Stars Season Kicks Oteen patty joyff with $1M Sunday Million This Weekend

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Table Of Contents

• Stars Season Schedule up to October 31
• First $1M+ Stars Season Event Starts October 27
• 450 Sunday Million Seats Guaranteed Across Four Mega Satellites
• Never Miss a PokerStars Tournament Again

PokerNewslast week gave you an outline of what to expect from the upcoming Stars Season at PokerStars. Now, we can show you the exciting schedule to take you through to October's end. The first eight of 30 planned Stars Season episodes take place between October 27-31, including a $1 million guaranteed progressive knockout edition of the ever-popular Sunday Million.

Stars Season shuffles up and deals at 3:05 p.m. GMT on October 27. A trio of PKO events named The Terminator, and hosted by Team PokerStars' Lex "L.Veldhuis" Veldhuis, come with buy-ins of $11, $55, and $215, boasting $40,000, $100,000, and $100,000 guaranteed, respectively.

Veldhuis is down to play all three of the events he's hosting, doing so with a special bounty on his head. Eliminate the Dutchman from any of his tournaments to receive an exclusive Spraggy throwable, entry into an All-In Shootout with a $2,500 New Year Series Silver Pass up for grabs, and a $109 ticket for the $1.25 million guaranteed Stars Season Finale on December 1.

Three other PokerStars Ambassadors are hosting Stars Season events during the first week's action. Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot plays host to three Super Tuesday tournaments at 6:02 p.m. GMT on October 29, with Laurie "LaliTournier" Tournier hosting the $11 buy-in edition of the Fenomeno at 8:02 p.m. GMT on October 30. Brazilian Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes hosts the $109 buy-in Fenomeno also at 8:02 p.m. GMT on October 30.

Stars Season Schedule up to October 31

Date	Time (GMT)	Event	Buy-in	Guarantee
Sun 27 Oct	3:05 p.m.	Episode 01-L: The Terminator – hosted by L. Veldhuis	$11	$40,000
	3:05 p.m.	Episode 01-M: The Terminator - hosted by L. Veldhuis	$55	$100,000
	3:05 p.m.	Episode 01-H: The Terminator - hosted by L. Veldhuis	$215	$100,000
	5:05 p.m.	Episode 02: Season Kickoff Sunday Million	$109	$1,000,000
	6:00 p.m.	Episode 03: Sunday Storm	$11	$100,000
Tue 29 Oct	6:02 p.m.	Episode 04-L: Super Tuesday – hosted by tonkaaaa	$11	$25,000
	6:02 p.m.	Episode 04-M: Super Tuesday - hosted by tonkaaaa	$109	$50,000
	6:02 p.m.	Episode 04-H: Super Tuesday - hosted by tonkaaaa	$1,050	$75,000
	9:02 p.m.	Episode 05-L: Daily Cooldown	$11	$20,000
	9:02 p.m.	Episode 05-M: Daily Cooldown	$109	$40,000
	9:02 p.m.	Episode 05-H: Daily Cooldown	$530	$20,000
Wed 30 Oct	8:02 p.m.	Episode 06-L: Fenomeno – hosted by LaliTournier	$11	$20,000
	8:02 p.m.	Episode 06-M: Fenomeno – hosted by GM_VALTER	$109	$70,000
Thu 31 Oct	6:02 p.m.	Episode 07-L: Thursday Thrill	$11	$30,000
	6:02 p.m.	Episode 07-M: Thursday Thrill	$109	$80,000
	6:02 p.m.	Episode 07-H: Thursday Thrill	$1,050	$100,000
	9:02 p.m.	Episode 08-L: Daily Cooldown	$11	$20,000
	9:02 p.m.	Episode 08-M: Daily Cooldown	$109	$40,000
	9:02 p.m.	Episode 08-H: Daily Cooldown	$530	$20,000

First $1M+ Stars Season Event Starts October 27

Keep your diaries free from 5:05 p.m. GMT on October 27 because you do not want to miss the first Stars Season event boasting a seven figure prize pool. The $109 buy-in, $1 million guaranteed Season Kickoff Sunday Million will be massive. The two-day tournament sees you win at least $25 for every opponent you send to the rail, although those bounties grow substantially as the event progresses.

• $109 buy-in although satellite start at only $5.50
• Redeem a Power Path Bronze Pass for a Sunday Million entry
• $1 million guaranteed prize pool
• Up to five re-entries permitted during the first 3.5 hours
• Day 1 ends seven hours and 50 minutes after the tournament starts
• Day 2 commences at 5:05 p.m. GMT on October 28, continuing until a champion is crowned

When PokerStars last ran a Sunday Million during the Sunday Million Season in March, 10,646 entries created a $1,064,600 prize pool. Guilherme "GZingano" Zingano came out on top and banked an $83,490 score, with $28,131 of that princely sum stemming from collected progressive bounties. Expect similar prizes this time around.

Rank	Player	Country	Bounties	Prize	Total Prize
1	Guilherme "GZingano" Zingano	Brazil	$28,131	$55,359	$83,490
2	Sajanas23	Lithuania	$12,348	$55,346	$67,694
3	Thrumbo	New Zealand	$1,569	$41,319	$42,888
4	daria130399	Ukraine	$2,036	$28,321	$30,357
5	CampCrusher85	Canada	$8,268	$19,888	$28,156
6	NEED100KFAST	Sweden	$918	$13,570	$14,488
7	SaoJorge2222	Brazil	$1,644	$9,560	$11,204
8	nik_meat	Ukraine	$2,892	$6,785	$9,677
9	magnolium	Romania	$5,918	$4,829	$10,747

450 Sunday Million Seats Guaranteed Across Four Mega Satellites

Affordable Stars Season Sunday Million satellites run around the clock, but there are four that stand out from the crowd thanks to their impressive guaranteed. All four Mega Sats cost $11 to enter, with cards in the air from 6:05 p.m. GMT on October 23-26. The first three guarantee at least 100x $109 Sunday Million tickets will be won. However, the satellite on October 26 has a whopping 150 seats in its prize pool!

Best of all? Freerolls and $1.10 buy-in feeder satellites award $11 tickets for that quartet of Mega Sats, meaning you could be playing for a slice of a $1 million prize pool without it costing you a cent!

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