GGPoker Hit with Biggest Overlay in Online Poker History

GGPoker was compelled to place up the largest overlay in on-line poker historical past this week after one in every of its marquee occasions missed the $10 million assure by hundreds of entries.

The world’s largest on-line poker website celebrated the sixth anniversary of its GGMasters by guaranteeing a $10 million prize pool for the unbelievably low buy-in of $150.

With solely seven beginning flights, gamers knew from the beginning that an overlay was doable, and as registration closed on Monday, it got here 12,984 entries — $1,791,760 — quick.

Being a freezeout with no rebuys is among the causes it didn’t attain the 8,700 entry mark wanted, though gamers might enter a number of flights in the event that they didn’t make it to Day 2.

Of the $150 buy-in, $12 went to GGPoker with the remainder going to the prize pool. The $713,000 in event charges nonetheless meant GGPoker needed to put up greater than $1 million to fulfill the $10 million assure.

Earlier than this week, the 2024 PokerBaazi GOAT overlay of $1.4 million and the 2020 PokerStars Huge Blowout’s overlay of $1.2 million have been the 2 largest overlays in on-line poker historical past.

Gamers in america who play in one of many few states that regulate on-line poker can solely salivate on the large ensures GGPoker, PokerStars and others are in a position to generate by working in international markets.

The most important overlays in poker historical past occurred on the 2014 Seminole Arduous Rock Poker Open ($2.5 million) and on the 2023 World Poker Tour Championship ($2.4 million).

Prime 5 Largest Overlays in Poker Historical past