GGpoker is one of those poker platforms that needs no introduction. The brand has maintained an aggressive approach in its quest to establish itself as the most dominant online poker room. Since its advent, GGPoker has forged several partnerships with some of the most established names in the poker scene including with Triton Poker, which is known for its high-stakes poker festivals.
GGPoker and Triton announced that they were teaming up in March 2022 to create a new one-of-a-kind experience for poker players. While Triton Poker has always been known for its larger-than-life live poker events, GGPoker is best known for its online poker festivals. The 2 brands, therefore, teamed up to combine both experiences beginning with the Triton Poker Cyprus: Special Edition, which was a smash hit.
Just recently in January 2023, GGPoker and Triton announced that the duo would be making changes to their Super Million$ tournaments. GGPoker and Triton have added a new SuperRanking leaderboard that will compile all the results from all Super Million$ tournaments.
The leaderboard will display the first 20 poker players with the top player being crowned at the end of the year as the SuperPro. The SuperPro will be awarded numerous prizes including the highly coveted Super Platinum level in the Fish Buffet loyalty program.
The SuperPro will also receive 100% cash back in all of GGPoker’s future Super Million$. The Super Pro will also be given a custom avatar. This year, the first Super Million$ event hosted by both GGPoker and Triton Poker will be held in Vietnam at the Hoiana Resort golf resort.
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GGPoker’s celebrates massive cash game traffic
GGPoker is easily one of the most recognized brands as far as online poker is concerned. Over the last year, the brand has continued to grow, cementing its place in the US iGaming market. So much so that the poker room recently reported an all-time high in its cash game traffic.
Based on data shared by GameIntel, which monitors the performance of iGaming platforms, GGPoker reportedly averaged 7600 cash game seats. In 2020, GameIntel reported that Poker’s concurrent cash game traffic was close to 3730. Of course, at the time, this spike was caused by the outpouring of interest in online poker during the outbreak.
This is the highest level that GGPoker has achieved, which shows the incredible growth that the brand has gone through in the last 3 years. For the past 10 years or so the non-US online poker market has been split into 4 distinct tiers with PokerStars at the top and 888 Poker and PartyPoker in second and third positions.
But GGPoker overtook giant PokerStars a little under 2 years ago to become the largest online poker room in the world. GGpoker has only been around since 2017 when it was just a little-known Asian-centric poker network. Today, it has emerged as a powerhouse. By 2018 and 2019, GGPoker had moved through the ranks and was frequently switching places with the top 2 platforms namely 888Poker and PartyPoker.
While other networks such as PokerStars and 888 have noticed interest waning from the pandemic-fuelled online poker boom of 2020, GGPoker’s traffic keeps hitting all-new-time highs. The growth has been consistent with some minor bumps along the way.
As the summer months fast approach, traffic in online poker platforms typically takes a hit. But GGPoker has always managed to establish itself as a contender thanks to recurring promotions and its popular online poker festivals. While operators like 888 Poker and PokerStars have concentrated on casual players or grinders, GGPoker differentiates itself by catering to both.
With regular promotion activities such as daily cash game leaderboards, jackpot Sit & Go, as well as bonuses for new gamblers, the platform has grown from strength to strength. GGPoker also ensures that it upgrades its software and keeps up with the latest innovations to stand out from other competitors.
Case in point, not too long ago, GGPoker launched a brand-new feature designed to help with poker hand analysis. The new feature, known as Ask Fedor, has been built into the platform’s hand history system. The new feature was designed in collaboration with Fedor Holz who is well-known as a WSOP champion and one of the most renowned poker players in Europe.
GGPoker also recently allowed its customers to change their screen names, which is a rare occurrence in the online poker world. GGpoker implemented the policy on January 1st and gave poker players 1 week to take advantage of the name change. The brand also recently introduced a brand-new cash game format; an 8-handed 3-blinds game characterized by randomized cash drops.
GGPoker has also established a strategic partnership with WSOP. The duo first struck a partnership in April 2020 when an unknown GGPoker convinced WSOP to host an online version of its popular Circuit Series. This partnership has helped GGpoker gain some much-needed legitimacy in a crowded poker market.
Since then, this partnership has been cemented by several WSOP Circuit Ring series as well as the international versions of WSOP online bracelet events. In addition, GGPoker also offers satellites for different WSOP Main Events. Before GGPoker took over, the typical partner for such international qualifiers was 888 Poker.
Over the last year or so, GGPoker has organized some of the largest and hottest online poker tournaments in the market. With solid partners like WSOP and Triton Poker, poker enthusiasts have lots to look forward to this year.
Final Thoughts
In the foreseeable future, GGPoker will continue to work hard to maintain its position at the top of the online poker market. Since GGPoker entered the fray of live poker events, it has spiced things up even further. The only hurdle GGPoker seems to be dealing with currently is the diverse online gambling regulation laws around the world.
Obtaining licenses and meeting requirements to launch in some of the biggest markets hasn’t been an easy endeavor. However, the good news is that more and more markets are opening up and GGPoker has demonstrated that it is present and willing to seize as many opportunities to cement its standing as number 1.
