WPN Earns Guinness World Record for $5M Venom Payment in Crypto
Moraes topped 2,553 entrants in the $2,500 + $150 buy-in Venom, winning $1,050,559.50. Minutes after "TheBigKid" defeated runner-up "GinkgoBiloba" to claim the title, WPN sent him his winnings in Bitcoin - all at once.
As a result, the good folks at Guinness World Records have awarded WPN and ACR the new record for the largest cryptocurrency winning jackpot in an online poker tournament!
"We’re excited for 'TheBigKid' our $1,050,559.50 first place winner in our $5 Million Venom,” said WPN spokesperson Michael Harris. “Earning the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title means it wasn’t just an online poker tournament, it was history in the making.”
The official date and place of the record is July 24, 2019 in San Jose, Costa Rica.
https://www.highstakesdb.com/9764-wpn-earns-guinness-world-record-for-5m-venom-payment-in-crypto.aspxIf I'm not mistaken, there's a lot of crypto big winning way back in 2017. I remember one thread about it, but seems I can't find it.
Anyways, I guess this is a welcoming news for crypto gamblers as well. It means that whales and poker players are going to try and used crypto and even get it as their withdrawal options.