Poker League. Monthly Poker League on PokerStars

Every day, thousands of players from all over the world visit this site to take part in one of the many PokerStars tournaments.

As the largest poker room on the planet, Stars offers a huge number of activities beyond the standard cash games. Here you will find Sit&Go, Spin&Go, MTT tournaments, shootout events, heads-up tournaments, freerolls, satellites and much more. Find out which of the variety of events presented is right for you, and how to take part in it all.

PokerStars tournaments are, first of all, an opportunity to increase your bankroll many times over. The potential winning multiplier here is significantly higher than at regular tables. While in cash games winning three or four starting stacks is considered great luck, in a tournament you can multiply the buy-in hundreds of times. For example, if you participate in a tournament with an entry fee of 10 cents, you have a chance to win $500 or more. And the higher the buy-in, the more interesting and large the rewards become.

Of course, it is more difficult to “hit the jackpot” in such a game than at a cash table, since many more people take part in tournaments (with the exception of a few formats), but the potential reward is definitely worth overcoming all the difficulties.

What opportunities do PokerStars online tournaments provide:

1. Win a prize hundreds of times greater than the starting buy-in;
2. Earn money for the game without replenishing your balance. This opportunity is provided by freerolls and free satellites;
3. Win a ticket to a major event after breaking through from a smaller tournament;
4. Qualify for a prestigious offline series, including World Series poker, etc.

Interesting opportunities are presented for both experienced players and beginners taking their first steps in their poker career. The main thing is to choose the right tournament based on your preferred playing style and the bankroll you have.

Types of PokerStars tournaments

Hundreds of tournaments are held on the site every day, which can be divided into three categories:

1. Large;
2. Regular;
3. Free.

In the first case, you can claim really big money, but the buy-ins for tournaments in this category are also high - from several hundred to a couple of thousand dollars.

Regular tournaments are the most extensive category of events. The cost of participation in them varies from 10 cents to a couple of hundred dollars. Free tournaments usually award small prizes or tickets to larger events where you can compete for serious money.

All tournaments at PokerStars are held in the following formats:

• Sit&Go. You can take part in an SNG tournament almost immediately after making the buy-in. That is, they are held not according to a schedule, but as the tables are filled. Participation in them can take from 2 to 990 people. The prize fund is formed based on the number of buy-ins - the more people, the larger the prize;
• Spin&Go. In some ways similar to the previous tournament format, only the prize pool here is formed randomly. After all players confirm their readiness (usually 3 participants), a so-called wheel of fortune appears on the screen with a set of multipliers. Whichever multiplier comes up determines how many buy-ins will be played in the tournament. Most often the multiplier is x2, but if you are lucky, the buy-in can be multiplied hundreds of times;
• MTT. Multi-table tournaments involving hundreds and thousands of players. They are held according to schedule and have a guaranteed prize fund. At the beginning of the game, all participants are given an equal number of chips. The tournament is held with a gradual increase in the size of the blinds and regular 5-minute breaks. The number of prize places is determined depending on the number of participants. Detailed information on the principle of prize distribution can be found in the lobby of each individual tournament;
• ZOOM. Speed ​​poker, in which you can fold cards at any time, without waiting until it’s your turn. After folding, you will automatically be transferred to another table, where the hand is just beginning. This allows you not to wait for a long time for the decisions of other players, but to constantly be in the game;
• Satellites. Main feature satellites is their prize. The winners of the online tournament do not receive money, but invitations to larger events.

The Poker Stars tournament schedule can be viewed in the main lobby on the website or in the downloadable client. Here you can select events that interest you by entry cost, game format, time and other criteria using built-in filters.

Now let's take a closer look at the categories of large and regular tournaments on this site.

The biggest tournaments on PokerStars

The poker room hosts a large number of prestigious events, in which not only ordinary users take part, but also professional players. There is a fierce struggle for hundreds of thousands and sometimes millions of dollars. To get into the prize money, you will have to try hard, but one successful day can set you up for the rest of your life.

What are these tournaments:

1. Sunday Million PokerStars. Every Sunday a million dollars are raffled off on the site. The lucky one who takes first place takes home 150 thousand dollars, and the rest of the money is distributed among other players who made it to the prizes. Buy-in for Sunday Million costs $109. You can also get an invitation to it by going through the satellite network;
2. WCOOP 2019. Perhaps the biggest event in the world of online poker. Every year, thousands of poker players from different parts of the planet engage in a fierce battle for colossal prize money. For first place you can get more than one and a half million dollars. And besides money, the winner receives honor and respect from the world community;
   
3. SCOOP PokerStars. The annual spring series, which in 2019 took place from May 12 to 27, offered players the opportunity to compete for guaranteed prize money of over $115 million. Every day for two weeks, players were treated to spring series tournaments with prizes starting from a million dollars. In 2020, we can expect no less interesting events;
   
4. Sunday Warm-Up. Another big Sunday tournament with big prizes;
   
5. Sunday Billion. There are 1 billion chips up for grabs in this tournament. True, conditional. So if you come to PokerStars to relax and unwind while playing for virtual money, be sure to try your hand at the largest play-money tournament in the history of poker;
   
6. MicroMillions. Not only players with huge bankrolls, but also ordinary poker players at medium and low limits can become part of something large-scale and grandiose. This series includes more than a hundred tournaments with buy-ins starting from 11 cents, and the total guaranteed prize money is several million dollars;
   
7. Women's Sunday. Especially for the fairer sex, the site organized a unique weekly tournament, in which only women who have verified their account and confirmed their identity can take part.
   

Anyone can try their luck and demonstrate their skills at the largest online poker events. After all, if the amount of the entry fee seems unaffordable to you, you can always get to the big event through satellites.

Regular Events

In the meantime, you are waiting for the next major tournament, which is still a week or several months away, you can take part in regular events, of which there are also many on PokerStars:

Poker Stars tournaments in 2020 amaze with their diversity. These are events literally for every taste and budget. Choose the one that suits you, register through the lobby and fight for your place in the sun!

How to take part in PokerStars tournaments for money

Any user who has registered can play PokerStars online tournaments account on the site. In every tournament (with the exception of freerolls), you will have to pay an entry fee, called the buy-in. Entry fees range from a few cents to hundreds of dollars depending on the event you choose.

To see a list of all available events, do the following:

All information about the event, including the buy-in size, prize money, number of participants, game format and start time is in the description and is available by clicking on the corresponding tournament.

You can also use the search bar to quickly find the series you are interested in by its name.

Free tournaments from PokerStars

Every day the room holds dozens of freerolls, to participate in which you do not need to make an entry fee. They can be divided into two groups:

1. Open, accessible to everyone;
2. Closed ones, which can only be accessed if you have a password or meet special conditions.

With open ones, everything is clear - just register and play. The closed ones are a little more difficult. To some extent, they are private, therefore, in order to take part in them, you need to receive an invitation password or fulfill certain conditions stated by the organizer (register using a referral link, download the application from a specific source, etc.).

In some cases you will be required to indicate secret code, which can be obtained in the following ways:

• On the organizer's website;
• On the official pages of the poker room on social networks;
• By email from the newsletter;
• From live broadcasts on streaming platforms, etc.

To take part in the freeroll, do the following:

• Via PC client. Select the category of games for money (usually it is selected by default), open the “Tournaments” tab in the main lobby and select “Freerolls” in the buy-in filter;
• Via a mobile application. Go to the "Tournaments" tab in the lobby, click on the pencil icon, select "Show all games" and select "Freerolls" in the buy-in filter.

After this, all free tournaments will be displayed in the lobby. If this does not happen, then freerolls are not available at the moment.

Important! In freerolls, not only cash prizes can be won, but also tickets to more high-profile events with a paid buy-in. Study the information about the tournament before taking part in it.

It seems that poker is an exclusively men's game and girls belong only next to the company that is playing the next game. For beauty or something. This is partly true, but meanwhile, girls play poker and some are very successful.

The only thing worth noting is experience Kara Scott, who was able to earn about $550,000 in live tournaments, and the beauty’s most successful performance was at the Irish Open tournament, where she was able to win as much as $380,000 (11.5 million rubles, by the way).

Or Liv Boeri, who is called the sexiest girl in the world of poker. Despite her external appearance, she was able to win the world tournament “EPT San Remo” and earn a simply crazy sum - 1,250,000 euros (about 50 million rubles).

The list can be continued for a very long time and these are not the best results for the fairer sex. Still think that poker is not made for girls?

Meanwhile, PokerStars even has a separate women's poker league, which hosts daily tournaments with small buy-ins: 10 cents, 1.1 and 5.5 dollars. All women can participate in each tournament, competing with the same representatives of the fair sex from all over the world. Some can be considered a professional, some play in the evenings for fun, and others are just starting to practice. Prizes will be received by those girls who scored maximum quantity points at the end of the month, and at the end of each year a tournament of winners is held. Simply install the free client program from PokerStars and make your first deposit real money. Each newcomer receives a 100% bonus on their account up to $600.

PokerStars Women Live- a series of poker tournaments for the whole world especially for girls. In the final part, you can meet on “Team PokerStars Pro” with such representatives and champions as Vanessa Rousso and Liv Boeree. What if you are a future winner? There are no men here, so everything is more civilized and polite on all sides.

Winners of Poker Stars tournaments online poker can look forward to participating in competitions in the poker capitals of Europe: Monaco, London and Madrid. Sometimes the tournament takes place in a more exotic place - the Bahamas. A truly heavenly offering.

Experienced players say that girls have their own advantages in the game, which often help them beat the most experienced and cunning men, and the game of poker usually thanks them with serious victories. So, first of all you will need:

• Attentiveness, concentration and patience. Men often lack this, we would quickly bet as much as possible and solve everything with one hand of cards, but girls are ready to wait and be cunning.
• Understanding male psychology. It is rightly said that women can see right through male representatives! Moreover, if the opponent is beautiful, then the man himself will give everything away with his face.
• The ability to improvise is a very important quality for a poker player, and girls are clearly better at it.

Of course, at first, if you play with guys, they may laugh at you and tease you. But you just have to empty the pockets of the players several times in a row and they will respect you... And men, passionate about the game, will simply run in droves after a successful “poker addict”.

The Poker Starter School, opened by the largest poker room PokerStars, provides not only training for players, but also various promotions during which you can win cash prizes. Of course, you don’t just get money, and an example of this is the Poker Stars Open Poker League, whose participants can win up to $1,500 per month and have the opportunity to move to a more prestigious league.

Open Poker League PokerStars – a community of players who compete with each other in the rating tournament table. Poker players who have achieved great achievements in the game are awarded by the poker school with cash prizes, the size of which depends on their place in the ranking. Every player can become a member of this league! Get to know the rules:

How to become a member of the PokerStars open poker league?

As the name suggests, this poker league is open - every player can enter it and does not need to qualify. However, two conditions must be met:

• Register at PokerStars– if you already have an account, you do not need to register again. If you have not played in the largest online room yet, register on the PokerStars website, the link to which is on this page;
• Register forPokerStarter– create an account at the poker school, indicating your login in the poker room (the player’s nickname that is displayed at the tables while playing on PokerStars) to link your profile.

By fulfilling two simple conditions, you will become a member of the league. The open poker league PokerStars holds its own freerolls, by playing in which you can move up in the rating table. Of course, you need to play successfully!

How to succeed in the PokerStars open league?

In the ranking of participants, the PokerStars Open Poker League takes into account only the results of special freerolls, which are called PokerSchoolOpenLeague with prize funds of $10. They take place every four hours - registration is free, no tickets or passwords are required. You can find them on the “Freerolls” and “Private Tournaments” tabs in the poker client lobby.

By playing in these freerolls, you can earn rating points. The number of points a player receives for participating in a freeroll PokerSchoolOpenLeague, depends on several parameters:

• Busy place– the higher you move in the tournament result table, the more points you will receive. If there are a lot of participants in a tournament, you don't have to be in the money to earn points.
• Number of participants – The more players register in the tournament, the more points are awarded to players who take the qualifying places. For example, if you play in a tournament with 7,000 opponents, you will receive more points for 100th place than for the same place in a freeroll with 2,000 participants.
• Prize places – There are only 100 prize places in each freeroll, and if you take one of them, you will receive additional points.
• Final place– participants in the final table receive even more additional points.

If eliminated in the early stages of the tournament, the player loses points earned earlier! Therefore, his position on the leaderboard may worsen due to a loss, and not due to the fact that one of the other players will overtake him in points.

The correct strategy for playing in the Poker School Open League freerolls, which are held by the Poker Stars Open Poker League, is careful play in the early stages of the event. It is important to get into the area of ​​the scoreboard where players receive points. Since there are a lot of loose players playing in freerolls, it's not that hard to get good results!

What do successful open poker league players get?

For successful players, the PokerStars Open Poker League has prepared pleasant cash gifts based on the results of the game for the month. At the end of each month, players who take 1st to 2000th place in the rating table receive cash prizes from $0.50 to $1,500. In total, 4,000 players receive prizes, as the league maintains two ratings:

• First, the achievements of all players who earned less than 20 VPP in any games in the previous month are taken into account. The first place prize is $150;
• Second, the achievements of poker players who earned from 20 to 150 VPP in any games in the previous month are taken into account. The first place prize is $1,500.

In addition to cash prizes, players can receive tickets to the Premier League, which hosts similar rating competitions, but the cash prizes are much larger and there are fewer participants. Only the top 500 players in the open league can advance to the Premier League.

Poker Stars open poker league – an opportunity to win cash prizes. This is an exciting competition that does not require additional investment from the player, since the league’s freerolls are free. If you do not manage to take high places in them and earn points for the rating table, do not be discouraged, you will have the opportunity to do this next month. In any case, you will gain invaluable gaming experience that will be useful in the future!

In the room PokerStars heard about problems Global Poker League and decided to become the exclusive sponsor of the project! After all, the goal Alex Dreyfus- bringing poker competitions closer to sports competitions in terms of entertainment - very successful. Only Alex couldn’t cope with the Global Poker League. No problem, now Stars will support a good poker project!

Get $30 on free game

Company Dreyfus Mediarex recently encountered financial difficulties and was unable to realize the arena idea The Cube to the fullest. Let us remember that Alex expected to hold the 2016 GPL final in London at the legendary Wembley Stadium, but was forced to leave the Cube in Las Vegas due to the expensive transportation of the structure.

Perhaps after help PokerStars, a unique live poker platform will become more mobile and be able to travel around the world?

« Global Poker League contributes to the rise of poker new level and development team spirit games. We will be happy to help Mediarex, which, like us, is trying to attract new people to poker,” said Eric Hollreiser from PokerStars.

General Director GPL, Alex Dreyfus, made a speech:

“We are excited about our partnership with PokerStars. This is a huge step towards making the GPL a reality as the best poker entertainment project for a wide audience. PokerStars employees have already offered us many opportunities for development and growth. It’s good that the room supports our goal of making poker part of the mainstream entertainment sector in the world.”

Essentially a partnership GPL And PokerStars there is nothing unexpected. On the contrary, it is strange that the companies did not cooperate earlier. After all, many members of Team PokerStars play in the Poker League teams: Liv Boeree, Jason Mercier, Chris Moneymaker, Vanessa Selbst, Bertrand ":ElkY": Grospellier, Randy ":nanonoko": Lew.

Next week's games GPL will take place as scheduled.

Launches a monthly Poker League in which each player will be able to test and evaluate their skills, as well as win a share of the $35,000 prize pool. This league is divided into four main levels: Elementary, High School, University and Masters.

As you probably already understood from the names of these levels, they can be achieved by fulfilling certain conditions, as well as by meeting a certain level of professional skills of the poker player. Regular free tournaments with small prize pools are held for each level of the Poker League. When participating in them, players who are in the prize zone earn a certain number of points, thanks to which they move up the League table. At the end of the month, the best players receive substantial cash rewards based on their achievements.

Poker League Levels at PokerStars

As we have already said, the PokerStars Poker League consists of four levels, which we will talk about in more detail below. After studying the information about each of them, you yourself will understand what level you meet.

Level Elementary

This is the entry level and players do not need to fulfill any conditions to participate in its tournaments. Players who have qualified for higher levels can also participate in Elementary level tournaments, but they will not be able to participate in the Elementary level table. Within this level, six tournaments are held every day from the 5th to the 30th of the month, the prize fund of each of which is $10.

At the end of each month, the top 2,000 participants at the Elementary level will qualify for the High School level. In addition, a $1,200 prize pool will be distributed among the top 500 participants, and the top 10 players will each receive one ticket to the Big Bang tournament with a $5,000 guarantee.

Information about level tournamentsElementary

• Title: The League - Elementary
• Buy-in: no
• Start: 8:05, 12:05, 16:05, 20:05, 00:05 and 06:05 Moscow time
• Prize fund: $10

High School level

Only those Poker Stars users who have registered in the Poker School can participate in tournaments of this level. If a player is already a member of a higher League, he can participate in its tournaments, but will not be able to participate in the High School table. In addition, this level can accommodate no more than 5,000 players.

Within the High School level, six tournaments are held every day from the 5th to the 30th, with a prize fund of $20. At the end of the month 800 best players Leagues will qualify for the University level. Please note that a prerequisite for this is at least one deposit from the moment of account creation.

Each High School participant who takes place from 801 to 2,000 will remain at this level for the next month. The remaining players will be demoted to the Elementary level. In addition, the top 300 players of the month will receive a share of the $2,800 prize pool.

Also, some participants in High School level tournaments will be able to receive tickets to the Big Bang tournament:

• Top 20 players of the level - 1 ticket each to Big Bang
• Players who have reached the final tables of the High School level at least five times - 1 ticket to Big Bang
• Players who are in the top 200 participants in three High School level tournaments in a row - 1 ticket to Big Bang

Information about High School level tournaments

• Title: The League - High School
• How to find: “Tournaments” tab - “Freerolls” or “Private”.
• Buy-in: no
• Start: 8:10, 12:10, 16:10, 20:10, 00:10 and 06:10 Moscow time
• Prize fund: $20

University level

This level is only available to those who have registered with the School PokerStars, and also made at least one deposit for the entire existence of your account. At the University level, six tournaments with prize pools of $20 are held daily from the 5th to the 30th of the month. The maximum number of players at this level is 3,000.

The 400 best level players every month get the opportunity to move to the highest level - Masters. Anyone placing 401 to 1,200 will remain qualified at the University level for the following month. Players ranked 1,201 to 2,000 will be demoted to the High School level. All other University level participants will be demoted to entry level Elementary.

A prize fund of $7,900 will also be distributed among the top 150 players at the level. In addition, the following players will receive one ticket to the Big Bang tournament:

• Top 30 players in the table
• Players who placed in the top 150 of three consecutive tournaments at the University level

Information about level tournamentsUniversity

• Title: The League - University
• How to find: “Tournaments” tab - “Freerolls” or “Private”.
• Buy-in: no
• Start: 8:15, 12:15, 16:15, 20:15, 00:15 and 06:15 Moscow time
• Prize fund: $20

Masters level

This is the highest level of the PokerStars Poker League and, if you have reached it, you can rightfully consider yourself a fairly strong player. A maximum of 2,000 players can be on the Masters level at any one time. Within its framework, 4 tournaments with prize pools of $20 will be held daily from the 5th to the 30th of the month.

Based on the results of each month, the top 600 Masters level participants will remain qualified for the next month. Players ranked 601 to 1,000 on the leaderboard will be demoted to the University level. All other players will be demoted to Elementary level.

Also, the top 100 players of the level will share a prize pool of $15,300. In addition, individual players will receive one ticket to the Big Bang tournament:

• Top 50 players in the table
• Players with at least five final tables in a month at University level
• Players who placed in the top 100 of three consecutive tournaments at the University level

Information about level tournamentsMasters

• Title: The League - Masters
• How to find: “Tournaments” tab - “Freerolls” or “Private”.
• Buy-in: no
• Start: 9:20, 15:20, 21:20, 07:20 Moscow time
• Prize fund: $20

Additional information about participation in the PokerStars Poker League

All tickets to the Big Bang tournament will be credited by the 5th of the next month and can be used at any of these tournaments. Tickets cannot be exchanged for money or transferred to other players.

To qualify for the High School, University and Masters levels, you must make at least one deposit from the moment you register your account. Otherwise, the level increase will not occur and you will remain at the Elementary level. Participation in tournaments of all levels is free.