The WSOP Online Series ran from August 18 to September 30, offering players 33 bracelet events and hundreds of side events.

This was the fifth edition, and it produced some interesting numbers. The tournaments brought in a total of over 153,000 entries, and $114.8 million in prize pools were given away. The gaming room itself on which the series was held earned over $7.7 million in miscellaneous fees.

The Closer tournament, with a buy-in of $1,500, saw an increase in entries of more than 70 percent over last year. Last year brought 1,263 entries and now up to 2,159 entries.

The Main Event broke several records

Let's move on to the highlight of the entire series, the WSOP Online Main Event with a $5,000 buy-in and a $25,000,000 guarantee. This one brought the total entries up to 6,146, making the prizepool $29,193,500. Both numbers are record-breaking and even the $4,021,012 prize, which went to German player Moritz Dietrich, is the highest online prize in poker history.

The WSOP Online GGMillion$ SHR with a buy-in of $10,300 and a $10,000,000 guarantee brought in 1,140 entries last year. This year, the tournament set a record here as well, bringing in 1,433 entries and a prizepool as high as $14,330,000.

More than a 58 percent year-over-year increase was seen in the $25,000 GGMillion$ SHR Championshipe, where last year the tournament brought in 145 entries and now up to 230 entries.

Of course, not all tournaments reached record numbers. For example, the Short Deck Championship dropped more than 26 percent. Last year it brought in 126 entries and now 92 entries. The $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship, which had 487 entries a year ago and 478 now, also brought in fewer entries than last year.

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