Mystery bounty events will debut on PokerStars during the New Year Series 2024/2024.
If
you’re just returning to the world of 😆 poker news after some well-earned time off, allow
us to fill you in on all the biggest results from the 😆 festive season.
The New Year
Series on PokerStars is in full swing with more than 150 events across three buy-in
tiers 😆 already completed.
Here we’re going to highlight some of the biggest winners of
the series so far.
LEX WINS BIG ON CHRISTMAS 😆 EVE
The series kicked off on December 24
and while some people (OK, PokerStars Blog) were already busy slipping into food 😆 comas,
many of poker’s best and brightest were battling at the tables for some early
presents.
One was PokerStars Team Pro 😆 Lex Veldhuis, who recently travelled to New
Zealand with his family – primarily to enjoy the wonders of the Land 😆 of the Long White
Cloud, but also for its convenient daytime poker schedule.
Success came early for
Veldhuis as he took 😆 down aR$1,050 NLHE PKO event (#04-H) on opening day,
winningR$12,564 plusR$11,656 in bounties. The tournament received 120 entries that were
😆 whittled down to a final table that included Audrius “Stakelis24” Stakelis,
“neeno1990”, and Ognyan “cocojamb0” Dimov.
In the same session, Veldhuis 😆 also finished
fifth out of 136 entries in theR$530 Sunday Cooldown PKO Turbo (#07-H) forR$4,806
total. Dimov placed sixth in 😆 that one.
CHRISTMAS DAY / BOXING DAY
It was a very merry
Christmas for Roman “RomeOpro” Romanovsky as he bested 94 entries 😆 in theR$1,050 NLHE
PKO (#09-H) on December 25, bankingR$16,263 plusR$18,984 in bounties. To get the job
done, Romanovsky defeated Brazil’s 😆 Lucio “WizardOffAz” Lima heads-up.
On Boxing Day it
was “Jpsalgadocr0” from Brazil who was the biggest winner, earningR$39,730 for
outlasting 189 😆 entries in theR$1,050 Super Tuesday (#16-H). That one had a stellar
final table that included Christian “WATnlos” Rudolph (who finished 😆 second), and Niklas
“Lena900” Astedt (third).
THAT STRANGE PERIOD WHERE YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS
We’re
referring to December 27-30, 😆 of course.
Luis “luis_faria” Faria of Brazil emerged
victorious on the 27th in aR$1,050 buy-in 5-Max event (#24-H), bankingR$8,474 plus a
😆 whoppingR$20,563 in bounties. From the 105 entries, Stakelis finished runner-up while
Bert “girafganger7” Stevens placed fourth.
TheR$2,100 Thursday Thrill PKO (#30-H) 😆 on
December 28 was won by Argentina’s “Shark180599”, meaning they not only won theR$22,740
up top but also the lion’s 😆 share of the bounty prize pool –R$28,250. That event saw 113
entries and Vlad “dariepoker” Darie finished second forR$22,740 plusR$14,250 😆 in
bounties.
On the 29th, we saw Sweden’s “Mamamamama70” take down theR$1,050 6-Max PKO
Turbo (#33-H) forR$10,961 plusR$13,906 in bounties, while 😆 on the 30th Chris “ImDaNuts”
Oliver won theR$530 buy-in Copacabana Turbo (#47-H) forR$17,629, defeating 175
entries.
Stay tuned to this page 😆 as we’ll update it with more big results as the series
progresses.
Don’t forget about the debut of Mystery Bounty events 😆 on PokerStars, which
take place on January 7.
ABOUT THE SERIES
Remember when you were little and – if you’d
been good 😆 – your parents would let you open one Christmas present on Christmas
Eve?
Well, you must have been good this year 😆 because PokerStars is doing something very
similar.
Another exciting edition of the New Year Series has been announced, kicking
off on 😆 Christmas Eve and running from December 24 to January 16, with a juicyR$35
million guaranteed in prizes across the series.
Just 😆 like in the Spring and World
Championships of Online Poker, the New Year Series will have action for all players
😆 with three separate buy-in levels: Low, Medium and High. So whatever your bankroll,
there’ll be a game for you.
But what 😆 makes this series extra special is the debut of
mystery bounty events on PokerStars…
MYSTERY BOUNTY EVENTS
Mystery bounty tournaments
provide an 😆 extra layer of surprise and suspense to proceedings.
Two New Year Series
mystery bounty events will run on January 7 at 😆 12:30 ET, with details below:
$11
Mystery Bounty ($250K guaranteed)
$109 Mystery Bounty Sunday Million Special Edition
($1M guaranteed)
Mystery bounty tournaments won’t 😆 be available to players on the
following licenses: .BG, .CZ, & .RO.
HOW MYSTERY BOUNTY TOURNAMENTS WORK
The ‘initial
stage’ of the 😆 mystery bounty tournament works like a regular poker tournament, with no
bounties awarded for eliminating opponents.
That all changes in the 😆 ‘final stage’,
which begins once the money bubble has burst.
Mystery bounties begin once you’re in the
money
From then on, players 😆 will win mystery bounties when they eliminate a player —
just like in a regular progressive knockout tournament. However, the 😆 value of the
bounty is kept secret and is only unveiled once a player has been eliminated.
The prize
pool is 😆 split into two equal parts: one half goes into the regular prize pool awarded
to those who surpass the money 😆 bubble, while the other half is reserved for mystery
bounties won each time a player is eliminated.
Multiple mystery bounties can 😆 be won
with one hand if more than one opponent is knocked out. If a player is eliminated in a
😆 chopped hand, all the winning players will split the mystery bounty equally.
KEY DATES
FROM NEW YEAR SERIES
New Year Special 2024-themed 😆 tourneys on January 1:
$20.24 New
Year Special-L:R$300K GTD
$202.4 New Year Special-M:R$400K GTD
$2,024 New Year
Special-H:R$750K GTD
The New Year Series Main 😆 Events kick off on Sunday, January
14:
$109 New Year Series Main Event-L:R$1M GTD
$1,050 New Year Series Main
Event-M:R$1.25M GTD
$5,200 New 😆 Year Series Main Event-H:R$1.5M GTD
Mystery bounty
events run on January 7 at 12:30 ET:
$11 Mystery Bounty:R$250K GTD
$109 Mystery Bounty
Sunday 😆 Million Special Edition:R$1M GTD
HOW TO QUALIFY
PokerStars players can qualify
for events through all the usual methods.
Direct satellites for events begin 😆 from
justR$0.55, plus there will be special edition Spin & Go tournaments running with
buy-ins ofR$0.75 andR$4, awarding Main Event 😆 entries, New Year Series tickets and
cash.
POWER PATH
You could also qualify forR$109 buy-in events via the Power Path when
you 😆 win a Bronze Pass, but that’s not all…
PokerStars is providingR$160K in added value
by adding New Year Series tickets into 😆 Step 3 and Step 4 Power Path tournaments,
including Main Event tickets.
Moreover, there will also be New Year Series Silver 😆 Pass
Bundles worthR$2,500 up for grabs!
FREEROLL
Play three or more New Year Series events
and you’ll earn yourself an entry to 😆 theR$20K GTD New Year Series Freeroll on January
1.
The freeroll will award New Year’s Special and New Year Series tickets. 😆 To
participate in the offer and have their progress measured, players must opt-in to the
New Year Series Challenge within 😆 the Challenges Window (excluded licenses .SE, .BE &
.CZ).
FULL NEW YEAR SERIES SCHEDULE
