GGPoker Release 2020 WSOP Online Schedule; Main Event Comes With $25m GTD

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The WSOP 2020 Online schedule on GGPoker includes the single biggest online poker guarantee, and the lowest buy-in bracelet ever

The much-anticipated schedule for the 2020 World Series of Poker Online on GGPoker has been released, with 54 bracelet events on offer. Bracelet events start from July 19th through until September 6th, with buy-ins ranging the $25,000 NLH Poker Players Championship down to the $50 BIG 50, the lowest buy-in WSOP bracelet event in history.

The $5,000 Main Event will start August 16th and comes with a huge $25,000,000 guarantee, the single biggest guarantee in the history of online poker.

The online Main Event will be a three-day event, featuring multiple freezeout Day 1s, with Day 2 taking place on August 30th.

Over $60m in Guarantees

A total of 12 events come with guarantees including The Opener, Mini Main Event, COLOSSUS and PLOSSUS.

Total guarantees come to over $60 million, with the $25m GTD Main Event, $10m GTD NLH Poker Players Championship and the $5m GTD WSOP Super MILLION$ three of the biggest.

Over $3m GTD Every Sunday with NEW GGPoker Multi MILLION$ Tournaments

Other Events

As expected, the vast majority of the WSOP 2020 Online schedule on GGPoker is made up of no-limit hold'em, with ample opportunities for pot-limit Omaha fans. There are also bracelets in Limit Hold'em and Short Deck. According to the announcement, GGPoker will run a series of micro and low stake tournaments leading up to the WSOP.

Satellites will commence on July 1st, as well as throughout the WSOP Online itself.

��We knew GGPoker would go BIG on the WSOP Online Series, but this is ridiculous,�� said Ty Stewart, Executive Director of the World Series of Poker. ��The single biggest guarantee in the history of online poker is exactly what this once-in-a-lifetime event deserves.��

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Players Choice Events

In what is surely a WSOP first, four 'Players Choice' events were announced, with players able to vote for which event they want to see for Events #47-50. Two events are down as being decided by 'Most Popular' with the other two down to 'Pros Vote' and 'Spin the Wheel'.

It will be interesting to see what further details are released about these events.

WSOP Online Stream Schedule

There were also 12 events announced whose final tables will be streamed on GGPoker.TV and Poker Central. Players that make WSOP Online event final tables will be required to play under their real name, as well as the real names of all players that win cash prizes will be made available.

DateTimeEvent Name
Thursday 23rd July18:00Event #4: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship
Saturday 25th July18:00Event #2: $1,111 Every 1 for Covid Relief [Caesars Cares]
Thursday 30th July18:00Event #12: $10,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold'em Championship
Saturday 1st August18:00Event #10: $400 Colossus & Event #11: $400 PLOssus
Thursday 6th August18:00Event #19: $2,100 No Limit Hold'em Bounty Championship
Saturday 8th August18:00Event #17: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Thursday 13th August18:00Event #26: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max Championship
Saturday 15th August18:00Event #25: $10,000 Heads-Up NLHE Championship
Thursday 20th August18:00Event #33: $600 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship
Thursday 27th August18:00Event #40: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Championship
Saturday 29th August18:00Event #38: $25,000 NLH Poker Players Championship
Saturday 5th September18:00Event #45: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event

WSOP 2020 Online Leaderboard Prizes

GGPoker also announced that they will award three prizes over the course of the 2020 WSOP Online.

  • Pure Gold Mouse - Leaderboard winner
  • Pure Gold Dragon - Asian Player of the Series (Asia Time Zone Events)
  • Pure Gold Card - 2nd-5th in the Overall Leaderboard

No details have been released for potential Leaderboard prizes.

Sign Up for a GGPoker Account Through PokerNews

If you want to play in the WSOP 2020 Online on GGPoker, you'll need to sign up for an account. By downloading GGPoker via PokerNews entitles you to a welcome bonus worth up to $600. Your first deposit is matched 200% up to a maximum of $600, setting you up nicely in time for the WSOP Online.

The bonus releases into your account in $10 increments each time you earn 6,000 Fish Buffet Points, which is the equivalent of $60 in rake or tournament fees.

GGPoker WSOP 2020 Online Schedule

DateETGMT Buy-inNote
19 July 202014:3018:30Event #32: $100 The Opener [Final Day], $2M GTD$1002-Day Event, 1-RE Flights
19 July 202014:0018:00Event #33: $1,111 Every 1 for Covid Relief [Caesars Cares]$1,1112-Day Event
19 July 202016:0020:00Event #34: $525 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed$525 
21 July 202014:0018:00Event #35: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship$5,000 
22 July 202014:0018:00Event #36: $1,500 FIFTY STACK No Limit Hold'em$1,500 
23 July 202014:0018:00Event #37: $1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha$1,050 
25 July 202008:0012:00Event #38: $600 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed$600Asia Time Zone
26 July 202008:0012:00Event #39: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em$1,500Asia Time Zone
26 July 202014:0018:00Event #40: $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha$2,500 
26 July 202014:3018:30Event #41: $400 COLOSSUS [Day 2], $3M GTD$4003-Day Event, 1-RE Flights
26 July 202015:0019:00Event #42: $400 PLOSSUS [Day 2], $1M GTD$4003-Day Event, 1-RE Flights
28 July 202014:0018:00Event #43: $10,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold'em Championship$10,000 
29 July 202014:0018:00Event #44: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed$2,500 
30 July 202014:0018:00Event #45: $840 Bounty No Limit Hold'em$840 
01 August 202008:0012:00Event #46: $500 Deepstack No Limit Hold'em$500Asia Time Zone
02 August 202008:0012:00Event #47: $1,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold'em$1,000Asia Time Zone
02 August 202014:3018:30Event #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER [Day 2], $5M GTD, $1M to 1st$1,5003-Day Event, 1-RE Flights
02 August 202016:0020:00Event #49: $500 Turbo Deepstack No Limit Hold'em$500 
04 August 202014:0018:00Event #50: $2,100 No Limit Hold'em Bounty Championship$2,100 
05 August 202014:0018:00Event #51: $400 Pot Limit Omaha$400 
06 August 202014:0018:00Event #52: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em$1,000 
08 August 202008:0012:00Event #53: $800 Double Stack Pot Limit Omaha$800Asia Time Zone
08 August 202014:0018:00Event #54: $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship [No Late Reg, 128 Cap]$10,0002-Day Event, Freezeout
09 August 202008:0012:00Event #55: HK$8,000 No Limit Hold'em Asia Championship [Final Day], HK$8M GTDHK$ 8,0002-Day Event, 1-RE Flights
09 August 202013:0017:00Event #56: $1,500 GGMasters WSOP Edition [Freezeout], $1M GTD$1,500Freezeout
09 August 202013:0017:00Event #57: $150 GGMasters WSOP Edition [Freezeout], $1M GTD$1,500Freezeout
11 August 202014:0018:00Event #58: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship$5,000 
12 August 202014:0018:00Event #59: $2,500 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em$2,500 
13 August 202014:0018:00Event #60: $525 Bounty No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed$525 
15 August 202008:0012:00Event #61: $300 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed$300Asia Time Zone
16 August 202014:0018:00Event #62: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha$1,500 
16 August 202014:3018:30Event #63: $500 Mini Main Event [Final Day], $5M GTD$5002-Day Event, 1-RE Flights
16 August 202016:0020:00Event #64: $840 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em$840 
18 August 202014:0018:00Event #65: $600 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship$600 
19 August 202014:0018:00Event #66: $800 Pot Limit Omaha$800 
20 August 202014:0018:00Event #67: $500 Limit Hold'em$500 
22 August 202008:0012:00Event #68: $500 Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em$500Asia Time Zone
23 August 202008:0012:00Event #69: $1,500 Marathon No Limit Hold'em$1,500Asia Time Zone
23 August 202014:0018:00Event #70: $25,000 NLH POKER PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, $10M GTD$25,0002-Day Event
23 August 202014:3018:30Event #71: BIG 50 [Final Day], $1M GTD$502-Day Event, 1-RE Flights
25 August 202014:0018:00Event #72: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Championship$1,500 
26 August 202014:0018:00Event #73: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed$1,000 
27 August 202014:0018:00Event #74: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha$1,500 
29 August 202008:0012:00Event #75: $300 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em$300Asia Time Zone
30 August 202014:0018:00Event #76: $400 FORTY STACK No Limit Hold'em$400 
30 August 202014:3018:30Event #77: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event [Day 2], $25M GTD$5,0003-Day Event, Feezeout Flights
30 August 202016:0020:00Event #78: $1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed$1,000 
01 September 202014:0018:00Event #79: People's Choice Event [Most Popular]TBATBA by Vote
02 September 202014:0018:00Event #80: People's Choice Event [Pros Vote]TBATBA by Vote
03 September 202014:0018:00Event #81: People's Choice Event [Spin the Wheel]TBATBA by Vote
05 September 202014:0018:00Event #82: $1,050 Beat the Pros [Bounty]$1,050 
06 September 202014:0018:00Event #83: $10K WSOP Super MILLION$, $5M GTD$10,0002-Day Event
06 September 202014:3018:30Event #84: $100 WSOP MILLION$ [Final Day], $2M GTD$1002-Day Event, 1-RE Flights
06 September 202016:0020:00Event #85: $500 The Closer [LAST CHANCE]$500 
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