PokerStars Satellites to the Casino Pride Poker Event Sept 2 - 4 Goa India

PokerStars is pleased to announce the commencement of satellites to the Casino Pride Poker Event, held on September 2 - 4, 2011 in Goa, India. 

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The prize package worth USD $1,726 includes the INR 25,000 main event buy-in, 3 nights' accommodation at the 5-star Taj Vivanta and $750 cash towards your travel expenses. 

Satellites Feeders start from as little as $0.55 or 10 FPPs and are running until August 23. You can locate these Feeders under the 'Tourney' > 'Regional' tabs. 

Please see below for the full satellite schedule: 

Tournament Name: Time & Day: Buyin: Guaranteed Packages:

$109 Satellite Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 10:01 ET $100+9 1 Main Event Seat Guaranteed

$215 Satellite Sundays @ 12:31 ET $200+15 1 Package Guaranteed

$66 Value-Added Seat Only Satellite Saturdays @ 12:30 ET & 

Sundays @ 08:30 ET $60+6 Value Added - 3 Nights Accommodation

PokerStars Official Statement

PokerStars Official Statement, June 29 2011 

In light of today's news that Alderney Gambling Control Commission has suspended Full Tilt Poker's license, PokerStars wishes to assure our customers that their funds are completely safe and that our operations are completely unaffected. The Isle of Man Gaming Commission today re-affirmed that PokerStars' worldwide licensing is intact and that our operations are in full compliance with all of its requirements. PokerStars' online operations continue as normal and all funds in players' accounts are safe and available for withdrawal as usual with no delays. 

PokerStars also remains in full compliance with our licenses in other jurisdictions where we are regulated, including France, Italy and Estonia. 

As provided under our licensing, PokerStars has always maintained the integrity and security of our players' funds, by keeping all such funds in segregated bank accounts, always available for immediate withdrawal. 

Since the actions of US Department of Justice in April, we have returned more than $120 million to US players and continue to act upon requests as they are received. Players outside the US have not been affected and all cash-outs have been processed without delays. Further, PokerStars entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice which expressly confirmed the company's ability to operate outside the US. 

We will continue to operate as a responsible corporate citizen and are committed to serving the needs of our customers in complete compliance with our regulatory requirements. 

IOM Gambling Supervision Commission Statement, June 29 2011 

The Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission wishes to make it clear that the licensing status of PokerStars in the Isle of Man remains unchanged following today's statement from the Gambling Control Commission in Alderney. Alderney is a separate jurisdiction from the Isle of Man and the operation in question is separate from PokerStars. 

PokerStars continues to demonstrate compliance with its licence conditions in the Isle of Man. PokerStars continues to offer withdrawals to any players who wish to withdraw their funds, including players in the USA to whom PokerStars does not currently offer real-money gaming. 

PokerStars Sunday Million celebrating fifth anniversary

PokerStars Sunday Million celebrating fifth anniversary

1 Mar 2011

(PRESS RELEASE) -- The PokerStars Sunday Million – the world's richest weekly online poker tournament – is celebrating its fifth anniversary next weekend. To mark the occasion, on Sunday, March 6, PokerStars is upping the ante by increasing the guaranteed prize pool from its usual $1.5 million to a staggering $5 million!

The winner will pocket a guaranteed first prize of at least $1 million and drive away with a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4!

The direct buy-in is $215 but players can qualify in a variety of satellites. There is a special $11 super satellite that gets under way just one hour before the big event at 15.30 ET on March 6 that guarantees a massive 1,000 seats into the Sunday Million 5th Anniversary. There are even $1 feeder satellites into the $11 qualifier, so players really can turn $1 into $1 million next weekend! Tickets for both $1 and $11 satellites are available in the VIP store.

Last year, the Sunday Million 4th Anniversary tournament saw 36,169 players register for the $215 tourney to create a total prize pool of $7,233,800. RichieRichZH lived up to his name by winning $1,141,510 in the biggest Sunday Million ever. Expect next weekend's event to be even bigger!

PokerStars players' Haiti relief donations pass $670,000

PokerStars players' Haiti relief donations pass $670,000

26/01/2010

Let no one say PokerStars players don't have hearts.

With five days left to go in PokerStars' Haiti relief fundraising drive, PokerStars players have donated more than $670,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

As you're no doubt aware by now, PokerStars is matching every dollar of its players donations. After the first $500,000 in donations came in, PokerStars shipped $1 million to the IFRC. When the end of the month comes, another big check is going out.

Donating is easy. There are two ways you can send money for the relief effort.

In the PokerStars lobby, go to Tourney >> Special and enter one of the dummy 'Haiti Earthquake Relief' tournaments listed there. 'Buy-ins' range from $1,000 all the way down to $1. You will not need to play an actual tournament, instead all of the 'entry fees' go straight to the fund.

You can make a private player transfer for any amount to the account 'Haiti Fund'. Go to 'Requests' in the client top menu and select 'Transfer Funds'.

 

And where is that money going? We asked and learned quite a bit.

So far, more than IFRC 40 flights have landed in Haiti. More than 550 tons of relief supplies have arrived on the island. More than 17,000 people have already been helped and the expectation is that another 80,000 people will get the help they need this week.

Haitian Red Cross volunteer Shiela Gabriel checks up on Oresto Orglori, 4, who suffered severe injuries including the loss of his right arm in the earthquake. Hopital General, Port-au-Prince. January 23, 2010. -- Credit Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross

This is the largest single-country deployment in Red Cross Red Crescent history. So far, the relief workers have distributed health kits for 30,000 people across Haiti's capital. More than 1,000 people are getting emergency medical treatment every day. More than two million liters of water have already gone out from the Red Cross Red Crescent group across Port-au-Prince.

That's just a glimpse of the efforts going on in Haiti.

Again, thanks to everyone who has donated and will donate before this Sunday. Your generosity is unparalleled and more appreciated than you will ever realize.