Tournament Spotlight: Half Price Sunday Million with $1m GTD

Will Shillibier
Managing Editor
3 min read
The latest PokerNews Tournament Spotlight focuses on PokerStars and the Half Price Sunday Million on October 4th

It's an exciting Sunday schedule this weekend on PokerStars with six of its most popular Sunday tournaments having their buy-ins cut in half. That means you can enjoy tournaments like the Kickoff, Warm-Up, Storm, Cooldown and Supersonic for as little as $5.50!

However, we thought we'd use the latest PokerNews Tournament Spotlight to showcase the Half Price Sunday Million which comes with a $1,000,000 guarantee for just $54.50.

The tournament is also now a two-day event, with plenty of satellites running for you to win our way in for as little as $0.20!

Check out our PokerStars Sunday Million Strategy Guide

PokerNews gives you all the best advice for tackling one of poker's most prestigious weekly tournaments!

Half Price Sunday Million Schedule

The tournament kicks off at 18:00 (BST) on October 4th and needs 20,000 entries to make the seven-figure guarantee. Players are allowed up to three re-entries during the 3h15m of late registration.

Day 1 ends after 9h30m and will resume at 18:00 (BST) on October 5th.

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Half Price Sunday Million Satellite Schedule

Starting at just $0.55, you can win your way in for less using the plentiful Half Price Sunday Million satellites. There is also a chance to win one of 15 seats in the $3.30 Mega Sats, just make sure to head to the PokerStars client and click on the Half Price Sunday tab.

Buy-inTournamentGuarantee
$0.55+RHalf Price Sunday Million Sat [Splash]2 Sunday Million Seats
$3.30Half Price Sunday Million SatUp to 5 x Sunday Million Seats
$5.50Half Price Sunday Million Sat [Deep]Up to 5 x Sunday Million Seats
$11Half Price Sunday Million Sat [Deep]3 Sunday Million Seats
   
$3.30Half Price Sunday Million Mega Sat15 Sunday Million Seats

Sunday Million Spin & Go Satellites

Sunday Million edition of Spin & Go tournaments occasionally land in the PokerStars lobby and give players the opportunity to turn $2.75 into a $109 Sunday Million ticket and a shot at a $1 million guaranteed prize pool.

These Sunday Million Spin & Go have a winner-takes-all structure. They payout one of three prizes: $5.50 cash, $11 Sunday Million satellite ticket, and $109 Sunday Million entries.

First Place PrizeFrequency
$109 Sunday Million entry4,997 in 1,000,000 games
$11 Sunday Million satellite ticket280,511 in 1,000,000 games
$5.50 cash714,492 in 1,000,000 games


Half Price Sunday Million Sit & Go Satellites

Or, if Sit & Gos are more your thing, then you can win your way through one of four different Sit & Go style tournaments. These range from the 32-table $0.25 buy-in Sit & Go, all the way up to a single-table $18.75 Sit & Go where a third of the players who enter will win seats.

Buy-inTournamentField SizeGuarantee
$0.204-Max Sit & Go [3x-Shootout]642 Seats
$0.254-Max Sit & Go [4x-Shootout]2561 Seat
$2.758-Max Sit & Go121 Seat
$5.508-Max Sit & Go161 Seat
$13.754-Max Sit & Go [2x-Shootout]162 Seats
$18.756-Max Sit & Go62 Seats

Fancy a $600 Welcome Bonus?

You’ll need a PokerStars account if you want to turn $2.75 into a Sunday Million ticket. Head to the PokerStars Spin & Go lobby now if you already have an account. If you don’t have an account, download PokerStars via PokerNews and get ready to enjoy a welcome bonus worth up to $600.

Create your free PokerStars account, make a deposit using the bonus code “STARS600” and PokerStars matches your deposit 100% up to $600. In fact, your first three deposits in the first 60-days after creating your account are matched up to a combined $600.

You then have four months to release as much of this bonus as you can by playing real money poker, including Sunday Million Spin & Go tournaments.

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Will Shillibier
Managing Editor

Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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