We are officially just past the halfway point of 'Good Game Series'. The past 8 days has seen more than $2.3M in prizes dished out over 70 GGS events and 14,475 entries. Yesterday's GGS Day 8 proved to be a wild ride, resulting in the largest GGS payday to date, despite an emergency maintenance that disrupted game play and lead to delayed and re-created tournaments.
Bumpy Start
The historic day wasn't without its hiccups. An influx of sudden, heavy traffic caused our servers to buckle under the pressure, and with 6 GGS events already underway, we had no choice but to undergo a 30 minute emergency maintenance. Obviously this was far from ideal on the most important tournament day of the week, with thousands of players clamoring to get in on the action.
The abrupt nature of the server downtime could have caused our players to panic, however thankfully cooler heads prevailed, and our technicians were able to work their magic and revive our servers in quick fashion. Following a 24 minute delay, GGS was back up and running, to the delight of many.
$943,798
With our servers fully operational, the wheels were set in motion for the largest GGS payday to date. A total of $943,798 in prizes were dished out over 9 events and 1,569 entries. The combined guarantee of $597,000 was smashed by +$346,798, even after the cancellation of 2 scheduled events.
Super High Roller
Despite some early overlays, as a result of the emergency maintenance, GGNetwork again lived up to its moniker as Home to the High Rollers with another impressive showing in the High Roller events. The $500, $2,500 and $10,000 buy-in events produced enormous prize pools of $119,850, $223,250 and $514,100, respectively. Most notably, 'GGS #067: Super High Roller $250K GTD' more than doubled it guarantee!
KenBrynney took down yesterday's Super High Roller event, bagging $183,348.82 in the process
Despite yesterday's high-point, by no means has GGS reached its peak. This week, the $200 buy-in Daily Main will see its GTD boosted from $40K to $50K. In addition, there's more than $1.1M guaranteed on December 2nd!
Stay tuned for another riveting week of GGS - the best is yet to come.