The Sunday Millions is PokerStars' most famous weekly tournament, but it's fair to say that Sunday Storm comes close in popularity. For years, Sunday Storm, with its $11 buy-in and guaranteed $100,000 prize pool, has been the go-to event for thousands of PokerStars players. Now, as Sunday Storm celebrates its 15th anniversary, PokerStars has increased its guaranteed prize pool to an astonishing level. $500,000。
May 10 It's Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the Storm tournament, and you absolutely can't miss this celebration. A $11 buy-in tournament with a guaranteed $500,000 prize pool is almost insane, especially considering the event requires 50,000 entries to reach that $500,000 prize pool.
PokerStars has designed its 15th Anniversary Sunday Storm as a "phased event," meaning it features dozens of "phases" (think of them as Day 1s of a live tournament), and player registration is now open. These phases will continue to welcome players from all over until May 10th.
Each Stage 1 ends when only 31 TP3T players remain, meaning all players advancing to Stage 2 will be in the money. Furthermore, this is a cumulative knockout (PKO) tournament, meaning there are prizes to be won from the very beginning. Clearly, even if a player's championship dream ends in Stage 1, the Sunday Storm 15th Anniversary Edition can still offer substantial rewards.
Players can participate in multiple Stage 1 events, but only until they successfully advance to Stage 2. Once they successfully bag their chips at the end of a Stage 1 event, those chips will be... 7:05 PM British Summer Time on May 10 It will be put into use in Phase 2.
All previous Sunday Storm Anniversary Champions
In 2025, the 14th anniversary Sunday Storm attracted 37,180 entries. Hungary's "Diesel Ramirez" ultimately emerged victorious, taking home $23,093 in prize money (including bounty).
Prior to this, in 2024, Brazilian poker player "kdrAS" defeated 46,678 opponents in the 13th Sunday Storm Anniversary. What was his prize (including bounty)? The answer is $19,357.
Another Brazilian player, "Basigol," turned his $11 investment into $26,050 in 2023. That year's Sunday Storm 12th Anniversary Celebration attracted a total of 72,658 participants.
Trading $0.55 for a chance to enter the tournament.
While the buy-in for $11 is already quite affordable, PokerStars wants to give as many of its best players as possible the opportunity to participate in this tournament with a guaranteed $500,000 buy-in. That's why you can find [various items] in PokerStars' tournament lobby. $0.55 The satellite race begins. Imagine turning $0.55 into the largest share of $500,000 and becoming the Sunday Storm 15th Anniversary Edition champion. Only you can make it all a reality.
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