Courtesy of PokerGO Players in their thousands have already taken their shot at the world’s most important live poker event of the year, the $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event. Four Day 1s have already completed, with total attendance north of 4500 players already.
However, many more are expected to play over the next two days: International travel restrictions into the United States ease today. In response, the WSOP added two more flights , one today and one tomorrow , just as the first Day 2 gets underway.
Of the thousands expected to play these last two flights, a notably percentage will be sporting a GGPoker patch. That’s because, in its first year as an official sponsor of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, GGPoker has sent 251 players to the legendary festival’s Main Event , pokerfuse can reveal.
These come from a mix of direct buy-ins, Road to Vegas satellites, plus dozens of packages given away on their unique sweepstakes online poker platform, ClubGG.
GGPoker is one of the leading online poker sites in the global dot-com market.
Of the 251 that GGPoker is sending, around 50 of these bought-in directly to the tournament via the GG client, pokerfuse understands. At least 45 came through their ClubGG subscription. That leaves at least 150 that came through online qualifiers.
These were all part of GG’s Road to Vegas campaign . The promotion started on August 1st—seemingly an age ago in these still uncertain times, when the possibility of any live schedule in Las Vegas was still very much up in air—and concluded recently.
GG and the WSOP were adamant throughout that normal service could be resumed, and with a lot of determination, hard work, and perhaps a smidgen of luck along the way, they have been proved right . ClubGG Breaking New Ground
Perhaps most remarkable of all, 45 players gained their entry into the world’s most prestigious poker tournament through the operator’s latest innovation: ClubGG .ClubGG is a sweepstakes online poker site. This concept means that players can take part in tournaments for free, or gain access to more tournaments through […]
Click here to view original web page at pokerfuse.com
