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PokerStars USA Prepares Bounty Builder Series

Written by Jennifer Newell
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Jennifer Newell

The United States online poker market is growing, slowly but surely. And PokerStars’ presence is a big part of that with sites in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

Just last month, PokerStars USA wrapped its 2021 SCOOP USA series in those three states. That Spring Championship of Online Poker action for each state did well, Pennsylvania seeing the most action with more than $2.6M in prize money awarded. Michigan was a close second with more than $2.3M, and NJSCOOP added more than $1.3M to the grand total. That total across three states exceeded $6.35M.

The next series on tap is not as big as SCOOP – few other things will be – but PokerStars and its players are excited about the Bounty Builder Series scheduled to start on May 13. Everybody loves a good knockout tournament, and this series is full of them.

Bounties for All

PokerStars is ready to bring the progressive knockout format – better known as PKO – to American players…well, those in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey for now.

The series will run May 13-23.

Across the three states, PokerStars will guarantee more than $2M in prize pools over the course of 135 PKO tournaments in total. Each state will award six PokerStars Bounty Builder Series trophies, five for tournaments and one for the leaderboard champion in each state. That leaderboard in each state will also award cash prizes to the other top finishers.

In addition, all players will receive a free $1 bounty in a special $5 buy-in tournament. There will also be freeroll tickets awarded to give players a chance at the May 21 freeroll with tickets to the Main Event for the winners. Through that big freeroll, players can also win tickets to a special new hybrid satellite that will award cash prizes.

PokerStars posted the full schedules for all three states on its blog.

Pennsylvania Bounty Builder

The Pennsylvania series will be the largest of the three. It will guarantee $1M in total prize pools across 44 tournaments. The highlights of this series are the trophy events, including the Main Event.

-Event 10 on May 15:  $100 buy-in NLHE PKO Special ($100K GTD)

-Event 19 on May 17:  $1K buy-in NLHE PKO High Roller ($75K GTD)

-Event 22 on May 18:  $100 buy-in NLHE PKO 6-Max Wednesday Storm ($25K GTD)

-Event 37 on May 22:  $300 buy-in NLHE PKO Main Event (5 reentries, $150K GTD)

-Event 42 on May 23:  $200 buy-in PLO PKO 6-Max ($20K GTD)

The Pennsylvania Bounty Builder Series Depositor Freeroll will be on May 21 with $12,500 guaranteed. The top 40 finishers will receive tickets to the Main Event that starts the following day, with 41st place through 90th place winning tickets to the hybrid satellite Players can win a ticket to this freeroll by depositing at least $50 on PokerStars PA with a special code – BOUNTY22.

Michigan Bounty Builder

Players in Michigan will find $700K in guarantees across its 44 tournaments. The trophy events in this series, including the Main Event, will be as follows:

-Event 10 on May 15:  $200 buy-in NLHE PKO Special ($60K GTD)

-Event 19 on May 17:  $1K buy-in NLHE PKO High Roller ($50K GTD)

-Event 22 on May 18:  $100 buy-in NLHE PKO Wednesday Storm ($17.5K GTD)

-Event 37 on May 22:  $300 buy-in NLHE PKO Main Event (5 reentries, $125K GTD)

-Event 42 on May 23:  $200 buy-in PLO PKO 6-Max ($15K GTD)

This state’s Bounty Builder Series Deposit Freeroll will guarantee $7,500 in prizes on May 21. The top 24 finishers will receive Main Event seats for the following day’s tournament, and those in 25th through 54th place will win the hybrid satellite tickets.

New Jersey Bounty Builder

The smallest of the three markets is New Jersey, though PokerStars will still guarantee $500K in prize pools across the series. This one has 47 tournaments for NJ players, though still within the same May 13-23 time frame. Its highlighted trophy events will be:

-Event 10 on May 15:  $200 buy-in NLHE PKO Special ($35K GTD)

-Event 20 on May 17:  $500 buy-in NLHE PKO High Roller ($25K GTD)

-Event 26 on May 19:  $200 buy-in NLHE PKO BigStack Thrill ($20K GTD)

-Event 38 on May 22:  $300 buy-in NLHE PKO Main Event (5 reentries, $75K GTD)

-Event 40 on May 22:  $1K buy-in NLHE PKO 6-Max High Roller ($35K GTD)

The New Jersey Bounty Builder Series Deposit Freeroll will award $5K in prizes, with Main Event seats for the top 16 finishers and hybrid satellite seats for players finishing 17th through 36th.

 

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