WSOP Reunion Event Breaks $5 Million Guarantee–$500 at a Time A guarantee on a World Series of Poker ( WSOP ) tournament is somewhat atypical, but then WSOP 2021 is anything but typical.
In fact, there is only one tournament in this year’s festival that has a guarantee—and it was a whopper. Event #4: The Reunion had a huge $5 million guarantee on the $500 buy-in event, but in the end, it smashed the guarantee by almost 10% .
The 2021 WSOP is unusual in a lot of ways. It is running at an unusual time of year, and it is running at the tail end of the worst pandemic in modern times. It was always a bit of an open question how the 2021 Series would be received, but the turnout for The Reunion will go some way toward answering any questions.
The game needed almost 12,000 entries to make it to the $5 million guarantee across its three Day 1 flights. By the time late registration closed, there were more than a 1,000 extra entries , bringing the final prize pool to almost $5.5 million .
That was 8.9% higher than the promised prizes , and was especially impressive that it came from an event costing just $500 to get into. It put more than $500,000 up top for the win. The only online poker network that spans across multiple states
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The WSOP would surely have been looking for an early success in the 2021 Series, given the uncertainty surrounding it. It looks like the operator found that success with The Reunion tournament.
Admittedly, a $500 live tournament with $5 million guaranteed near the beginning of the series was likely designed to attract attention and draw a crowd. That the game actually drew the required numbers in such an uncertain year will certainly make the organizers breathe a little easier going forward with the rest of the series.The game’s three starting days ran on October 2 and October 3, with two Day 1s running on the second day. By the time […]
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