PokerStars announces Sunday Storm tournament
22 Mar 2011
One which has consistently proved to be the most popular weekly poker tournament in the world – online or offline – is the Sunday 1/4 Million. The $11 No Limit Hold’em tourney, which features a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool, starts at 15.30 ET every Sunday and regularly attracts more than 35,000 runners.
In honor of its success, PokerStars is giving the tournament a make-over with a new name and a higher guarantee. From Sunday, March 27th, the Sunday 1/4 Million will see its name changed to the “Sunday Storm” and the very first tournament will guarantee a massive $1,000,000! Thereafter the tournament will continue with a new weekly guarantee of $300,000.
The inaugural Sunday Storm is expected to attract a field of more than 100,000 players, and with a guaranteed first prize of $200,000, one person is set to win life-changing money this coming weekend!
Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree, who recently turned $215 into nearly $150,000 by winning the Sunday Warm-Up, will be playing the $1m guaranteed tournament on March 27th. Boeree said: “I can’t wait to play the $1,000,000 guaranteed Sunday Storm – I’m a bit of an ROI nut so can’t think of a better chance to spin up $11 into a six-figure score!”
Play the Sunday Storm for free!
There are two ways for players to participate for free. The first is via the hourly freerolls, which run until March 27th and can be found in the PokerStars client at Tourney > Satellite. The second is by making a first real money deposit of $20 or more, with the marketing code ‘STORM’. First time depositors will then receive a ticket for the $1,000,000 Sunday Storm event.
Players can also qualify for the $11 Sunday Storm through cash satellites that start from just $1 at PokerStars.com. Find the tournament in the PokerStars lobby by clicking on Tourney > Special.