Hao Tian | China | $85,000 |
