Thursday, July 5, 2007

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PokerStars.com deploys new tournaments

By Sarah Polson

The PokerStars.com menu of tournaments on Sundays has become even tastier with the addition of two more big-money events to go along with its Sunday Warmup and the Sunday Million. Now players can check out the High-Stakes Showdown and the Sunday Hundred Grand as well.

When PokerStars.com says high-stakes, it means high-stakes. The Showdown is a heads-up series that costs $10,000+$300 to buy into.

"I assume that this is the largest weekly buy-in tourney on the planet," said a PokerStars.com spokesperson.

The tournament takes place at 4:15 p.m. (EDT) on Sundays and last week was restricted to 16 players and filled up fast.

In contrast to such a large buy-in, the Sunday Hundred Grand offers a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool with only a $10+$1 buy-in. It would take 10,000 participants to make the guarantee, and the poker site is capping the tournament at 15,000 sign-ups.

Sunday isn't the only day for big money at PokerStars.com. The site has also added a $250,000 guarantee to its Super Tuesday tournament.

The Super Tuesday has a buy-in of $1,000+$50, and starts at 7:55 p.m. (EDT).

For more information or to try your luck, go to PokerStars.com.

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