POKERSTARS PLAYER BECOMES A MILLIONAIRE AFTER PLAYING SPIN AND GO FOR JUST $100
'Check^On123' wins huge jackpot as part of PokerStars Makes Millionaires
ONCHAN, Isle of Man – May 10, 2017 – Another millionaire has been made from just a $100 Spin & Go in the journey to create 10 millionaires in the PokerStars Makes Millionaires promotion. ‘Check^On123’ from Germany scooped the huge jackpot after playing a $1 million Spin & Go tournament at PokerStars, an Amaya Inc. (Nasdaq: AYA; TSX: AYA) brand.
The German player won the million dollar prize after coming from behind to beat ‘Dzeferin0’ heads-up with ‘Dzeferin0’ banking $100,000, along with ‘woroms444’ who finished in third place. A few minutes after his win, ‘Check^On123 said: “I'm a little shaky. Excited, but nervous."
$1 million Spin & Go tournaments are running as part of the PokerStars Makes Millionaires promotion, which began in April and runs until June. Spin & Go tournaments are fast-paced, 3-max Hyper Turbo tournaments that start with 500 chip stacks. Each tournament has a randomly drawn prize pool that awards between two and 10,000 times your buy-in. PokerStars offer Spin & Go tournaments at a variety of buy-in levels between $0.25 and $100.
“We are half way into our PokerStars Makes Millionaires promotion and we’re pleased to announce that yet another millionaire has been created,” said PokerStars’ Director of Poker Marketing, Vadim Soloveychik. “We’re well on our way to producing ten millionaires by June 4. This is the perfect illustration of PokerStars’ ability to provide the ultimate poker offering and experience. We’re the only online poker room that can give such big winning moments in such a short space of time.”
PokerStars created three Spin & Go millionaires in 2016 and has made 16 millionaires since the first $1 million Spin & Go launched in January 2015.
For more information about the PokerStars Makes Millionaires promotion go to: http://psta.rs/1ywnqw1
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