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To celebrate its 20th anniversary, PokerStars is launching a $109 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed progressive bounty tournament. The final stage will begin on September 6th, with thousands of players already qualified. Satellite tournaments start at just $0.55. The WCOOP will also take place on the same day. This special PokerStars Sunday Million tournament features a $109 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed progressive bounty event. The tournament uses a staged tournament format, with the final stage (Day 2) starting on September 6th at 8:05 PM BST. Only a few $109 Stage 1 events remain untouched; if you want a share of the $5 million guaranteed prize pool, you'll need to hurry. The PokerStars lobby shows that Stage 1 will take place on September 2nd and 3rd at 4:30 PM, 6:30 PM, 8:30 PM, 10:30 PM, and 11:30 PM BST. It's expected that subsequent Stage 1 events will follow a similar schedule over the following days. Satellite tournaments start at just $0.55 and are open 24/7, making this Sunday Million anniversary celebration easily accessible to almost all PokerStars players. Players seeking a different experience can also try the special edition Spin & Go tournament, with a jackpot of $109 and buy-ins of $0.75 and $4. As of this writing, 42,407 entries have been made to dozens of Stage 1 events, with 1,362 players successfully advancing to the final stage. Uruguay's "mike21_4life" is currently the most likely champion, having accumulated 1,180,083 chips from a starting stack of 10,000 in the first stage, temporarily taking the lead in the leaderboard. Three other players have advanced with over 1 million chips: "go1vs1 legko" (1,076,054), "getdamoney0" (1,045,132), and "rodrigovini" (1,034,730) are all early leaders. Top 10 Chip Counts for the Sunday Million 20th Anniversary Event: Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count 1 | mike21_4life | Uruguay | 1,180,083 2 | go1vs1 | legko | Austria | 1,076,054 3 | getdamoney0 | Canada | 1,045,132 4 | rodrigovini | Brazil | 1,034,730 5 | tomaiso | Brazil | 980,476 6 | makemevision | Ukraine | 954,094 7 | mooroboy87 | New Zealand | 927,216 8 | modeeeeeT | Germany | 921,208 9 | cebuanamyrna | Philippines