The Spring 2024 GGPoker Omaholics Series kicked off this past weekend, running nearly 30 poker events on Sunday alone and over 100 have already been completed. Players have collectively scooped over $2.5 million in winnings through the numerous events, all within the first 4 days of this series. This translates to more than $26,000 won every hour or over $430 each minute. And with 12 more days of Omaha left, the excitement is still building. While it would be thrilling to detail each event and celebrate every winner, space constraints and editorial guidelines limit such extensive coverage, and it would likely become somewhat redundant.

Tournament Results

The festival opened with the Sunday Crazy Eight High Roller tournament, which started at 1300 UTC, and saw players globally begin competing for a share of the incredible $10 million prize pool and $100,000 on the prestigious leaderboards. The event concluded in just over 5 hours, with ‘Sarahcall1‘ securing the top position after defeating ‘KakiTee’ heads up. Both players earned over $10,000 with ‘Sarahcall1’ claiming the title and $13,497.14.

Fast-forwarding to the first big buy-in big guarantee tournament of the GGPoker Omaholics Series, the $5,250 buy-in Sunday Bounty Hunters Super High Rollers showcased some absolutely thrilling action. The $5,250 buy-in didn’t scare off as many players as the $100,000 guarantee attracted. When late registration was completed, a total of 39 players had bought their way in, creating a total prize pool of $195,000, just 1 buy-in short of doubling the guarantee. Victor Rahm topped this segment, securing the top prize of $30,678.97 and an additional $51,250 in bounties, well over double the nearest competitor in bounty earning and over half of the bounties available to be won.

Omaha Sunday? Yes Please!

The next big event on the first Sunday of the series was the Sunday Super High Roller. This $10,300 buy-in tournament started at 19:00 UTC and guaranteed $200,000.Just 19 players jumped at the chance and the tournament ran with an overlay of 1 buy-in, $10,000. With that few players, the $200,000 prize was shared by the final 3 players. Lautaro Guerra earned $48,154.07 for finishing third, Joao Vieira received $64,214.50 for second place and Eelis Parssinen took $85,631.43 for top spot, further proving the Finnish dominance in Omaha.

The next event on the Omaholics schedule was the first big event of the series, the Omaholic Bounty MILLION$. This $54 buy-in bounty tournament had a $300,000 guarantee and ran dozens of Day 1’s leading to the final day. The event attracted 8,020 players, each vying for the biggest share of the $401,000 prize pool. Only 812 survived to Day 2 and when the final hand played out, it was ‘wanfu’ flying the Norway flag earning top spot, beating out ‘erht’ playing under the flag of the United Kingdom. For the victory, ‘wanfu’ earned $24,969.13 including $11,273.61 in claimed bounties.

What About This Week?

Monday, April 15th offered 1 tournament with a big guarantee, the Monday Super High Roller. Guaranteeing $100,000 on a $10,300 buy-in, the tournament attracted 13 players, cracking the guarantee and creating a prize pool of $130,000. Taking just over 3 hours to finish, it was Gavin Andreanoff who took the top prize of $83,655 while the runner-up, Chris Frank, earned the remainder of the prize pool, $45,045.

The biggest event on the Tuesday of the first week was the $5,250 Bounty Hunters Super High Rollers. This weekday edition of the tournament brought in 13 players and created a prize pool of $65,000, a 30% increase over the $50,000 guarantee. Taking just 2.25 hours to complete, it was ‘KakiTee’ claiming the top spot, earning $15,925.19 for the win and $22,500 in collected bounties..

The most exciting event on from day 4 of the series was easily the Secret KO Mystery Bounty. With a smaller buy-in of just $52.50 and a total guarantee of $50,000, this mid-week tournament promised excitement. At the end of late registration, 1,244 players had paid the entry to play in this event, creating a total prize pool of $62,200. The final 2 players chose to make a deal leaving the runner-up ‘SikerAAJr’ with $3,956.85 for placing plus $1,870 in bounties while the winner, ‘erht’ took slightly less for the win, $3,838.53, but significantly more from the bounties, $9,380.

Anything Else? What About What’s Coming Next?

The competition is equally fierce as the Omaholics battle it out for $100,000 on the Leaderboard. Three hundred players will be paid out on the leaderboard with the top prize being P$10,000. Currently, ‘kohuliikemies_’ is in the lead with 1,428.56, but is closely followed by Murilo Milhomem, ALL IN ONLY, and Joao Simao with 1,272.07, 1,165.30, and 1,024.29 points respectively. With hundreds of tournaments still scheduled over the next 12 days, you can be assured no one has given up yet.

With over a week of play still remaining in the series, millions in prize money are yet to be claimed. This presents a fantastic opportunity for participants to secure their share and make their mark in the most exciting online Omaha tournament series of the year. Who knows? With enough skill and a bit of luck, your name might just be the next one featured in this very blog.

Omaholics Series: Week 2

Week 2 of the Spring 2024 GGPoker Omaholics Series has been completed. Another 30 events ran on Sunday and nearly 200 have been completed since we last looked at the series and you, the players, have won over $3.6 million across all of these events, and that’s just in this series. That continues the trend of players winning more than $25,000 every hour or over $425 each minute throughout the entire series. There are still 6 more days of Omaha left to play and the energy around the series is still insatiable. Onto the winners.

Tournament Results

The first big event for the past week was the $5,250 Bounty Hunters SHR (Super High Roller), tournament which started at 16:30 UTC and saw 14 players globally sign up to compete for a share of the $50,000 guarantee. The event, which ended with a $70,000 prize pool, concluded in under 3 hours, with ‘J Kronwitter‘ securing the top position after defeating ‘Dante Fernandes’ heads up. Both players earned over $20,000, including the bounties, with ‘J Kronwitter’ claiming the title, $17,153.43 for the win, and $24,375 in bounties.

Fast-forwarding a few hours to 19:00 UTC was the only big buy-in big guarantee tournament of the GGPoker Omaholics Series day. The $10,300 buy-in Thursday Super HR (High Rollers) showcased some intense action. The $100,000 guarantee attracted was enough to find ample high rollers and when late registration was completed, a total of 12 players had bought their way in, ready to play a $10K mid-week event, creating a total prize pool of $120,000, exceeding the guarantee. ‘Jo Jouhkimainen topped this tournament, securing the top prize of $77,220 while ‘S Satubayev’ consoled himself with $41,580 for second place.

Omaha For The Weekend

The next big event, and the only big one for the Friday series was the Secret KO [Mystery Bounty]. This $52.50 buy-in tournament started at 18:00 UTC and guaranteed $50,000. Incredibly, 1,418 players found the courage and jumped at the chance to take down this Friday session, creating a total prize pool of $70,900. While the prize pool and bounties were shared by the final 206 players, only 1 would claim victory. Seven hours and fourty-five minutes passed before ‘LORD-BOLTIMN’ earned $8,223.18 for winning the tournament, including $3,260 in bounties. Another happy finisher was ‘Happy-AYA’ who was KOed in 46th but did find the big $5,000 mystery bounty.

Saturday featured 2 $50,000 guaranteed events, the $525 Secret KO [Mystery Bounty] and the $52.50 Secret KO [Mystery Bounty], both started at 18:00 UTC. The bigger buy-in, $525 tournament brought 117 poker players to the felt creating a prize pool of $58,500. While the third-place finisher, ‘xxMatSon,’ earned $8,000 in bounties, it was ‘Alfred Karlsson’ who topped the event with $5,500 in bounties and $7,462.47 for the victory. The $52.50 event with the same name had 1,435 players jump in to create a total prize pool of $71,750. It was ‘Benbluffs,’ flying the UK flag taking first place and $5,681.87, including $659 in bounties, for the victory; however, the fourth place finisher, ‘LE JOUEUR’ who was the big winner, earning $7,933 in bounties and $1,897.96 for the finish.

What About Sunday?

Sunday, like all Sundays, brings all of the biggest events. First of which was the $10,300 Sunday Super HR (High Roller). The event guaranteed $150,000 and attracted 21 players, swelling the prize pool to $210,000. It took just 3.5 hours for ‘Gavin Andreanoff’ to put down the competition and earn $89,913 for the victory. A smaller version of the event, the $1,050 Sunday HR Main Event, ran concurrently. Offering a $75,000 guarantee, 98 players signed up to take part. Running more than twice as long as the $10K event, when the last hand was dealt it was ‘Mads Amot’ taking home the victory and $22,535.29 top prize.

The next Sunday event was the $525 Sunday Secret KO HR [Mystery Bounty]. Offering a $150,000 was enough to have 369 players pay up and compete, creating a prize pool of $184,500. The tournament was won by ‘Dimitri Holdeew’ who earned $28,366.95 including $10,360 in bounties for the win, Nicholas Maimone hit the biggest bounty and won over $29,000 for finishing 6th. At the same time, the $52.50 buy-in version of that tournament ran with a slightly smaller guarantee, $100,000. Taking just an hour longer to run, this version of the tournament attracted 2,355 players, creating a prize pool of $117,750. ‘IM A BIG BOY’ won the event, earning $1,075 in bounties and $7,491.71 for the result while 23rd place finisher ‘Dovbyk A’ was the big winner, earning $27,016.67 with $26,706 in bounties.

The $2,100 buy-in Sunday Bounty Very Big Game HR posted a $75,000 guarantee for the most daring of players. When late registration was completed, a total of 80 players courageously stepped into play, creating prize pool of $160,000, more than double the guarantee. The tournament played out in 5.25 hours with Anton Suarez claiming the top spot, $16,031.61 for the victory and an additional $23,093.75 in bounties.

Anything Else? What About What’s Coming Next?

The last of the weekends’ big events was another pair of concurrent tournaments, the Sunday Bounty Hunters. The smaller of the 2 was a $525 buy-in, $100,000 guarantee. It attracted 286 players to create a prize pool of $143,000. Top spot in this event went to ‘Sarahcall1’ who earned $31,647.79, including $19,366.25 in bounties, for the victory. The big version of this tournament had a $125,000 guarantee with a $5,250 buy-in. Thirty-eight players jumped into the action fighting for a share of the $190,000 prize pool. When it was finished, Finland topped the charts as Eelis Parssinen came out victorious with $29,892.33 for the win on top of $33,437.50 in earned bounties.

The competition continues to be fierce as the Omaholics battle it out for $100,000 on the Leaderboard. Three hundred players will be paid out on the leaderboard with the top prize being P$10,000. Currently, Murilo Milhomem is in the lead with 3,478.3, after swapping top spot with ‘kohuliikemies_’, who is now in second with 3,411.45. There are still hundreds of tournaments still scheduled over the next week and you can be assured the battle will be fun.

With over a week of play still remaining in the series, millions in prize money are yet to be claimed. This presents a fantastic opportunity for participants to secure their share and make their mark in the most exciting online Omaha tournament series of the year. Who knows? With enough skill and a bit of luck, your name might just be the next one featured in this very blog.

Omaholics Series: The Final Week

April 14th marked the end of the $10 Million Guaranteed GGPoker Omaholic Series and April 29th marked its completion. The two weeks of the series saw some amazing results and incredible stories as we hosted nearly 400 Omaha tournaments for players everywhere!

Beginning Of The Final Week

Before we look at the results from some of the biggest tournaments the $100,000 leaderboard deserves some attention and praise given to the winners.

The final week did not change much at the top of the leaderboard as Murilo Milhomem managed to maintain the top spot earning the P$10,000 bonus for the win. He finished just 150 points over 2nd place, ‘kohuliikemies_’ who was rewarded with P$8,000, and 500 points ahead of the final podium position, well-known Brazilian grinder Joao Simoa, who was rewarded with an extra P$6,000. Now, onto the tournament winners.

The first big event for the past week was the Monday, April 22nd $525 Secret KO [Mystery Bounty] tournament which started at 18:00 UTC. The tournament saw 126 players globally sign up to compete for a share of the $60,000 guarantee. The event, which ended with a $63,000 prize pool, concluded in just over 6.25 hours, with ‘IamBusinessman‘ securing the top position after defeating ‘Skumi’ heads up. ‘IamBusinessman‘ earned $8,036.50 for top spot and an additional $16,690 in bounties.

Omaha Tournaments Galore!

Fast-forward 1 hour to 19:00 UTC and one of the biggest big buy-in big guarantee tournaments of the GGPoker Omaholics Series. A $10,300 buy-in Monday Super HR (High Rollers) showcased some intense action. The $100,000 guarantee attracted was huge, but only 5 high rollers took a seat when late registration was completed. At the end of the tournament, it was Aku Joentausta, sporting a Finnish flag taking the top spot and the entire prize pool.

The next big event, and the first big one on the Tuesday, was the Bounty Hunters SHR. This $5,250 buy-in tournament started at 16:30 UTC and guaranteed $50,000. Incredibly, 16 players found the courage and jumped at the chance to take down this tournament, creating a total prize pool of $80,000. The prize pool and bounties were shared between the final 2 players, but only 1 would claim victory. Two hours and forty-two minutes passed before ‘J Haraldstad’ earned $40,228.92 for winning the tournament, including $20,625 in bounties while Aku Joentausta settled for a second big score in 2 days with $32,721.08.

What About Wednesday?

Only 1 large event ran on Wednesday, the Secret KO [Mystery Bounty]. The tournament featured a $50,000 guarantee on a $52.50 buy-in starting at 18:00 UTC. The event brought 1,271 poker players to the felt creating a prize pool of $63,550. The winner of the event, showing the flag of the Netherlands, was ‘BlackandScholes’ who earned $4,530.89 for the win and an additional 2,855 in bounties. The biggest bounty winners of the tournament went to 14th place finisher ‘Zhakinec09’ who earned $5,081 in bounties and 77th place ‘KKRO’ who earned $5,954 in bounties.

The last Thursday of the series saw the excitement build as the series headed into the final weekend starting with another $50,000 guarantee Bounty Hunters SHR. The $5,250 buy-in event attracted 12 players to create a $60,000 prize pool, of which only 2 would be paid. Aku Joentausta again found himself ITM but fell in 2nd, earning $14,697.06 for the podium spot plus $2,812.50 for bounties. The winner, Dante Fernandes, earned $31,265.44, including $16,562.50 in bounties for the victory.

The next Thursday event was another Secret KO [Mystery Bounty], this time with a $52.50 buy-in. The $50,000 guarantee was easily exceeded when 1,312 players signed up and created a prize pool of $65,500. The tournament played out in just under 8 hours with ‘Ale Giannelli’ claiming the victory, $4,676.67 for the result, and $678 in bounty rewards. The big winner in the tournament was none other than ‘KoksDro’ who placed 17th but hit it big with $6,696 in collected bounties.

Is There More Omaha?

Running at the same time was a $525 buy-in Secret KO [Mystery Bounty], also with a $50,000 guarantee. A total of 145 players joined the fracas for a share of the created $72,500 prize pool. Top spot in the event was captured by ‘dr100pwillcureU’ who earned $12,367.38; however, it was the 3rd place finisher, ‘J Peltoniemi’ who won the big bucks, collecting $18,390 in bounty rewards in addition to $4,614.51 for his final spot.

At 19:00 UTC, the Thursday Super HR began. This $100,000 guaranteed tournament had a $10,300 buy-in and 12 players joined creating a prize pool of $120,000. For the 4th time, Aku Joentausta was in the final 2 but again failed to be the last player at the table. They had to settle for $41,580 and another 2nd place finish while Chris Frank took the top spot and $77,220.

Saturday showcased just one big event, another $52.50 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed, Secret KO [Mystery Bounty]. This time, 1,262 players paid the fee to join the fun and created a prize pool of $63,100. Nearly 7.5 passed before a winner was declared as ‘GiVeN_To_YoU’ finally took down the event earning $4,589.85 for first place and $821 in bounties. The 12th place finisher ‘ShtoneKilla’ took home the largest share of the prize pool having collected $6,073 in bounties to add to the $276.27 for missing out on the final table.

Anything Else? What About What’s Coming Next?

Sunday, always the busiest day for online poker, started with the Sunday Bounty Hunters SHR and HR Main. The SHR was a $5,250 buy-in tournament with a $125,000 guarantee. A total of 25 players joined the battle and when the dust settled, it was ‘V Karakitukov’ taking the victory $31,562.50 in bounties and $23,745.35 for winning. The HR Main offered a $100,000 guarantee on a $525 buy-in. When the last player registered, the prize pool had reached $112,500 which would be contested by 225 entrants. ‘Lagertha-’ was the last player in the event and took home a total of $22,747.93 which included $12,644.57 in bounties.

At 17:30 UTC the Sunday Bounty Very Big Game HR began. This $2,100 buy-in event attracted 55 players causing the prize pool to reach $110,000, exceeding the $100,000 guarantee. Five hours and 18 minutes later Gavin Andreanoff claimed victory, the top prize of $12,909.34 and $24,687.50 in bounties.

The main event of the series, the Omaholic MYSTERY BOUNTY Main, had Day 1’s running through the entirety of the series and on April 29th, it was time to finally declare a champion. The $1,000,000 guarantee was surpassed when a total of 5,236 players paid the $210 entry fee, creating a total prize pool of $1,047,200 with a top bounty of $100,000. Six and a half hours passed before ‘19052005’’ claimed victory over the field when they grabbed the last bounty from 2nd place finisher ‘fer_90_1’. Earning $61,096.07 for the victory and $8,200 in bounties was a nice way to end the series, but not as nice as it was for ‘Ansgar2000’. The player who finished 160th of the 502 players who survived the Day 1’s to play for the money was the lucky winner of the $100,000 top bounty prize.

And that is all for the Spring GGPoker Omaholic Series. Look out because on May 5th the GGPoker World Festival begins. This year, the GGPoker is guaranteeing $250,000,000 in the GGWF and with 4 buy-in tiers, there will definitely be something for everyone. We look forward to seeing you at the tables and maybe highlighted in the blog!

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About the Author: Shawn Altbaum has been writing and editing in the online gaming industry since 2007, reporting live from the WSOP Main Event and conducting interviews with professional players. An active poker player, he combines industry expertise with firsthand knowledge of the games he covers. He currently serves as Global Head of Copywriting at NSUS Group, overseeing brand voice and content strategy across GGPoker.