PokerStars Promotions

New Player Promo- First Depositor Freerolls:

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Make your first deposit during July with bonus code FIRST2X and gain entry to the $2,222 2X First Depositor Freerolls that run twice daily at 1 PM and 8 PM ET. If you cash in any of the freerolls you'll also receive entry to the $22,222 final on July 31st.

Frequent Player Points

Overlay: $0.016 per point

The value of an FPP for the Poker Stars Store, where you can use the FPPs to buy a wide variety of items like poker books, apparel, and poker chips, is between $0.015-$0.016 per point. When you achieve higher statuses (see "VIP Club" below), you will have many more choices for your purchases, including electronics, gift certificates and cars.

You can earn FPPs up to 5x faster by being in higher status levels. When buying merchandise in the store, refer to the chart on the right for your hourly rate. The hourly rate is based on the BronzeStar level.

Hourly Rate for the Poker Stars Merchandise in the Store

Level

Limit

Full Ring

Short Handed

$.10/$.25	No Limit	$0.15	$0.16
$.25/$.50	No Limit	$0.29	$0.33
$.50/$1.00	No Limit	$0.51	$0.71
$1/$2	No Limit	$0.70	$0.99
$2/$4	No Limit	$0.99	$1.21
$3/$6	No Limit	$1.07	$1.30
$5/$10	No Limit	$1.11	$1.34
$10/$20	No Limit	$1.09	$1.32
$.50/$1.00	Limit	$0.36	$0.35
$1/$2	Limit	$0.61	$0.78
$2/$4	Limit	$0.64	$1.13
$3/$6	Limit	$0.77	$1.38
$5/$10	Limit	$1.16	$1.94
$10/$20	Limit	$1.57	$2.41
$15/$30	Limit	$1.83	$2.60
$30/$60	Limit	$1.68	$2.39
$50/$100	Limit	$1.71	$2.43
$100/$200	Limit	$1.67	$2.37

How are these rates generated?

2x Special Offers:

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Poker Stars is continuing to run a series of "2x" promotions through July. Below are the current offers Poker Stars is offering.

2x Pot: From July 14th until July 20th, Poker Stars is doubling the pot for the winner of every 1,000,000th hand dealt in Poker Stars real money cash games. In addition, all players dealt into the hand will receive 22 big blinds at the limit being played. This amount will then be multiplied according to VIP status according to the chart below.

VIP Tier	Milestone Hands Bonus
SilverStar	15% Bonus
GoldStar	30% Bonus
PlatinumStar	60% Bonus
Supernova	120% Bonus
Supernova Elite	200% Bonus

2x Heads Up SNG VPP Multipler: Play in any regular Heads Up SNG tournament between July 14th and July 27th and you will be given 1.5x the amount of VPPs and FPPs that you would usually be awarded.

VIP Club

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Poker Stars has a VIP club that rewards continued play on the site. A summary of perks to this club includes being able to earn FPPs up to 5x faster, using FPPs to purchase merchandise such as Ipods, computer monitors, travel packages and buy-ins to popular poker events such as the Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure and the European Poker Tour.

For the purposes of the VIP Club FPPs are referred to as VPPs. There are 6 status levels at the VIP Club. For most of them you have to be active players monthly. In the Supernova status you have to accumulate 100,000 VPPs during the calendar year. To achieve the monthly status levels you have to earn the required number of VPPs. Then you will be at that status for the rest of that month and then the following month.

VIP Club Status Levels:

Tier	VPPs Required	Qualification Period
BronzeStar	N/A	N/A
SilverStar	1,500	Monthly
GoldStar	4,000	Monthly
PlatinumStar	10,000	Monthly
Supernova	100,000	Yearly
Supernova Elite	1,000,000	Yearly

Bronze Status: All players start on this level. Anyone who earns less than 1,500 FPPs in a calendar month will stay at this level. The BronzeStar level is the standard Frequent Player Program. Players in this status will be eligible for the BronzeStar VIP Store access and the following freerolls:

Daily $500 tourney (3 times per day-10 FPP entry), Weekly $1000 and $2000 (50 FPP entry), $2,500 monthly (200 FPP entry)

Silver Status: You must earn between 1,500 and 4,000 FPPs a month to be a Silver Status player. Perks of the Silver status include earning FPPs 1.5x faster and having the opportunity to purchase exclusive "Silver Star merchandise." In addition, each week you'll be eligible to play against other VIPs (Silver status and above) in the $20,000 Freeroll (100 FPP entry). Lastly, you can win access to the $100,000 Freeroll through FPP satellites. SilverStar VIPs may also use 5000 FPPs to purchase a $50 bonus. Players must then earn 350 FPPs (7 FPPs per $1) to clear the bonus.

Gold Status: You must earn between 4,000 and 10,000 FPPs a month to be a Gold Status Player. Perks of the Gold status include earning FPPs at twice the normal rate and having the opportunity to purchase exclusive "Gold Star merchandise." Each week, you will be eligible to play against other VIPs (Gold Star and above) in the $20,000 Freeroll (100 FPP buy-in) and GoldStar players are also eligible to participate in the satellites for the $50,000 weekly tournament (FPP entry). Gold Star and above players can play in the $100,000 freeroll tournament held each month, and use FPPs to enter the 200+15 $1,000,000 Guaranteed tournament. GoldStar VIPs may use 25,000 FPPs to purchase a $285 cash bonus. Players must then earn another 1.995 base FPPs to "clear" the bonus.

Platinum Status: You must earn at least 10,000 points a month to be a Platinum Status Player. Perks of the Platinum status include earned earning FPPs at 2.5x the normal rate and having the opportunity to purchase exclusive "Silver Star" and "Gold Star" merchandise. Each week, Platinum status players will be eligible for all the freerolls for VIP members, including the $20,000 Freeroll (100 FPP buy-in) and satellites to the $50,000 weekly (FPP entry). Gold Star and above players can play in the $100,000 freeroll tournament held each month. Also, this status allows you enter even more regular tournaments with your FPPs. Platinum Star VIPs may use 50,000 VIPs to purchase a $650 cash bonus. Players must then earn another 4,550 base FPPs (or 7 FPPs per $1) to "clear" the bonus.

SuperNova Status: You must earn at least 100,000 points during the calendar year to be a SuperNova Status member. In addition, Poker Stars will extend your status on a month-by month basis from January to June provided you continue to earn at least 10,000 VPPs every month, missing no more than one month of 10,000 VPP accrual. When you achieve this status, you will be able to accumulate FPPs at 3.5x the normal rate. You will access to all VIP stores, including SuperNova-only merchandise. SuperNova members can also participate in $20,000 (100 FPP buy-in) and $50,000 weekly freerolls. Supernova status players also can be apart of the $100,000 freeroll. Also, this status allows players to enter even more regular and major tournaments with your FPPs. Major tournaments include the WSOP main event, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, EPT events, and the Poker Stars' WCOOP. Platinum Star VIPs may use 100,000 FPPs to purchase a $1,500 cash bonus. Players must then earn another 10,500 base FPPs (or 7 FPP per $1) to "clear" the bonus.

Poker Stars also offers special milestone levels for their Supernova players on their road to Supernova Elite status.

When players hit one of the following VPP milestones - 200,000, 300,000, 400,000, 500,000, 600,000 and 800,000 they will be eligible to purchase a special reward bonus for 50,000 FPP. In order to earn the bonus once it has been purchased, a player must collect additional base FPPs totaling 5x their reward bonus amount within 120 days of receiving the bonus. Example: To release your $2,000 reward bonus you would need to earn an additional 10,000 Base FPPs to "clear" the bonus. Players are eligible for one bonus per milestone level reached.

Milestone Bonuses:

$2,000 at 200,000 VPP
$3,000 at 300,000 VPP
$4,000 at 400,000 VPP
$5,000 at 500,000 VPP
$6,000 at 600,000 VPP
$8,000 at 800,000 VPP

SuperNova Elite Status: You must earn at least 1,000,000 points during the calendar year to be a SuperNova Elite Status member. In addition, Poker Stars will extend your status on a month-by month basis from January to June provided you continue to earn at least 10,000 VPPs every month, missing no more than one month of 10,000 VPP accrual. When you achieve this status, you will be able to accumulate FPPs at 5x the normal rate. You will have access to all VIP stores, including SuperNova-only merchandise. As a Supernova Elite you will automatically be given free entry to the WCOOP main event or a regular PokerStars prize package that players may choose from:

Option A: Any two packages from PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, WSOP Main Event, EPT Monte Carlo, APPT Sydney.
Option B: Any one of the above pacakges plus $10,000.

Lastly, milestone bonuses are also given away to players who achieve this status. Once the bonus is given, further FPPs are needed to "clear" the bonus.

$10,000 at 1,250,000 VPPs (50,000 Base FPPs to clear)
$10,000 at 1,500,000 VPPs (50,000 Base FPPs to clear)
$10,000 at 1,750,000 VPPs (50,000 Base FPPs to clear)
$20,000 at 2,000,000 VPPs (100,000 Base FPPs to clear)
$10,000 at 2,250,000 VPPs (50,000 Base FPPs to clear)
$10,000 at 2,500,000 VPPs (50,000 Base FPPs to clear)
$10,000 at 2,750,000 VPPs (50,000 Base FPPs to clear)
$20,000 at 3,000,000 VPPs (100,000 Base FPPs to clear)

MTT Leaderboard:

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Every time you place in the top 15% of a regular multi-table tournament, you will be awarded Tournament Leader Board (TLB) points. The amount of points varies depending on the buy-in of the tournament, the number of entries and the position in which you finish.

TLB points count towards the following three leader boards.

Weekly Leader Board

The Weekly Tournament Leader Board takes your best 10 results from all of the tournaments played between 12:00 AM Sunday and 11:59 PM ET Saturday.

The player with the highest weekly TLB score gets an opportunity to play against a member of Team PokerStars Pro in a heads-up challenge match the following Sunday. The Weekly TLB winner gets to choose the game, with the match itself taking place at 2 PM ET on Sunday. The prize pool starts at $1,000 and carries over to next week's match if the Team PokerStars Pro wins.

Monthly Leader Board

The Monthly Tournament Leader Board takes your best 20 results from all of the tournaments played between 12:00 AM ET on the first day of the month and 11:59 PM ET on the last day of the month.

The players that finish in the top 200 of the Monthly Leader Board will share $30,000 in cash prizes, with first place claiming $5,000. In addition, the top 1,000 players will each receive a ticket to a $20,000 Monthly TLB freeroll. Overlay for this leaderboard is $150 for qualifiers.

Yearly Leader Board

The Yearly Tournament Leader Board takes your best 100 results from all of the tournaments played between 12:00 AM ET on the first day of the year and 11:59 PM ET on the last day of the year.

The winner of the Yearly Tournament Leader Board will win a five-stamp PokerStars Passport. This includes buy-in, hotel accommodation and spending money for five major PokerStars-sponsored live tournaments. The players that finish second and third will win three-stamp and two-stamp PokerStars Passports respectively.

Battle of the Planets (SNG Leaderboard):

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Poker Stars is a introducing a weekly SNG leaderboard called the "Battle of the Planets." The leaderboards will be separated into eight divisions, all named after planets in our solar system. Everyone can take part in the competition, no matter how high or low stakes they play. Each planet represents a different range of buy-ins, from Mercury ($1-$2.99) to Jupiter ($300+).

Each of the eight planet divisions are split into two individual Leader Boards. The first is the Low Orbit Leader Board, which is tailored towards casual and recreational players. The second is the High Orbit Leader Board, which is more suited to high volume players.

Each planet division has its own weekly prize pool, distributed evenly between the two Leader Boards. This gives all players a chance to win some serious cash prizes, no matter what their level of experience or the size of their bankroll.

Available leaderboards:

Sit & Go Buy-in	Division Name	Low Orbit Leader Board Prize Pool	High Orbit Leader Board Prize Pool	Total Division Prize Pool
$1-$2.99	Mercury	$1500	$1500	$3,000.00
$3-$4.99	Mars	$2000	$2000	$4,000.00
$5-$9.99	Venus	$2500	$2500	$5,000.00
$10-$19.99	Earth	$3000	$3000	$6,000.00
$20-$49.99	Neptune	$3500	$3500	$7,000.00
$50-$99.99	Uranus	$4000	$4000	$8,000.00
$100-$299.99	Saturn	$4500	$4500	$9,000.00
$300+	Jupiter	$5000	$5000	$10,000.00

In addition to leaderboard prizes, every player that finishes in the top 10 of any weekly Sit & Go Leader Board will receive an exclusive ticket to a monthly tournament. This “Battle of the Planets” will see the highest ranking players from each division come together to fight it out in a triple shootout, for a monthly prize pool of $50,000.

Points are awarded in the following way-- Every time you cash in a regular multi-player Sit & Go with fewer than 40 players, you will receive Leader Board points. You have a set number of games to accumulate as many points as you can in a given week, starting at 12:00:00 am Sunday and finishing at 11:59:59 pm Saturday. Points will be awarded to the top 2-5 players in each SNG depending on how many players entered the SNG.

Number of players
Place	6	8	9	10	12	16	18	27
1st	39	40	45	50	54	55	61	80
2nd	21	24	27	30	32	41	46	58
3rd	0	16	18	20	22	26	30	38
4th	0	0	0	0	0	14	16	22
5th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18

Low Orbit Leader Board:

For the Low Orbit Leader Board, your points total is recorded in blocks of 20 tournaments. You may play up to five 20-tournament blocks per division in any given week.

The 20-tournament blocks will be recorded in sequence, i.e. 1 to 20, 21 to 40, 41 to 60, 61 to 80 and 81 to 100. Only your best block score will count towards the Leader Board, and only completed blocks of games will be eligible for the leader board.

High Orbit Leader Board:

For the High Orbit Leader Board, your points total is recorded in blocks of 100 tournaments. There is no limit to the number of high volume blocks you can play in a given week, and no limit on the number of divisions in which you can participate.

The 100 tournament blocks will be recorded in sequence, i.e. 1 to 100, 101 to 200, 201 to 300 and so on. Only your best block score will count towards the Leader Board.

WCOOP:

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Poker Stars is holding the WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) again this September. The WCOOP is a huge online tournament event similar to the World Series of Poker (WSOP). There are 33 events in total covering a wide range for poker games, including Hold'em, Omaha, Stud, Razz, HORSE, 2-7 Draw and more. There will be over $30,000,000 in guaranteed prizes given away during the series with prize pools of $2,000,000 for many individual events.

Poker Stars is running satellites to these events with buy-in as low as $2.20 or 100 FPPs.

Schedule of Events:

EVENT #	DATE	DAY	TIME	BUY-IN	EVENT	GUARANTEE
1	5-Sep	Fri	14:30	$215	NL Hold'em [6-max]	$1,000,000
2	5-Sep	Fri	16:30	$215	PL 5-Card Draw	$100,000
3	6-Sep	Sat	14:30	$215	Limit Hold'em	$300,000
4	6-Sep	Sat	16:30	$215	2-7 Triple Draw	$100,000
5	7-Sep	Sun	14:30	$10,300	High-Roller NL Hold'em	$2,000,000
6	7-Sep	Sun	16:30	$530	NL Hold'em*	$3,000,000
7	8-Sep	Mon	14:30	$215	PL Omaha [6-max]	$300,000
8	8-Sep	Mon	16:30	$320	8-game Mixed Event	$200,000
9	9-Sep	Tue	14:30	$215	NL Hold'em [4-max]	$400,000
10	9-Sep	Tue	16:30	$215	Razz	$100,000
11	10-Sep	Wed	14:30	$320	PL Omaha Hi/Lo	$300,000
12	10-Sep	Wed	16:30	$320	Mixed Hold'em [6-max]	$300,000
13	11-Sep	Thu	14:30	$215	NL Hold'em w/Rebuys	$1,000,000
14	11-Sep	Thu	16:30	$320	7-Card Stud	$100,000
15	12-Sep	Fri	14:30	$320	NL Hold'em [Heads-Up]	$500,000
16	12-Sep	Fri	16:30	$215	PL Omaha [1R1A]	$300,000
17	13-Sep	Sat	14:30	$530	PL Hold'em [6-max]	$400,000
18	13-Sep	Sat	16:30	$215	HORSE	$300,000
19	14-Sep	Sun	14:30	$25,500	High-Roller HU NL Hold'em	$1,600,000
20	14-Sep	Sun	16:30	$1,050	NL Hold'em*	$3,000,000
21	15-Sep	Mon	14:30	$530	7-Card Stud Hi/Lo	$200,000
22	15-Sep	Mon	16:30	$530	Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo [6-max]	$200,000
23	16-Sep	Tue	14:30	$530	NL Hold'em [1R1A]	$500,000
24	16-Sep	Tue	16:30	$530	NL 2-7 Single Draw	$200,000
25	17-Sep	Wed	14:30	$320	PL Omaha w/rebuys	$500,000
26	17-Sep	Wed	16:30	$320	NL Hold'em [6-max]	$500,000
27	18-Sep	Thu	14:30	$530	NL Hold'em Triple Shootout	$300,000
28	18-Sep	Thu	16:30	$530	Limit Omaha Hi/Lo	$400,000
29	19-Sep	Fri	14:30	$530	NLHE w/Rebuys [6-max]	$400,000
30	19-Sep	Fri	16:30	$1,050	PL Omaha	$500,000
31	20-Sep	Sat	14:30	$1,050	Limit Hold'em [6-max]	$500,000
32	20-Sep	Sat	16:30	$10,300	HORSE	$500,000
33	21-Sep	Sun	16:30	$5,200	NL Hold'em Main Event*	$10,000,000

Turbo Takedown:

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Poker Stars is running a "Turbo Takedown" tournament promotion each month that will give away $1 million in guaranteed cash with 1 in 3 players winning cash. The tournament will be held at 2:30 PM ET on the last Sunday of every month and will cost 5000 FPPs to enter. Players may also qualify through satellites for as little as 10 FPPs.

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