GGPoker has cemented its ambition to dominate the online poker landscape with the official launch of its largest series ever, the GG World Festival. Running from May 4 through June 10, the festival is an immense undertaking, featuring a staggering 1,600 tournaments over more than a month and boasting a record-breaking $250 million in combined guaranteed prize pools.
A Four-Tiered Structure for All Players
To ensure accessibility for every type of player, the 1,600 events are meticulously divided into four buy-in tiers, with each tier offering 400 distinct tournaments.
- Low Tier: Buy-ins from $3-$25, with an average buy-in of $10 and an average guarantee of $30,000.
- Medium Tier: Buy-ins from $26-$150, with an average buy-in of $80 and an average guarantee of $150,000.
- High Tier: Buy-ins from $151-$1,050, with an average buy-in of $550 and an average guarantee of $200,000.
- Super Tier: With buy-ins starting at $1,051, this tier is the playground for the world’s elite, featuring an average buy-in of $4,000.
Spotlight on Marquee Tournaments
Across the vast schedule, several flagship events in each tier demand special attention:
- Low Tier Highlight: The $25 Saturday Secret KO (60-L) offers a massive $300,000 guarantee for a small buy-in. It utilizes the popular Mystery Bounty format, where large knockout prizes become available once the tournament reaches the money.
- Medium Tier Highlights: This tier features two events with $1 million guarantees on May 11: the $55 Bounty Hunters Sunday Main Event (69-M) and the $150 GGMasters Festival Edition (70-M). The GGMasters event is a two-day affair, pausing when the final table is reached.
- High Tier Highlight: Event 70-H on May 11 promises a minimum of $1 million for the champion. The tier also includes innovative phased events like the Global Mystery Bounty Festival Closer, offering multiple entry points into massive prize pools.
- Super Tier Highlights: The pinnacle of the series, this tier contains two colossal tournaments with $10 million guarantees each: the $1,500 GG World Championship and the 10,300GGMillion Super Main Event. Final tables for many of these high-roller events will be streamed with cards-up coverage on the GGPoker YouTube channel, offering a spectacle for fans worldwide.
The $3 Million Leaderboard Chase and WSOP Seats
To reward consistency, GGPoker is putting up an additional $3 million in leaderboard prizes. These leaderboards are also tiered, ensuring players compete on a level playing field against others at similar stakes. On top of significant cash game dollar prizes ranging from $27,500 to $97,500, the winner of each of the four leaderboards will also receive a $2,500 ticket to the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
A Golden Age for Online Poker
The GG World Festival runs concurrently with other major online series, including PokerStars’ SCOOP and partypoker’s MILLIONS Online. This creates an unprecedentedly dense and potentially lucrative period for online poker grinders, heralding what may be a new golden age for the game.
