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PokerStars is marking two decades of the Sunday Million with a special 20th Anniversary edition, running as a $109 buy-in Progressive Knockout tournament with a $5 million guarantee. To reach that target, the operator needs 50,000 total entries, which it aims to collect through a series of Phase 1 qualifying events staged throughout the summer.
These Phase 1 tournaments will continue right up until September 6, when Phase 2 officially begins. Another 15 sessions are scheduled between July 21 and 25 alone, firing three times daily at 4:25 p.m., 7:25 p.m., and 10:25 p.m. BST.
Each Phase 1 event gives players 10,000 starting chips with 10-minute levels and blinds beginning at 40/80/10. Up to three re-entries are allowed during the late registration period, which closes one hour and 40 minutes after the tournament starts. Play continues until only 3% of the starting field remains.
As a PKO event, every entrant begins with a $50 bounty. Eliminating an opponent awards half that bounty instantly, while the remaining half is added to the eliminator’s own bounty, raising the stakes as the tournament progresses.
So far, close to 12,600 players have entered across completed Phase 1 flights, with 403 advancing to the September 2 finale. Austria’s “go1vs1 legko” currently leads the counts with 1,076,054 in chips, closely followed by Canada’s “getdamoney0” at 1,045,132. Other notable stacks belong to “roo_400” and “P0TCHECKER99.”
Satellites into the Anniversary event are already running, starting from just $0.55, alongside special Spin & Go games priced at $0.75 or $4 that can award direct entry tickets.
