Grizzly Games Claw Their Way Into The Record Books

Global Poker’s ‘Grizzly Games’ kicked off last Sunday and it was a player called ‘wagawaga’ who took down the opening event of the much-anticipated online series, overcoming the site’s biggest-ever field of 5,142 to scoop the top prize.

With 200 Championship events and more than $1.5million in cash prizes up for grabs in the month-long festival, the Opening Event Freeroll was designed to get players in the mood, and ‘wagawaga’s’ victory heads-up over ‘zoman’ seems to have done the trick, with every event so far in the Grizzly Games doubling its guarantee.

With ‘wagawaga’ walking off with top prize, a Grizzly Games trophy and a Global Poker Champions package as well, the follow-up to their successful Eagle Cup seems to have caught the imagination of the playing public – an innovative sweepstakes approach allowing players in the US to play for real money.

Event 1 of the festival proper, which features Low, Medium and High versions of each tournament to suit different bankrolls, saw the SC$5,000 guarantee in the $110 buy-in High almost tripled, a hefty SC$14,000 up for grabs.

$weeps Cash

The SC$ for those who haven’t seen it before refers to $weeps Cash and here’s how it works on Global Poker…

• You can play with two currencies, Gold Coins and $weeps Cash.
• When you buy Gold Coins you get bonus $weeps Cash free of charge.
• Gold Coins let you play for fun, but switch to $weeps Cash and you can play for real money.
• Cash out your winnings using PayPal.

The Sunday Biggie

What this means for players is that real money play in the US is now a reality, hence the record-breaking opening week of the Grizzly Games, and this Sunday at 4:15pm EST will see the first of the really big tournaments kick-off, a SC$218 buy in tournament with a SC$25,000 guaranteed prizefund.

The Main Event

The 200 events in the month-long Grizzle-fest will culminate in the Main Event on Sunday, February 11th which has a mega SC$50,000 guarantee and there is also the SC$10,000 Monster Challenge Freeroll which is likely to attract a massive field if the opening event is anything to go by.

The team at Global Poker, described as ‘the fastest-growing poker site in the world’ have also pointed out ‘there are a great range of varied events coming up over the seven days to satisfy every poker player with ‘ante up’ events, 6 max events and an absolutely action packed 4 max re-buy tournament’ – something for everyone it seems at the Grizzly Games.