Pokerstars - Bounty Stars of Poker - UK only

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UK Exclusive: Play Heads-up on SKY SPORTS for £5,000! Have you ever wanted to experience the thrill of televised poker? Here’s your chance to qualify for free with PokerStars to play in Bounty Stars of Poker, an exciting new poker TV show. Win your way through to the televised game and you’ll get to play against other online qualifiers for the chance to play heads-up against a Star of Poker - with £5,000 up for grabs. This promotion is only open to players in the UK, so you’ve got a great chance of winning. Bounty Stars of Poker is a brand new televised poker format that will be broadcast on SKY SPORTS later this year. Six two-hour shows will each feature six online qualifiers who will play a single table tournament, with the winner going on to play heads-up against a Star of Poker – a top poker professional or poker playing celebrity – with £5,000 going to the winner! There’s lots of different ways to qualify, with freerolls, $1 cash qualifiers and 100 FPP tournaments for GoldStar VIPs and above. There are two qualification periods, so you’ve got plenty of chances to win your seat. Players that win their seats on the TV shows will also receive $500 in cash towards travel expenses. All you need to do to enter is live in the UK and have a PokerStars account. Don’t worry if you haven’t got an account yet - it’s easy to download the free software and get started. How to Qualify There are two qualification periods. The first runs from July 13 to August 9, with daily freerolls and cash satellites thataward seats to Weekly Finals, as well as Special VIP Qualifiers (GoldStar VIP and above) that award three seats directly to a TV show. The second qualification period runs from September 28 to November 8 as below. Qualifiers take place at the times stated in the tables. To find the tournaments in the PokerStars lobby, select ‘Tourney’ and ‘Regional’, or type ‘Bounty Stars’ into the Event Filter. Qualification Period 1

Tournament	Buy-in	Date	Time	Prize
Bounty Stars of Poker – Freeroll Qualifier	Free	July 13 – August 9	14:00 ET (19:00 UK time)	9 seats to Weekly Final
Bounty Stars of Poker – $1 Qualifier	$1	July 13 – August 9	14:45 ET (19:45 UK time)	27 seats to Weekly Final
Bounty Stars of Poker – VIP Qualifier	100 FPP	July 19, 26 and August 2, 9	15:00 ET (20:00 UK time)	3 seats per tourney to TV show

The Weekly Finals for Qualification Period 1 of Bounty Stars of Poker run on Sundays at 14:30 ET (19:30 UK time), and will award three seats each to the following filming days:

Weekly Final and VIP Qualifer	Filming date
July 19, 26	August 19
August 2, 9	October 2

Qualification Period 2 The second qualification period runs from September 28 to November 8, with daily freerolls and cash satellites thataward seats to Weekly Finals, as well as Special VIP Qualifiers (GoldStar VIP and above) that each award one seat directly to a TV show. Please note that tournaments for Qualification Period 2 will not appear in the PokerStars lobby until September 21.

Tournament	Buy-in	Date	Time	Prize
Bounty Stars of Poker – Freeroll Qualifier	Free	September 28 – November 8	14:00 ET (19:00 UK time)	9 seats to Weekly Final
Bounty Stars of Poker – $1 Qualifier	$1	September 28 – November 8	14:45 ET (19:45 UK time)	27 seats to Weekly Final
Bounty Stars of Poker – VIP Qualifier	100 FPP	October 4, 11, 18, 25, November 1, 8	15:00 ET (20:00 UK time)	1 seat per tourney to TV show

The Weekly Finals for Qualification Period 2 of Bounty Stars of Poker run on Sundays at 14:30 ET (19:30 UK time), and will award one seat each to the following filming days:

Weekly Final and VIP Qualifer	Filming date
October 4, 11, 18, 25 and	November 1, 8	November 17

• All players must be 18+
• Only one prize package per person for the promotion.
• Entrance is only available to the residents of the UK.
• All weekly finals and VIP qualifiers will be contacted individually by PokerStars with regards to how to claim their seat in the TV production. It is the participant’s responsibility to make sure that all their contact information held by PokerStars is as up to date as possible.
• Filming of the Bounty Stars of Poker will take place on the dates advertised within the promotion. All qualifiers must be available for filming on the date advertised within the promotion. Under no circumstances will an alternative date for play/filming be offered.

Each Weekly Final also has a prize pool of $1,000, and pays out the top 15% of finishers. The top finisher of each Weekly Final will be invited to play in a televised show of Bounty Stars of Poker, and receive $500 for travel expenses. Each Weekly Final also has a prize pool of $1,000, and pays out the top 15% of finishers. The top 3 finishers of each Weekly Final will be invited to play in a televised show of Bounty Stars of Poker, and receive $500 for travel expenses. If you have any questions about The Open, contact [email protected]. Terms and Conditions

[McG]

Re: Pokerstars - Bounty Stars of Poker - UK only After one of the longest bubbles in living memory of a $1 tourney, Hen somehow survived and joined me and Jedi in the weekly final. :ok Anyone else?