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PokerStars To Celebratee 25th Anniversary With $50m in Guaranteed Prize Money

PokerStars To Celebratee 25th Anniversary With $50m in Guaranteed Prize Money
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Patrick Cole Content Author
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  • Updated: May 1, 2026
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The iconic PokerStars will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary through May and June with the $50 million guaranteed Anniversary Series. Running from May 10 to June 3, the schedule includes a diverse range of variants, formats, and buy-ins over the 461 tournaments. Here is a look at what is on offer over what is set to be a busy month on the online poker streets.

Tournaments For All Pockets

PokerStars has a wide range of buy-ins for all budgets, starting at $5.50 to the high stakes of $15,000. As per usual, there will be satellites to the tournaments, so those looking for a discounted buy-in or a potential shot at it will have access to multiple satellites for each tournament. The lowest satellite buy-ins will be $0.55 for the $5.50 buy-in tournaments.

Highlights

Suunday Storm 15th anniversary

The schedule is action-packed, with plenty for players to sink their teeth into in the upcoming event. One of which will be the $11 Sunday Storm, which is celebrating its 15th Anniversary with a Phased Edition of the PokerStars staple. Coming with a $500,000 guarantee and five phases a day until its start on May 10, it is well worth trying to bag a stack for Phase 2.

Also on May 10th, Mystery Bounties, the $22 Mystery Sunday Special comes with a $300,000 guarantee, half of which will be put into the virtual Mystery Bounty briefcase. Levels run for 15 minutes until registration closes, after which they will be 12 minutes long. Registration will be open for 4 hours, and play will break for Day 2, 7 hours and 50 minutes after the tournaments start. The tournament kicks off at 5.30 p.m. GMT, and there will be a plethora of satellites available in the build-up.

PokerStars Mystery Bounty 2024

There is also an $11 Mystery Bounty on May 10th, starting at 3.05 p.m. GMT with a $125,000 guarantee. Levels run for 12 minutes until registration closes, after which they will be 15 minutes long. Registration will be open for 3 hours and 5 minutes from the tournament’s start.

Main Events

For the high-roller readers amongst us, here are the Main Events that will see $6,000,000 in prize money distributed to players.

Main Event – Low$109$1,500,000
Main Event – Medium$1,050$2,500,000
Main Event – High$5,200$2,000,000

Lucky Dip and Leaderboards

To continue the celebrations, PokerStars will be dishing out $650,000 in Lucky Dip tickets across the series. There will be an additional $100,000 in cash prizes to be won in Leaderboards. There will be three tiers: low, medium, and high. An overall Player of the Series winner will be crowned come the conclusion of the Anniversary Series.

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Written By: Patrick Cole Content Author

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