PokerStars ready for major 10th anniversary celebration

LONDON, England -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- PokerStars celebrates its 10th anniversary in December and is marking the milestone with a series of promotions and tournaments that will award more than $10 million in prizes, including 100 dream vacations to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas.

PokerStars today announced two events and promised more promotions will be announced in the coming weeks. The PokerStars 10th Anniversary Celebration will incorporate a series of different events and promotions (the majority of which take place December 1-18), with players participating in ring games and tournaments ranging from micro levels right up to high stakes.

"Amazing that it’s been 10 years! I'm very proud of my association with PokerStars, and this December's 10th Anniversary Celebration is going to be a doozy!” said Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu. “There will be tons of cash prizes for bankrolls of all sizes, plus giveaways and a $10 million Sunday Million event.”

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Giveaway

The festivities get under way today with the “10th Anniversary Giveaway”, a series of freerolls that will enable players to qualify for the PCA Weekly Final and win one of 100 packages (each worth more than $15,000) to the ninth annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which takes place from January 5-14, 2012 in Paradise Island, Bahamas. There are also 10,000 other cash prizes to win along the way.

Freerolls take place every ten minutes at PokerStars.com, with players allowed to participate in one freeroll per day, and the top ten players in each tournament qualifying directly into a weekly final. Players can also take part in the hourly FPP (Frequent Player Points) qualifying tournaments, and cash satellite tourneys from just $1.

$10 million Sunday Million!

The second major announcement at this time is for the final event, which will be a 10th Anniversary $10,000,000 Sunday Million – the biggest guaranteed prize pool ever for the weekly flagship online event – and still with its usual $215 buy-in. There will be a number of different ways for players to qualify for this record-breaking event, including satellites starting from just $1, which could see someone turn $1 into a first prize worth well in excess of $1 million.

Throughout the following weeks, PokerStars will be revealing details of other amazing promotions and events for players to get excited about. In the meantime, check out www.PokerStars.com/ten for more information about the 10th Anniversary Celebration.