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GG World Festival 2026: Massive Fields and Six-Figure Bounties Highlight First Full Weekend
- Over 24,000 entries in Sunday Main Event; prize pools soared across tiers.
- Nicolas Godard wins $113K in bounties; Gierse & Wilson clinch GGMasters titles.
- $10M Guaranteed Bounty Event approaches, raising the competition stakes.
The GG World Festival 2026 weekend saw 24,530 entries in the Sunday Main Event and massive mystery bounty payouts. Nicolas Godard secured a $113,000 bounty haul, while Marius Gierse and Simon Wilson triumphed in grueling two-day GGMasters championship events.
The first full weekend of GGPoker's GG World Festival 2026 concluded with massive turnouts and significant prize pool escalations from May 8 through May 10.
Across the Low, Medium, High, and Super tiers, players turned out in force to crush guarantees. With the $10 Million Guaranteed $525 World Bounty Festival looming just over a week away, the competitive landscape is intensifying across all leaderboards.
Low Tier: Mystery Bounty Drama
The Low tier featured some of the largest player pools in online poker. Event 64-L: Saturday Secret KO [Mystery Bounty] saw 21,701 entries build a $499,123 prize pool. Norway’s GG_WP! secured the victory for a total of $24,508.59.
However, the standout performance came from JacobWilder of Poland, who finished in 411th place but claimed the top mystery bounty of $34,110.
In Event 80-L: Sunday Showdown, 22,361 entries pushed the prize pool to $205,721.20. A three-way ICM chop saw Romania’s RadicKhal take first place, though Argentina’s Alvaro Petrone secured the largest prize of $8,566.51.
Germany’s MarkTru highlighted the volatility of the format, earning $14,008 in bounties despite a 522nd place finish.
Medium Tier: Argentina Dominates Sunday Main Event
The $55 Buy-In Event 75-M: Bounty Hunters Sunday Main Event drew a staggering 24,530 entries. The prize pool reached $1,241,218, with Argentina taking the top two spots. Chacofuego emerged victorious, earning a combined $76,550.19 in prizes and bounties.
In Event 76-M: GGMasters, Austria’s Marius Gierse showcased incredible endurance. Over a two-day marathon lasting 28 hours and 38 minutes, Gierse outlasted 7,849 entries to claim the $144,155.48 top prize from a $1,083,162 prize pool.
High Tier: Nicolas Godard Collects $113K in Bounties
The High tier produced the most significant bounty haul of the weekend. In Event 75-H: Bounty Hunters Sunday Main Event, 4,062 entries generated a $2,031,000 prize pool.
Vietnam’s Nicolas Godard took first place, and while his standard prize was $96,039.61, he added a massive $113,039.96 in bounty rewards.
Ireland’s Simon Wilson also found success in Event 76-H: GGMasters HR. Wilson navigated a field of 1,184 entries over 26 hours of play to win $199,070.28, one of the highest individual payouts of the weekend.
Super Tier: Sharp Plays and Ongoing Action
The $10,000 Buy-In Event 64-S: Saturday Secret KO saw Y Schneider of Austria take the win for a total of $79,218.33.
Interestingly, third-place finisher Johannes Straver and fourth-place GREAGYPoker both earned more than the winner thanks to bounties of $84,550 and $84,000 respectively.
In Event 80-S: Sunday Showdown, Poland’s Dawid Smolka topped 439 entries to earn over $115,000 in combined winnings. Brazil’s Edilosn Junior also made waves by pulling a $79,000 bounty from 12th place.
The prestigious Event 76-S: GGMillion$ High Roller is currently heading to its final table. With 257 entries and a $2,492,200 prize pool, nine players remain in the hunt for the $481,199.42 top prize.
Sebastian Gaehl enters the live-streamed final table with the chip lead, while Y Schneider remains in contention for a second title this weekend.
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