- PokerStars again tries to boost the popularity of Fixed Limit Hold’em.
- Happy Hours for 50% extra VPPs.
- Taste Tourneys with 5 FPP entry & $500 gtd plus special MTTs and Sit & Go’s.
- Training videos to help players get started.
- Weekly $215 tourney guarantee quadrupled to $20k.
The latest attempt to reinvigorate and raise the profile of Fixed Limit Hold’em (FLHE) from PokerStars is a week of high profile promotions.
Starting July 8, during selected Happy Hours there will be 50% extra VPPs and FPPs for all FLHE games except Heads Up ring games and tournaments—PokerStars says: “You’ve got to be sociable during Happy Hour!” Hours are; 04:00, 10:00, 16:00 and 22:00 all EST.
Players who haven’t experienced FLHE are encouraged to start, first by viewing the “How to Play” videos on the main site, and then to try their hand at a “Taster Tourney,” a 5 FPP buy in MTT with a $500 prize pool.
Players can graduate to hourly $1.50 MTTs and special 45 man Sit & Go’s will be on offer all week. Depositors who put $20 or more on the site during the week can claim three $1.50 FLHE tournament tickets after earning at least 1 VPP after making the deposit.
The week ends with the guarantee on the regular weekly $215 FLHE MTT being quadrupled to $20k.
Focusing on a particular game during a week has been a regular promotion with pokerstars this year. Sister site Full Tilt also runs “game of the week” promotions regularly.
