Get ready for more madness in the online poker world as Good Game Series hosts a massive festival starting this Sunday. Coming April 5 to April 26 is the Natural8 GGSeries 2020s with a jaw-dropping US$ 50 Million in guarantees. The schedule is packed with 375 events curated to satisfy every type of player, of every type of bankroll.
Prior to the novel coronavirus outbreak, Natural8 was already experiencing a steady rise in players. With the world at a standstill forcing many into isolation, Natural8 numbers have continued to swell for a series of this magnitude able to be staged. Several GGSeries 2020s key points and incentives to know:
– Tiered events are offered daily: High Rollers, High, Mid, and Low. Buy ins range from US$ 1.05 to US$ 5,000.
– Natural8 GGSeries 2020s aims to attract players with their boosted guarantees ranging from US$ 1,000 to US$ 1,000,000 in Phased Events. Interestingly, a handful of High Roller events will need only 30 players to meet the guarantee while several low buy in events will need over 3200 players to meet the ambitious figures.
– Another attraction, Natural8 GGSeries 2020s intends to give more to players with their reduced rake of 8%. Select Bounty Events will see it further down to a 5% rake.
Natural8 GGSeries 2020s Highlights
With a plethora of tournaments to enjoy over the three week period, it may be a head spinner to figure out which ones to play. As a guide, any day you decide to play, there will be a tournament to match your bankroll. Making up the bulk are a variety of daily tiered events, Daily Specials, Daily Mains, and Sunday Specials. Also in the lineup are Omaha Events and the Phoenix Rebuy.
Weekday Highlight events
Listed below are the juiciest events during the week. Buy ins range from US$ 2 to US$ 5,000 and guarantees from US$ 2,000 to US$ 200,000.
| Time(UTC) | Tournament name | Buy-in | GTD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | GGS-H: $200 Starter | $200 | $50,000 |
| 12:00 | GGS-M: $20 Starter | $20 | $15,000 |
| 12:00 | GGS-L: $2 Starter | $2 | $2,000 |
| 13:30 | GGS: $33 Daily Special | $33 | $30,000 |
| 15:00 | GGS: $55 Daily Special | $55 | $50,000 |
| 16:30 | GGS: $88 Daily Special | $88 | $80,000 |
| 17:30 | GGS: $210 Bounty Special | $210 | $100,000 |
| 18:00 | GGS-HR: $5K Daily Main | $5,000 | $200,000 |
| 18:00 | GGS-H: $500 Daily Main | $500 | $100,000 |
| 18:00 | GGS-M: $50 Daily Main | $50 | $50,000 |
| 18:00 | GGS-L: $5 Daily Main | $5 | $7,500 |
| 19:00 | GGS: $1K | $1,000 | $100,000 |
| 20:00 | GGS-HR: $2.5K | $2,500 | $80,000 |
| 20:00 | GGS-H: $250 | $250 | $50,000 |
| 20:00 | GGS-M: $25 | $25 | $15,000 |
| 20:00 | GGS-L: $2.5 | $2.5 | $3,500 |
| 21:00 | GGS-High Roller: $5K | $5,000 | $150,000 |
Sunday Highlights
Traditionally, Sunday attracts the largest crowd which in turn churns up big prize pools. A lineup of enticing events fill the day with buy ins from US$ 2 to US$ 1,000 and guarantees from US$ 3,000 to US$ 1,000,000. One event to look forward to is the network’s signature event, the GGMasters US$ 150 buy in freeze out event guaranteeing US$ 500,000.
| *Time(UTC) | Tournament name | Buy-in | GTD |
| 12:00 | GGS-H: $200 Starter | $200 | $75,000 |
| 12:00 | GGS-M: $20 Starter | $20 | $20,000 |
| 12:00 | GGS-L: $2 Starter | $2 | $3,000 |
| 13:30 | GGS: $33 Sunday Special | $33 | $40,000 |
| 15:00 | GGS: $55 Sunday Special | $55 | $75,000 |
| 16:00 | GGS-HR: $2.5K | $2,500 | $150,000 |
| 16:00 | GGS-H: $250 | $250 | $150,000 |
| 16:00 | GGS-M: $25 | $25 | $30,000 |
| 16:00 | GGS-L: $2.5 | $2.5 | $5,000 |
| 16:30 | GGS: $88 Sunday Special | $88 | $100,000 |
| 17:00 | GGMasters $150, $500K GTD | $150 | $500,000 |
| 17:00 | GGS-HR: $5K Omaha Main Event | $5,000 | $150,000 |
| 17:00 | GGS-H: $500 Omaha Main Event | $500 | $40,000 |
| 17:00 | GGS-M: $50 Omaha Main Event | $50 | $12,500 |
| 17:00 | GGS-L: $5 Omaha Main Event | $5 | $2,000 |
| 17:30 | GGS: $210 Bounty Special | $210 | $150,000 |
| 18:00 | GGS-HR: $5K Sunday Main | $5,000 | $300,000 |
| 18:00 | GGS-H: $500 Sunday Main | $500 | $200,000 |
| 18:00 | GGS-M: $50 Sunday Main | $50 | $100,000 |
| 18:00 | GGS-L: $5 Sunday Main | $5 | $15,000 |
| 19:00 | GGS: $1K | $1,000 | $100,000 |
| 20:30 | GGS-Phased: $250~$1K [Day2] | $250~$1K | $500K~$1M |
| 21:00 | GGS-High Roller: $5K | $5,000 | $200,000 |
Natural8 GGSeries 2020s Leaderboard
Throughout the series, players earn points towards the GGSeries 2020s Leaderboard. A total of US$ 300,000 will be distributed. Awaiting the player with the most number of points accrued is a cool US$ 37,500.
To keep you abreast of the series, tune in to Somuchpoker for daily recaps from start to finish.
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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