PokerStars may be comparatively muted within the US & Ontario this yr, however they haven’t missed the festive spirit as they roll out Christmas promotions.
Two separate promotions have been launched for gamers on PokerStars US and PokerStars Ontario. One is the same old 25 Days of Tournaments, now a staple for the operator within the lead-up to Christmas and New Yr, the place tournaments and ensures are revealed solely a day earlier than and the opposite is Vacation Rewards, the place gamers should full a sure variety of money recreation arms to earn prizes.
The 25 Days of Tournaments runs from December 6 to 30, whereas Vacation Rewards takes place from December 8 to January 5.
Within the US, each promotions can be found throughout the shared liquidity pool connecting Michigan and New Jersey and the segregated Pennsylvania market. Each promotions additionally run on the PokerStars Ontario community.
25 Days of Tournaments (December 6 to 30)
The 25 Days of Tournaments is one thing US on-line poker gamers and Ontario on-line poker gamers already know nicely. All through these 25 days, PokerStars will host day by day $25 tournaments at 7:30 PM ET. The twist is that every day brings a brand-new match, and the format, construction, and assured prize cash will solely be revealed the night time earlier than at 9:00 PM ET, creating an introduction calendar-style suspense.
What these codecs will likely be has not but been disclosed, however they’re anticipated to be enjoyable, festive-themed tournaments comparable to Goose Hunt, Santa Stack, and Naughty or Good Thriller Bounty. In earlier years, these 25 days of particular tournaments showcased all kinds of codecs, together with Progressive Knockouts (PKOs) and Thriller Bounties, 3-handed Zoom, heads-up, Whole Knockouts (the place all the buy-in goes to the bounty pool), Pot-Restrict Omaha variants, and extra.
An identical line-up is predicted this yr, besides that the particular days they run stay a thriller till revealed the night time earlier than within the PokerStars shopper match foyer.
Along with these day by day shock tournaments, every of the 25 tournaments will award tickets to a $2,500 freeroll scheduled for December 31. Tickets will likely be granted randomly throughout the first half hour of late registration, with tables chosen at random.
Vacation Rewards (December 8 to January 5)
This yr, 25 Days of Tournaments won’t be the one promotion operating. PokerStars has additionally launched one other festive-themed promotion known as Vacation Rewards, the place gamers can win a share of $1,000 in prize cash each week from December 8 to January 5.
To participate, gamers merely must play 100 actual cash money recreation arms throughout every weekly qualifying interval to obtain a match ticket that grants entry to the All-in Shootout happening each Monday at 1 AM ET. Gamers don’t even must be logged in to take part. Week 1 qualifying runs from December 1 to 7, week 2 from December 8 to 14, and so forth.
Every participant can earn a most of 1 ticket per promo week, giving everybody 5 probabilities to say a share of the $1,000 prize pool.
As of now, PokerStars is the one operator within the regulated US on-line poker market to announce a Christmas-themed promotion. BetRivers Poker has additionally rolled out promotions, however none are festive-themed.
WSOP, in the meantime, is operating a New Yr, New Bankroll promotion from December 1 to eight, encouraging gamers to earn extra factors throughout the promotional window and obtain 25% again in free play. It has additionally scheduled a Winter Collection from December 7 to 21 that includes 15 occasions, although it doesn’t embody any Christmas-themed promotion.
