After a successful Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) series in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Michigan, PokerStars will now be bringing its brand new Summer Stacks Festival to the three states from June 12 to June 28.
A total of 100 events with affordable buy-ins will run in each state, guaranteeing $1 million prize money in Pennsylvania and Michigan. New Jersey players will have to share a guaranteed prize pool of at least $500,000 in prize money.
This festival is a bit of a twist from what we witnessed from PokerStars in the past. The Summer Stacks Festival will provide a casual series format featuring a number of turbo formats, shorter events, and affordable buy-ins ranging from $5 to $100. Each state will see a two-day $100 Main Event on June 27-28 with Pennsylvania and Michigan guarantees of $100,000 each and New Jersey guaranteeing at least $50,000 in prize money.
Players can qualify by freerolling their way to the Main Event as PokerStars will have $10,000 worth of Main Event tickets up for grabs via a daily Depositor Freeroll. To be eligible for this Freeroll, players will have to deposit a minimum of $30 with the “SUMMER21” bonus code.
There will be daily Second Chance Freerolls for players who are knocked out before the money in any event. Another total of $10,000 worth of Summer Stacks tournament tickets will be awarded here.