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GGPoker Sets A New (Unofficial) Online Poker Record

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October 5, 2023

Hunor Pal

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Back in August of 2020, GGPoker became a Guinness World Records holder for hosting the biggest prize pool in an online poker tournament with a staggering $27,559,500 prize pool. This achievement well surpassed the previous record, set a few months earlier by PokerStars in their 14th Anniversary Sunday Millions, which had an $18.6M prize pool.

The record, which some pundits thought would last forever, was unofficially broken yesterday when the combined Day 1 flights of the $5,000 WSOP Online MAIN EVENT attracted 6,023 unique players, creating a prize pool of $28,609,250.

This new unofficial record stands as a firm commitment to the poker community that GGPoker is now and will continue to be, the place for online poker.

From the field of 6,023 players, just 761 survived to Day 2. The final nine players will resume play this evening and compete for at least $250,000 each in prize money, with the outright winner’s prize standing at $2,783,432.

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Hunor Pal

Hunor is a Content Editor at Hipther Agency and studies biomedical engineering at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Electrical Engineering. He is an open-minded person, always willing to try new things and give back something to the community through his work. He has participated in several volunteering activities and is currently working in event organization of the Hungarian Students Union of Cluj (HSUC), the Hungarian Students’ Union of Romania (HSUR), and ÉRTED, a Transylvanian Hungarian student initiative working in the fields of culture, science, economy, and environment. You can reach Hunor at [email protected].