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Alan Goasdoue Captures GGPoker WSOP Super Circuit Main Event for $2.23 Million
- Alan Goasdoue won the GGPoker WSOP Super Circuit Main Event.
- He earned a $2.23M payday and a Circuit ring, outlasting 10,690 entries.
- The victory highlights the massive scale and potential of online poker tournaments.
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Alan Goasdoue has landed the biggest result of his poker career after winning the GGPoker WSOP Super Circuit Main Event on 25 March 2026, turning a deep run into a career defining $2,234,319 payday and a coveted Circuit ring.
The French professional, playing from Morocco, outlasted a massive field of 10,690 entries in one of the largest online events of the year. With multiple starting flights helping push the prize pool to $17.26 million, the tournament once again underlined the sheer scale that major online festival poker can now reach.
What made the win even more impressive was the way Goasdoue got it done. He arrived at the final table as the second shortest stack, sitting on just 22 big blinds and facing a serious uphill battle against a lineup packed with chips and momentum.
Instead of fading early, he picked his spots well, survived the early chaos and steadily worked his way through a fast moving final table.
By the time heads up began, Goasdoue had already flipped the script on what looked like a difficult closing stage. His final opponent was Daniel Vicente, but Goasdoue sealed the title after making two pair on the last hand of the tournament, bringing an end to a remarkable comeback run.
The victory is significant not only because of the money, but because of what it says about today’s online tournament environment.
Events like this now offer prize pools and prestige that rival many major live stops, while remaining accessible to players competing from home or from online friendly jurisdictions. For ambitious professionals and serious semi pros, that creates a realistic path to genuinely life changing scores.
For Goasdoue, this was not just another win. It was the kind of result that can redefine a career in a single night.
Why it matters
Large field online poker remains one of the few formats where a player can turn a relatively modest buy in into a seven figure score without the expense and time demands of international live travel.
This result is another reminder that the biggest online stages still deliver huge opportunity, huge variance and, occasionally, a breakthrough moment that changes everything.
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