The first event of 38 kicked off on Sunday. The tournament series runs from May 8-22 and boasts a $25,000,000 guaranteed prize pool that was adjusted down from the original $45,000,000 guarantee after PokerStars stopped serving US Players.
The schedule offers a wide variety of games from the popular formats like No limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha to the more exotic games such as Badugi, Triple Draw 2-7, Razz and various mixed game formats as well.
Each event actually consists of three tournaments with buy-ins in the low, medium, and high ranges. This offers players at all levels the opportunity to participate. Even satellites tournaments are offered starting at $0.25 or 100 FPPs.
PokerStars offers a plethora of coverage options to track the progress of the series. Their coverage page offers videos highlights and other news, their tournament page offers full details of scheduled events as well as results, and their SCOOP stats page provides statistics sortable my many categories.
As a result of the decision to no longer serve the US market, PokerStars has altered the start times of the tournaments by moving those forward three hours. You can find out more here.
