PokerStars Players Championship
The PokerStars Players Championship , or PSPC for short , is a poker tournament hosted by PokerStars . It has a buy-in of 25,000 US dollars and is the largest poker event in this price range.
Story and mode
The tournament in the variant No-Limit Hold'em was first introduced in January 2019 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas played, the buy-in was 25,000 dollars . In March 2020 it was named "Event of the Year 2019" with a Global Poker Award . The second event at the European Poker Tour in Barcelona has been announced for August 2020, with an entry fee of 22,500 euros . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , however, the planned event was postponed to 2021 in May 2020. In the run-up to the tournament, you can win a so-called “Platinum Pass” at the live tournament series from PokerStars and online , which entitles you to participate in the tournament and also covers flight and hotel costs. The event is a pure freeze-out , so players cannot buy-in again after being eliminated.
Previous events
| Beginning | city | Attendees | winner | origin | Prize money (in $ ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 6, 2019 |
 Paradise Island
|
1039 | Ramón Colillas |
|
5,100,000 |
| 2021 |
Barcelona
|
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b PokerStars brings the 2019 $ 9 Million Players Championship to pokernews.com on December 18, 2017, accessed February 6, 2020.
- ↑ The Global Poker Awards 2019 are given on pokerfirma.com on March 7, 2020, accessed on March 7, 2020.
- ↑ The PokerStars Players No Limit Hold'em Championship is coming to Barcelona in 2020 on pokerfirma.com on August 27, 2019, accessed on February 6, 2020.
- ↑ The EPT Barcelona and PSPC will be postponed to 2021! on hochgepokert.com on May 22, 2020, accessed on May 24, 2020.