Part 24 – November 11th, 2021 through December 31st, 2021

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Originally posted: Sept. 13th, 2021

GGPoker’s Omaholic Series To Launch November 14

At least $5,000,000 to be won across entire Omaha poker tournament series

GGPoker today announces that its popular Omaholic Series, made up exclusively of Omaha poker tournaments, will launch November 14 and run through November 28.

The series boasts $5,000,000 in guaranteed cash prizes across dozens of events, with buy-ins ranging from $5.25 up to $5,250.

Omaholic Series headline events include:

Omaholic Bounty High Roller – $525 buy-in – Sundays – $100K guarantee
Omaholic Sunday Main Event High Roller – $1,050 buy-in – Sundays – $75K guarantee
Omaholic Mini Bounty MILLION$ – $5.25 buy-in – Saturday, November 20 [Final Stage] – Stage 1s from November 11 – $100K guarantee
Omaholic Bounty MILLION$ – $52.50 buy-in – Sunday, November 21 [Final Stage] – Stage 1s from November 14 – $250K guarantee

GGPoker’s innovative Omaholics Show featuring JNandez and Minthon – both members of the poker room’s OmahaSquad – will be broadcast on Twitch every Thursday during the series, providing expert coverage of all tournaments, whether completed or upcoming. Both players will also stream regularly during Omaholic Series, and viewers of either stream will be eligible to enter exclusive freerolls awarding tickets to series events.

“GGPoker could never be accused of ignoring the great game of Omaha; our Omaholic Series is something we put a lot of time and effort into, and we also produce the Omaholics Show with the amazing Fernando “JNandezPoker” Habegger,” said Paul Burke, Head of PR at GGPoker. “As always, there’s millions in prizes to be won in Omaholic Series, and we truly hope that GGPoker has given Omaha players the tournament series they’ve waited for!”

New GGPoker players are eligible to claim the poker room’s Welcome Bonus, earn even more rewards with the Honeymoon for Newcomers promotion and automatically join GGPoker’s Fish Buffet loyalty program, with regular cash prizes on offer.

To find out more about Omaholic Series, please visit: Omaholics

To check out JNandezPoker, Minthon and rest of GGPoker’s OmahaSquad, please visit: GGTeam.

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Originally posted: Nov. 11th, 2021

WSOP $10K Main Event Day 2: GGPoker Players in Action!

Moving on to Day 2, take a look at some of the GGPoker players that hit the World Series of Poker Main Event felt across both Day 2ABD and Day 2CEF:

GGPoker’s TwitchSquad member Lukas “Robin Poker” Robinson

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Originally posted: Nov. 11th, 2021

WSOP $10K Main Event Day 2CEF: Wrap Up

With all entrants accounted for, the 2021 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event No-Limit Hold’em World Championship can boast a grand total of 6,650 participants, building a gigantic prize pool of $62,011,250!

Exactly 1,000 of the remaining 2,365 players will snag themselves a cash prize, starting at $15,000 for those finishing in 829th through 1,000th places, rising to a life-changing $8,000,000 for the player that captures the title of WSOP Main Event Champion 2021.

Today’s second Day 2 of this year’s Main Event saw the players who made it through Day 1C, Day 1E and Day 1F sitting down and grinding their way towards a Day 3.

The field was smaller than yesterday’s 2,900 players for Day 2ABD, but even still over 1,800 had chips in front of them at the start of play today, with 922 making it through the very last hand.

As with yesterday’s Day 2, there was heaps of action and a few gigantic stacks emerged, with Miami’s own Conrad De Armas bagging up the most with 744,000 chips, enough to see him into Day 3 as the overall tournament chip leader.

The GGPoker flag was flown by 43 players today, with 24 surviving to Day 3:

Shai Arbel – 381,400
Christopher Frank – 289,200
Vasu Amarapu – 277,500
Aleksandr Shevliakov – 277,000
Koki Kudo – 263,500
Seungyeol Kim – 231,100
Soo Jo Kim – 230,100
Daniel Smiljkovic – 201,300
Kunal Punjwani – 195,600
Luis Gustavo Kamei – 192,000
Ryan Clark – 182,000
Michael Doherty – 161,500
Ravid Garbi – 159,500
Terry Boutcher – 158,400
Harijs Broza – 157,600
Go Saito – 150,500
James Miller – 143,000
Ran Shapira – 141,200
David Sheinin – 96,200
Hojin Kim – 93,200
Jungwon Kim – 81,000
Rishi Makkar – 79,200
Niklas Astedt – 72,000
Limor Nahshon Davidson – 28,300

Between today’s survivors and the 53 players that made it through Day 1ABD, the GGPoker squad reassembling for Day 3 comes to 77 hopefuls – let’s follow their progress and cheer them towards some big paydays!

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Originally posted: Nov. 12th, 2021

WSOP $10K Main Event Day 3: GGPoker Players in Action!

We’ve made it to Day 3 of the 2021 World Series of Poker No-Limit Hold’em $10,000 Championship! Let’s take a look at some of the GGPoker players that were spotted at the World Series of Poker Main Event today:

GGPoker’s TwitchSquad member Lukas “Robin Poker” Robinson

GGPoker’s TwitchSquad member Patrick “IrEgption” Tardif

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Originally posted: Nov. 12th, 2021

WSOP $10K Main Event Day 3: Wrap Up

The World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event No-Limit Hold’em World Championship Day 3 is one where dreams are made… and broken.

A total of 2,365 players began the day, all hoping to survive long enough to make the money, before turning their attention to the big prizes further up the ladder and even pushing their dreams to include the title of WSOP Main Event World Champion and that $8,000,000 winner’s prize!

A round 1,000 players remain, all of whom are guaranteed at least $15,000 on their exit.

The tournament chip leader is Jessica Cai, who finished the day with 1,796,000, but some big names are amongst the chasing pack, including 2003 WSOP Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker, who bagged up 1,432,000 and GGPoker’s own Martin Pineiro on 1,395,000. Recent WSOP bracelet winner and GGPoker ambassador Jason Koon is also right up there with 1,049,000!

A total of 77 GGPoker players plus three ambassadors were in action today, with 36 surviving to the money and into Day 4 – CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERY ONE OF YOU, we are delighted to see it!

Martin Hugo Pineiro – 1,395,000
Daewoong Song – 1,108,000
Jason Koon – 1,049,000
Vasu Amarapu – 1,047,000
Marcel McGray – 950,000
Roman Hrabec – 941,000
Niko Koop – 940,000
Ryan Clark – 770,000
Shai Arbel – 716,000
Vidur Sethi – 624,000
Pavel Plesuv – 611,000
Yuri Dzivielevski – 569,000
Scott Thompson – 518,000
Florian Fuchs – 509,000
ElkY – 485,000
Anton Wigg – 469,000
Christian Christner – 464,000
Aneris Adomkevicius – 391,000
Raul Manzanares – 385,000
Jeonggyu Cho – 383,000
Daniel Tafur – 339,000
Jerry Wong – 309,000
Aleksandr Shevliakov – 257,000
Ravid Garbi – 225,000
Garry Bliesner – 208,000
Nikolas Metaxas – 202,000
Francisco Benitez – 179,000
Matthew Traylor – 169,000
Rafi Elharar – 137,000
Harijs Broza – 91,000
Terry Boutcher – 73,000
Michael Hew – 67,000
Filip Nechansky – 66,000
Rishi Makkar – 65,000
Francisco Estrada – 55,000
Fabian Bernhauser – 33,000

From here on out, the action gets even more intense and the prize jumps start appearing – who among the GGPoker contingent will make it into the top 100 and grab a really big cash? Will anyone make it to the final table?! Let’s find out over the coming days!

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Originally posted: Nov. 13th, 2021

WSOP $10K Main Event Day 4: GGPoker Players in Action!

Day 4 of the 2021 World Series of Poker No-Limit Hold’em $10,000 Championship is in the bag!

Let’s take a look at some of the GGPoker players that were spotted at the World Series of Poker Main Event today:

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Originally posted: Nov. 13th, 2021

WSOP $10K Main Event Day 4: Wrap Up

The day started with 1,000 players, all in the money. It ended with 292 players still with chips in front of them, ready to compete another day.

The World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event No-Limit Hold’em World Championship Day 4 was one of high drama, where many big names fell by the wayside and some newcomers announced themselves on the poker world’s biggest stage.

Each remaining player is now guaranteed at least $33,900 on their exit.

Spain’s Ramon Colillas is the tournament chip leader with a massive 5,000,000 in chips, but also in the top ten stacks are Stephen Song and Stephen Chidwick, both of whom are WSOP bracelet winners. Still flying the flag for GGPoker is ambassador Jason Koon, who finished up Day 4 with 765,000.

34 GGPoker players plus two ambassadors were in action today – everyone was guaranteed at least $15,000, which gave today a very different texture to previous days – and by the time the last cards had been dealt, 13 GGPoker legends still had chips to bring into Day 5:

Shai Arbel – 2,587,000
Ravid Garbi – 2,524,000
Niko Koop – 2,346,000
Roman Hrabec – 1,789,000
Raul Manzanares – 1,496,000
Martin Hugo Pineiro – 978,000
Florian Fuchs – 863,000
Daewoong Song – 844,000
Yuri Dzivielevski – 820,000
Jason Koon – 765,000
Marcel McGray – 762,000
Vasu Amarapu – 564,000
Ryan Clark – 360,000

Everyone in the GGPoker community is behind you and wishing you win the biggest pots, by staying ahead when you’ve the better cards and getting some help from the deck when behind! Let’s go go go!

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Originally posted: Nov. 14th, 2021

WSOP $10K Main Event Day 5: Wrap Up

WOW! What a day at the World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event No-Limit Hold’em World Championship!

Day 5 was the most exciting yet, with 292 players starting the day and a field of 96 surviving to bag up chips by the time the action ceased. Just think – of 6,650 different entries, only 96 players still can dream of becoming the 2021 WSOP Main Event champ. And there’s still lots and lots of action left to go!

Each player starting Day 6 is now guaranteed at least $59,000 on their exit.

Koray Aldemir – originally from Germany, residing in Austria – is the tournament chip leader, finishing Day 5 with 14,325,000 in chips, and the average chip stack is 4,150,000.

How Are The GGPoker Players Doing?

Today saw 16 GGPoker players take to the felt, with fully half of them still flying the flag at the end of the day.

Here’s a list of the surviving players’ stacks:

Abhinav Iyer – 5,850,000
Roman Hrabec – 4,370,000
Vasu Amarapu – 3,960,000
Sean Ragozzini – 3,310,000
Raul Manzanares – 2,995,000
Shai Arbel – 2,800,000
Yuri Dzivielevski – 2,030,000
Niko Koop – 250,000

We can’t wait to see how you all do in Day 6 – each one of you should be super proud of what you have achieved!

Today saw the final GGPoker ambassador hit the rail, our own Jason Koon, who finished in 194th spot for $44,200. Hard luck Jason, but well done on making it so far!

Here’s some photos of the GGPoker contingent in action:

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Originally posted: Nov. 15th, 2021

WSOP $10K Main Event Day 6: Wrap Up

Just four tables remain. Yes, after six full days of poker, the massive field of 6,650 entrants has been whittled down to a mere 36 players.

Each survivor has played hundreds of hands, won massive pots, been dealt almost every combination of starting hand possible, is probably mentally and physically exhausted – but remains in with a shot of becoming the 2021 WSOP Main Event champion!

Hye Park of New Jersey, USA is the tournament leader, with an almost unbelievable 29,500,000 chips; remember that each player started off with just 60,000! The average stack stands at just over 11 million and all remaining players are now guaranteed at least $198,500 when their races are run.

How Are The GGPoker Players Doing?

So, at start of play eight GGPoker players were amongst the 96-strong field – just two poker superstars remain waving the GGPoker flag!

Sean Ragozzini

Sean finished the day with 13,435,000 in chips, putting him in 13th place overall. He qualified for the WSOP Main Event at GGPoker, and we caught up with him earlier in the day to get his thoughts on how it was going:

Vasu Amarapu

Vasu is another ClubGG alum, and finished up with 10,290,00 in chips, which places him in 18th position going into Day 7.

We also spoke to Vasu earlier today, and were thrilled to hear what he had to say – “the best thing that ever happened in my life” – that’s the magic of poker!

The very best of luck to these two legends – already champions in our eyes – for Day 7, and a heartfelt ‘Well Done!‘ to all GGPoker players that took part in the WSOP Main Event, following your journeys has been a privilege 🙂

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Originally posted: Nov. 16th, 2021

WSOP $10K Main Event – WELL DONE SEAN AND VASU!

The WSOP Main Event 2021 has played down to the final table, with each of the remaining players guaranteed at least $1,000,000 in prize money, with that rising to a massive $8,000,000 for the outright champion.

But that’s for another day – Day 7 saw the final two GGPoker legends reach the end of their tournament journeys, and what journeys they were!

It’s time to congratulate and celebrate the inspirational achievements of Sean Ragozzini and Vasu Amarapu…

Your GGPoker Heroes!

Sean qualified for the WSOP Main Event 2021 at GGPoker and chose Day 1B as his starting flight – he’s now going home with $585,000, that’s 585 times the $10K Main Event buy-in! WELL DONE SIR!

Vasu found his way to the WSOP Main Event 2021 via ClubGG, turning his monthly subscription into a gigantic $470,000 and describing his journey as ‘the best thing that ever happened in my life’ – now that’s a poker story we can get behind! CONGRATULATIONS VASU!

Along With All Other GGPoker Players

It’s not just Sean and Vasu we’re proud off – we’ve so much time and love for ALL the GGPoker players, ambassadors and friends that took to the felt in Las Vegas this WSOP season.

Just over 250 players flew the flag for GGPoker in the WSOP Main Event, and while not all of you cashed, you all helped make this year’s tournament one of the best ever – we always say #ThanksGG, but this is the perfect time to say #ThanksGGPlayers!

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Originally posted: Dec. 7th, 2021

WSOP Winter Online Circuit Returns To GGPoker

At least $100,000,000 and 18 WSOP gold rings to be won from December 12 through January 9

GGPoker today launches the WSOP Winter Online Circuit poker tournament series, which runs December 12 through January 9.

This series is made up of 18 headline ring events, each awarding the winning player a coveted WSOP gold ring in addition to the prize money collected, and a full schedule of hundreds of side events and satellite tournaments.

The WSOP Winter Online Circuit series guarantees at least $100,000,000 in cash prizes across the full schedule, with 13 of the ring events boasting tournament guarantees of $1,000,000 or higher.

The series highlights include:

BIG 50 MILLION$ – $50 BUY-IN – Sunday, Dec 12 [Final Day] – $1M GTD
$400 COLOSSUS – $400 BUY-IN – Sunday, Dec 19 [Final Day] – $2.5M GTD
$400 PLOSSUS – $400 BUY-IN – Sunday, Dec 26 [Final Day] – $1M GTD
$100 MILLION$ Mini Main Event – $100 BUY-IN – Sunday, Jan 2 [Final Day] – $2M GTD
GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH – $1,050 BUY-IN – Sunday, Jan 9 – $1.5M GTD
$525 Main Event – $525 BUY-IN – Sunday, Jan 9 [Day 2] – $5M GTD

Day 1 flights to the first WSOP ring event, BIG 50 MILLION$, are already running at GGPoker, with satellites starting from $0.50.

“WSOP circuit events are great; they give every player the chance to win a big prize and gold ring, while enjoying a taste of the WSOP experience,” said Daniel Negreanu, GGPoker Global Ambassador. “This time around, there’s also the not-insignificant matter of $100,000,000 in prizes to enjoy as well; it might be getting cold outside, but the action is just heating up at GGPoker!”

Players will receive leaderboard points each time they take part in a ring event or side event, with the top 100 players on the leaderboard sharing $100,000 in prizes upon the conclusion of the series.

Two of the WSOP Winter Online Circuit headline events will be broadcast on GGPoker.TV – the $10,300 Super MILLION$ High Roller will be shown on Tuesday, December 21, while the $525 Main Event $5M GTD event will be showcased on Saturday, January 15.

New GGPoker players are eligible to claim the poker room’s Welcome Bonus, earn even more rewards with the Honeymoon for Newcomers promotion and automatically join GGPoker’s Fish Buffet loyalty program, with regular cash prizes on offer.

To find out more about WSOP Winter Online Circuit, please visit: Tournaments

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