PokerStars Offer Tournaments in PA, N.J., Mich. and Ontario

PokerStars Offer Tournaments in PA, N.J., Mich. and Ontario
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PokerStars gets into the holiday spirit with its “25 Days of Tournaments” for online poker players in a few of the jurisdictions that offer legalized internet poker.

Pennsylvania online poker is one of those jurisdictions, along with Michigan, New Jersey, and the province of Ontario. The tournaments starts Dec. 5 and runs through Dec. 29. The PokerStars’ announcement said the tournaments begin at 7:30 p.m. ET, with two-stake levels of a $10 buy-in and a $50 buy-in.

There are very few iGaming states in the nation. PA online casinos are legal.

There Is More Than Main Event

According to PokerStars, “there will . . . be side events available to play, featuring Half Price Sunday side events on Dec. 10, and High Roller Sunday events on Dec. 17.”

Like wrapped presents, there’s a surprise element to the event.

PA PokerStars explains it this way: The tournament will “feature daily chests that will unlock via challenges and a unique daily tournament revealed to players each evening at 9 p.m. ET. There will be extra prizes up for grabs where players have the opportunity to win tickets to sporting events, exclusive items from our Team Pros, and thousands in bonus tickets!”

Keep it close to PennStakes.com for iGaming updates and for PA casino bonuses.

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Bill Ordine

Bill Ordine was a reporter and editor in news and sports for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Baltimore Sun for 25 years, and was a lead reporter on a team that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News. Bill started reporting on casinos and gaming shortly after Atlantic City’s first gambling halls opened and wrote a syndicated column on travel to casino destinations for 10 years. He covered the World Series of Poker for a decade and his articles on gaming have appeared in many major U.S. newspapers, such as the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald and others.

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