Exclusive: GGPoker’s WSOP Online 2025 in Five Charts

The sixth edition of GGPoker’s WSOP Online Bracelet Series for international players wrapped up last week. Spanning seven weeks, the festival featured 33 bracelet events along with a vast selection of side tournaments.

Overall, the 2025 international leg of the WSOP Online Series turned out to be a massive success, comfortably surpassing last year’s numbers.

According to data compiled by Poker Industry PRO, the series generated $119.5 million in total prize pools and attracted more than 164,000 entrants, making it the largest edition since its debut during the online poker boom of 2020.

The centerpiece of the series, the WSOP Online Main Event with its standard $5,000 buy-in, was once again the highlight. Featuring its usual $25 million guarantee, it drew 5,961 entries to create a huge $28,314,750 prize pool. Although it fell short of last year’s record, it still ranked as the third-biggest poker tournament in online poker history.

In the end, high-stakes pro Benjamin “bencb” Rolle captured the title, banking $3.9 million. Remarkably, it marked Rolle’s second consecutive Main Event final table.

GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet 2025 Series By the Numbers:

• Total Prize Pool Awarded: $119,504,655
• First-Place Prizes: $15,440,997
• Total Number of Tournaments: 33
• Total Entries: 164,867
• Places Paid: 15,873
• $5K Main Event Prize Pool: $28,314,750
• Avg. Prize Pool Per Tournament: $3,621,353
• Avg. Entries: 4996
• Ran From: August 17 to September 30

Beyond the Main Event, there was plenty more to celebrate.

Largest Prize Pool Since 2020

Online bracelet events first appeared a decade ago but were limited to US players in certain states. In 2020, GGPoker hosted the first-ever global online bracelet series, allowing international players to compete for WSOP gold jewelry from home.

That inaugural series was launched in response to the pandemic, forming a historic partnership between WSOP and GGPoker. The debut edition featured 54 bracelet events and paid out nearly $150 million in prize money, becoming an annual fixture ever since.

In 2021, when the live WSOP returned to Las Vegas, the online series was reduced to 33 bracelets — a format that has remained consistent. That year, the series awarded $90 million in prizes. The 2022 edition dipped slightly to $86.4 million, but 2023 rebounded to nearly $100 million, and the 2024 edition climbed further to $114.8 million.

This year, the total increased again to $119.5 million, marking the third straight year of growth.

Average Prize Pool Set a New Record

This year’s edition not only delivered the largest prize money total since 2020 but also set a new record for the highest average prize pool per tournament, even surpassing the inaugural year.

The 2020 series paid out $147.7 million across 54 tournaments, averaging $2.7 million per event. The 2021 edition maintained that $2.7 million average across 33 events, while 2022 dipped slightly to $2.6 million. In 2023, the average rose to $2.9 million, followed by a spike to $3.4 million in 2024.

In 2025, each tournament averaged $3.6 million, the highest in the series’ history. Of the 33 bracelet events, 29 generated seven-figure prize pools, six exceeded $5 million, and three crossed the $10 million mark.

Total Entries Hit All-Time High

Prize money wasn’t the only area of growth — total entries also set a new high. While the 2020 edition still holds the overall record with 239,700 entries due to having 54 events, every year since then has seen consistent growth.

The 2021 series recorded 127,900 entries, rising to 131.1k in 2022, 137.4k in 2023, and 153k in 2024. This year, the number reached 164.8k — the highest total outside of 2020.

In terms of average entries per event, the 2025 edition leads all others, averaging nearly 5,000 participants per tournament. The progression has been steady: 4,440 in 2020, 3,878 in 2021, 3,975 in 2022, 4,165 in 2023, 4,638 in 2024, and 4,996 this year.

Main Event Missed Out on Record

Despite record highs in prize pools and participation across most events, the $5,000 Main Event didn’t set a new record. The tournament drew 5,961 entries, producing a $28.3 million prize pool — slightly below last year’s figures.

Interestingly, the same trend occurred at the live WSOP in Las Vegas, where other events broke records but the Main Event didn’t.

Even so, it remains the third-largest online poker tournament ever held. The inaugural 2020 edition, which drew 5,802 entries, still holds the official Guinness World Record for the largest online poker tournament — a record that remains unbroken officially.

The following years saw 4,092 entries in 2021 and 4,984 in 2022. In 2023, participation climbed to 6,023, and in 2024, it rose further to 6,146 entries, creating a $29 million prize pool, the largest prize pool ever for a single online poker tournament. This year saw a modest decline to 5,961 entries.

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Mystery Millions Set Record Again

The ever-popular $215 Mystery Millions event continued its streak of record-breaking performances. In its fourth consecutive year of growth, it drew an incredible 53,758 entries to generate a $10.6 million prize pool.

Despite being powered by hundreds of Day 1 flights, surpassing 50,000 entries year after year remains a remarkable feat.

The event debuted in 2022 with 51,003 entries, then increased to 51,211 in 2023, 52,452 in 2024, and 53,758 this year. Across its four editions, the event has now accumulated more than 200,000 total entries, a unique record in poker history.

Other Highlights

Several other tournaments saw big year-over-year growth. The $300 Gladiators of Poker climbed from 11,630 to 13,077 entries, while the $1,500 Millionaire Maker achieved its highest turnout since 2020 with 5,920 entries, up from 4,934 last year. The $100 Flip & Go event increased from 12,936 to 14,769, and the $500 Ladies Event rose from 186 to 263 entries.

Other events such as The Big $500, $400 Colossus, and $1,500 The Closer also reported growth.

However, not all tournaments followed this trend. The $5,000 Short Deck Championship continued its annual decline, dropping from 144 entries in 2021 to just 89 this year, a sign it might be retired in 2026. The $1,500 GGMasters HR Freezeout saw a slight dip from 1,408 to 1,392 entries, and the $25,000 GGMillion$ Super High Roller decreased from 230 to 192.

Even with a few declines, the overall momentum remains strong. GGPoker’s WSOP Online Bracelet Series continues to grow year after year, and this year’s edition was its best-performing one yet. For its efforts, GGPoker collected a record $8.1 million in fees, the highest in the series’ history.

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