By Alex Drummond, Editor-in-Chief · April 23, 2026 · Fact-checked by Maya Chen
GGPoker has revealed details of the GG Cash Game Festival, a five-week cash game promotion running May 4 through June 7 that will operate alongside the platform's record-breaking $300 million GG World Festival tournament series. The cash game festival will distribute $250,000 in leaderboard prizes each week for a cumulative total of $1.25 million, awarded across three stake-based tiers.
The structure mirrors the tiered design of the GG World Festival itself, which is organized into four buy-in levels so that micro-stakes grinders and high rollers earn leaderboard credit within their respective player pools. The cash game version collapses that concept into three tiers spanning the platform's most popular stake ranges. Entry to the leaderboards is automatic. Players accumulate points from the moment they sit down at an eligible table.
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How the Three Tiers Work
Rather than running a single leaderboard where the highest-volume players at the biggest stakes would inevitably dominate, the festival segments its prize pool across stake ranges. Each tier runs its own leaderboard with its own prize distribution:
| Tier | Stake Range | Weekly Prize Pool | Five-Week Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | $0.01/$0.02 to $0.10/$0.25 | Share of $250K | Share of $1.25M |
| Medium | $0.25/$0.50 to $1/$2 | Share of $250K | Share of $1.25M |
| High | $2/$5 to $10/$20 | Share of $250K | Share of $1.25M |
GGPoker has not yet published how the weekly $250,000 is split between the tiers, or how individual leaderboard positions pay within each tier. Those details are expected when the festival launches on May 4. The platform's recent Bounty Hunters Series promotion structured its leaderboards on a roughly equal-weight basis, suggesting the cash game version may follow a similar pattern.
Games Included
The promotion is not limited to No-Limit Hold'em. Five formats count toward the leaderboards, covering most of GGPoker's core cash game product:
- No-Limit Hold'em
- Pot-Limit Omaha
- Rush & Cash (GGPoker's fast-fold format)
- All-In or Fold
- Short Deck Hold'em
The inclusion of Rush & Cash is particularly relevant for grinders who prefer high-volume play, since the format deals a new hand the moment a player folds. Short Deck and All-In or Fold skew toward more casual players, which should help spread leaderboard points across a broader user base than a pure No-Limit Hold'em promotion would.
Daily Leaderboards Continue Throughout
The Cash Game Festival runs in addition to, not instead of, GGPoker's regular Daily Leaderboards. Those promotions will continue as usual throughout May and June, meaning participating players have the opportunity to earn on multiple tracks simultaneously. A player grinding mid-stakes Rush & Cash, for instance, could collect Daily Leaderboard payouts in parallel with festival leaderboard points.
For Ontario players, the timing is significant. The five-week window from May 4 to June 7 overlaps almost entirely with the $300 million GG World Festival (May 3 to June 9), meaning those who mix tournament volume with cash games can earn across both promotions in the same session. The period also coincides with the final stretch of WSOP satellite qualification for the 2026 World Series in Las Vegas, which runs May 26 through July 15.
Cash Games in the Ontario Context
Online cash games represent a smaller slice of Ontario's regulated poker market than tournaments, though they have grown steadily since the province launched its iGaming framework in April 2022. Peer-to-peer poker generated C$59 million in revenue during the 2024-25 fiscal year, according to iGaming Ontario's annual report, with cash games accounting for a meaningful share of the total. GGPoker Ontario has been the dominant operator by traffic since launch, holding the top rating among the province's six regulated poker rooms in our independent review.
A leaderboard promotion of this size, structured to reward engagement across low and medium stakes, suggests GGPoker is continuing to prioritize retention and volume among its existing cash game player base rather than chasing only high-rolling recreational traffic. The tier breakdown allows a player at $0.10/$0.25 tables to compete against similar stakes for real prize money, which is not typical on regulated online platforms.
Full details, exact schedule, and any Ontario-specific adjustments to the schedule are expected to be published on the GGPoker platform closer to the May 4 launch date. Players can monitor the lobby or the GGPoker promotions page for updates as the launch approaches.