Over $60MUSD in GTD prizes at the PokerStars Winter Series

We all knew that PokerStars was going to react to the partypoker MILLIONS success. Before the MILLIONS 2018, PokerStars held several records (the largest online poker tournament, the biggest single prize), and now those belong to partypoker. But now, just a few weeks later, the Winter Series were announced with over $60MUSD in GTD prizes.

PokerStars.COM Winter Series

Starting on December 23rd to January 7th, 2019, 240 events (60 per stake) will be played at PokerStars.COM (the global PokerStars platform). If we combine the total PokerStars promotions (regular Sunday tournaments for example) on all markets (India, New Jersey, Europe), over $85MUSD will be played during the same period.

The PokerStars.COM Winter Series features micro, low, medium and high stakes tournaments (buy-ins from $5,50 up to $5,200).

The Main Events (each tier will have a main tournament) will be played on January 6, 2019, with GTD prizes from $100,00 the low stakes up to $1,500,000 for medium and high stakes.

A Winter Series Challenge promotion will be held to give free tickets for a $25KUSD tournament.

PokerStars.EU Winter Series

€27,000,000 are guaranteed on PokerStars Europe (Spain, France, Portugal) in almost 300 tournaments.

The Europe Winter Series will also have tournaments for every bankroll, with buy-ins from €5 up to €250 (no high-roller tournaments are scheduled). The Main Event features a €2MEUR GTD and will be played on January 13th, 2019.

PokerStars.EU announced several Winter promotions too:

Deposit bonus giving tickets to freeroll tournaments with GTD entries to the Main Event
New Spin&Go are visible with tickets to the Main Event

PokerStars.IN Winter Series

We already commented about the PokerStars India Winter Series, which will have over ₹1.6 Crore in GTD prizes. 37 tournaments are part of this series including the Main Event of ₹7,700 with ₹35 Lacs GTD to be played on December 23, 2018.

Conclusion

PokerStars is still the largest poker room in the world. Hosting special tournament series for different markets with big GTD prizes is a clear sign of it. Guaranteeing over $60MUSD is only possible by having a tremendous poker players database, and PokerStars has what it takes to do it.

We also invite our players to contact our team to know more about other tournament series with maybe less GTD prizes but more value in terms of the softness of the players.