PokerStars Announces the "Billionth Tournament Carnival" November 17-30

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PokerStars has announced the Billionth Tournament Carnival--a promotional series celebrating Tournament Number One Billion on the site. The series, which will run November 17-30, will feature promos for multi and single table tournaments, as well as the return of the Golden Sit & Go's, with over $3 million in increased guarantees for regular tournaments like the "Daily Bigs" and "Hot Turbos".

Golden Sit & Go's

Starting November 17, at least $500,000 will be given away during Golden Sit & Go promotions. Sit & Go's will be randomly selected, and players could win up to 20x their buy-in.

The Daily Bigs

From November 24-30, guarantees will be increased by over $2 million, with at least $100k awarded in added prizes.

The Hot Turbos

Also from November 24-30, guarantees will be increased by at least $1 million, with another $100k in added prizes.


Tournament One Billion


Billionth Tournament Carnival


The two week celebration will culminate with Tournament One Billion: a $2 million guaranteed $109 buy-in event, with an additional $200k worth of added prizes. The $200k in added cash and prizes will be awarded to randomly selected tables throughout the first two hours of the tournament. See here for a full list of prizes.

And, don't forget about the reload bonus now through November 17.
 
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Kind of disappointed they aren't offering a $1billion GTD tournament.;)

Seriously though, will likely be playing the $2 GTD tournament, should be fun!
 
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nice one!!

hurry up for the 17th to come, i'm grinding alot of sit and gos at the minute so being dealt into a golden one would be pretty sweet
 
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Looks bad and recycled promotion.

Only added prizes are awarded as random (Golden Sit&Go's nd 200k$ added in all-time megafield which gathers more rake). Very unlikely that Biggest/Hottest or that 2M$ tournament will overlay.

They really should offer MTT players some decent promotions. Like 1M$ added Sunday Million could have been placed instead of such crappy 109$ variance lottery.
 
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Looks bad and recycled promotion.

Only added prizes are awarded as random (Golden Sit&Go's nd 200k$ added in all-time megafield which gathers more rake). Very unlikely that Biggest/Hottest or that 2M$ tournament will overlay.

They really should offer MTT players some decent promotions. Like 1M$ added Sunday Million could have been placed instead of such crappy 109$ variance lottery.

virtually no tournaments overlay, thats kinda a good thing, sites with consistent overlay go busto
 
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Kind of disappointed they aren't offering a $1billion GTD tournament.;)

Seriously though, will likely be playing the $2 GTD tournament, should be fun!

Is it going to be worth your time for a prize pool of $2 :p



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Um very excited for this one.. Whoever goes Ft is lucky as hell and will change his life .. Hope that is mr :D
 
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Very unlikely that Biggest/Hottest or that 2M$ tournament will overlay.

I agree, it will only boost the number of players. They should add the free money on top of the prize pool instead of just increasing the guarantees. That way it would be a real incentive to play.
 
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I'm already registered in the main Event after had pass a sat. But honestly I think this is a good way to celebrate but is not available for all players, it's just for some. Wath I mean is that or you win a sat or paying 109$ is not for everybody.
 
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Hoping to hit a few golden's on my grind, and hopefully find some good satty's and try and get into the big 2 milly gtd game. GL to everyone and let us all know if you hit any golden sng's :D
 
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I heard some people say that you have a better chance of finding a golden SnG when you play a high stake SnG. Is this true?
 
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I heard some people say that you have a better chance of finding a golden SnG when you play a high stake SnG. Is this true?

I do believe they occur more at the higher levels, but a chance is a chance and I think it would be more promotional for them if they actually switched that around and had a higher amount of golden sng's at the micro and lower levels to bring in new players with the promo....but they still bring in players because not everyone is aware that you would more likely hit the goldens at higher buyins....but I'll take them if I can get them, not going to jump stakes just for the off chance (don't think i hit a single one the last time around)
 
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Cool :).I will play 2,50$ 180 player turbo sit and go :).
 
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There's a cardschat qualifier for this tournament?
 
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weeeeee

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It's been so long since I could play for real money at PokerStars, tell me: do you know it's a Golden Sit & Go when you register, or is it a surprise?
 
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It's been so long since I could play for real money at PokerStars, tell me: do you know it's a Golden Sit & Go when you register, or is it a surprise?

Only after registration closes and the game starts, then you know.
 
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pt4 didn't pick up the fact that i was awarded 50c being its a golden, had to manually update it....not sure if this is just something with my setup as I know i have to fix something with the tourney summary import or something like that...not sure if it would show with that or not.....that kind of sucks although don't imagine i'll hit so many that it gets frustrating to fix a few haha.
 
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Lucky you! I've yet to hit a golden SnG. What was the payout for this one?

It was just a 2x, which was nothing extroadinary but would have been a nice one to bink regardless for an 8x buyin (9x if you factor that buyin was refunded). Unfortunatly flips destroy me lately, but hoping to hit a few more as I grind on over the next while.

I didn't hit any the last time it ran over like 200+ games if I recall so to hit one early I'm already ahead of the game over the last time it ran lol. I do hope to hit some more and of course cash in them also.

GL to everyone on striking gold :D
 
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need poker stars back in US bad .

no you dont, pokerstars new reputation since being taken over has dropped massively

for me their reputation has dropped well below 0 with recent events and as most will know trust and reputation takes a long time to earn however can be ruined in no time at all.
 
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