Michigan poker players won’t have to wait long at all for their first major tournament series. It was only about three weeks ago that PokerStars launched in Michigan.Now, the site is just about to kick off the Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP), with $1 million in guarantees spread across 60 events. Often, the total prize pool is only $50 to $100 dollars, although there are regular PokerStars freerolls that have $3,000 prize pools to play for and some of the PokerNews-exclusive freerolls have.

Coming on the heels of December’s third Pennsyl-MANIA event, PokerStars and FOX Bet today announced a second running of the Winter Series on PokerStars PA.

This year’s PokerStars PA Winter Series runs from Jan. 21-31 and features 45 tournaments with guaranteed prize pools totaling more than $1 million.

$200K guaranteed Main Event, $1,000 High Roller among highlights

Both the number of tournaments and the amount of guarantees represent significant increases over the inaugural PokerStars PA Winter Series in Jan. 2020. That series featured 30 events and $675,000 in total guarantees with players ultimately winning over $828,000.

This time around the 45 tournaments have guarantees adding up to just over $1 million.

The $300 buy-in Main Event that starts Jan. 31 has a $200,000 guarantee, double the $100,000 guarantee of a year ago. Last year the event also cost $300 to play and attracted 452total entries to create a prize pool of just over $126,000.

There is also a new $1,000 High Roller scheduled this year for Jan. 27 with a $50,000 guarantee.

PokerStars PA Winter Series highlights include:

• Event #2 — $200 NLHE Prog. KO, Thursday Thrill SE, $40K gtd. (Jan. 21)
• Event #15 — $100 NLHE Sunday Special SE, $100K gtd. (Jan. 24)
• Event #24 — $250 NLHE Super Tuesday SE, $50K gtd. (Jan. 26)
• Event #28 — $1,000 NLHE High Roller, $50K gtd. (Jan. 27)
• Event #31 — $250 NLHE Prog. KO, Thursday Thrill SE, $50K gtd. (Jan. 28)
• Event #41 — $300 NLHE Main Event, $200K gtd. (Jan. 31)
• Event #42 — $50 NLHE Mini Main Event, $35K gtd. (Jan. 31)

Besides the usual full menu of no-limit hold’em, the schedule features a few scattered non-NLHE offerings. These include pot-limit Omaha, no-limit Omaha hi-lo, five-card PLO, no-limit five-card draw, H.O.R.S.E., and 8-game mixed events.

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Depositor Freeroll, Second Chance Freerolls return as well

As usual, PokerStars PA is offering a number of satellites, freerolls, and other ways for players to win tournament tickets.

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There will be a Depositor Freeroll on Jan. 31. Anyone who deposits $30 or more using the code “FREEZE” before the freeroll starts wins a seat. The tournament will award $10,000 worth of entries into that day’s $300 Main Event.

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Throughout the Winter Series there will also be Second Chance Freerolls in which players can win seats to events. Anyone eliminated shy of the money in a Winter Series event earns entry into the Second Chance Freerolls which take place daily throughout the series.

2021 PokerStars PA Winter Series schedule

Here’s a look at the complete 45-event PokerStars PA Winter Series schedule:

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