Poker room giant PokerStars seem to be determined to put its competitors away. Starting August 3, PokerStars’ extremely popular Sunday Million will now feature a $1.5 million weekly guarantee. To sweeten the deal more, the Sunday Warm-Up (that occurs just a few hours before the Sunday Million) will now have a $750,000 guarantee.

PokerStars is the very first poker site to offer a $1 Milliom Guarantee in a No Limit Hold ‘em tournament every week. For a measly $215 buy-in, poker players can expect a first prize that is more than $100,000. Can you imagine the sheer number of poker players that are drawn to this kind of deal every week?

The Sunday Million poker tournament occurs weekly at 4:30pm EST. The Sunday Warm-Up (which also has a $215 buy-in) starts at 12:45pm EST. PokerStars has also increased its guarantee on the Super Tuesday poker tournament to $300,000 from its former $250,000. The buy-in for the Super Tuesday tournament is $1,050.

Why is PokerStars doing this? The sheer number of participants in the Sunday tournaments easily covers the guarantee. The Sunday Million can attract as many as 8,370 poker players, creating a prize pool of $1.70 million. The Sunday Warm-Up can have as much 4,050 participants.

If you’re too cheap or broke to part with $215, satellites to the Sunday Million go as low as $3. Satellites are available all day long so if you want a chance to enter the Sunday Million and get the big bucks, head over to the world’s largest online poker room and visit http://www.pokerstars.com.

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