PokerStars eCheck Options
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PokerStars offers players the opportunity to instantly fund their player accounts with their EFT or electronic funds transfer options. Players then do not have to wait for middle men such as ePassporte, Neteller, etc. to deposit funds into their Poker Stars.net account.
Right now players who chose to deposit via eCheck will receive a reload bonus from PokerStars worth up to $50. This can be a great way to make your bankroll grow quickly and have enough cash to enter one of the great satellite tournaments going on right now at PokerStars.
Current events PokerStars satellite tournaments are running for:
Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final in Sydney
European Poker Tour Prague
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Aussie Millions
PokerStars Passport
PokerStars Passport to the 2008-08 EPT
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PokerStars has done it again. They trying to send one lucky poker player to all 10 European Poker Tour events during the 2008-09 season. The top 1,000 players of the PokerStars Tournament Leaderboard for December will be playing for a chance to win the PokerStars Passport. However, even if you don’t win the Passport prize package, there will be 4 entries to the EPT Monte Carlo which is the 2008 Grand Finale.
The top 100 finishers in the December TLB will play for the following:
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Place |
Prize |
|---|---|
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1 |
PokerStars Passport |
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2 |
EPT Monte Carlo Package |
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3 |
$10,000 |
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4 |
$5,000 |
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5 |
$3,000 |
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6 |
$2,500 |
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7 |
$2,000 |
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8 |
$1,500 |
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9 |
$1,000 |
The next 900 players will be grouped in groups of 100 and each group of 100 will play for the following prizes:
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Place |
Prize |
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1 |
EPT Monte Carlo Package |
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2 |
$5,000 |
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3 |
$3,000 |
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4 |
$2,000 |
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5 |
$1,500 |
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6 |
$1,250 |
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7 |
$1,000 |
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8 |
$750 |
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9 |
$500 |
Travel the world this coming year with the PokerStars Passport!
PokerStars APPT Coming to an End
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The PokerStars Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) is coming to a close after a very successful first season. This season the APPT has taken on great cities such as Manila and Seoul and is now invading Macau, China as I write this post. However, there is one more big stop to make and that is at the season final in Sydney, Australia.
PokerStars.com though just isn’t sponsoring these great events, they are sending their online poker players to them to have a chance at winning millions of dollars in prizes. Players can qualify for the Sydney Series Finale via one of PokerStars satellite tournaments starting at $2.20.
Or you could of course just shell out the $5,700 in entry money if you have it lying around as well.
This event does have a cap of 600 players so qualify for your seat today at PokerStars. Players who qualify via PokerStars satellite tournaments will receive the following prize package:
- Buy-in to the event
- 5 nights hotel accommodation
- $2,000 cash, to help pay for travel
- Cruise around Sydney Harbour and climbing tour of Sydney Harbour Bridge
Qualify for Asian Pacific Poker Tour at Poker Stars
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After PokerStars announced its new step up tournament challenge a couple weeks ago, they have expanded the step tournaments to players who wish to qualify for the Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT). Players may now enter the tournament ladder at any point their bankroll allows and play their way in to the APPT Macau or the APPT Sydney.
Players can begin their quest to qualify for the final APPT events for as little as $7.50.
The tournament steps are explained in the image below:
Step Up to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
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Poker Stars has introduced yet another way for online poker players to qualify for the 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas. Now you can not only qualify via cash satellite tournaments or via the tournament leader board and Frequent Player Points satellite tournaments, but players may also win their way to the Bahamas via the Steps option at PokerStars.
The Step Up options allows players of all bankrolls to qualify for the $12,000 Super Satellite that can send you directly to the PCA 2008. Step Up challenges begin at $7.50 or 500 FPP’s. Players then can “Step Up” to the next satellite tournament or if they finish in the top 3 may try again at the current step level. This is made more clear by the chart below provided by PokerStars. PokerStars has once again made playing satellite tournaments easy and more accessible then any other online poker room! Good luck.
Poker Stars PCA Satellites Running Now
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Ever wanted to play on the European Poker Tour? Need a vacation to the Caribbean? Now you can kill two birds with one stone by qualifying for the 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Tournament, which is an official stop of the European Poker Tour.
With last years winner taking in just over $1.5 million in first place cash, this years winner will surely be bringing home $2 million with him or her. This is incentive enough to start qualifying for the 2008 PCA via PokerStars satellite tournaments that start at just $2!
Qualifying for the 2008 PCA not only earns you a seat in one of the most prestigous poker tournaments in the world, on PokerStars bill of course, but PokerStars will also be chipping in an additional $3,000 for accomodations and meals, as well as a $1,000 spending credit. This adds up to a $12,000 tournament prize package.
Download Poker Stars software now so you can qualify for the 2008 PCA today.
Poker Stars WCOOP Main Event Champion
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Last Sunday Poker Stars crowned their 2007 World Championships of Online Poker Main Event champion, TheV0id, who took home over one and a quarter million for the win!
With a prize pool that topped out at just under $7.5 million, the final event sent many players home with a hefty pay check. Of the 2998 players who either paid the $2,600 entry fee or qualified via a satellite tournament at Poker Stars, 414 of them cashed in the main event. The minimum cash out was $2,988.00 while the final table entrants won the following prizes:
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TheV0id  |
United Kingdom | $1,228,330.50 |
| 2 | ka$ino | United States | $850,782.50 |
| 3 | LadyMaverick | United States | $463,940.50 |
| 4 | HelmetSky | Israel | $382,245.00 |
| 5 | mpg1000 | United States | $307,295.00 |
| 6 | nitbuster | United States | $232,345.00 |
| 7 | E-Daddie | United States | $163,391.00 |
| 8 | mao15 | United States | $103,431.00 |
| 9 | Fischer80 | Denmark | $59,960.00 |
The 2007 WCOOP featured some record setting final table pay days as well as record setting participation. With the crown of World Champion of Online Poker now residing in the UK, the rest of the world will have to wait until 2008 to take the first place prize money and claim to fame of World Champion of Online Poker!
Poker Stars WCOOP Ends Tonight
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With 22 of the 23 events in the books at Poker Stars, the 2007 World Championships of Online Poker is coming to end this evening with the playing of the WCOOP Main Event. This main event is No Limit Hold’em event that guarantees a prize pool of $5 Million!
When the Main Event began a total of 2,998 players registered or qualified to play in this great final event. This brought the total prize pool to an astounding $7,495,000 and the winner will take home almost $1.5 million by themselves.
The 2007 WCOOP Main Event was a $2,600 buy in event, however, many players were able to qualify for this event for much less via Poker Stars outstanding satellite tournaments which started at $8.80.
Earlier this weekend events 19-22 were finished and the results for these tournaments are listed below. I am already looking forward to the 2008 WCOOP and can’t wait to qualify for future live and online tournaments via Poker Stars satellite tournaments.
Event 19 Pot Limit Omaha Final Table:
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buck21 |
Canada | $97,262.78 |
| 2 | Gu Minda | France | $77,053.12 |
| 3 | muzzu | Finland | $41,840.00 |
| 4 | tralaira | Spain | $33,472.00 |
| 5 | cpfactor | United States | $26,934.50 |
| 6 | villepn | Finland | $20,397.00 |
| 7 | Egar1m | United States | $15,167.00 |
| 8 | Niiiv | United States | $10,460.00 |
| 9 | Taknapotin | United States | $6,014.50 |
Event 20 No Limit Hold’em Triple Shootout Final Table:
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lyerly |
United States | $76,545.00 |
| 2 | Zock’n'Rock | Germany | $51,030.00 |
| 3 | AJunglen7 | United States | $36,450.00 |
| 4 | DumpingKGB | United States | $27,337.50 |
| 5 | pannipha | United Kingdom | $20,047.50 |
| 6 | THE__D__RY | United States | $14,580.00 |
| 7 | Nutedawg | United States | $10,206.00 |
| 8 | adotlee | United States | $6,561.00 |
| 9 | Cobra234 | Denmark | $3,645.00 |
Event 21 HORSE Final Table:
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hairos |
Denmark | $202,921.00 |
| 2 | svesken | Denmark | $176,921.00 |
| 3 | tj_trail | United States | $103,987.50 |
| 4 | BOBALOB | United States | $71,685.00 |
| 5 | Cordelia | United States | $55,755.00 |
| 6 | ROXY24 | Canada | $41,595.00 |
| 7 | BUS02 | United States | $31,860.00 |
| 8 | TwinkleStar | United States | $22,567.50 |
| 9 | crazyjanie | United States | $14,602.50 |
Event 22 Limit Hold’em Final Table:
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sowerss |
United States | $120,184.95 |
| 2 | jumper17 | Austria | $108,967.05 |
| 3 | plattsburgh | United States | $56,056.00 |
| 4 | drbk2 | United States | $43,120.00 |
| 5 | emptyseat88 | United States | $35,112.00 |
| 6 | DEVIRUS | Canada | $27,720.00 |
| 7 | BUTCH ACIDY | United States | $20,328.00 |
| 8 | Hansa.no | Cyprus | $13,552.00 |
| 9 | der Falk | Sweden | $8,008.00 |
Poker Stars Satellite Tournaments run daily for live and online poker events.
Poker Stars WCOOP Half Way Home
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With 14 events now in the books, Poker Stars has already given away over $11 million in cash at the 2007 World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP). The latest WCOOP champion is mig.com, who won the $2 million guaranteed No Limit Hold’em event last Sunday, September 23rd.
With the top 486 players cashing in this $1,050 buy in event, mig.com cashed in winnings of $580,212.50! The smallest cash payout for this event was $1,330.00 making players who finished 397 - 486 a nice $280 profit.
However, the real money was made at the final table where the top 9 were guaranteed no less then a $25,000 pay day. The final 9 finished the event as follows:
| 1 | mig.com |
United States | $580,212.50 |
| 2 | chulwoo | Korea, Republic of | $292,932.50 |
| 3 | Trickybstrd | Canada | $210,472.50 |
| 4 | ephman | United States | $166,250.00 |
| 5 | saphire1 | United Kingdom | $130,340.00 |
| 6 | jochen8 | Sweden | $96,425.00 |
| 7 | Kenny Rap | United States | $69,825.00 |
| 8 | tralaira | Spain | $43,890.00 |
| 9 | UWillSuckOut | United States | $25,935.00 |
The 2007 WCOOP continues this afternoon at Poker Stars with the $100,000 guaranteed 7 card stud event #15. This is a $320 buy in event at Poker Stars.
The remaining WCOOP events will be running now until September 30th. Players can still qualify for the remaining WCOOP events via satellite tournaments at Poker Stars for as low as $8 buy ins.
WCOOP Event #6 Winner: A Familiar Champion
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Greg Raymer, better known as FossilMan, has once again reached the top of the poker mountain at Poker Stars WCOOP event #6. Fossilman triumphed in the 772 player, $320 Pot Limit Omaha rebuy event on September 18th. Raymer was credited with $168,362.40 in his Poker Stars account!
Fossilman began the final table with a dominating chip stack and held strong to take down the World Championships of Online Poker Event #6. One particularly humorous event occurred when Raymer actually lost his internet connection during the final table. Maybe Fossilman should invest in a dedicated internet line for the next WCOOP event. 
Players can still qualify for WCOOP events at Poker Stars now for as low as $8.80!
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