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GGPoker Unveils $250M Prize Pool For GGPoker World Festival Tournament Series

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The record-breaking online poker tournament series returns on May 5, featuring hundreds of series events across four buy-in tiers

GGPoker, the World’s Biggest Poker Room, is thrilled to announce the return of its highly-anticipated GGPoker World Festival online tournament series, set to take place from Sunday, May 5 through Tuesday, June 11.

Following the groundbreaking success of last year’s series, which boasted a record-breaking $200M in prize pool guarantees, the 2024 edition raises the stakes even higher with an unprecedented $250M in guaranteed prizes.

The GGPoker World Festival schedule will feature a diverse array of tournaments across four buy-in tiers, ensuring that players of all levels can find events suited to their preferences:

  • Low Tier ($2.50+ buy-in)
  • Medium Tier ($25+ buy-in)
  • High Tier ($150+ buy-in)
  • Super Tier ($1,050+ buy-in)

Players will have the opportunity to qualify for festival events through satellite tournaments running throughout the series.

In addition to the monumental prize pool, participants will compete for a share of $2.5 million in extra prizes through the GGPoker World Festival tournament leaderboard. Leaderboard points will be awarded for each series event played, with $250K in prizes distributed between the Low Tier leaderboard winners, $500K between Medium Tier leaderboard winners, $750K between High Tier leaderboard winners and $1M between Super Tier leaderboard winners.

Various series events will be broadcast at GGPoker.tv, with details to be confirmed in the near future.

Daniel Negreanu, GGPoker Global Ambassador, expressed his excitement for the upcoming series, stating, “Let the festivities begin on May 5 as we continue our tradition of revolutionizing poker year-on-year! We made history in 2023, and now, with $50 million in additional prize guarantees, the GGPoker World Festival is bigger and better than ever!”

New players joining GGPoker can take advantage of the Welcome Bonus and Honeymoon for Newcomers promotions and will automatically join GGPoker’s Fish Buffet loyalty program, offering regular cash prizes.

Further details about GGPoker World Festival 2024, including series highlights and the full event schedule, will be released in the near future; visit ggpoker.com regularly to find out more.

Find out more about GGPoker at GGPoker.com and on Facebook, X and Reddit.

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