A New Series, Big Guarantees, and a Record Setting Prize Pool in Russia: PokerStars' Live Poker Strategy Takes Shape A New Series, Big Guarantees, and a Record Setting Prize Pool in Russia: PokerStars' Live Poker Strategy Takes Shape
Key Takeaways
  • In a flurry of press releases in the last few days, PokerStars has revealed a lot more about its strategy for live poker this year, and it is now clear their ambitions stretch well beyond the new Festival and Championship brands.
  • The first signs came last month, when the company announced that it would continue as a sponsor of the Brazil Poker Series of Poker, a brand which will exist outside of the Festival/Championship dynamic.
  • The company also announced a new London Series, with events in its poker room in the London Hippodrome scheduled across the year.
  • The new MEGASTACK tour is another new brand to join this growing set of live PokerStars titles.

In a flurry of press releases in the last few days, PokerStars has revealed a lot more about its strategy for live poker this year, and it is now clear their ambitions stretch well beyond the new Festival and Championship brands.