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PokerStars is kicking off an eight-week-long promotion called the Summer Games that pits Canadians vs. Americans in a fight to snag some of the more than 80,000 cash prizes to be given away and seats in the $100,000 final, and it started Friday, Aug. 22.
Each week features a different poker variation, and players get one free round-one entry for each week's poker variant. Each country has a separate set of tournaments, and the free entry can be used for any of the round-one Summer Games tournaments running during that week for the player's home country.
Those who finish well enough in the round-one event move on to that week's round-two final, and the weekly finals send five players from each country to the $100,000 main event. Then, the next week, players can try their hands at a different poker variation with another free round-one entry.
The round-one and round-two events aren't just qualifiers, though; plenty of cash prizes are being awarded in each tournament.
Here's the schedule of events:
Event Game Qualification Period Final (ET)
1 Limit hold'em Aug. 22-28 Aug. 31, 4 p.m.
2 Seven-card stud Aug. 29-Sept. 4 Sept. 7, 4 p.m.
3 Five-card draw Sept. 5-11 Sept. 14, 4 p.m.
4 Omaha Sept. 12-18 Sept. 21, 4 p.m.
5 Short-handed no- limit hold'em Sept. 19-25 Sept. 28, 4 p.m.
6 Pot-limit hold'em Sept. 26-Oct. 2 Oct. 5, 4 p.m.
7 Omaha eight-or-better Oct. 3-10 Oct. 12, 4 p.m.
8 No-limit hold'em Oct. 11-16 Oct. 19, 4 p.m.
Each week features a different poker variation, and players get one free round-one entry for each week's poker variant. Each country has a separate set of tournaments, and the free entry can be used for any of the round-one Summer Games tournaments running during that week for the player's home country.
Those who finish well enough in the round-one event move on to that week's round-two final, and the weekly finals send five players from each country to the $100,000 main event. Then, the next week, players can try their hands at a different poker variation with another free round-one entry.
The round-one and round-two events aren't just qualifiers, though; plenty of cash prizes are being awarded in each tournament.
Here's the schedule of events:
Event Game Qualification Period Final (ET)
1 Limit hold'em Aug. 22-28 Aug. 31, 4 p.m.
2 Seven-card stud Aug. 29-Sept. 4 Sept. 7, 4 p.m.
3 Five-card draw Sept. 5-11 Sept. 14, 4 p.m.
4 Omaha Sept. 12-18 Sept. 21, 4 p.m.
5 Short-handed no- limit hold'em Sept. 19-25 Sept. 28, 4 p.m.
6 Pot-limit hold'em Sept. 26-Oct. 2 Oct. 5, 4 p.m.
7 Omaha eight-or-better Oct. 3-10 Oct. 12, 4 p.m.
8 No-limit hold'em Oct. 11-16 Oct. 19, 4 p.m.
