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Thanksgiving is typically a time reserved for family, football, and lots of turkey. PokerStars Michigan hopes to make the holiday a time for Fall Fest tournament poker as well.
This week, PokerStars MI announced a new series coming at the end of the month. Fall Fest 50/50 will take place Nov. 20-29.
The series title reflects its unique schedule — 50 tournaments, each of which will have a $50 buy-in. Guaranteed prize pools across the series will total just over half a million dollars.
Same buy-ins, but wide variety of formats, structures for 10-day series
To be precise, the guarantees for Fall Fest 50/50 will actually add up to exactly $507,000. Although the buy-ins don’t vary, the formats for the 50 tournaments most certainly will.
Most events are no-limit hold’em; although within the NLHE offerings are re-entry events, freezeouts, progressive knockout bounty tournaments, Zoom (fast-fold) events, short-handed and full-ring events, deep-stacked events, and turbos and hyper-turbos.
There are also a number of non-NLHE tournaments, too, including pot-limit Omaha (both high only and hi-lo), no-limit Omaha hi-lo, H.O.R.S.E., Badugi and razz events.
Several “Fall Brawls” dot the schedule, each featuring the PKO format with varying KO values. There is also an interesting “Last Man Standing” event. In that one, only the top seven finishers will cash and the winner will receive a whopping 75% of the total prize pool.
The two-day Main Event begins Sunday, Nov. 28. The Main Event has the same $50 buy-in but possesses a series-high $50,000 guaranteed prize pool attached. (See the full Fall Fest 50/50 schedule below.)
Freerolls, satellites offer inexpensive ways to play PokerStars Fall Fest 50/50
The series comes accompanied with PokerStars MI’s usual lineup of satellites and freerolls.
There will be a Depositor Freeroll at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 28 that awards 50 Main Event seats, a $2,500 value. To earn a free spot in the freeroll, players must deposit at least $50 into their PokerStars MI accounts between now and Nov. 28 at 1:59 p.m. using the promo code “FALL21.”
There will also be Second Chance Freerolls throughout the series running Nov. 21-28. Any player busting from a Fall Fest 50/50 tournament shy of the cash will automatically receive an entry into the following day’s freeroll. Those tournaments will award $1,000 worth of Fall Fest 50/50 tourney tickets.
Satellites for Fall Fest 50/50 events are also already up and running at PokerStars MI, each costing just $5 to play.
Fall Fest 50/50 will provide Michigan poker players another tournament option over Thanksgiving week. The series will compete directly with the End Boss Poker Series over at BetMGM Poker MI. That seven-tournament series runs Nov. 23-28.
Fall Fest 50/50 schedule on PokerStars MI
| No. | Date | Time (ET) | Event | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov. 20 (Sa) | 4 p.m. | $50 NLHE Deepstack Warm Up | $12,500 |
| 2 | Nov. 20 (Sa) | 6 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, 50/50 Kickoff | $25,000 |
| 3 | Nov. 20 (Sa) | 7 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, Fall Brawl #1 | $10,000 |
| 4 | Nov. 20 (Sa) | 8:30 p.m. | $50 PLO 8-Max, PLO | $3,500 |
| 5 | Nov. 20 (Sa) | 9 p.m. | $50 NLHE 5-Max, The $50 5-Max | $5,000 |
| 6 | Nov. 20 (Sa) | 10 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, Zoom | $10,000 |
| 7 | Nov. 21 (Su) | 2 p.m. | $50 NLHE Progressive KO, Sunday Marathon | $10,000 |
| 8 | Nov. 21 (Su) | 6 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Sunday Special | $40,000 |
| 9 | Nov. 21 (Su) | 7 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, Fall Brawl #2 | $10,000 |
| 10 | Nov. 21 (Su) | 8:30 p.m. | $50 NLO8 6-Max, NLO8 | $3,000 |
| 11 | Nov. 21 (Su) | 9 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Turbo, Sunday Second Chance | $10,000 |
| 12 | Nov. 21 (Su) | 10 p.m. | $50 NLHE 6-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Progressive KO | $5,000 |
| 13 | Nov. 22 (M) | 6 p.m. | $50 NLHE Freezeout | $5,000 |
| 14 | Nov. 22 (M) | 7 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Fall Stacks #1 | $10,000 |
| 15 | Nov. 22 (M) | 8 p.m. | $50 NLHE 6-Max, Progressive KO, Battle Royale | $12,500 |
| 16 | Nov. 22 (M) | 9 p.m. | $50 HORSE Turbo, HORSE | $2,000 |
| 17 | Nov. 22 (M) | 9:30 p.m. | $50 NLHE 3-Max, Hyper-Turbo | $3,000 |
| 18 | Nov. 23 (Tu) | 6 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, Last Man Standing (75% PKO) | $7,500 |
| 19 | Nov. 23 (Tu) | 7 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, Fall Brawl #3 | $10,000 |
| 20 | Nov. 23 (Tu) | 8 p.m. | $50 NLHE Mini Super Tuesday SE | $15,000 |
| 21 | Nov. 23 (Tu) | 9 p.m. | $50 PL Badugi | $2,000 |
| 22 | Nov. 23 (Tu) | 10 p.m. | $50 NLHE Turbo, Mini Super Tuesday 2nd Chance | $7,000 |
| 23 | Nov. 24 (W) | 6 p.m. | $50 NLHE Progressive KO, Freezeout 25% PKO | $5,000 |
| 24 | Nov. 24 (W) | 7 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, Fall Brawl #4 | $10,000 |
| 25 | Nov. 24 (W) | 8 p.m. | $50 NLHE 6-Max, Wednesday 6-Max SE | $6,000 |
| 26 | Nov. 24 (W) | 9 p.m. | $50 Razz Razz | $2,000 |
| 27 | Nov. 25 (Th) | 6 p.m. | $50 NLHE 1 Re-Entry | $7,000 |
| 28 | Nov. 25 (Th) | 7 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Fall Stacks #2 | $10,000 |
| 29 | Nov. 25 (Th) | 8 p.m. | $50 NLHE Progressive KO, Mini Thanksgiving Thrill | $10,000 |
| 30 | Nov. 25 (Th) | 9:30 p.m. | $50 NLHE 6-Max, Turbo | $5,000 |
| 31 | Nov. 26 (F) | 4 p.m. | $50 NLHE Deepstack - $20 Bounty | $5,000 |
| 32 | Nov. 26 (F) | 7 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Fall Stacks #3 | $10,000 |
| 33 | Nov. 26 (F) | 8 p.m. | $50 NLHE 7-Max, Progressive KO, Friday Night Fight | $10,000 |
| 34 | Nov. 26 (F) | 8:30 p.m. | $50 PLO8 8-Max, PLO8 | $3,500 |
| 35 | Nov. 26 (F) | 10 p.m. | $50 NLHE 6-Max, Hyper-Turbo | $5,000 |
| 36 | Nov. 27 (Sa) | 4 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, Bigstack | $10,000 |
| 37 | Nov. 27 (Sa) | 6 p.m. | $50 NLHE 4-Max | $7,500 |
| 38 | Nov. 27 (Sa) | 7 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Fall Stacks #4 | $10,000 |
| 39 | Nov. 27 (Sa) | 8 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO, Bigstack 2nd Chance | $6,500 |
| 40 | Nov. 27 (Sa) | 9 p.m. | $50 NLHE The Rounder | $5,000 |
| 41 | Nov. 28 (Su) | 2 p.m. | $50 NLHE Sunday Marathon SE | $10,000 |
| 42 | Nov. 28 (Su) | 4 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Main Event | $50,000 |
| 43 | Nov. 28 (Su) | 6 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, Total KO | $12,500 |
| 44 | Nov. 28 (Su) | 7 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, Fall Brawl #5 | $10,000 |
| 45 | Nov. 28 (Su) | 10 p.m. | $50 NLHE 6-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Supersonic SE | $7,500 |
| 46 | Nov. 29 (M) | 7 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, Fall Brawl #6 | $10,000 |
| 47 | Nov. 29 (M) | 7:30 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, Phase II | $30,000 |
| 48 | Nov. 29 (M) | 8 p.m. | $50 NLHE 8-Max, 50/50 Wrap Up | $15,000 |
| 49 | Nov. 29 (M) | 8:30 p.m. | $50 NLHE 6-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO, Battle Royale | $6,500 |
| 50 | Nov. 29 (M) | 10 p.m. | $50 NLHE Heads-Up, Progressive KO, Zoom Total KO | $10,000 |
| Total | $507,000 |
