January 21st, 2010 by hansel
In an effort to give relief help to the people of Haiti Poker Stars is setting up accounts for online donations. Poker Stars has three methods for donating online, and any money donated to Haiti will be matched by Poker Stars. So far the total player donations accumulated on Poker Stars stands at over $400,000. All the money will be given to the Red Cross so please help contribute to the relief effort in Haiti.
Method 1 – Using the transfer tool in the Poker Stars lobby, transfer funds to the account ‘haiti fund.’
Method 2 – Go to the special tournaments section in the Poker Stars lobby and look for the ‘dummy’ tournaments. These are not real tournaments, but the allow you to publicly show your support for the people of haiti.
Method 3 – Go to the VIP store and purchase a donation. There are different amounts so please give what you can.
For more information visit the Poker Stars web site.
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January 3rd, 2010 by hansel
Make a real money deposit before the end of January 10th and you can receive a 25% deposit bonus up to 150$. To qualify for the bonus enter the code 2010 while making your deposit. After making your first deposit you have an additional 60 days to make two more deposits. Each deposit will qualify for the promotion and allow you to get the maximum bonus.
For more information on the promotion visit the Poker Stars website. Make sure to understand all the qualifications needed to earn as much bonus as possible.
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December 24th, 2009 by kdollar
A retired police detective who was a first responder to the World Trade Center on 9/11 won $1 million in the Pokerstars.net Million Dollar Challenge television show. He beat poker star Daniel Negreanu for the big prize.
Pokerstars.net Million Dollar Challenge is sponsored by the Fox Network and features website players who have earned a spot on the show by playing on Pokerstars.net. Those who qualify at the top of the heap head to Los Angeles where they face off against Negreanu in person for a shot at the big prize.
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The winner, Mike Kosowski, was a first responder to the 9/11 attacks and was helping survivors escape the south tower of the World Trade Center when that tower collapsed. He was thrown 10 feet in the air and suffered injuries and burns to his back and neck. The injuries forced his retirement; he credit s his detective experience with helping him win the big prize.
Kosowski also understood a basic truth about playing with a pro: it’s different than a pickup game at a casino.
The Fox network airs the Million Dollar Challenge, but the show is sponsored by Pokerstars.net. Players qualify by playing in a free twice-daily qualifier on the site. Those who finish in the top 10 are considered for the casting call and submit a short video making a case for why they should be on the Fox program.
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December 9th, 2009 by kdollar
Poker Stars will be bringing back a very popular promotion this month with depositor freerolls. Players that have an account at PokerStars.net use the deposit code ‘500k’. New players to Poker Stars use the deposit code ‘First500k’ to gain entry. New players will be given entry into the depositor freerolls as well as 100% up to $600.
Tournaments will run at PokerStars.net Nov 28-Dec 13 and there will be 6 tournaments a day that can be found under the ‘tourney’ & ‘freeroll’ tab at the poker stars lobby. The tournaments payout 500 players with first prize receiving $200!
If you cash in on any of the depositor freerolls you will be automatically entered into one of the eight $25k finals on Dec 13th. First prize in each of those tournaments get $2k and they will pay 500 places with 401-500 getting $10 dollars.
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November 12th, 2009 by hansel
Poker Stars Dream Job USA offer all Poker Stars players the chance to become a member of the Poker Stars team. To try your skills enter one of the daily freerolls, FPP, or cash tournaments which run from now until the end of November, or buy your way straight into the final. The Grand Prize is a one year $100,000 contract with Poker Stars that includes a $5,000 a month salary and $40,000 to enter in some of the worlds largest live poker tournaments.
To locate the satellite tournaments go to the Poker Stars lobby and click ‘Tourney’ and ‘Regional’. If you want to read more information on this promotion go to Poker Stars and click the promotions page.
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October 23rd, 2009 by kdollar
Poker Stars has just announced that they will be running the PCA Freeroll Fantasy. This promotion gives players a chance to play at the PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure. They are currently running daily freerolls as well as $1.10 buy-in’s allowing players to qualify for the main even of the PCA freeroll promotion.
Poker Stars is not just giving away 1 package but 27! Each package is worth $15k which includes the tournament buy-in, travel expenses and even spending money. The freerolls are running through Dec 5 and the PCA Freeroll Fantasy Main Event will be 3 separate tournaments played on Dec 6 at 6:00 ET, 8:00 and 14:00 with all final table players winning trips to the Caribbean Adventure.
Play now at Poker Stars and qualify today!
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September 21st, 2009 by hansel
Poker Stars latest promotion, the Million Dollar Challenge, gives players a once in a lifetime chance to compete heads up against team Poker Stars pro Daniel Negreanu. The first prize winner will get the opportunity to compete against Daniel on TV for a chance at winning up to $1,000,000.
The best part about this promotion is that it cost no money to enter. To become qualified, all you need to do is play in one of the daily Million Dollar Challenge freerolls (tournaments run four times per day) and finish in the top ten. The top ten winners will then need to submit a two minute video where they can make a claim for why they should be chosen to star in the new poker show.
Any player lucky enough to be chosen will get sent to the TV studio along with two friends, where he or she will get to compete in a series of heads up matches against team Poker Stars pros and other celebrity poker players for large chunks of money. To help you advance, Daniel Negreanu will also be offering player’s expert advice along the way.
To find out more about this poker players fantasy go to Poker Stars and find read about the Million Dollar Challenge under the promotions page.
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September 17th, 2009 by kdollar
Poker Stars has recently raised their first time deposit bonus from $50 up to $600! This is excellent news for players waiting for a good reason to deposit and will be a huge boost to any poker players bankroll.
New PokerStars.net Deposit: 100% up to $600 dollars
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Players can deposit as little as $25 dollars up to $600 and PokerStars.net will match the deposit! Poker Stars.net has one of the easiest bonuses to clear so you will see the additional bonus funds in no time once you begin playing.
The best part of the bonus is that the bonus applies for 3 deposits or until you get to $600 dollars. So you can deposit $50 and will be matched with another $50, if you deposit for a second time you will be able to get another bonus up to $550. Let’s say that time you deposited $100 then you will be matched as well as have $450 dollars for your 3rd and final deposit bonus!
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July 27th, 2009 by kdollar
Poker Stars ran the largest tournament last Sunday breaking the previous record by 30,000 players! The tournament was a $1 buy-in and was announced last Friday and registration in less then 24 hours had reached more then 35,000 players (the previous world record).
The tournament had 65,000 entrants and each player started with 2,000 chips. In less then ten hours 004 license took down the record breaking tournament lasting the biggest online tournament field and taking home $13,000 dollars for his accomplishment.
Poker Stars doubled the prize pool of the tournament to $130,000 and paid more then 16k players!
Poker Stars held the record before the tournament but was challenged by Full Tilt Poker and decided they would go over the top and make sure they would keep the record.
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June 17th, 2009 by hansel
When it comes to promotions, nobody offers you a better chance to win free money than Poker Stars. All June long Poker Stars will hosts five freerolls a day, giving players the chance to win hundreds of cash prizes. A total of $300,000 will be given away by the end of the month, all in freeroll prizes.
To be eligible for the reload freerolls all you need to do is reload money into your account and then you automatically quilify to participate in as many freerolls as you wish. The best way to find freeroll tournaments is to type “Reload” into the tourney filter, or to go to the Poker Stars loby and select “tourney” and then “freeroll”.
Every tourney the top 400 finishers all win a cash prize and a ticket to the final reload freeroll tournament at the end of the month that offers even greater cash prizes. To find more information about start times and a breackdown of the cash prizes visit the Poker Stars site.
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