PokerStars Celebrates 15th Anniversary of The Sunday Storm with $500k GTD Edition

PokerStars Celebrates 15th Anniversary of The Sunday Storm with $500k GTD Edition
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  • Updated: April 27, 2026
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One of online poker’s staple tournaments will be celebrating 15 years on the virtual felt come May 10th. The iconic $11 Sunday Storm Anniversary Edition on PokerStars comes packed with a hefty $500,000 guaranteed prizepool; a massive amount for such a small buy-in. Here is how to get involved with what is set to be a huge running of this iconic tournament.

Going Through Phases

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To help meet the guarantee and to accommodate everyone who would like to play this tournament, PokerStars has made it a phased tournament. Players can enter as many of the Phase tournaments as they like, and their biggest stack will be moved to Day 2, providing they make the cut. Players can win bounties in the first phase, and players who narrowly miss out will be awarded a cash prize. There are five phases per day, and they play down to 3% of the field after registration closes. Players have access to unlimited re-entries for each phase. Each phase costs $11, and bounties start at $2.50 per player. If you knock someone out, half of the bounty goes toward your total, and you win the full knockout amount.

Satellites Available

For those looking to get in at a discount, you can, with satellites available for $0.55! They start a couple of hours before each flight, with the $0.55 satellite commencing at 3.30 p.m. GMT ahead of the 5.30 p.m. GMT phase. The $0.55 satellites are great value, and have 10 seats up for grabs. To qualify for other phases, there are $1.10 satellites offering five seats guaranteed.

Previous Anniversary Winners

Suunday Storm 15th anniversary

Last year’s 14th Anniversary saw a massive field of 37,180 entrants. Hungary’s “Diesel Ramirez” came out on top and walked away with $23,093, including bounties. The preceding two anniversary editions went to Brazil, with “kdrAS” besting 46,678 for $19,357. “Basigol” turned their $11 into $26,050 in 2023 when the Sunday Storm 12th Anniversary attracted a gigantic field of 72,658.

Biggest Sunday Storms of All Time

Here is a look at the biggest successes in the history of the Sunday Storm. The turn of the last decade saw the biggest runnings of this event when PokerStars was at the height of its popularity.

YearEntriesPrize PoolPayoutWinner
2010~87,000$1,740,000+~$212,000ishmael
2009~84,000$1,680,000+~$205,000TAAPoker
2010~82,000$1,640,000+~$200,000FrostyAce
2011~78,500$1,570,000+~$198,000m0nster2009
201559,875$1,197,500$124,000meeko1990
202352,118$1,042,360$119,000alexsky77
201855,312$1,106,240$118,000pokerlegend88

Final Thoughts

It is definitely worth firing one or two of the phases to earn your seat at the table for what will be a monstrous Day 2 come May 10th. Alternatively, for Mystery Bounty hunters, the Mystery Bounty Series has just gotten underway on PokerStars. Click here to find out more about it.

That’s all for now, folks. Until next time.