Sunday, November 8, was one of the biggest days in CoinPoker’s history, as the first of six legs of the PokerGO Tour Online series got underway.
A few weeks earlier, the popular crypto poker site announced its partnership with one of the largest live poker series, promising to bring the exciting PGT experience to the virtual realm. The partnership is set to bring six online series with a combined guarantee of $250,000,000 across the board.
The first of those six stops got underway on Sunday as the PGT Online Kickoff started, bringing at least $50,000,000in guaranteed payouts spread across a rich schedule of events. The Kickoff series is set to last through the end of November.
Players Show Up in Force for the Opening Day
CoinPoker has already built a position as one of the go-to sites for those seeking quality tournament action. In recent months, the operator has hosted several series and individual events with substantial guarantees, creating a lot of buzz in the poker world.
The operator has now gone a step further, partnering with the PokerGO Tour, one of the biggest and most popular live poker tours around. Thus, it was no surprise that the first events of the PGT Online Kickoff attracted big player numbers.
The very first day saw two events with seven-figure guarantees, both of which ended up offering serious value for the players. Also added to the mix were mystery bounties, a popular tournament format that CoinPoker introduced only a few days back.
By the time the first day officially ended, there were 44 completed events, which ended up attracting almost 13,000 unique players and paying just shy of $5.7 million in prize money. A total of 19 tournaments did not reach their guarantee, so players got to enjoy $158,500 in overlays, which is certainly a nice chunk of value.
Big Action, Big Winners, and Much More to Come
The tone that was set by the opening day of the PokerGO Tour Online Kickoff continued over the course of the week, with the players showing up in big numbers in chase of rich cash prizes and trophies.
Over the first two days of play, the series paid out $9.3 million in prizes, and that number included $210,000 in overlays.
A couple of players have already claimed titles and trophies to get off to a good start. ‘Wang’ claimed the victory in the $530 PGT Kickoff, banking $150,900, while ‘PotatoPotatoes’ was the last player standing in the $55 Kickoff, winning $16,869.
We are only a few days into the series, and there is plenty more to come, including the $530 Mystery Million that takes place on November 15. The tournament features a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 and the top bounty of $80,000.
Plus, whoever ends up drawing that top bounty will also receive a $20k seat to the PGT Vegas Final!
CoinPoker will continue to give away a variety of tournament and satellite tickets via its social media channels, including X and Discord, so make sure to join the operator’s communities and get your hands on some free MTT shots.
You never know – you could be the next player with a great story, turning a small satellite ticket into a massive payday.
