The WorldPoker Tour and partypokerare on a record-setting pace through the first full week of the inaugural WPT Online Series.

Through one week of play and 27 events, the WPT Online Series has achieved more than 40,000 entries and more than $25 million in collected prize pools.

The $3,200 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed main event is on pace to break the record for most entries in a WPT Main Tour event. The first starting flight drew 808 entries, with three more starting flights to come and more than $2.4 million already in the prize pool.

The current record is 1,795 in the Season XII WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in 2014. When finished, this will be the first time in WPT’s 18 year history that an online winner will be featured on the prestigious WPT Champions Cup.

“The WPT Online Series success thus far is a testament to the demand of poker at all buy-in levels and an incredibly creative collaboration with our friends at partypoker,” said Adam Pliska, CEO of the World Poker Tour. “The WPT is committed to bringing all the prestige, energy and celebration to the WPT Online Series as we do our physical events. This marks a major milestone in bringing nearly two decades of legacy online and you can bet this will become a more important component of our tournament schedule in the future.”

Hermance Blum, WPT VP Europe, added, “partypoker and partypoker LIVE are raising the guarantees and the WPT is grateful to have a partner who puts the players first at every opportunity. We are all so excited to crown more winners as we move closer to the WPT Online Championship final table on May 20.”