Written By: ThePokerGrind.com
Tired of the same old promotions at your current online poker room? Want something new and exciting to go after? If so, go to Pokerstars and you’ll find a wide variety of tournaments, satellites, and loyalty based promotions to get addicted to! You didn’t think Pokerstars was the largest online poker room for nothing did you? Here are a few of the great promotions currently going on at Pokerstars.
100 % new player bonus, up to $50. The Pokerstars bonus isn’t the biggest bonus out there, but it has very simple clearing requirements that just about anyone can achieve. To earn the Pokerstars bonus, players only need to accumulate 10 x’s their bonus amount. So, if you deposit $50 or more, you are eligible for the full $50 bonus and will need to earn 500 Frequent Player Points (FPP’s). To register to play at Pokerstars, use this Pokerstars Bonus link and bonus code (aka marketing code) First2008.
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Beginning on Friday, September 5th, this is a 33 event poker series with a guaranteed prize pool of $30,000,000. Yes, that’s $30 million dollars! Most of these events have direct buy-ins in the $215 - $530 range. There are two ‘High Roller’ tournaments, one of which has a $10,300 buy-in and a guaranteed prize pool of $2 million. This event runs on Sunday, Sept. 7th, and the game is NL Hold’em. The other High Roller tournament will be held on Sunday, Sept. 14th and has a direct buy-in of $25,500! Sound like a little too much for ya? No worries mate, players can qualify to play in any of the WCOOP events via Pokerstars satellites. Satellite tournaments start at just $5.55 or 500 Frequent Player Points. Players also have their choice of different types of satellites for the WCOOP. Pokerstars has satellites with large-field tournaments, sit and go’s, and also steps tournaments.
The WCOOP Main Event will be a 2 day tournament beginning on Sunday, Sept. 21st. The guaranteed prize pool for the main event is $10 million bucks! Click this link for more information on the Pokerstars WCOOP.
Pokerstars 2X. Want bigger prize pools in the guaranteed tournaments you play? Pokerstars is raising the ante by doubling the prize pools of many of their most popular tournaments. Not only are they doubling the guarantee in their Daily Fifteen Grand, Daily Fifty Grand and Nightly Hundred Grand, but they’re also doubling this weeks Sunday Million to $2 million! Sign up to play this Sunday, July 13th for your chance at the biggest weekly tournament prizepool anywhere online.
For new depositors, use the link above and bonus code First2X to gain entry into the 2X First Depositor Freerolls - plus the deposit bonus of 100% up to $50. These freeroll tournaments run twice daily and have a guarantee of $2,222. Players who cash in any of the 2X First Depositor Freerolls will also win a seat into the $22,222 grand final held on July 31st.
Pokerstars Turbo Takedown. For players who want a chance at big money with very little risk, the Turbo Takedown is the tournament for you. The Turbo Takedown is a $1,000,000 tournament held at 14:30 ET on the last Sunday of every month. Players can buy directly into the Turbo Takedown using 5,000 Frequent Player Points, or play in satellites that start at just 10 FPP’s. Here’s the coolest part - one in three players will make money in this tournament. Forget the top 10% like most other tournaments, you can practically donk your way into the money in this one! The top prize in the Turbo Takedown is a cool $100,000, second gets $60,000 and even 8th place walks away with $10,000. The player who comes in 4,001st place gets nothing but shame, but everyone who finishes in 4,000 or better gets $90! There isn’t any other online poker room that can offer something like this. If you don’t already have an account at Pokerstars…what are you waiting for?
This list of Pokerstars promotions could go on and on. They offer promotions for WPT, EPT and WSOP tournaments, as well as just about everything else you can think of. Pokerstars also has the best poker store of anyone in the business. Players can cash in their FPP’s for iPod’s, PSP’s and even a brand new Porsche! Check out our website, ThePokerGrind.com for more information and a complete Pokerstars Review.



