Overview
- Phase 1 flights are running daily through Sunday, May 10, when all qualifiers combine for Phase 2.
- Each Phase 1 stops at the top 3% of the field, so anyone who bags chips is paid, and players can re-enter Phase 1s until they advance.
- The tournament uses a progressive knockout format that pays a cash bounty for every elimination and raises the winner’s own bounty each time.
- Five dollars of each $11 buy-in funds the bounty pool, split 50/50 between instant cash and an increase to the earner’s bounty.
- PokerStars is seeding the field with $0.55 satellites and a Ticket Machine promotion that awards $300,000 in Phase 1 tickets, after recent anniversary fields of 37,180 to 72,658 and an estimated 50,000 entries needed to cover the guarantee.