PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, only debuted the Micro Millions tournament series last March, but in just over a year, it has become one of the most popular poker festivals on the internet. This month will mark the fifth iteration of Micro Millions, which begins July 18th and runs through July 28th.
Micro Millions was created to give PokerStars players a chance to participate in a huge tournament series with healthy guaranteed prize pools without having to break the bank. The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is great, but not everyone can afford to buy-in to a tourney for a few hundred bucks. Even the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) and its lower buy-in options are a bit much for the really low rollers. The Micro Millions, on the other hand, has an 11 cent kick-off event. Most of the tournaments have buy-ins ranging from $1 to $5.50 with a few hitting $11. The Main Event, which will begin at 2:30pm ET on July 28th, is the most expensive event, boasting a $22 buy-in.
All told, there will be a whopping 100 tournaments in the Micro Millions with $5 million in total guaranteed prize pools. Tournaments will run essentially around the clock. For example, on the first day of Micro Millions, the events will begin at noon, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 4:00pm, 6:30pm, and 10:00pm ET. The following day, the events commence at 2:00am, 4:00am, 6:00am, 8:30am, 11:30am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm, 6:30pm, and 10:00pm.
We would normally list all the tournaments, along with their dates, start times, game type, buy-in, and guaranteed prize pool, but the Micro Millions has 100 events. We’re not going to spend all night typing all that and formatting it. Feel free to visit the PokerStars Micro Millions page for the complete schedule.
Last year, there were 1,572,760 across the 100 Micro Millions events with over $9.5 million in prize money awarded. Belarussian “Ges26” won the Main Event and $140,468.56 after a five-way chop.
As is the case with other PokerStars’ tournament series, Micro Millions will feature a leader board. Every player that makes the money in an event will be awarded leader board points with the number of points depending on exactly where one finishes. The player who ends up with the most points will win a $5,200 ticket into the 2013 WCOOP Main Event. Those who finish 2nd through 10th on the leader board will win a $1,050 WCOOP ticket, while 11th place through 50th place will get a $215 WCOOP ticket.
