It was business as usual in the online poker world this past weekend and the action in the major Sunday tournaments was brisk as usual. One week removed from the PokerStars $2 Million Guaranteed as part of the site's 2X program, thousands of poker players flocked to the virtual felts of Stars, Full Tilt Poker, and Party Poker to try and claim their share of life-changing money. Let's check out the action this week as we recap some of the largest weekly guaranteed prize pools offered online. Read more »
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PokerStars Doubles New Depositor Freeroll Prize Pools
As if poker players worldwide needed another reason to play on PokerStars, the online poker site is now doubling its new depositor freeroll prize pools. Between now and the end of the month, PokerStars will be running a pair of $2,222 freerolls each and every day. All you have to do is use the bonus code FIRST2X when you sign up and you're automatically qualified. It's all part of the site's 2X promotion, which has been going on during the entire month of July as PokerStars continues to draw attention away from the recently-completed World Series of Poker. Read more »
Online Poker Tournament Roundup: Week of July 13th
While the eyes of the entire poker world were fixed squarely on Las Vegas, online poker tournaments across the major sites continued as normal. The highlight of the week came on PokerStars, where every guarantee was doubled. Who needs the World Series of Poker when you have double guarantees on PokerStars? This meant the Sunday Million, a weekly tournament with a one million dollar guarantee, was actually the Sunday Two Million. The buy-in remained $215, attracting a ridiculously large field as you might expect. Three total tournaments on PokerStars this week offered $2.4 million in guarantees, much larger than twice the total tournament prize pool of the Full Tilt Poker $750K Guaranteed, UB $200K Guaranteed, and Bodog $100K Guaranteed combined. Let's find the poker star in us this week in the online tournament roundup. Read more »