Online poker provider PokerStars will be making another millionaire on Sunday, April 2 in celebration of the Sunday Million 11th Anniversary. There will be a guaranteed $10 million prize pool and a bumper first prize of at least $1 million is certain for the winner.
In a statement Tuesday the company outlines twelve different routes for players to secure a seat, all catering to a wide range of buy-in and game preferences. In addition to the direct buy-in fee of $215 and regular qualifying satellites that start from $1, there will be special $5 Spin & Go qualifiers running from March 20 awarding seats to the tournament.
If players are knocked out of the Sunday Million 11th Anniversary tournament they will have the option to re-enter up to three times to keep alive their dream of winning the $1 million first prize. Re-entry does not have to be immediate but it does need to be before the end of late registration. Upon re-entry, players will be treated as a new player entering the tournament field. They will receive a new starting chip stack and be re-seated at a random table with their new buy-in added to the prize pool.
The Sunday Million, which first appeared on March 6, 2006, has become a global online tournament which historically has attracted almost 3,000,000 unique entries. Previous winners and final tablists come from all corners of the globe, and the Sunday Million regularly attracts a weekly average of more than 5,000 entries. Last year’s 10th Anniversary tournament was won by Canadian ‘a.urli’ who beat a field of 55,059 entrants (including re-entries), taking down $970,000 after agreeing a four-way final table chop.