By the Numbers: GGPoker’s 2021 WSOP Online a Big Success Despite Main Event Miss The 2021 World Series of Poker ( WSOP ) Online at GGPoker is now complete, and while overall numbers weren’t at levels seen last year, the 2021 Series was a success with more than $90 million in total prizes paid out.
While that was down significantly from the almost $150 million 2020 series, last year’s series was held at the height of pandemic lockdowns, and this year’s series was more modest from the outset, with 21 fewer events and lower guarantees.
There were a total of 33 games this year in the GGPoker 2021 WSOP Online, and all events are now in the books. The series generated more than $90 million in total prizes , with nearly $4.5 million in profits for the operator .
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That profit came despite missing the mark in the Main Event. The online Big Show drew more than 4,000 entries, but that wasn’t quite enough to hit the $20 million guarantee. It was close however, falling a bit more than $500,000 short of the optimistic mark.
Over the whole series, there were more than 125,000 total entries . That meant the 33 total games combined for $90,175,863 in total prizes . GG WSOP Bracelet Series Overview
Total Bracelet Events 33
Prize Money Awarded $90,175,863
Avg Prize Pool per Tournament $2,732,602 Total Entries 127,969 No. of Seven Figure Prize Pool 26 (79%) Rake Generated $4,350,955 Admin Fee Collected $617,887 Total Overlay $563,000 (Main Event) Net Profit $4,405,841 GG WSOP 2020 vs 2021: Year-on-Year Comparison Compared to 2020, the numbers were down quite a bit, but in large part, that is because it was planned to be smaller. There were 21 fewer events this year for a start, and the smaller schedule of 33 games this year, compared to 54 in 2020, meant that the raw numbers were a bit smaller.On average though, the games were the same size, averaging a bit more than $2.7 million per game. GG WSOP Bracelet Series […]
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