GGPoker enters is Guinness World Records with WSOP Main Event
Guinness World Records announced that the $27,559,500 prize pool generated by the 5,802 entrants to participated in the WSOP Online Event 77: $5,000 Main Event at GGPoker on September 6 established a new Guiness World Records title for the ‘Largest Prize Pool for an Online Poker Tournament.’
The winner of the $5,000-entry Main Event, Bulgarian poker player Stoyan Madanzhiev, won $3,904,685 as one of the 728 players who cashed in the tournament. Each prize winner earned a minimum $11,834 payout.
The Main Event lasted 150 hours, 9 minutes and 13 seconds from the start of the first starting flight to the end of the last hand. The final 38 players battled it out over a long Day 3 until Madanzhiev won the final hand of the tournament and claimed the winner’s share of the record-breaking prize pool.
“This Guinness World Records title was on our radar from the very beginning,” said Steve Preiss, Head of Poker Operations at GGPoker. “Players and fans of poker expect nothing less than record-breaking prizes when it comes to the World Series of Poker, and GGPoker delivered.”
“Breaking a Guinness World Records title shows what happens when you combine GGPoker’s amazing platform with the World Series of Poker brand,” said Ty Stewart, WSOP Director. “This will be a tough record to beat.”
GGPoker enters is Guinness World Records with WSOP Main Event
Official Adjudicator for Guinness World Records Michael Empric informed GGPoker ambassador Daniel Negreanu that the record was verified and that the 2020 WSOP Main Event at GGPoker was now the title holder of the largest prize pool for an online tournament.
Last year Daniel Negreanu became a GGPoker ambassador.
“At Guiness World Records, we are always looking for new, incredible, record-breaking achievements and we have received your application for the largest prize pool for an online poker tournament,” said Empric when chatting with Negreanu at YouTube. “We have reviewed the evidence, gone through all of the details, and, I can announce that GGPoker with a measurement of $27,559,500 has shattered the Guiness World Records title. Congratulations Daniel!”
“That’s awesome!” responded Negreanu. “That’s totally amazing! Thanks so much, man. Thanks to all of you that have played in the World Series of Poker this year. I am so proud of GGPoker and the WSOP and that we crushed this record. Thanks Michael! It’s an honor.”
GGPoker va intra în Cartea Recordurilor cu WSOP Main Event
Cartea Recordurilor a anunțat că fondul de premii de 27.559.500 de dolari generat de 5.802 de participanți care au participat la WSOP Online Event 77: Evenimentul Principal de 5.000 de dolari la GGPoker din 6 septembrie a stabilit un nou titlu Guiness World Records pentru „Cel mai mare fond de premii pentru un turneu de poker online. ‘
