PokerStars Million Dollar Men

[AvonGirl]

Please welcome the PokerStars Million Dollar Men (MDM): Dennis Phillips, Ivan Demidov, Peter Eastgate, Ylon Schwartz, Darus Suharto and David ‘Chino’ Rheem. These players make up 6 of the remaining 9 players at the final table of the World Series of Poker* Main Event. Join us in supporting them as they take their shot at becoming the new WSOP* Main Event World Champion, and winning millions in prize money this November.


Since so many players at the Final Table represent PokerStars this year, we’re celebrating...and, we want all our players to join us. As we count down to November 9, you can:

• Play for your share of over $360,000 in cash prizes for FREE!
• Win a share of the MDM’s actual WSOP* Final Table winnings
• Take on the MDM in special tourneys with thousands of dollars in cash up for grabs

You can’t play them at the World Series Final Table, but you can join them as we celebrate their historic achievement at PokerStars...and play some cards, of course.

MILLION DOLLAR MEN FREEROLLS - details in Post 2
There is over $360,000 worth of cash prizes up for grabs through our MDM Freerolls! And it’s free to enter. Play in our daily Round 1 freerolls from September 28 to October 17, and you could find yourself in the final, playing against the MDM for the $100,000 first prize!

For tourney dates, times and where to find the freerolls, see the Million Dollar Men events page.

WIN A SHARE OF THE MILLION DOLLAR MEN - details in Post 3
Would you like a piece of the winnings that the MDM will take home from the World Series in November, PLUS a shot at $600,000 worth of prize pools? Then be sure not to miss our Win a Share tourneys.

We’re running a tourney each Sunday at 16:00 ET (beginning October 5 for six weeks) which has a $100,000 prize pool, and awards the top 100 finishers a 0.01% share in the winnings of one of the Million Dollar Men. Each tournament corresponds to one of the MDM and placing in the top 100 gets you a share in that particular player. You can play in one, a few, or all of the tournaments – so go for all six to increase your chances of walking away with some serious cash!

SCHEDULE:

Date	MDM
Sunday, October 5 at 16:00 ET	David ‘Chino’ Rheem
Sunday, October 12 at 16:00 ET	Darus Suharto
Sunday, October 19 at 16:00 ET	Ylon Schwartz
Sunday, October 26 at 16:00 ET	Peter Eastgate
Sunday, November 2 at 16:00 ET	Ivan Demidov
Sunday, November 9 at 16:00 ET	Dennis Phillips

WAYS TO ENTER/QUALIFY:

• 500 Frequent Player Points (FPP) buy-in gets you a seat in a tourney
• First Time Deposit – players making their first deposit using the code MDM will receive a free ticket to a Win a Share tourney of their choice
• 10 FPP and 50 FPP satellites

Read more about how to win your share here.

PLAY AGAINST THE MILLION DOLLAR MEN - details in Post 4
The MDM have taken on over 6,800 players and have shown that they have the competitive edge. Now you can test your skills against them in a series of VIP 1-table tourneys and a special Outlast the MDM tourney.

There are thousands in prizes, bounties and bragging rights on the line, so if you have what it takes to beat the MDM, see the promotions page.

MILLION DOLLAR MEN VS. WORLD CHAMPIONS
We’ll also be running a Tournament of Champions where the MDM will take on former World Champs Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker, Joe Hachem and Tom McEvoy. It will be great poker viewing and you can watch it exclusively at PokerStars, so don’t miss it.

For full details on all of the MDM events, see our promotions page or contact us at support@pokerstars.com.

[AvonGirl]

MILLION DOLLAR MEN FREEROLLS

Play against the Million Dollar Men for Free!

Enter our Million Dollar Men freerolls for your shot at winning some major cash prizes and the chance to play poker against all six of them!
Make it to the Million Dollar Men Final and you’ll get to battle it out for a seat at our exclusive Million Dollar Men Main Event - a Single Table Tournament where you and two other qualifiers will get to play against the Million Dollar Men, for a huge guaranteed prize pool, including $100,000 for first place! See below for details of how to win your seat and full payout information
Million Dollar Men Round 1 Freerolls

We’re running daily Million Dollar Men Round 1 freerolls from September 27 - October 17, at 11:10, 14:10, 17:10, 20:10 & 23:10 ET. Finish in the top 300 and you’ll be awarded with a seat at the Million Dollar Men Weekly Final!
To register for a Freeroll, open the PokerStars lobby, click "Tourney" and "Freeroll".
Million Dollar Men Weekly Final

The Weekly Finals take place at 15:10 ET on October 4, 11 & 18, giving you the chance to win cash and a seat at the Million Dollar Men Final. See below for full payout structure.

Places	Prizes
1st-1000th	Million Dollar Men Final seats and $15
1001th-2000th	$10
2001th-3000th	$5

Million Dollar Men Final

The Million Dollar Men Final takes place at 15:10 ET, Saturday October 25. Players that finish in the top 3 will win a seat in the Million Dollar Men Main Event, where you’ll be guaranteed to win at least $10,000. Those finishing in places 4th-1000th will win cash prizes. See below for full payout structure.

Places	Prizes
1st-3rd	Million Dollar Men Main Event seats
4th-9th	$500
10th-100th	$100
101st-500th	$50
501st-1000th	$25

Million Dollar Men Main Event

The Million Dollar Men Main Event takes place at 15:10 ET, November 1 and will see three qualifiers get the chance to play against the Million Dollar Men in a Single Table Tournament. See below for full payout structure.
We are also pleased to announce that all cash prizes won by the Million Dollar Men in this tournament will be donated to the charity of that player´s choice!

Places	Prizes
1st	$100,000
2nd	$50,000
3rd	$25,000
4th-9th	$10,000

* WORLD SERIES OF POKER and WSOP are trademarks of Harrah's License Company, LLC ("Harrah's"). Harrah's does not sponsor or endorse, and is not associated or affiliated with PokerStars.com or its products, services, promotions or tournaments.

[AvonGirl]

WIN A SHARE OF THE MILLION DOLLAR MEN


Grab a slice of the WSOP* Main Event prize pool!

Every member of the PokerStars Million Dollar Men is already guaranteed to walk away from the World Series of Poker* Main Event with at least $900,670 in prize money. If one of them wins the title, they’ll win an incredible $9,119,517. And now, we are giving YOU the chance to take home part of the prize pool!
We’re holding six exclusive tournaments - one for each Million Dollar Men member. Each has a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000, with $10,000 going to the winner! But that’s not all. EVERY player that finishes in the top 100 will win a share of however much that Million Dollar Men member wins at the Main Event‡.See below for information on when each tournament takes place and thefull payout structure.
The buy-in for each tournament is 500 FPP credits, and we’ll also be running satellites from just 10 FPP credits. To register, open the PokerStars lobby, click 'Tourney' and 'Special'.
First Depositor Bonus

If you haven’t yet made a real money deposit into your PokerStars account, we are giving you an extra chance to win your share of the cash. Simply make a deposit using the bonus code ‘MDM’ and we’ll enter you into the ‘Win a Share’ tournament of your choice! Visit our download page and follow the instructions on how to set up your account.
Tournament Schedule

Date	Time	Million Dollar Men Member Tournament
October 5	16:00 ET	David ‘Chino’ Rheem
October 12	16:00 ET	Darus Suharto
October 19	16:00 ET	Ylon Schwartz
October 26	16:00 ET	Peter Eastgate
November 2	16:00 ET	Ivan Demidov
November 9	16:00 ET	Dennis Phillips

Payout Structure

Places	Prizes
1st	$10,000.00
2nd	$6,000.00
3rd	$4,000.00
4th	$3,250.00
5th	$2,500.00
6th	$2,000.00
7th	$1,500.00
8th	$1,000.00
9th	$550.00
10th-12th	$400.00
13th-15th	$325.00
16th-18th	$250.00
19th-27th	$200.00
28th-36th	$162.50
37th-45th	$125.00
46th-54th	$92.50
55th-99th	$62.50
100th-199th	$45.34
200th-499th	$31.50
500th-999th	$22.50
1000th-1999th	$15.00
2000th-4000th	$9.00

‡The top 100 players will each receive a 0.01% share of the WSOP Final Table winnings of the Million Dollar Men member that the tournament is named after.

[AvonGirl]

PLAY AGAINST THE MILLION DOLLAR MEN


Play online against the Million Dollar Men!

In addition to our Freerolls and Win a Share tournaments , there are plenty of other ways that you can help us celebrate the success of the Million Dollar Men. See below for more information on our EXCLUSIVE online events.
VIP 1-Table Tournaments

We are adding an extra element to our regular VIP 1-Table Tournaments. Each member of the Million Dollar Men will be playing in two of these tournaments between now and the World Series of Poker* Main Event - giving you the chance to play against them online! Each tournament has a buy-in of 15,000 FPP credits and a prize pool of $2,000. There will also be a $250 bounty on each Million Dollar Men member!
To register for a Million Dollar Men VIP 1-Table Tournament, open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Tourney’ and ‘VIP’.
Outlast the Million Dollar Men

Enter our $5.50 buy-in tournament, October 7, and you could find yourself sitting at the same table as the Million Dollar Men - all six of them will be playing this event. What’s more, if you last longer than all of them in the tournament, and you’ll be rewarded with extra cash!
How it Works

The entry fees in this tournament will pay out like a normal cash tournament prize pool. In addition, we are putting up an extra $25,000, which will be split evenly between all of the players that outlast all of the Million Dollar Men. For example, if the last of the surviving Million Dollar Men finishes in 11th place, that $25,000 will be split among the remaining 10 players.
If one of the Million Dollar Men wins the tournament, you’ll still get a slice of the prize pool. That’s because if this happens, we’ll be splitting the extra $25,000 evenly between EVERY player that enters the tournament!
To register, open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Tourney’ and ‘Special’
WSOP* Tournament of Champions

We are also pleased to announce that we’ll be holding a special WSOP* Tournament of Champions online event. This Single Table Tournament will see the Million Dollar Men face off against each other, and former World Series of Poker* Main Event winners Greg Raymer, Tom McEvoy, Joe Hachem and Chris Moneymaker‡! The tournament is set to take place October 1 and you can watch the action unfold! To find the tournament, open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Tourney’ and ‘Special’. Alternatively, see our Special Features page for more information on how to find Team PokerStars Pro playing online. You don’t want to miss out on seeing our former World Series Champions go head-to-head with the future stars of poker!
‡Line up is subject to change, and some of the players may need to sit out part of the tournament.

[AvonGirl]

Looks like I'll be filling the diary up again (when I've figured out all of the details).

I think I might smell another focus game in amongst these.

[archiethe1st]

I have seen the term 'focus game' mentioned a few times on here but what is a focus game?

And that's a very good promo from stars.

[GotaFancy?]

The focus game is one event most evenings in which we record the finishing positions of PL participants - we award ranking points and at the end of the month the top player in the rankings is awarded the Best Poker Player (BPP) title (which they can proudly display after their alias on here - I think it's currently Guppie(BPP) ). They also get a "Best Poker Player" award (which you can see on the left below my name )

The current BPP thread is displayed here - September BPP Focus Games

[Guppie]

As gaf said this is still going strong and in fact can be argued it is at its peak now unlike a year ago for instance

Originally Posted by GotaFancy?

The focus game is one event most evenings in which we record the finishing positions of PL participants - we award ranking points and at the end of the month the top player in the rankings is awarded the Best Poker Player (BPP) title (which they can proudly display after their alias on here - I think it's currently Guppie(BPP) ). They also get a "Best Poker Player" award (which you can see on the left below my name )

The current BPP thread is displayed here - September BPP Focus Games

[Samba_SamPa]

Originally Posted by Guppie(BPP)

As gaf said this is still going strong and in fact can be argued it is at its peak now unlike a year ago for instance

It is currently unclear if the present incumbent of said title was awarded the honour for attaining the best set of scores over the month, or merely for entering every single focus event under the sun...

[archiethe1st]

Sounds good. :thumbup:

[Guppie]

Both

Originally Posted by Samba_SamPa

It is currently unclear if the present incumbent of said title was awarded the honour for attaining the best set of scores over the month, or merely for entering every single focus event under the sun...

[AvonGirl]

Originally Posted by AvonGirl

Enter our $5.50 buy-in tournament, October 7, and you could find yourself sitting at the same table as the Million Dollar Men - all six of them will be playing this event. What’s more, if you last longer than all of them in the tournament, and you’ll be rewarded with extra cash!
How it Works

The entry fees in this tournament will pay out like a normal cash tournament prize pool. In addition, we are putting up an extra $25,000, which will be split evenly between all of the players that outlast all of the Million Dollar Men. For example, if the last of the surviving Million Dollar Men finishes in 11th place, that $25,000 will be split among the remaining 10 players.
If one of the Million Dollar Men wins the tournament, you’ll still get a slice of the prize pool. That’s because if this happens, we’ll be splitting the extra $25,000 evenly between EVERY player that enters the tournament!
To register, open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Tourney’ and ‘Special’
WSOP* Tournament of Champions

This is already open for registration. Max 25000 entry so might be worth getting in early.

[AvonGirl]

Originally Posted by AvonGirl

Million Dollar Men Weekly Final

The Weekly Finals take place at 15:10 ET on October 4, 11 & 18, giving you the chance to win cash and a seat at the Million Dollar Men Final. See below for full payout structure.

Good luck anyone in the first one of these tonight.

I managed to bubble in 309th in the 1am qualifier this morning.

[voiceofjoe]

Beginning to wish I hadn't qualified now -9000+ entrants and starts 21:00 UK Time !!

Finishing ?? - probably around 04:00 Monday morning !!

[Guppie]

its started already and down to 5570

[Guppie]

ah you mean tommorows

[BAGHEIRA]

Originally Posted by AvonGirl

Good luck anyone in the first one of these tonight.

I managed to bubble in 309th in the 1am qualifier this morning.

I made the oct 26th final

[Burnley Joe]

Im in tonights final

[AvonGirl]

Bump
This is tonight. 1790 in at the moment.

Originally Posted by AvonGirl

PLAY AGAINST THE MILLION DOLLAR MEN

Outlast the Million Dollar Men

Enter our $5.50 buy-in tournament, October 7, and you could find yourself sitting at the same table as the Million Dollar Men - all six of them will be playing this event. What’s more, if you last longer than all of them in the tournament, and you’ll be rewarded with extra cash!
How it Works

The entry fees in this tournament will pay out like a normal cash tournament prize pool. In addition, we are putting up an extra $25,000, which will be split evenly between all of the players that outlast all of the Million Dollar Men. For example, if the last of the surviving Million Dollar Men finishes in 11th place, that $25,000 will be split among the remaining 10 players.
If one of the Million Dollar Men wins the tournament, you’ll still get a slice of the prize pool. That’s because if this happens, we’ll be splitting the extra $25,000 evenly between EVERY player that enters the tournament!
To register, open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Tourney’ and ‘Special’

[Guppie]

Thanks H I'm in.