Sunday August 31st saw the first running of the biggest tournament ever held at Cake Poker: the $250,000 Guaranteed. Cake stepped up to the plate with other major poker sites to offer a monthly tournament with a huge guaranteed prize pool and players responded, with 1,255 players turning out for the inaugural $250,000 tournament.

When the smoke finally settled and the last chips were stacked, fish bait emerged atop the field, taking home nearly $50,000 in cold, hard cash for his big win. prophet80 came up just short in 2nd place ($34,889), with silent_killa in 3rd ($23,292), gsteel in 4th ($17,218) and dingdinding in 5th ($11,646).

Satellites and qualifiers are already running for the next $250,000 guaranteed on September 28th, so don’t delay in booking your seat to take a shot at the next huge payday at Cake Poker!