Mystery Bounty Makes PokerStars Debut as Part of $35m GTD New Year Series
It's been coming, but Mystery Bounty tournament will finally debut on PokerStars over the course of the upcoming New Year Series. The festival is scheduled to run from December 24 until January 16 with $35 million in guarantees.
Featuring a 350-event schedule of traditional low, medium and high buy-in levels, players of all level will get the chance to ring in the new year with some unmissable poker action.
“We’re excited to round off the year and ring in 2024 with the New Year Series for our .COM players” said Chris Straghalis, Director of Online Poker Experience at PokerStars. “With 24 days of unmissable poker and the inclusion of the Mystery Bounty format we hope to bring the holiday cheer to our PokerStars community with a range of buy-ins and plenty on offer”.
Mystery Bounty Tournaments
While the New Year Series as a whole is another exciting online festival, many poker players will instantly lock in the dates of the highly anticipated Mystery Bounty tournament debut. In fact, there will be two inaugural events taking place on January 7 with two separate buy-ins and over $1M in guaranteed prize pools.
- $11 Mystery Bounty ($250k GTD)
- $109 Mystery Bounty Sunday Million ($1M GTD)
Mystery Bounty tournaments work the same as regular bounty tournaments, by assigning an award to player for knocking out other players. However, in Mystery Bounty tournaments this amount is a surprise that is only revealed once an opponent has been knocked out - with a restricted amount of larger bounties on offer in any tournament.
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New Year Kickoff and Main Events
Celebrate the New Year in style with three 2024-themed buy-in events taking place on January 1:
- $20.24 New Years Special - $300,000 GTD
- $202.40 New Years Special - $400,000 GTD
- $2,024 New Years Special - $750,000 GTD
Then get ready for the New Year Series Main Events on January 14 with $109, $1,050 and $5,200 buy-in options and $3.75 million guaranteed across the three events.
Win Your Way to the New Year Series
Players can win their way to New Year Series events through regular satellites starting from as little as $0.55 or from special edition Spin & Go tournaments. Both $0.75 and $4 buy-in Spin & Go tournaments will award Main Event entries, New Year Series tickets and cash.
Meanwhile, the Power Path has several exciting New Year Series bundles on offer:
Gold New Year Series Ticket Bundle
- 1 x $5,200 New Year Series ticket
- 4 x $1,050 New Year Series tickets
- 4 x $109 New Year Series tickets
- 6 x $55 New Year Series tickets
- T$134
Silver New Year Series Ticket Bundle
- 1 x $530 New Year Series ticket
- 3 x $215 New Year Series tickets
- 6 x $109 New Year Series tickets
- 8 x $55 New Year Series tickets
- T$11
Silver New Year Series Main Event Ticket Bundle
- 2 x $1,050 New Year Series Main Event tickets
- 2 x $109 New Year Series Main Event tickets
- 8 x $22 New Year Series tickets
You Will Not Believe the Incredible Prizes that PokerStars' Power Path Awards
There are also Bronze Passes that can be used on any $109 New Year Series events, while an additional $160,000 worth of added value will be added during Step 2 and Step 3 of Power Path in surprise ticket drops, including tickets to the New Year Series Main Event.
New Year Series Freeroll
Players will also have the chance to win extra tickets to the New Year Series and New Year's Special by playing three or more New Year Series events. This will see players gain entry to the New Year Series Freeroll with $20K GTD on January 1. To participate in the offer and have their progress measured, players must opt-in to the New Year Series Challenge within the Challenges Window (Only available for .COM, .EU, & .UK).
Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.
