We have reached the halfway mark at the Natural8 GGSeries 2020s. The 22-day series completed Day 11 which turned out to be the richest weekday so far with over $2.7 million paid out across 49 games.
Three of the events amassed prize pools over $ 300K. The series opened on April 5 and will run until April 26. The $ 50 million guarantee seemed ambitious at the start but with around $ 31 million paid out, that figure has the potential to be surpassed. We’ve provided you some halfway mark stats and as always, a recap of the day.
Day 1 – 11 Stats
Cumulative prize pool: $ 31 million (approximately)
Cumulative entries: 313,742
Games completed: 536
Top 3 Single event winners:
Day 8: CallthePolice – GGS 129-HR: Sunday Main – $ 113,140.21
Day 1: WooKah – GGS 009-HR: Sunday Main – $108,067.50
Day 5: Karlius – GGS 077-HR Daily Main – $ 95,443.37
Top 3 Largest prize pool events:
GGSeries Phased $250, $500K GTD: $ 651,700
Day 8: GGS 129-HR: Sunday Main – $ 494,000
Day 1: GGS 009-HR Sunday Main – $ 456,000
Top 3 Largest fields
Day 1: GGS 001-L: $2 Kickoff – 3,288 entries
Day 8: GGS 129-L: $5 Sunday Main – 2,771 entries
Day 10: GGS 160-L: $1 – 2,004 entries
Joao Vieira banks single largest event payout
After 11 days of games, Joao Vieira aka online player EP2019 topped our headlines for his victory at the GGS 186-HR: $5K. Since the start of the series, EP2019 has been running deep at numerous events and finally pocketed the single largest tournament payout of $ 97,412.04. The event brought in 66 runners to drive the $125K guarantee 2.5 times over to a hefty $ 313,500. The win moved EP2019 up from 43rd to 32nd in the GGSeries 2020s Leader Board.
GGS 186-HR: $5K
Guarantee: $125,000
Entries: 66
Prize pool: $ 313,500
ITM: 8 places
Payouts
1st EP2019 – Netherlands – $ 97,412.04
2nd Golden snitch – UK – $ 61,303.13
3rd notsureif – Austria – $ 46,378.90
4th enteente – Austria – $ 35,087.95
5th KeijjoKonvehti – Finland – $ 26,545.80
6th TuucJenji888 – Canada – $ 20,083.21
7th PrettyPuff – Canada – $ 15,193.96
8th Kings#1 – Germany – $ 11,495.01
Multi Account outshines at Day 11
EP2019 may have shipped the single largest tournament payout of the day but it was player Multi Account who put more in the bank. Multi Account championed one of the largest paying events and collected five figures in three others to earn a whopping $ 163,305.43. Multi Account moved from 6th rank to 3rd rank in the Leader Board. See the achievements below.
GGS 183-HR: $5K
Guarantee: $150,000
Entries: 70
Prize pool: $ 332,500
ITM: 9 places
Payouts
1st Multi Account – Canada – $ 91,441.32
2nd asonthe river – Finland – $ 61,115.99
3rd TheProfessional – Canada – $ 47,785.43
4rh KathyLehne – Canada – $ 37,362.52
5th PocketJah – Canada – $ 29,213.05
6th The_Answer – Mexico – $ 22,841.12
7th HONEYDETECTED – UK – $ 17,859.04
8th PagoPagoPago – Canada – $ 13,963.63
9th Aladjinn – Hungary – $ 10,917.90
GGS 179-HR: $5K Daily Main
Guarantee: $200,000
Entries: 77
Prize pool: $ 365,750
Winner: AceKing41 – UK – $ 89,208.90
4th Multi Account – Canada – $ 39,432.20
GGS 181A-HR: $5K Omaha
Guarantee: $75,000
Entries: 25
Prize pool: $ 118,750
ITM: 4 places
Payouts
1st MuckCMuckC – Germany – $ 53,383.12
2nd Mikhail Tal – Croatia – $ 32,809.23
3rd Multi Account – Canada – $ 20,164.54
4th KeijjoKonvehti – Finland – $ 12,393.11
GGS 182-HR: $2.5K
Guarantee: $80,000
Entries: 61
Prize pool: $ 144,875
ITM: 8 places
Winner: VaPaCooler – Uruguay – $ 45,016.19
5th Multi Account – Canada – $ 12,267.37
AceKing41 wins the Daily Main High Roller
Also shipping a monster payout was player AceKing41 for winning the Daily Main High Roller tier. This event obliterated the $ 200K guarantee to amass the day’s richest prize pool totaling $ 365,750. AceKing41 also cashed at another High Roller event to collect over $ 94K in winnings. AceKing41 zoomed from 97th rank to 45th rank in the Leader Board.
GGS 179-HR: $5K Daily Main
Guarantee: $200,000
Entries: 77
Prize pool: $ 365,750
ITM: 11 places
Payouts
1st AceKing41 – UK – $ 89,208.90
2nd SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 67,955.10
3rd Jebron Lames – Canada – $ 51,765.03
4th Multi Account – Canada – $ 39,432.20
5th Richard Reid – Canada – $ 30,037.62
6th PabloPotatoe – Austria – $ 22,881.24
7th TheProfessional – Canada – $ 17,429.88
8th Jadeito – UK – $ 13,277.27
9th asonthe river – Finland – $ 12,015.50
10th notsureif – Austria – $ 10,873.63
11th KathyLehne – Canada – $ 10,873.63
GGS 182-HR: $2.5K
Guarantee: $80,000
Entries: 61
Prize pool: $ 144,875
ITM: 8 places
Winner: VaPaCooler – Uruguay – $ 45,016.19
8th AceKing41 – UK – $ 5,312.08
Biggest Omaha winner: MuckCMuckC
Another event smashing its guarantee was the GGS 181A-HR: $5K Omaha. Player MuckCMuckC claimed $ 53,383.12 to ship the biggest Omaha payout of the day. MuckCMuckC moved from 57th to 40th in the Leader Board.
GGS 181A-HR: $5K Omaha
Guarantee: $75,000
Entries: 25
Prize pool: $ 118,750
ITM: 4 places
Payouts
1st MuckCMuckC – Germany – $ 53,383.12
2nd Mikhail Tal – Croatia – $ 32,809.23
3rd Multi Account – Canada – $ 20,164.54
4th KeijjoKonvehti – Finland – $ 12,393.11
Leader Board update: WooKah and SasukeUchiha
| Rank | Nickname | Points | Prize |
| 1 | WooKah | 13,779.89 | $37,500.00 |
| 2 | (8) SasukeUchiha | 11,660.89 | $29,000.00 |
| 3 | Multi Account | 10,502.98 | $23,500.00 |
| 4 | jueeeepucha | 9,630.12 | $18,500.00 |
| 5 | TuucJenji888 | 9,402.24 | $15,500.00 |
| 6 | FuTimReilly | 9,399.95 | $13,000.00 |
| 7 | KathyLehne | 8,819.50 | $11,500.00 |
| 8 | PocketJah | 8,481.42 | $10,200.00 |
| 9 | mach 5 retard | 7,819.68 | $9,100.00 |
| 10 | The_Answer | 7,688.09 | $8,300.00 |
Holding the top two positions at the halfway mark are players WooKah and SasukeUchiha. Player WooKah claimed top rank on Day 2 and hasn’t relinquished the lead. WooKah’s latest achievements were two High Roller deep runs for a total of $ 33.4K.
As SasukeUchiha, three deep runs were good enough to maintain 2nd rank and trim down WooKah’s lead to 2,100 points. SasukeUchiha finished 2nd at the Daily Main High Roller tier for a combined $ 70.7K in Day 11. SasukeUchiha was also seen slugging it out at the cash tables.
GGS 180-H: $1K
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 102
Prize pool: $ 100,000
ITM: 15 places
Payouts
1st Jebron Lames – Canada – $ 22,902.86
2nd WooKah – Germany – $ 17,245.17
3rd RoosterBooster – Canada – $ 12,985.10
4th JCardz – Canada – $ 9,777.39
5th PabloPotatoe – Austria – $ 7,362.08
6th enteente – Austria – $ 5,543.42
7th somebodyelse – Kazakhstan – $ 4,174.02
8th Aladjinn – Hungary – $ 3,142.92
9th SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 2,772.23
10th sesa123 – Germany – $ 2,445.27
11th BladeRunner1 – Belarus – $ 2,445.27
12th mach 5 retard – Canada – $ 2,445.27
13th fat&lazy – Canada – $ 2,445.27
14th shahter98 – Russia – $ 2,156.86
15th EP2019 – Netherlands – $ 2,156.86
GGS 182-HR: $2.5K
Guarantee: $80,000
Entries: 61
Prize pool: $ 144,875
ITM: 8 places
Payouts
1st VaPaCooler – Uruguay – $ 45,016.19
2nd KathyLehne – Canada – $ 28,329.48
3rd SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 21,432.67
4th WooKah – Germany – $ 16,214.88
5th Multi Account – Canada – $ 12,267.37
6th Trashdawg – Albania – $ 9,280.88
7th shroooms – Indonesia – $ 7,021.45
8th AceKing41 – UK – $ 5,312.08
GGS 179-HR: $5K Daily Main
Guarantee: $200,000
Entries: 77
Prize pool: $ 365,750
ITM: 11 places
Payouts
1st AceKing41 – UK – $ 89,208.90
2nd SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 67,955.10
Top bounty hunter – GODofMTT
Earning the top bounty hunter title was GODofMTT for keeping above water at the GGS 178: $210 Bounty Special to pocket over $ 20K which includes 100 bounties worth $ 100 each.
GGS 178: $210 Bounty Special
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 619
Prize pool: $ 123,800
Winner: GODofMTT – Russia – $ 20,833.27
Daily Main results
GGS 179-HR: $5K Daily Main
Guarantee: $200,000
Entries: 77
Prize pool: $ 365,750
ITM: 11 places
Payouts
1st AceKing41 – UK – $ 89,208.90
2nd SasukeUchiha – Canada – $ 67,955.10
3rd Jebron Lames – Canada – $ 51,765.03
4th Multi Account – Canada – $ 39,432.20
5th Richard Reid – Canada – $ 30,037.62
6th PabloPotatoe – Austria – $ 22,881.24
7th TheProfessional – Canada – $ 17,429.88
8th Jadeito – UK – $ 13,277.27
9th asonthe river – Finland – $ 12,015.50
10th notsureif – Austria – $ 10,873.63
11th KathyLehne – Canada – $ 10,873.63
GGS 179-H: $500 Daily Main
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 249
Prize pool: $ 118,275
ITM: 35 places
Final table payouts
1st joga_pra_cor – Malta – $ 20,776.02 (deal)
2nd Mikhail Tal – Croatia – $ 18,930.55 (deal)
3rd NoGuidance – Canada – $ 12,638.89
4th Uraizefold – Turkey – $ 9,420.53
5th Dan.Almeida – Brazil – $ 7,021.69
6th VeneJuuditar – Estonia – $ 5,233.69
7th KeijjoKonvehti – Finland – $ 3,900.99
8th Pik00rs – Malta – $ 2,907.64
9th Aladjinn – Hungary – $ 2,167.24
GGS 179-M: $50 Daily Main
Guarantee: $50,000
Entries: 1,176
Prize pool: $ 54,096
ITM: 197 places
Final table payouts
1st KUTKIT – Malta – $ 7,769.03 (deal)
2nd HarSh_985 – Serbia – $ 6,929.95 (deal)
3rd defreak – Japan – $ 4,420.23
4th xula04 – Brazil – $ 3,178.18
5th abythus – Croatia – $ 2,285.13
6th sauvage – Brazil – $ 1,643.03
7th Thommy Shelby – Brazil – $ 1,181.35
8th hamiznon – Malta – $ 849.40
9th Twoplustree- Lithuania – $ 610.77
GGS 179-L: $5 Daily Main
Guarantee: $7,500
Entries: 1,565
Prize pool: $ 7,500
ITM: 251 places
Final table payouts
1st AngryChicken – Netherlands – $ 1,145.71
2nd amgcoupe – Belarus – $ 823.11
3rd Antidiler – Russia – $ 591.82
4th LEgaDiEmB – $ 425.52
5th GrannySuplex – UK – $ 305.95
6th Pashka454 – Russia – $ 219.98
7th HELIPADRE – Poland – $ 158.17
8th Logistics8872- UK – $ 113.72
9th Splaticus – Canada – $ 81.77
Daily Specials
GGS 0176: $88 Daily Special
Guarantee: $80,000
Entries: 1,113
Prize pool: $ 90,108.48
ITM: 179 places
Winner: Estefaniaaaaaaa!!!! – Germany – $ 14,621.60
GGS 174: $55 Daily Special
Guarantee: $50,000
Entries: 1,109
Prize pool: $ 56,115.40
ITM: 179 places
Winner: Ironman3000 – Bangladesh – $ 8,282.32 (deal)
2nd Mr.Poopybutthole – Russia – $ 7,369.23 (deal)
GGS 172: $33 Daily Special
Guarantee: $30,000
Entries: 1,069
Prize pool: $ 332,454.84
ITM:
Winner: szipttumama – Poland – $ 4,183.45 (deal)
2nd YALABALANCE88 – Turkey – $ 3,583.37 (deal)
3rd Pickaninny – Russia – $ 4,008.85 (deal)
Other High Roller and High results
GGS 177-HR: $1K
Guarantee: $75,000
Entries: 98
Prize pool: $ 93,100
ITM: 13 places
Payouts
1st GotJunkinDatTrunk? – Canada – $ 22,063.81
2nd TerryTate – Austria – $ 16,709.48
3rd MuckCMuckC – Germany – $ 12,654.53
4th TEET1ME – Canada – $ 9,538.61
5th rebuyguy – Costa Rica – $ 7,257.91
6th VeneJuuditart – Estonia – $ 5,496.61
7th ninoboys80 – Albania – $ 4,162.72
8th PabloPotatoe – Austria – $ 3,152.54
9th JL999GL – Canada – $ 2,708.79
10th Jisssses – Hungary – $ 2,327.50
11th BeautyRat – Russia – $ 2,327.50
12th justhavingfun – Austria – $ 2,327.50
13th Krissyb24 – Canada – $ 2,327.50
GGS 181-HR: $1K Omaha
Guarantee: $ 40,000
Entries: 62
Prize pool: $ 58,900
ITM: 8 places
Payouts
1st blackcoffee – Canada – $ 18,301.68
2nd KeijjoKonvehti – Finland – $ 11,517.55
3rd Babasupersonic – Argentina – $ 8,713.61
4th downdudedown – Canada – $ 6,592.28
5th TuucJenji888 – Canada – $ 4,987.39
6th eranhasan – Israel – $ 3,773.21
7th espiei – Andorra – $ 2,854.62
8th bastou – Finland – $ 2,159.66
GGS 187-HR: $5K
Guarantee: $50,000
Entries: 22
Prize pool: $ 104,500
ITM: 3 places
Payouts
1st PrettyPuff – Canada – $ 54,601.26
2nd BlackPhillip – Canada – $ 33,029.35
3rd Jebron Lames – Canada – $ 16,869.39
GGS 187-HR: $1K Hyper
Guarantee: $20,000
Entries: 37
Prize pool: $ 35,150
ITM: 5 places
Payouts
1st Imaxc – China – $ 14,994.44
2nd escobarry – Belgium – $ 8,859.48
3rd VeneJuuditar – Estonia – $ 5,576.54
4th HERDGURDE – Turkey – $ 3,510.12
5th Mikhail Tal – Croatia – $ 2,209.42
Starter results
GGS 171-H: $200 Starter
Guarantee: $40,000
Entries: 222
Prize pool: $ 40,848
ITM:
Winner: SCCP91910 – Brazil – $ 6,893.16 (deal)
2nd ImBackBaby – Israel – $ 7,003.83 (deal)
GGS 171-M: $20 Starter
Guarantee: $15,000
Entries: 1,137
Prize pool: $ 20,920.80
ITM: 197 places
Winner: raid373 – Moldova – $ 3,307.83
GGS 171-L: $2 Starter
Guarantee: $ 2,000
Entries: 1,932
Prize pool: $3,554.88
Phased Event results
After nine heats, the GGS Phased: $500, $750K GTD has 590 entries with 81 advancing to Day 2. Listed below are the latest results.
GGS Phased: $500, $750K GTD [Day 1]
Time: 1:00
Entries: 107
Advanced to Day 2: 11 players
Prize pool: $ 284,050
Chip leader: Bertiethebear – UK – 982,787
GGS Phased: $250, $500K GTD [Day 1 Turbo]
Time: 5:00
Entries: 32
Advanced to Day 2: 2 players
Chip leader: HONEYDETECTED – UK – 878,360
GGS Phased: $500, $750K GTD [Day 1, Turbo]
Time: 9:05
Entries: 23
Advanced to Day 2: 3 places
Chip leader: Chelio2607 – Austria – 407,720
Somuchpoker will continue to track the Natural8 GGSeries 2020s. Check back with us for the daily recaps.
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