- The Carnival promotions will include a $2 million guarantee for the billionth tournament itself, which will randomly award an extra $200k in prizes to 1,000 players.
- The guarantees on its series of Daily Bigs are also being increased over the period.
- The first week of the Carnival will be dominated by the return of the Golden Sit & Go promotion.
- The predecessor to the billionth tournament promotions was the Road to 100 Billion cash game promotion.
A Billionth Tournament Carnival will run on PokerStars from November 17 to November 30, when it will put on its one billionth tournament.
The Carnival promotions will include a $2 million guarantee for the billionth tournament itself, which will randomly award an extra $200k in prizes to 1,000 players. The tournament features a relatively low $109 buy in, although PokerStars has already started is running satellites with entry fees as low as $1.
The guarantees on its series of Daily Bigs are also being increased over the period. There will be in total an extra $2 million of guarantees, and a further $100k in random prize giveaways will be added. The Daily Bigs are regularly scheduled events, all with guaranteed prize pools, with buy ins ranging from $3.30 to $162.
