Christmas and New Year’s Eve may be behind us, but PokerStars has extended its festive generosity to the whole of January as their exciting Pocket Rockets Challenge runs through the end of the month.
The challenge is only available to first-time depositors who are in for an array of prizes every single day until January 31. It is currently available in most jurisdictions on the “dot-com” international network, including the UK and Canada. The game is not currently available in the US or Ontario segregated markets.
With daily rewards up for grabs in return for completing very simple challenges, there is big value in this promo. Even better is that new customers can participate while also clearing their welcome bonus up to $600.
Keep reading to find all the details and celebrate the first month of the year by claiming lucrative prizes.
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How to Complete PokerStars Pocket Rocket Daily Challenges
Daily challenges come in the form of simple tasks. Players must first opt in to the promotion; once done once, they are auto-enrolled every day.
To complete the challenge and qualify for the prize, players must collect 100 points by 11:59 pm ET each day until January 31. To collect points, users need to win hands with specific hole cards, as shown in the table below:
| Hand | Points |
|---|---|
| Pocket Aces | 100 (instant win) |
| Pocket Kings, Pocket Queens and Pocket Jacks | 50 |
| Ace King | 30 |
| Ace Queen | 20 |
| King Queen | 10 |
Players will autocomplete the challenge by winning a hand with pocket aces. As for the remaining combinations, you will only need several wins to get to finish the daily challenge and qualify for the prize.
Customers will only accrue points if they get dealt one of the hole card combinations shown in the table and win that hand. Both pre-flop and post-flop wins count, while a split pot is regarded as a winning hand only if a player finishes the hand with more money than they had at the start.
Users can collect points by playing any Spin & Go tournament with a buy-in of $1 or higher or any cash game with minimum stakes of $0.02/$0.05.
The List of Prizes
All players who complete a daily challenge will get a reward. The prizes range between $1 ticket and $5,000 cash. Here is the full list, including the xprobability for each reward:
| Prize | Probability |
|---|---|
| $1 Spin & Got/Sit & Go/Power Path Ticket | 85% |
| $5 Spin & Got/Sit & Go Ticket | 10% |
| $11 MTT/Power Path Ticket | 2.39% |
| $25 Spin & Go/Sit & Go Ticket | 1% |
| $100 Cash | 0.5% |
| $500 Cash | 0.1% |
| $5,000 Cash | 0.01% |
To find their reward, players should simply open the chest upon completing their daily challenge. Cash rewards can be used in any PokerStars game and are not subject to rollover requirements. Tickets can be used for MTTS, Spin & Go, or Power Path tournaments with buy-ins corresponding to their respective values. Customers will have seven days to open the chests and seven days to use the tickets before they expire.
While the odds for the major prize do not work in your favor, the mere possibility of a big score is tempting, knowing how easy to complete the challenges are. The promo runs through January 31 and users can claim one prize per day. Also, there are no losers, as anyone who completes a challenge will win at least a $1 Spin & Go ticket in the worst-case scenario.
On average, the challenge is worth $3.86 every day, and it shouldn’t take long to win hands with the required hole cards to reach the 100 point total. That’s around $100 in average value if you start now and complete the challenge every day.
Doing that, while also clearing your PokerStars welcome bonus and getting your free Power Path daily ticket, makes it one of the most valuable times for a new player to play on PokerStars — you can easily generate over $700 in bonus money in January with these promos running concurrently.
How to Opt-In?
Follow this short step-by-step guide on how to take part in the Pocket Rockets Challenge and get involved as soon as possible:
- Register a new account at PokerStars
- Make your first deposit using the “STARS600” code to grab a 100% up to $600 first deposit bonus on top of this promo
- Find the Pocket Rockets Challenge in the site’s “Promotions” section
- Click the “Start” button to activate the promo
- Play either cash games ($0.02/$0.05 minimum stakes) or Spin & Go tournaments ($1 minimum buy-in)
- Win with one of seven hands shown in the “Challenges Window” to accrue points
- Complete the challenge by collecting 100 points by 11:59 pm ET every day until January 31
- Track your progress in the “Challenges Window”
- Open the prize chest upon completing the daily challenge within seven days of earning it
- Make sure to use tournament tickets within seven days of receiving them
