Hot on the heels of the GGMasters, gets an expansion, now running daily with total guarantees of over $1.8 million every week. a1t13
The GGMasters is the operator’s signature freezeout tournament that runs every Sunday at 17:00 GMT for a buy-in of $150. Since its debut in January this year, the tournament has turned out to be a resounding success as it grew its guarantee from $250,000 to $500,000 in under three months.
Now, following its massive growth, GGPoker has upgraded it to run it daily at the same time with a very affordable buy-in of $25 (except the Sunday edition which has maintained its original $150 buy-in) that promises an impressive $50,000 guarantee.
The $150 buy-in GGMasters on Sunday that guarantees $500,000 remains unchanged, but a new High Rollers edition, now accompanies it, guaranteeing a massive $1 million for a $1000 buy-in.
Curiously, all of them count towards the same exiting GGMasters Player of the Year Leaderboard so players that play the High Rollers edition will have a significant advantage.
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The GGMasters High Rollers with a $1000 buy-in is quite ambitious as no other operator is known to have a $1 million prize pool guarantee on a freezeout tournament. The last time any online poker room offered a seven-figure guarantee for a freezeout tournament on weekly basis was Sunday Million in mid-2018.
Put together, there are now eight GGMaster tournaments every week with total combined guarantees of nearly $1.9 million.
| Tournament | Day | Structure | Buy-in | Guarantee |
| GGMasters Daily | Monday-Saturday | Freezeout | $25 | $50,000 |
| GGMasters | Sunday | Freezeout | $150 | $500,000 |
| GGMasters High Rollers | Sunday | Freezeout | $1000 | $1,000,000 |
| Total weekly guarantee | $1,890,000 | |||
The $25 buy-in GGMasters made its first appearance earlier this month. Unlike the $150 buy-in that had a rocky start, the daily version of GGMasters has exceeded its $50,000 guarantee every time it has run so far.
Again, the tournament is quite a bold undertaking, given that even the world’s leading online poker room, PokerStars, doesn’t offer such guarantees on freezeout tournaments. The closest PokerStars offer is the $22 buy-ins Hot and Big versions, with guarantees ranging between $25,000 to $35,000.
Clearly, the success of the recent GG WSOP series and the rapid growth of GGPoker has given the operator the confidence to expand its fastest-growing tournament.
The freezeout tournament has been also featured as a bracelet event during the WSOP series. Both the $150 buy-in and the High Roller $1500 edition performed exceedingly well. The $150 buy-in with a boosted guarantee of $1 million smashed its guarantee to finish with a $1.3 million prize pool. The High Roller edition produced just over $3 million in prize money.
Since its inception, the GGMasters tournament has generated over $17 million across 35 runs.
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MILLION$ Returns with Almost Doubled-Sized Guarantees 691r5n
Another tournament brand that gets revamped is the MILLION$, making a comeback with $6 million in combined guarantees.
Per the operator, it is “the biggest weekly online tournament series.”
MILLION$ features a line-up of phase tournaments with multiple Day 1s running throughout the week. Ahead of the WSOP series, there were four MILLION$ tournaments in total with combined guarantees of $5 million.
All those tournaments return despite them creating massive overlays previously. In fact, the $10,000 buy-in Super MILLION$ now guarantees $3 million instead of $2 million. It is known to be the biggest weekly Super High Roller tournament in the online poker industry.
The $100 buy-in Global MILLION$ and $500 buy-in High Roller MILLION$ retain their guarantee of $1 million and $2 million respectively.
| Tournament | When | Structure | Buy-in | Guarantee |
| Zodiac Million$ | Weekly | Phased | $75 | $150,000 |
| Global Million$ | Weekly | Phased | $100 | $1,000,000 |
| High Roller Million$ | Weekly | Phased | $500 | $2,000,000 |
| Super Million$ | Weekly | Phased | $10,000 | $3,000,000 |
| Total weekly guarantee | $6,150,000 | |||
Now with four tournaments guaranteeing a seven-figure sum every week, GGPoker can lay claim to the largest online poker tournament on the weekly schedule.
Both the GGMasters and MILLION$ tournament brands are featured in {n:211690-fresh-record-shattering-wsop-2020-ggpoker-announces-65:GGPoker’s series, GGSOP, starting Sunday, September 12}. The series features a $100 buy-in Mini Super MILLION$ with a $500,000 guarantee and a $100 buy-in GGSOP MILLION$ featuring a $2 million guarantee. The $150 buy-in GGMasters boasting a $500,000 guarantee is also part of the series.
Beat the Pros $5000 Freeroll 2o59n
Another new addition to the weekly schedule is the $210 buy-in Beat the Pros [Bounty Hunters]. The tournament is filled with various pros and personalities and whoever knocks them out gets to play the $5000 Beat the Pros Winners’ Freeroll.
The tournament is held at 17:00 GMT every Saturday