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PokerStars marks anniversaries with $11m

PokerStars is marking the anniversaries of two of its biggest and most popular online poker tournaments, the Sunday Million and Sunday Storm, by offering a guaranteed combined $11m in prizes on Sunday, February 4.

Played by more than 1.2 million players since it launched, the Sunday Storm celebrates its 7th birthday at 1pm ET (US) with a $1m guarantee, while the Sunday Million marks its 12th anniversary an hour later with a guaranteed prize pool of $10m, including $1m for first place.

Players can buy in directly ($11 for the Sunday Storm, $215 for the Sunday Million) or play their way to a seat for less via a range of satellites competitions and promotions.

The first ever Sunday Million featured 5,893 players competing for a total prize pool of $1,178,600. Last year’s $10m-guaranteed Sunday Million 11th anniversary tournament was won by Xavi666 from Panama, who led a field of 55,835 entrants to scoop $1,093,204.63.

Stewart Darkin

Stewart Darkin

Stewart has been in gaming journalism since 2012, working across online and land-based betting and gaming sectors, in both print and digital media. Following five years as editor of iNTERGAMINGi magazine, Stewart joined SBC in January 2018 to oversee the growth and development of the CasinoBeats brand. He has a wife, two kids, two dogs and two degrees, and – as a Spurs fan – continues to believe that the good times are just around the corner.

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