GGPoker sets new (unofficial) online poker record

By Chris Horton

04 Oct 2023

Chris Horton 04 Oct 2023

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World's biggest poker room sets new record
$5,000 WSOP Online Main Event attracts 6,023 unique players!

Back in August 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.

The achievement surpassed the previous record, set earlier in the year by PokerStars in their 14th Anniversary Sunday Millions, which had an $18.6million prize pool.

The record, which some commentators believed would last forever, was unofficially broken this week when the combined Day 1 flight of the $5,000 WSOP Online Main Event attracted 6,023 unique players, creating a prize pool of $28,609,250.

From the field of 6,023 players, just 761 survived to Day 2. The final nine players were scheduled to resume play on Tuesday evening, with each competing for at least $250,000 in prize money, with the outright winner's prize fund standing at $2,783,432.

GGPoker is the world's biggest and best online poker room, with a wide range of games, tournaments and promotions available.

If you are yet to register, use the GGPoker bonus code NEWBONUS when joining this global poker room to get a 100% deposit bonus up to $600. As soon as you register you can claim the bonus.

If you are a new player, in addition to claiming the welcome bonus you can also earn even more rewards via the Honeymoon for Newcomers promotion, where up to $350 in bonus money can be claimed in your first 30 days with the poker room.

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