$40,000,000
More than $40 million in guaranteed prizes will be awarded to players
during the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) 2016, which takes place from May 8-22.
With 55 events (165 tournaments) it will be the largest SCOOP festival to date, and includes a three-day
Main Event that starts on May 22, featuring buy-ins of $100 (Low), $1,000 (Medium) and $10,000 (High)
along with guaranteed prize pools of $1 million, $2 million and $4 million
respectively.
More info: http://psta.rs/1EC9ra5
$1,000,000
Guaranteed prize pool for the Sunday Storm 5th Anniversary tournament,
which takes place at 13.30 ET (18.30 BST / 19.30 CET) on April 17. The buy-in is just $11, but there are
satellites starting from as little as $0.11 as well as a 100 StarsCoin VIP Bash Satellite on April 16 at
14.30 ET that has 500 Sunday Storm 5th Anniversary seats added.
More details: http://psta.rs/1RrUxNY
$350,280
Amount won by Federico ‘majagua69’ Quevedo in last weekend’s
$2,100 Mount Everest tournament – the final event of the inaugural PokerStars Mountain Series. Quevedo,
a keen surfer from Costa Rica, played all 10 of the Mountain Series events – from the $11 Sugarloaf to
the $2,100 Everest – cashing in three. Earlier in the Mountain Series, Doug
‘WCG|Rider’ smashed the record for largest amount of money
won in a poker tournament while streaming on Twitch. The high-stakes pro picked up $162,000 in the $700
buy-in tournament to beat Rupert Elder’s record of $125,000 won while streaming a tournament last
September.
Blog story: http://psta.rs/262I9KN
$183,708.88
First prize won by the latest PokerStars Sunday Million
champion, Luis ‘Turko_man’ Rodriguez, from Finland. The player topped a field of 5,926 players to claim
$183,708.88 in prize money from the $1,185,200 prize pool.
Blog post: http://psta.rs/1oQVC6J
£84,100
Top prize pocketed by Usman Siddique after winning the UK & Ireland
Poker Tour Season 6 London Main Event last weekend. The UK player held off the challenge of France’s David
Gassian, who finished second for £51,930.
Blog post: http://psta.rs/1S11fax
$5,000
Top cash prize that players can win every day in the PokerStars
CardHunt promotion, which ends tomorrow. Players just need to complete a daily poker puzzle in the
Challenges window to be in with a chance of winning anywhere between $1 and $5,000.
Blog
post: http://psta.rs/1XPlnQG
121
Number of players that have qualified for the PokerStars and
Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final via €10 EPT Spin & Go online qualifiers.
For 121 players their €10 buy-in was converted into a €9,000 package in a matter of minutes, giving them
entry into the €5,000 Main Event, accommodation at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort and spending
money. The EPT Grand Final features 80 events over 11 days and takes place from April 26 to May
6.
42
Episode number of the EPT Not Live podcast, which is now available to
listen to online or download. This week James and Joe discuss the UKIPT London event, which finished
last weekend, and are joined by PokerStars’ Head of Live Poker Operations, Neil Johnson, to discuss a
big change to #EPTLive in Monaco.
Listen here: http://soundcloud.com/pokerintheears/episode-42-14042016-neil-johnson
6
Full Tilt players will be able to boost their bankrolls at Pot Limit 6-Card
Omaha tables from April 29 to May 13, courtesy of a new promotion called ‘6pin It Up’. To win a free Ring
Game Ticket, players simply need to leave the table with 250 big blinds or more at the following stakes:
$0.01/$0.02, $0.02/$0.05, $0.05/$0.10, $0.10/$$0.25. The value of the ticket will be 100 times the big
blind at the table it was earned at. Players can win one Ring Game Ticket per day and up to three in total
for the duration of the promotion.
More info: http://ti.lt/om
$0.50
All that is needed for players to take a shot at winning exclusive
Full Tilt merchandise with Swag Tournaments. Branded hats, t-shirts and hoodies are up for
grabs, with three Swag Tournaments kicking off daily from April 15 through
May 15. Don’t miss out!
More info: http://ti.lt/pV
PICTURES OF THE WEEK
Usman Siddique celebrates his victory with friends at the UKIPT London event last weekend. Pic credit: Mickey May.
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Last Sunday PokerStars hosted an online charity
tournament in association with its global charity partner Right to Play. It was a $2 buy-in, with $1
plus the rake being donated to the charity and $1 going to the prize pool. In the end it attracted 2,077
players, was won by ‘Vinpeter’ from Hungary, and $2,077 was raised for charity. Team PokerStars Pro
Online member Katerina ‘katerina289’ Malasidou played and streamed the tournament on Twitch.
Watch here: https://www.twitch.tv/katerina289/v/59789376