Tournament Spotlight: Half Price Sunday Million with $1m GTD
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It's an exciting Sunday schedule this weekend on PokerStars with six of its most popular Sunday tournaments having their buy-ins cut in half. That means you can enjoy tournaments like the Kickoff, Warm-Up, Storm, Cooldown and Supersonic for as little as $5.50!
However, we thought we'd use the latest PokerNews Tournament Spotlight to showcase the Half Price Sunday Million which comes with a $1,000,000 guarantee for just $54.50.
The tournament is also now a two-day event, with plenty of satellites running for you to win our way in for as little as $0.20!
PokerNews gives you all the best advice for tackling one of poker's most prestigious weekly tournaments!
Half Price Sunday Million Schedule
The tournament kicks off at 18:00 (BST) on October 4th and needs 20,000 entries to make the seven-figure guarantee. Players are allowed up to three re-entries during the 3h15m of late registration.
Day 1 ends after 9h30m and will resume at 18:00 (BST) on October 5th.
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Half Price Sunday Million Satellite Schedule
Starting at just $0.55, you can win your way in for less using the plentiful Half Price Sunday Million satellites. There is also a chance to win one of 15 seats in the $3.30 Mega Sats, just make sure to head to the PokerStars client and click on the Half Price Sunday tab.
| Buy-in | Tournament | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|
| $0.55+R | Half Price Sunday Million Sat [Splash] | 2 Sunday Million Seats |
| $3.30 | Half Price Sunday Million Sat | Up to 5 x Sunday Million Seats |
| $5.50 | Half Price Sunday Million Sat [Deep] | Up to 5 x Sunday Million Seats |
| $11 | Half Price Sunday Million Sat [Deep] | 3 Sunday Million Seats |
| $3.30 | Half Price Sunday Million Mega Sat | 15 Sunday Million Seats |
Sunday Million Spin & Go Satellites
Sunday Million edition of Spin & Go tournaments occasionally land in the PokerStars lobby and give players the opportunity to turn $2.75 into a $109 Sunday Million ticket and a shot at a $1 million guaranteed prize pool.
These Sunday Million Spin & Go have a winner-takes-all structure. They payout one of three prizes: $5.50 cash, $11 Sunday Million satellite ticket, and $109 Sunday Million entries.
| First Place Prize | Frequency |
|---|---|
| $109 Sunday Million entry | 4,997 in 1,000,000 games |
| $11 Sunday Million satellite ticket | 280,511 in 1,000,000 games |
| $5.50 cash | 714,492 in 1,000,000 games |
Half Price Sunday Million Sit & Go Satellites
Or, if Sit & Gos are more your thing, then you can win your way through one of four different Sit & Go style tournaments. These range from the 32-table $0.25 buy-in Sit & Go, all the way up to a single-table $18.75 Sit & Go where a third of the players who enter will win seats.
| Buy-in | Tournament | Field Size | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.20 | 4-Max Sit & Go [3x-Shootout] | 64 | 2 Seats |
| $0.25 | 4-Max Sit & Go [4x-Shootout] | 256 | 1 Seat |
| $2.75 | 8-Max Sit & Go | 12 | 1 Seat |
| $5.50 | 8-Max Sit & Go | 16 | 1 Seat |
| $13.75 | 4-Max Sit & Go [2x-Shootout] | 16 | 2 Seats |
| $18.75 | 6-Max Sit & Go | 6 | 2 Seats |
Fancy a $600 Welcome Bonus?
You’ll need a PokerStars account if you want to turn $2.75 into a Sunday Million ticket. Head to the PokerStars Spin & Go lobby now if you already have an account. If you don’t have an account, download PokerStars via PokerNews and get ready to enjoy a welcome bonus worth up to $600.
Create your free PokerStars account, make a deposit using the bonus code “STARS600” and PokerStars matches your deposit 100% up to $600. In fact, your first three deposits in the first 60-days after creating your account are matched up to a combined $600.
You then have four months to release as much of this bonus as you can by playing real money poker, including Sunday Million Spin & Go tournaments.
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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.
