GGPoker Boosts GGMasters Guarantee to $10M For 6th Anniversay Celebrations

The GGMasters tournament celebrates its sixth anniversary in February, and GGPoker is celebrating by boosting its guarantee to a staggering $10 million despite keeping the buy-in at $150.

When GGPoker first launched the GGMasters six years ago, it cost $150 to enter and featured a $300,000 guarantee. The tournament proved exceptionally popular thanks to the raft of satellites feeding into it, and the fact that the freezeout format was (and still is) something of a rarity in the online poker world.

Over the years, the $150 GGMasters has continued growing, with its regular guarantee now $1 million. However, this February, a sixth-anniversary edition of the GGMasters takes place, with a whopping $10 million in guaranteed prizes!

The $10 million guaranteed GGMasters explodes into action at noon GMT on February 1. Two more flights take place that day at 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. GMT. A week later, on February 8, another trio of flights takes place at the same times, followed by a “last chance” Day 1 at 1:00 p.m. GMT on February 9.

Each of those seven Day 1s is played as a freezeout, though players may enter as many as they wish or their bankroll allows. Each flight ends after Level 25 or when 10% of the field remains, with those who progress more than once carrying their best stack forward to Day 2 at 5:00 p.m. GMT on February 9.

Day 2 continues until only the final table remains, with those finalists returning to the action from 5:00 p.m. on February 10.

With the $150 buy-in split into $138 + $12, GGPoker needs 72,463 entrants to avoid an overlay, which seems a tall order even for the online poker giant. Satellites from $2 are running around the clock.

GGMasters 6th Anniversary Schedule

Bustling GGMasters Series Schedule

The $10 million guaranteed event is not the only exciting tournament bearing the GGMasters name. GGPoker runs GGMasters tournaments with buy-ins from $25 to $1,050 every day from January 25 to February 9. The guarantees of the GGMasters within that date range are being boosted, including a $25 GGMaster Bounty Warm-Up Special boasting $150,000 guaranteed. Expand the table below to see the full schedule.

$250,000 GGMasters Ticket Drop

Playing in any of the GGMasters Series tournaments listed in the table above could see you receive a $25, $108, $150, $320, or $1,050 GGMasters ticket. GGPoker is giving away $250,000 worth of GGMasters tickets via ticket drops in those tournaments; you’ve got to be in it to win it!

Start Your Quest For Glory With a GGPoker Welcome Bonus

You’ll need a GGPoker account if you want to try becoming a GGMasters Series champion. If you already play at GGPoker, simply fire up the software, log in to your account, and buy into a tournament. Those without an account can download GGPoker via PokerNews and help themselves to a sizeable welcome bonus.

New depositing customers can choose between receiving $100 in rewards or a 100% match bonus up to $600.

Choosing the tournament tickets bonus requires a minimum deposit of $10. You’ll receive $52 in free tickets across six days following your qualifying deposit. An additional $46 worth of rewards, in the form of C$ (Cash Dollars) is available every day for six days if you play 200 hands of All-in Or Fold (AoF). Complete all six AoF challenges for another C$12.

The match bonus also requires a $10 deposit. GGPoker matches your initial deposit 100% up to $600. You then have 90 days to release as much of the bonus money into your playable account balance as possible. $1 is unlocked for every $5 paid in net rake or tournament fees.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.