It took little time for the popular Twitch streamer to extend that lead to a point where he was way out in front.īoth players were guaranteed more than $2 million, but there was more than a $750,000 difference between first and second place.
When the final table began, Stevens held a slight chip lead over Erik Bakker, a Dutch pro. He no longer holds that record as the 2023 WSOP Online Main Event Stevens won had $28,609,252 in the pot, just enough to surpass the previous record. But a separate online-live hybrid tournament took place later in the year and, to the dismay of Madanzhiev, Damian Salas became the recognized world champion.ĭespite not being acknowledged as poker's top champion three years ago, Madanzhiev still earned the right to claim he won the largest online poker tournament ever with $27,559,500 in the prize pool. At the time, he was under the impression that he'd earned the 2020 world champion title due to the COVID-19 cancellation of the live WSOP in Las Vegas that year.
In 2020, Stoyan Madanzhiev won the same event on GGPoker for $3.9 million. Record-Setting Poker Tournament Bert \'girafganger7\' Stevens
