Ride On The Festive Spirit With PokerStars India’s Diwali Rush Promising ₹2.74 Crores (Nov 22 – 29) With a Big Slice of PKO Action!

Diwali is round the corner and like we expected, online poker action has picked up and so have the tournament offerings by the top brands. Promising an exciting ride of tournament action is the upcoming Diwali Rush on PokerStars India. With ₹2.74 Crores guaranteed across 55 tournaments, the Diwali Rush opens on November 22, keeping the festive spirit alive much after the festival is over!

From the opening day to November 29, the series offers eight days of non-stop action. While there is the ₹30 Lakhs GTD SuperHighroller that will play out on November 27, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD PKO Main Event slated for November 29 is going to be the biggest headliner of the fest. This event has been brought back on popular demand and allows entry only for ₹7,700.

There’s no dearth of value on the tables since buy-ins range from as low as ₹550 to cap off at ₹15,000. Along the site’s tournament staples that return as part of the series, if you like Progressive Knockout tourneys, there are no less than 24 of them to play at!

For those looking to enter the Main Event and the Super Highroller action for less, the brand has also announced that 50 seats are going to be given away as ‘FREEBUY’ for the Main Event and 15 seats for the Super Highroller.

Players can win ₹60,000 worth of tickets through the Daily Freerolls and bringing the feel of the Diwali Rush, the site has announced that those who bust out before making the money can play for a share of the ‘Second Chance Freerolls’ that will run from November 23 to 29 at 4 PM daily and offer ₹1.75 Lakhs worth of free tickets. That’s not all – a Series Leaderboard will hand out an additional ₹5 Lakhs in prize giveaways!

PokerStars India Diwali Rush Schedule

Tournament Attractions

Starting November 22, the series promises players a blast of a time, and every day there are 6-7 events that will crown a champion, including at least one ₹10 Lakhs-plus GTD event.

Rolling out the big-ticket action early, the opening day is marked by a ₹20 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special alongside a ₹18 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller.

Many site regulars like the Sixth Sense, Uppercut Mini, Night on Stars, Big Bubble Rush, Battle Royale and Eliminator return with spiked up guarantees.

Taking the Friday felts on storm on November 27 will the Superhighroller that holds a guarantee of ₹30 Lakhs at a entry price point of ₹15,000. The action goes several notches higher on November 29 when the series culminates with the ₹50 Lakhs GTD Main Event that has a buy-in of ₹7,700. On the side lines will be the ₹18 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller featuring a ₹11,000 buy-in.

High Value on the Palate

This is a blockbuster series as far as value is concerned, since around 67% of the tourneys guarantee 200 times of their buy-in and the remaining promise as much as 300 times of their posted guarantees!

PokerStars India has designed the schedule in such manner that 18% of the events promise of a minimum prize pool of ₹10 Lakhs and at least 42% of them boast of minimum ₹2 Lakhs in prize money.

Enjoy the Freerolls!

If you don’t win tickets to the tourneys in Daily Freerolls, PokerStars India offers you another opportunity through the Second Chance Freerolls that will also be running daily.

Daily Freerolls

Daily Freerolls will be running on the site at 1 PM daily offering ₹60,000 in free tickets. The Freerolls go live on November 22 as the series takes off, and will run till November 29.

Second Chance Freerolls

This is the second chance for you to win free tickets for the Diwali Rush events. The Second Chance Freerolls will run daily at 4 PM and there are ₹1.75 Lakhs worth of tickets to be won across them!

Diwali Rush Leaderboard

Can any tournament series be complete without Leaderboard giveaways?! The Diwali Rush Leaderboard is one of the best-structured Leaderboards from the site, and offers ₹5 Lakhs in guaranteed prize giveaways.

The Diwali Rush has been a staple at PokerStars India for several years now, and the brand has been delivering a stronger tournament punch with each passing year. While last year’s edition guaranteed more than ₹2 Crores across 48 events, the upcoming series promises to be the biggest festive rollout by the brand at this time of the year.

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