GGPoker Makes History With Biggest Online Series Ever $300M Guaranteed GG World Festival!
Five weeks. Four tiers.
One festival that changes it all.
The largest guaranteed prize pool in online poker history.
Some records feel inevitable in hindsight. The $300 million guaranteed prize pool on the 2026 GG World Festival is one of them. GGPoker’s annual flagship series has grown every year since its debut, and this May, it takes another leap into legendary territory: the single largest guaranteed online poker series in the history of the game.
From May 3 through June 9, GGPoker is putting three hundred million dollars on the line across nearly 1,600 tournaments, and every level of player has a seat in this series.
To understand how extraordinary that number is, it helps to know a bit of the history of the GG World Festival.
A Record-Breaking Track Record
GG World Festival launched in 2023 with a number that already felt enormous: $200 million guaranteed with $239 million paid out to players in the inaugural edition.
Then came 2024, during which GGPoker guaranteed $250 million and ended up awarding over $331 million across 1,623 tournaments, making it the largest online poker series in history at the time.
The 2025 edition of the festival which again guaranteed $250 million and which again surpassed the guarantee, awarding $324.7 million. In total, the 2025 version attracted a record 5.6 million entries, proving that the appetite for this series continues to grow, year after year.
Three editions. Nearly $900 million in combined prize money.
And now, in 2026, GGPoker has raised the guaranteed amount to $300 million before a single card is dealt.
The previous three editions exceeded their guarantees every time. The question for 2026 is not whether players will show up. It is how far past $300 million the final number will go.
Built for Every Player
The architecture of GG World Festival is what sets it apart from other series. GGPoker designed this event so that no player is left out. Four buy-in tiers provide opportunities for players of all levels, for any bankroll:
- Low – $3 to $25 buy-ins
- Medium – $26 to $150 buy-ins
- High – $151 to $1,050 buy-ins
- Super – $1,051 and above
Each tier runs approximately 400 tournaments, covering daily events, bounty tournaments, specialty games, and expanding on the incredible weekend majors. Omaha and Short Deck variants get dedicated tracks across all four tiers, so Hold’em is not the only game in town. The full schedule runs to roughly 1,600 total events, of which more than 30 carry individual guarantees of at least $1 million.
The Marquee Events
Three headline tournaments each carry $10 million in guaranteed prize money, and each one represents a different way to take a shot at life-changing money.
The GGMillion$ Main Event ($10,000 buy-in, $10M GTD) is the festival’s prestige flagship. This is the tournament that will define the 2026 edition, the one players will talk about long after the final hand is dealt. The GG World Championship ($1,500 buy-in, $10M GTD) carries the same $10 million guarantee at a fraction of the entry fee, making it the tournament where most players will be taking their biggest shot of the year. And the $525 World Bounty Festival adds a progressive knockout structure to the mix, rewarding every elimination with an immediate bounty prize alongside the main pool.
Further down the schedule, the $150 GGWF Mystery Closer brings $5 million in guarantees to the mid-stakes bracket, while the $55 World Festival Classic has $2.026 million (to celebrate 2026) in the pot for players working their way up. For players managing their bankroll across a long series, our guide to bankroll management for tournament players is worth a read before the festival kicks off.
$3 Million in Leaderboard Prizes
Individual tournament results are only part of the picture. GGPoker is running a $3 million leaderboard contest alongside the main schedule, awarding prizes to players who perform most consistently throughout the festival. The leaderboard is split by tier, keeping the competition real at every level:
- Low tier – $300,000
- Medium tier – $700,000
- High tier – $1,000,000
- Super tier – $1,000,000
Every cash earns points. The players who show up day after day and run deep consistently will find additional money waiting for them at the end of the festival. It rewards volume and results simultaneously, which, in a schedule this large, means there are multiple paths to substantial rewards.
The GG Cash Game Festival
GG World Festival is built around tournaments, but GGPoker knows that many players would rather spend five weeks at a cash game table than grind multi-hour tournament fields, where a single instance of bad variance can end the day. Running concurrently with the main series is the GG Cash Game Festival, a dedicated celebration for cash game players running May 4 through June 7.
The centerpiece is a Weekly $250,000 Leaderboard, stacked on top of the Daily Cash Game Leaderboards that already run year-round on the platform. Just like the daily version, the weekly leaderboard is divided across different games and stakes, so a player grinding $0.25/$0.50 No-Limit is competing in a separate pool from the high-stakes regulars. The prizes go to the strongest performers at your level, not just the biggest spenders at the highest tables. Every cash game player gets a genuine shot at a meaningful bonus during the five weeks of festival season.
If you have been curious about cash games but have mostly played tournaments, this is a great time to explore the format. Our beginner’s guide to cash games covers everything you need to get started.
The Biggest Moment in Online Poker History
Step back for a moment and look at what is actually happening here. A single poker series. $300 million guaranteed. Five weeks of action. Four buy-in tiers from $3 to $10,000. Over thirty tournaments with at least $1 million in the pot. Three events, each carrying $10 million in guarantees. A $3 million leaderboard running in parallel. And a full cash game festival stacked on top for players who prefer a different format entirely.
Whether you are just starting your poker journey or are a seasoned pro at the game, GGPoker is THE place to play. And with the GG World Festival, the largest guaranteed online poker series ever, kicking off May 3, NOW is the time to play.
