PartyPoker $20M Guaranteed MILLIONS Online Event in 2019

In December 2018, PartyPoker held its MILLIONS Online tournament which is arguably the grandest of online poker tournaments. The tournament provided a guarantee of a $20 million which was smashed with its prize pool quickly soaring past that figure to reach a whopping $21.8 million. It also attracted a field of 4,637 players. Both figures broke a number of tournament records making the event quite a big deal in the online gaming community. In fact, it remains to be the largest ever online poker tournament on the planet.

Now, PartyPoker plans to replicate the success the online poker operator had in December 2018 by bringing back the MILLIONS Online tournament from November 24. Set to go down for a total of 12 days, the tournament is also expected to have many day 1s.

 A Brief History of the MILLIONS Tournament

The very first MILLIONS tournament took place back in 2017 but it was nowhere near as grand as the more recent events – the guaranteed prize pool only stood at $5 million. Even so, it still managed to attract a total of 1,047 entries which made it the company’s largest tournament at the time. Having been received so well, the tournament’s next run featured a guarantee that was four times the amount that was included the previous year and this was the $20 million guarantee that broke records last year. It also marked the very first time that the online poker operator had ever carried such a huge guarantee and with it, the company managed to quickly soar past PokerStars which previously held the top spot for having hosted the largest online poker tournament.

The $20 million guarantee aside, PartyPoker also broke the record for the highest number of millionaires made in a poker tournament – a total of four poker players were made from this. Also, it also boasts of a record turnout for a $5,300 buy-in.

What to Expect in 2019

At the moment the online poker operator is yet to reveal the buy-ins and other details of the 2019 tournament. However, there is speculation that the MILLIONS tournaments including the online version will have a new doubled $10,300.

“Last year’s MILLIONS Online broke records and soared past the original guarantee to generate nearly $2M more than anticipated! This year is set to be even better and packed with even more action on the tables,” the web copy of the announcement stated.

Also worth noting is the fact that the 2019 MILLIONS Online tournaments are expected to be part of an online poker festival that is yet to be named. The said online festival will feature tournaments across a wide range of buy-ins as well as some very massive guarantees.