GGPoker Ontario is celebrating this holiday season with the return of the Winter Giveaway Series (WGS) for the second year in a row.
Running from December 15 to January 13, 2025, the WGS is set to offer CAD $5 million in guaranteed prize money.
But this is not any typical tournament series that players usually see in any online poker room. In the spirit of the festive season, GGPoker is going above and beyond, adding a generous CAD $250,000 in extra prize money to complement the already impressive guaranteed prize pool.
How will the bonus prize money be distributed? GGPoker will allocate an additional 5% of the guarantee to select tournaments. For example, if a tournament has a CAD $100,000 prize pool, the operator will boost it by an extra CAD $5,000, increasing the tournament’s overall value.
“This Winter Holiday season, we’re making things even more exciting!” reads the promotional text on the series webpage. “We’re giving away an extra 5% of the Guarantee, added completely free to the prize pool.”
Winter Giveaway Series Ontario 2024-2025 Key Points:
- Runs from December 15 to January 13, 2025
- Guarantees CAD $5 million with $250k added prize money
- Select events feature a 5% added prize pool
- Buy-ins range from $7.77 to $525
- Four standout events with a combined CAD $600,000 in guarantee
Series Highlights
The series features 30 main events, alongside numerous side events, bringing the total to 519 events, including the numbered tournaments. Buy-ins range from CAD $7.77 to $525, with every tournament carrying a guaranteed prize, starting at CAD $1,000 and reaching up to CAD $250,000.
While the schedule features numerous tournaments, four standout events offer six-figure guarantees, each providing players with multiple chances to cash in through a multi-flight format, with dozens of Day 1s.
The first highlight is the “Winter is Coming” 6-Max Opener, which has a CAD $50 buy-in and a CAD $100,000 guarantee. On top of this, GGPoker will add a minimum CAD $5,000 as an extra prize. Day 2 of this event will be held on December 16.
Next is the CAD $315 Omaholic Mystery Ball, which features the mystery bounty format played in the Omaha variant. This event also guarantees CAD $100,000, with an added CAD $5,000. The final day is set for December 30.
On January 6, the marquee Ontario MILLION$ New Year Bounty will take place, featuring a progressive bounty format and a CAD $150,000 guarantee, plus an additional CAD $7,500. The buy-in is CAD $50.
Finally, the Winter Giveaway Grand Finale, the series’ Main Event, takes place a week later. With a CAD $250 buy-in, it guarantees a massive CAD $250,000 prize pool and includes an extra CAD $12,500 in added prize money.
The rest of the schedule features holiday-themed single-day tournaments with creative names like Merrython, Santa’s Secret KO, Frosty Fifty Stack, and Snowy Sevens. The events offer a wide range of formats, including PKOs, Mystery Bounty, Freezeouts, Turbos, Superstack, Monsterstack, and tournaments where blind levels decrease after a certain period, among many others.
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This marks the second consecutive year that this series has been exclusively for Ontario players. Last year, a similar series was held, offering the same guaranteed prize money and add-on bonuses.
The Winter Giveaway Series (WGS) follows closely after the microFestival and Bounty Hunters Series was held in the last two months. In addition to the holiday-themed tournament series, the operator is also hosting December Maple rewards, featuring daily leaderboard prizes across various formats.
Globally, GGPoker is also hosting a larger Winter Giveaway Series during the same period, with a massive $100 million in guaranteed prize money, including $5 million in added prizes.
