{"id":566,"date":"2020-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/wsop-marks-largest-online-poker-tournament-ever\/"},"modified":"2020-09-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T00:00:00","slug":"wsop-marks-largest-online-poker-tournament-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/wsop-marks-largest-online-poker-tournament-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"WSOP MARKS LARGEST ONLINE POKER TOURNAMENT EVER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The international\u00a0<strong>WSOP Online 2020<\/strong>\u00a0tournament series, played on\u00a0<strong>GGPoker<\/strong>, concluded on Tuesday. A number of long-standing poker records were smashed over the course of the 54 event series, including the largest prize pool ever for an online tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the highlights of WSOP Online 2020 include:<\/p>\n<p>The flagship\u00a0<strong>World Series of Poker (WSOP)<\/strong>\u00a0live poker tournament in Las Vegas was postponed due to the public health emergency and as a result, an online series of events took place at GGPoker from July 19 through September 6. In total, 54 WSOP bracelets were claimed in GGPoker\u2019s WSOP Online 2020 series. The tournaments marked\u00a0<strong>the first time that players located outside the U.S. were able to compete for official WSOP bracelets online.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously the events of 2020 have been unprecedented, and hosting the WSOP Online series at GGPoker wasn\u2019t in our plans at the start of the year,\u201d said<strong>\u00a0Ty Stewart, Executive Director of the World Series of Poker.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cBut going online has been a wonderful experience, with tens of thousands of new players all over the world able to experience some of WSOP magic that they might have been otherwise unable to \u2013 we\u2019re delighted that the series has been such a resounding success!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WSOP Online 2020 series was extensively covered in the media, with tournament action regularly broadcast on\u00a0<strong>GGPoker.TV and Poker Central<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor 50 years, the WSOP has been the gold standard in the industry,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Steve Preiss, Head of Poker Operations at GGPoker.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cBy introducing features like SnapCam and day 2 staking, GGPoker\u2019s entire team worked tirelessly to bring our players a fun, unique experience just like they\u2019d expect at the live WSOP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WSOP Online 2020 Main Event was won by Bulgarian-native Stoyan Madanzhiev, who claimed a record-setting $3.9M prize. Other event winners included GGPoker ambassador Fedor Holz and well-known poker players Juha Helppi, Roberto Romanello, Kristen Bicknell, Daniel Dvoress, Eoghan O\u2019Dea, David Peters,Christian Rudolph. Notable players that participated in WSOP events included soccer superstar Neymar, former world champion boxers Riddick Bowe &amp; Amir Khan, tennis legend Boris Becker, Australian cricket player Shane Warne, mixed martial artists Elias Theodorou &amp; Patrick C\u00f4t\u00e9 and former elite soccer player Andriy Shevchenko.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m personally very proud to be part of the effort that brought such a special WSOP series to the entire world,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>GGPoker ambassador, Daniel Negreanu<\/strong>. \u201cThe feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, and we even got to break a lot of poker records along the way!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"author__bio\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p class=\"comment-form-comment\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"comment\">Comment<\/label><br \/>\n<textarea aria-required=\"true\" cols=\"45\" id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" placeholder=\"Message\" rows=\"8\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-author\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"author\">Name<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"author\" name=\"author\" placeholder=\"Name...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-email\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"name\">Email<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-url\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"url\">Url<\/label><input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" placeholder=\"Website...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-cookies-consent\"><input id=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" name=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"yes\"\/> <label for=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\">Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.<\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"form-submit\"><input class=\"submit\" id=\"comment-submit\" name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\"\/> <input id=\"comment_post_ID\" name=\"comment_post_ID\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"20809\"\/> <input id=\"comment_parent\" name=\"comment_parent\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The international\u00a0WSOP Online 2020\u00a0tournament series, played on\u00a0GGPoker, concluded on Tuesday. 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