PokerStars is the world’s largest online poker site, and as such, has made dozens of millionaires over the years. Thanks to a new PokerStars promotion, 4 members of the poker site are guaranteed to join those elite ranks. The ‘PokerStars Makes Millionaires’ promo got underway yesterday, and is guaranteeing 5 millionaires will be made in the next 8 weeks.
There are several different ways to become a millionaire with the new PokerStars promotion, and best of all, absolutely any type of player, with any size bankroll, could take down a 9-figure prize. Below is a brief description of all the possible ways to become a millionaire at PokerStars before May is out.
$1,000,000 Spin & Go Promo is back!
The heralded $1 million Spin n Go tournaments are back. As part of the new PokerStars promotion, the online poker room has brought back its million dollar lottery SNGs. Simply join any $5 Spin n Go and you could be playing for the $1,200,000 prize pool. First place wins $1 million, with another $100k reserved for 2nd and 3rd. Someone is guaranteed to win it in the next 8 weeks.
EPT Grand Final Monte Carlo Guarantees €1,000,000 to 1st
From March 27-April 6, PokerStars is running daily freerolls and €11 satellite tournaments that will catapult players into the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. Plus, players who deposit $70+ with the promo code “EPTMILLION” will receive a free ticket into any relative €11 satellite.
250 players in each freeroll will win a seat in the EPT Grand Final Freeroll, where the top 3 finishers are guaranteed a €14,000 prize package to the EPT Monte Carlo from May 1-9. Winners of the €11 qualifier will earn a shot at the EPT Grand Final Mega Qualifier on April 5, awarding a minimum of 10x €14k prize packages to EPT Monte Carlo, where the 1st place winner is guaranteed €1,000,000.
Win your share of $4,000,000 in Millionaire Month
April is Millionaire Month at PokerStars, where players can earn their share of $4,000,000. There will be 2 millionaires made in this PokerStars promotion, in two tournaments derived from dual Qualification Rounds. The Rounds will run April 6-17, and April 19-30 respectively, and all it takes to qualify is completing one or more challenges.
Round 1 challenges include making a deposit of $10 or more, or winning a real-money cash game hand at the showdown with one of 5 special hole-card hands: The Chris Moneymaker Hand (5d-4s), the Jake Cody Hand (K-K) , the Mike McDonald Hand (A-K), the Liv Beoree Hand (5-5) and/or the First-Eagle Hand (5-3).
Round 2 challenges are similar, but the deposit must be $25 or more, and the winnings hands must be won at Zoom poker tables: The Elky Hand (8-8), the Jason Mercier Hand (K-Q), the Eugene Katchalov Hand (4-4), the ‘MARATIK’ Hand (A-A) and/or the Harrison Gimbel Hand (10-10).
Six $150,000 All-In Shootouts will be held for each qualification round, and the winners of those will go to one of two 6-handed Millionaire Finals on May 10th, where the 1st place prize is $1,000,000, scaling down to $10,000 for 6th.
SCOOP All-In Shootout Deposit Raffle
The last chance to get in on this PokerStars promotion is to win a free seat to the 2015 SCOOP Main Event (High), where the winner will walk away with at least $1 million. How do you do that? Simply make a deposit of $25+ between Ma2-21 with the promo code “SCOOP2015”. Doing so will grant one entry into the SCOOP All-In Shootout Deposit Raffle, where 16x prize packages to the SCOOP Main Event (High), worth $10,300 each, will be awarded.