‘meks2410’ takes home million dollar prize as part of PokerStars Makes Millionaires

ONCHAN, Isle of Man – May 2017 – Another PokerStars player has become a millionaire after playing a Spin & Go for just $10 as part of the PokerStars Makes Millionaires promotion. ‘meks2410’ won the huge jackpot after hitting a full house in the $1 million Spin and Go tournament at PokerStars, an Amaya Inc. (Nasdaq: AYA; TSX: AYA) brand.

The player is the latest millionaire to be made in the journey to create 10 millionaires between April and June in the PokerStars Makes Millionaires promotion and follows on from ‘Check^On123’ who became a millionaire via a $100 Spin and Go last week . ‘meks2410’ beat fellow players ‘yreg’ and ‘gambarinasai’ to the million dollar prize in six minutes with both runners-up banking $100,000 in winnings.

Spin & Go tournaments are fast-paced, 3-max Hyper Turbo tournaments that start with 500 chip stacks. Each tournament has a randomly drawn prize pool that awards between two and 10,000 times your buy-in. PokerStars offer Spin & Go tournaments in Texas Hold’em and Omaha formats at a variety of buy-in levels between $0.25 and $100.