It’s official; PokerStars has announced that is Megastack series is coming to the United States, by way of Atlantic City, New Jersey. In fact, the city’s Resorts Casino Hotel has already had a Sunday Special Live event added to its tournament schedule, which will occur between Friday, October 6th and Sunday October 8th. The event is specifically geared toward recreational players, and gets its name from the Sunday Special online event, which is considered the most popular weekly tournament on PokerStarsNJ.com. Participants are given the opportunity to show off their skills for a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The inspired event receives a serious boost, with a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000. Additionally, competitors can gain entry with a $220 buy-in event. An opportunity to qualify for the event online is available as well. Online buy-ins begin at $0.50.
Chief executive and president of Resorts Casino Hotel, Mark Giannantonio, commented, “We are excited to host the first-ever Sunday Special Live New Jersey, and we look forward to welcoming players to the property for an exciting gaming experience.”
Chris Moneymaker, Team PokerStars Pro, added, "PokerStars Megastack is the perfect opportunity for players to enjoy a great live poker experience at an affordable buy-in to see if they can turn a MEGASTACK into a mega prize. Players can expect an awesome poker experience and more importantly get together with friends to play poker while having fun."
The Megastack series also made its way to the UK’s Hippodrome Casino back in April. It now hosts events in Ireland, Belgium, Malta and France.
Source:
“PokerStars’ Megastack set for New Jersey debut in October”, gamingintelligence.com, July 11, 2017.
jade
7 years ago
Super Hero
New Jersey is becoming quite the place for every kind of gambling. Their online casinos are gaining popularity. PokerStars’ Megastack Series is drawing attention to New Jersey in more ways than one with its online opportunities to qualify. Too bad if you live in the states you have to physically be in New Jersey...
New Jersey is becoming quite the place for every kind of gambling. Their online casinos are gaining popularity. PokerStars’ Megastack Series is drawing attention to New Jersey in more ways than one with its online opportunities to qualify. Too bad if you live in the states you have to physically be in New Jersey to play when their online casinos have such great potential! Gambling is still in the beginnings of change in the US and moving so slowly ..........
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Sydney
7 years ago
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@cheztwins - Gambling has a long legacy in New Jersey, with the state historically being more permissive of gambling than most other states. In addition to that New Jersey's gambling laws are among the least restrictive in the United States (Legal, in-state online gambling was instituted in New Jersey in November 2013)....
@cheztwins - Gambling has a long legacy in New Jersey, with the state historically being more permissive of gambling than most other states. In addition to that New Jersey's gambling laws are among the least restrictive in the United States (Legal, in-state online gambling was instituted in New Jersey in November 2013). That's most likely the reason why so many new online casinos have New Jersey as allowed country.
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cheztwins
7 years ago
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Recently I noticed there were two different new casinos that were available to usa players. When I looked closer Unfortunately these 2 new casinos were only for the state of New Jersey and had really really in-depth location checking software you had to download to make sure that you were actually from New Jersey and not...
Recently I noticed there were two different new casinos that were available to usa players. When I looked closer Unfortunately these 2 new casinos were only for the state of New Jersey and had really really in-depth location checking software you had to download to make sure that you were actually from New Jersey and not any other state in the United States ; otherwise you could not play there. What exactly makes New Jersey so special?
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Sydney
7 years ago
Almighty Member
When it launched in the UK back in April MEGASTACK attracted more than 520 entries, twice the normal field. It's perfect for any player looking to play deep stacked poker, with a great structure and prize pool, without having to pay a buy-in way beyond their bank roll.
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