PokerStars Guaranteeing Ten $1 Million First Place Prizes

PokerStars celebrates the 11th anniversary of the Sunday Million on April 2nd with a huge $10 million guarantee and $1 million locked up for the winner. As part of a larger promotion, the site is guaranteeing ten weeks of $1 million first-place prizes and this Sunday’s winner will be the 200th player to win a seven-figure prize in the company’s history. 

All of this comes with the during the PokerStars Championship Macau running a full slate of high roller events and the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) on the horizon at the end of April – featuring a $55 million guarantee on the Series. These combined events give players ten shots at joining the exclusive club.

“It is going to be a very exciting period with a new millionaire emerging from our player pool every week for the next 10 weeks,” said Severin Rasset, Director of Poker Innovation and Operations. “We have prepared a variety of challenges and events that will give a chance to every player to win $1 million, combining our best flagship events like the Sunday Million or the SCOOP with our extremely popular Spin & Go product, alongside major live event opportunities. I am looking forward to seeing 10 lives changing forever – we are proud to offer this unique opportunity to our players, thanks to our massive liquidity and attractive events.”

Out of the 199 millionaires in PokerStars history, 147 come from live events and 52 from online tournaments – with 19 millionaires coming in 2016.

The site also has a few Millionaire Challenges running with some fun promos. The Chris Moneymaker Hand Challenge is where players qualify by winning a hand with 5d 4d – his winning hand from 2003. Jason Mercier, Jake Cody, Mike McDonald, Liv Boeree and Bertrand Grospellier all have signature challenges.