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PokerStars Trio Series

21 Jun 2018

(PRESS RELEASE) -- PokerStars Trio Series, the first tournament series to celebrate the new shared player pool of Portugal, France and Spain, exceeded its advertised €5 million guarantee with a total prize pool of €6,457,486.

The Trio Series celebrated PokerStars becoming the first online operator to offer a shared player pool between the three countries since Portugal joined the union last month and saw 40,816 unique players take part in the 78-event schedule from 3-13 June. The Main Event surpassed its €500,000 guarantee to reach €615,195, with winner ‘Ineed1000ETH’ from Spain beating 2,645 other players to take home €71,917.47.

PokerStars’ success with the Trio Series follows France and Spain’s very own Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), which surpassed its record-breaking €10 million guarantee to reach €11,768,035. Earlier in the year, PokerStars FRESH (France Espania Hold’em) Series for French and Spanish players also exceeded its €5M guarantee, reaching €6,149,751.

“We’ve had great success with our various series in shared liquidity regions and it’s brilliant to see the Trio Series carry on this trend,” said Severin Rasset, Director of Product Innovation and Operations at The Stars Group. “We believe that this has strengthened our offering in Southern Europe and we will continue to work hard to give our players the best experience in the market. Players benefit from the shared player pool between Portugal, Spain and France in all aspects of the poker offering and we hope that Italian players will benefit from the same great offer soon.”

In January 2018, PokerStars was the first operator to enable players from France and Spain to play together online. Regulators in Italy have reiterated their intentions to join the shared market with Portugal, France and Spain. The Stars Group intends to seek approval to enter into such shared player pool market if and when it becomes available.
 
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