- This weekend will see the final 20 events in the PokerStars MicroMillions tournament series played to completion.
- The final weekend includes a $1m guaranteed Main Event which carries a $22 buy in and offers a minimum of $75k to the winner
- MicroMillions V in July 2013 easily exceeded its $5m in guaranteed prize money, paying out a total of $8m—this year’s series looks set to keep the record going.
This weekend will see the final 20 events in the PokerStars MicroMillions tournament series played to completion. The series which started on March 13 consists of exactly 100 events.
The final weekend includes a $1m guaranteed Main Event which carries a $22 buy in and offers a minimum of $75k to the winner. There is also a special edition Sunday Storm with $300k guaranteed for a buy in of just $11.
As the operator with the most liquidity, PokerStars can produce remarkable guarantees and enormous field sizes for its promotions. Event 2 was a $1 rebuy played at 3 x Turbo speed, which guaranteed $150k. The guarantee was smashed and the eventual prize pool reached over $224k.
A scan of the results so far suggests that the official guarantees will not be an accurate guide to turnout. On average tournaments are overshooting their guarantees by around 50%, and the high profile of the Sunday events suggests that prize pools could even surpass double their guaranteed amounts.
Some of the events have produced prize pools more than triple the guarantee: Event 68, a $3.30 PL 5-Card Omaha 6-Max, a $5K Guarantee that ended up with a prize pool of over $16k.
MicroMillions V in July 2013 easily exceeded its $5m in guaranteed prize money, paying out a total of $8.276m. In November last year, MicroMillions VI also paid out over $8m—this year’s series looks set to keep the record going.
