PokerStars’ Turbo Championship of Online Poker may be dead, but the series lives on.
It has been revived as simply the Turbo Series and features 74 events with buy-ins from $11 up to $5,200. In total, the 2018 series will offer a guaranteed prize pool of $15 million as well as three Platinum Pass entries into the PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship with $9 million up for grabs. The three Platinum passes are worth a combined $90,000.
Action gets underway on February 14 with a $109-buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event that offers a guarantee of $500,000. From there, poker players from around the world will meet at the felt in a series of games that include No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Hold’em, HORSE and Omaha. There will be multiple variations of virtually all of the games, with the series drawing to a close on March 4.
$2.20 satellites are being held on PokerStars every day. Possible prizes include a seat at the $55 Main Event scheduled for March 1, which offers a guarantee of $1 million. PokerStars is also presenting a number of $2.75 Spin & Go tournaments for players on a tight budget who want to get into the Turbo Series. There is a wide range of cash prizes available through the tournaments, including a place at the $1,050 Main Event scheduled for March 2. The Main Event offers a guaranteed prize pool of $2.5 million.