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Toronto, Canada (February 26, 2024) – GGPoker, the World’s Biggest Poker Room, and Great Canadian Entertainment, Canada’s leader in gaming and hospitality, today announced the richest, most prestigious and longest-running poker series – the World Series of Poker (WSOP) – is heading to Toronto for its first-ever WSOP Circuit event at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto from March 22 to April 1, 2024.
Casino Life Magazine News | The new series builds on the momentum generated by the record-breaking 54th annual WSOP, which took place this past summer. Featuring 8 Circuit Ring events in total, the Toronto edition of WSOP boasts a total of $3.9 million in estimated prize pools, including a $2,000 Main Event with a $2.1 million estimated prize pool and $3,500 High Roller event with over $850,000 in estimated prizes.
“We are thrilled to partner with GGPoker to bring the World Series of Poker to the City of Toronto for the very first time. This is a fitting milestone that will create further momentum for our 30-table poker room that recently opened at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto, Canada’s newest and largest casino resort,” stated Robert Katsavelos, General Manager, Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto. “We are excited to welcome tournament participants from across the North American poker community and from right here in the City of Toronto,” Katsavelos added.
GGPoker, which sent 774 players to the Main Event at last summer’s WSOP and 1,000 players to WSOP Paradise, is launching satellites today across Ontario and Canada with buy-ins starting at only $1.
As well as online qualifiers, GGPoker will be represented at Toronto’s first-ever WSOP Circuit event by some of their Brand Ambassadors, including local poker hero Daniel Negreanu.
"I have been playing WSOP events around the world for over 25 years,” said Daniel Negreanu, GGPoker Global Ambassador. “There is something quite special about being able to finally compete in one in my hometown.”
The full schedule of events will be announced in the coming days. The WSOP reserves the right to cancel, change or modify the tournament or any tournament event, in part or in whole, without notice.
About GGPoker: GGPoker is the World’s Biggest Poker Room, with a global player base. It offers a range of innovative games and features such as the patented Rush & Cash poker, All-In or Fold, Flip & Go, Spin & Gold, Battle Royale, GGCare & GGCheers, integrated staking platform, SnapCam video messaging, PokerCraft, and Smart HUD, all designed to enhance gaming experiences and make poker more fun than ever.
In 2020, GGPoker hosted the world record-breaking WSOP Online main event. In 2022, GGPoker became the world’s largest online poker room and was awarded the Online Poker Operator of the Year Award at the SiGMA Americas Gaming Awards. In PokerListings’ 2022 Operator Awards, GGPoker won the Best Poker Operator, Best Poker Innovation and Best Online Series awards. In 2023, GGPoker sent more than 750 players to the live WSOP 2023 Main Event and over 1,000 players to WSOP Paradise at the Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas
