Lex Veldhuis joins Jeff Gross for a high-roller final table
GGPoker's new team member steps into the commentary booth for a tournament where even choosing a seat takes strategy.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 61,229 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (5,727).
Super High Roller Poker FINAL TABLE with Lex Veldhuis
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- 0:26Jeff Gross introduces guest commentator Lex Veldhuis as a new member of Team GG.
- 6:12Yauheni Dambrouski enters the finalist profiles with only four big blinds, leaving little room to wait.
- 15:28Veldhuis says improving at poker makes streaming less stressful.
- 36:30The featured final table begins with players choosing seats according to the stacks around them.
- 45:28The commentary examines big blind defense, payout pressure and management of the chess clock.
The first decision isn't a bet. Before GGPoker's featured final table gets going, the players choose their seats, weighing where they want the bigger and smaller chip stacks around them. Lex Veldhuis and Jeff Gross have plenty to unpack before the cards arrive.
The broadcast drew roughly 61,000 views in its first day, around eleven times the usual start for the channel's long videos and livestreams. It also arrives alongside Veldhuis's introduction as a new member of Team GG, with Gross welcoming the poker player and streamer at the start of the show.
Veldhuis is commentating, not playing in this final table. The opening stretch introduces the finalists, including Yauheni Dambrouski, who starts with just four big blinds, and Artur Martirosian, whom the hosts identify as the tournament series' all-time earnings leader.
For anyone clicking straight through for the action, the seat-selection phase begins about 36 minutes in. Once play starts, Gross and Veldhuis examine defending the big blind, managing the chess clock and how the payout structure puts pressure on decisions.
That analytical side also connects with Veldhuis's other job: playing while an audience watches. As he puts it during the pre-game discussion, "Being better at poker also makes streaming a lot less stressful."
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What viewers say
Lex on GG Team Pro!! lets gooo 🥳 congrats Lex! Looking forward to your upcoming 10k streams as well
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Also wouldn't mind having you in the commentary booth more often, love you are always curious about the reasoning and deeper levels of the game@zeebot_pokerSee it on YouTube
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- GGPoker
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- 430,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
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- Channel views, pace per day
- 136,203 (on a normal day: 108,670)
- Video published
- November 3, 2026
- Video views so far
- 62,632 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 10,033
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The final-table broadcast started far above GGPoker's usual pace for long videos and livestreams.
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Who shares the commentary booth with Lex Veldhuis in this broadcast?
Jeff Gross hosts the broadcast and welcomes Veldhuis as its guest commentator.

