What Made the GGWF 2024 Memorable
![The results of GGPoker World Festival 2024: comparison to GGWF 2023, the most interesting heroes and amusing situations.](https://pokeroff.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/glavnaya-1.jpg)
On June 11, 2024, the flagship GGPoker World Festival series, with a total guarantee of $250,000,000, officially concluded on GG.
We compared the overall results with GGWF 2023 and selected a few standout heroes of the series for you.
Important! This article does not provide detailed results of GGWF 2024 — there were over 1.6K tournaments in four buy-in categories, making it challenging to tally up detailed statistics.
GGWF 2024 Surpassed GGWF 2023 in All Metrics
In 2024, the festival was on average 1.5 times “bigger” than in 2023 — even though the tournament guarantee was only increased by $50M. We compiled the key metrics in a table:
Stat | GGWF 2023 | GGWF 2024 |
Guarantee | $200k | $250k |
Final prize pool | $239m | $341m |
Number of tournaments | 1,022 | 1,623 |
Entries | 3,042,228 | 5,155,782 |
Leaderboard’s guarantee | $1,600,000 | $2,500,000 |
Prizes for winners of leaderboards | C$85,000 | C$220,000 |
AllinPAV Achieved the Career-Best Cash but Was Left Unsatisfied
Throughout GGWF 2024, GGPoker streamer from Australia, Hristivoje “ALLinPAV” Pavlovic, tried to win a series tournament but struggled.
The series would have ended unremarkably for him if, on the last day, Pavlovic hadn’t reached the final table of the $210 Global MILLION$ Mystery Closer multiflight.
In a tournament with 27,085 entries, the $5M guarantee was surpassed by $417K. With discipline and patience, Hristivoje made it to the 3-max, where, after the first hand, he made a deal with Brazilian Alisson Miguel Piekazewicz and Chinese player “AKallin123” holding the second-largest stack of 33 BB.
![The Joy of Hristivoje "ALLinPAV" Pavlovic at the Opportunity to Make a Deal](https://pokeroff.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hristovoe-sdelka-1024x577.jpg)
Hristivoje explained his decision to viewers with the simple desire to take $144K.
After this, the Chinese player was eliminated on the second hand, and Hristivoje and Alisson continued to play heads-up for another hour for an $800 bounty and the championship title.
As a result of the deal and the final play, the players received:
- Piekazewicz— 1st place, $178,851 prize + $6,590 bounty
- Pavlovic — 2nd place, $144,491 prize + $2,920 bounty
- AKallin123 — 3rd place, $137,695 prize + $1,580 bounty
However, despite achieving a career-best cash, “AllInPAV” was still dissatisfied that he didn’t win — he really wanted to leave with a GGWF badge. Nonetheless, he stated that he was proud of his result. The title would have been something to be even more proud of.
![Hristivoje "ALLinPAV" Pavlovic's Disappointment at Not Winning the GGWF Badge](https://pokeroff.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hristovoe-nedovolen-1024x566.jpg)
By the way, the top bounty of $500,000 from this tournament was claimed by the Chinese player “Hu999“, who finished in 164th place with $2,081 in prizes.
Two Brunos from Brazil Top the GG World Championship
Although there were many tournaments titled “Main Event” at GGWF 2024, the $1.5K GG World Championship stood out. This multiflight event attracted 7,513 entries, surpassing its $10M guarantee by $706,025.
A deal was made during the 3-max at the final table, after which the players continued to compete for the championship title. The outcome was amusing:
- The winner was Brazilian Bruno Botteon, who took home $757,017.
- The runner-up was also a Brazilian named Bruno, but with the surname Jardim, playing under the nickname “Depaulainspt.” He claimed the largest payout in the tournament, $847,852.
The third place went to the Croatian player “rieeson,” who also received more than the tournament winner, taking home $788,891.
![Bruno Jardim and Bruno Botteon](https://pokeroff.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dva-bruno-1024x536.jpg)
Dejan Kaladjurdjevic Secures the Largest Prize of GGWF 2024
In April 2024, Montenegrin player Dejan “dejanlc357” Kaladjurdjevic made headlines on PokerOK by winning the $10.3K GGMillions Week Main Event, earning a payout of $1,588,584.
A month and a half later, he repeated his success in the $10.3K GGMillion$ Super Main Event at the GGPoker World Festival, claiming the largest single payout of the series — $1,688,889.
The final table of this two-day tournament with 1,202 entries played out like a dream for Dejan. After fluctuating between the chip lead and an average stack until the 6-max stage, he shifted gears to total domination, winning one showdown after another until the very end.
Interestingly, shortly before this victory, Dejan was the runner-up to Nikolay Voskoboynikov in the $125K Main Event at Triton Montenegro 2024, where he achieved a career-best cash of $3,196,000.
![Dejan Kaladjurdjevic](https://pokeroff.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/kaladzhurdzhevich.png)
“RomeoPro” Wins the Most Expensive Leaderboard
At GGWF 2024, players competed across four leaderboards based on buy-in levels:
- Low — buy-ins from $2.50 to $24.99, prize pool of $250,000
- Medium — buy-ins from $25 to $149.99, prize pool of $500,000
- High — buy-ins from $150 to $1,049.99, prize pool of $750,000
- Super — buy-ins from $1,050 and up, prize pool of $1,000,000
Compared to GGWF 2023, participants shared 1.5 times more in prizes this year — last year each leaderboard had a $400K prize pool.
The winner of the most expensive leaderboard was Ukrainian player Roman Romanovskyi.
![Roman Romanovskyi](https://pokeroff.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/romanovskij-1024x576.jpg)
He scored 4,491 points and received C$100,000 (cash dollars) as a reward.
![](https://pokeroff.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/leaderboard-s-1024x934.jpg)
Winners of the other three leaderboards are:
Leaderboard | Winner | Country | Prize |
High | Jacopo Olivieri | Austria | C$60,000 |
Medium | Bowrot- | Netherlands | C$40,000 |
Low | Survivor39 | Russia | C$20,000 |