The festive season is just around the corner, but for PokerStars, an Amaya Inc. (Nasdaq: AYA; TSX: AYA) brand, the celebrations begin on Monday with the start of Christmas Festival – a six-week extravaganza that will see more than $10 million awarded to players across a range of online activities.
The festival features three distinct parts:
November 16-29 – Daily Double Jackpot
December 1-25 – Christmas Calendar
December 27 – $5m Guaranted Sunday Million
DAILY DOUBLE JACKPOT
Kicking things off on November 16 is the Daily Double Jackpot tournament series, which features 84 tournaments across two weeks. Each day there are six Daily Double tournaments – two identical events at three buy-in levels ($1.10, $11, $55) – as follows:
$1.10 DAILY DOUBLE 1 – 13:00 (Mon-Sat $5k GTD / Sun $10k GTD)
$1.10 DAILY DOUBLE 2 – 13:00 (Mon-Sat $5k GTD / Sun $10k GTD)
$11 DAILY DOUBLE 1 – 14:00 ET (Mon-Sat $50k GTD / Sun $125k GTD)
$11 DAILY DOUBLE 2 – 14:00 ET (Mon-Sat $50k GTD / Sun $125k GTD)
$55 DAILY DOUBLE 1 – 15:00 ET (Mon-Sat $75kGTD / Sun $250k GTD)
$55 DAILY DOUBLE 2 – 15:00 ET (Mon-Sat $75kGTD / Sun $250k GTD)
In addition to the guaranteed prize money in each tournament, PokerStars is offering a $1 million jackpot to a player who wins two Daily Double tournaments at the same buy-in level in one day. For more details go to PokerStars
Tickets to the $250k Sunday events will be randomly added to all tournaments from Monday until Saturday. On Sundays tickets to the $5 Million Sunday Million will be randomly awarded.
CHRISTMAS CALENDAR
From December 1-25 players can take part in the ‘Christmas Calendar’ promotion, which appears in the ‘Challenges’ window of the PokerStars client. Each day players will be able to open a new door to reveal the promotion of that day, with $2 million to be given away over 25 days. The daily offers include Milestone Hands, Golden Sit & Go’s, Spin & Go Challenges, Zoom Challenges, PCA Package Giveaways, special tournaments, bonuses and much more.
For more information go to PokerStars
$5M GTD SUNDAY MILLION
The Christmas Festival culminates in a special $5 million guaranteed Sunday Million on December 27 at 14:30 ET, featuring a $215 buy-in and minimum first prize of $500,000. Online satellites to the event are running around the clock and start December 1 from just $1.
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