Poker Stars Summer Games Freeroll Series Starts Aug. 22

More Than 80,000 Cash Prizes Will Be Awarded Along With a $100,000 Final

The Olympic Summer Games may be coming to a close in a few days, but the Summer Games at PokerStars have yet to begin. PokerStars is kicking off an eight-week-long promotion called the Summer Games that pits Canadians vs. Americans in a fight to snag some of the more than 80,000 cash prizes to be given away and seats in the $100,000 final, and it all starts this Friday, Aug. 22.

Each week features a different poker variation, and players get one free round-one entry for each week's poker variant. Each country has a separate set of tournaments, and the free entry can be used for any of the round-one Summer Games tournaments running during that week for the player's home country.

Those who finish well enough in the round-one event move on to that week's round-two final, and the weekly finals send five players from each country to the $100,000 main event. Then, the next week, players can try their hands at a different poker variation with another free round-one entry.

The round-one and round-two events aren't just qualifiers, though; plenty of cash prizes are being awarded in each tournament.

Here's the schedule of events:


Limit hold'em
Aug. 22-28
Aug. 31, 4 p.m.

Seven-card stud
Aug. 29-Sept. 4
Sept. 7, 4 p.m.

Five-card draw
Sept. 5-11
Sept. 14, 4 p.m.

Omaha
Sept. 12-18
Sept. 21, 4 p.m.

Short-handed no-limit hold'em
Sept. 19-25
Sept. 28, 4 p.m.

Pot-limit hold'em
Sept. 26-Oct. 2
Oct. 5, 4 p.m.

Omaha eight-or-better
Oct. 3-10
Oct. 12, 4 p.m.

No-limit hold'em
Oct. 11-16
Oct. 19, 4 p.m.


Those interested in taking part in this free promotion and representing either the USA or Canada can sign up for PokerStars today.