PokerStars' Fall Fest Gets Underway In Pennsylvania

PokerStars' Fall Fest Gets Underway In Pennsylvania
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In Pennsylvania, PokerStars is in the midst of its Fall Fest, an online “progressive knockout” series for players in North America. While the event began on Nov. 17, it’s still running through Nov. 27. Buy-ins range from a low of $5, up to $1,500. The Fall Fest series’ total guarantee in Pennsylvania is $1 million, welcome news for Pennsylvania online poker fans.

The series main event in the Keystone State is scheduled for Nov. 26, with a $300 buy-in. The guarantee for that event is $175,000. In addition to Pennsylvania, other jurisdictions in North America where Poker Stars is running its Fall Fest is in the shared player pool of Michigan-New Jersey, and in the province of Ontario.

Must be 21+ to participate & present in PA. T&Cs apply.

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The tournament has also promoted online satellites for small buy-ins for players to earn their way into the larger Fall Fest tournaments. Included in the action are $50 Fall Brawl tourneys every evening of the series. In these events, there will be prize pools of up to $15,000.

PokerStars also announced: “On top of all this, we’re awarding Fall Fest tickets at daily Freerolls. These take place at 17:30 ET, from November 17-26, and there’ll be $1,000 in prizes to be won each time.”

In the Michigan-New Jersey main event, also on Nov. 26, the buy-in is $300 and the guaranteed prize pool of $200,000. In the Ontario main event, also on Nov. 26, the buy-in is $200 and the guaranteed prize pool is $70,000. Players must be located within the respective jurisdictions in order to participate.

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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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