Poker Legends Reach the Sunday Million 20th Anniversary Final on PokerStars

The Sunday Million 20th Anniversary tournament with a $5,000,000 guarantee has kicked off on PokerStars. Top pros and ambassadors have already advanced to the final stage.

PokerStars continues its preparations for the anniversary Sunday Million 20th Anniversary tournament with a $5,000,000 guarantee. Thousands of players have already made it through the initial qualifying stages to reach the second phase of this major event. Among those who have successfully qualified are well-known professionals and PokerStars ambassadors, and the battle for big prizes is just beginning. Sunday Million 20th Anniversary at a glance: structure and stages Sunday Million is the largest weekly online No Limit Hold'em tournament on PokerStars, traditionally attracting thousands of participants. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series, PokerStars is hosting a special anniversary tournament with a $5,000,000 guarantee. The tournament consists of several phases: Phase 1 — qualifying tournaments with a $109 buy-in, where players start with equal stacks and compete to advance to the second phase. Phase 2 — the final stage, where only the best from Phase 1 move on. Here, the fight is for the main prizes and the champion’s title. So far, many Phase 1 tournaments have been completed, with 24,881 entries registered. 799 players have earned tickets to the second phase, which starts on September 6. Famous names among Phase 2 participants Among those who have made it to Phase 2 are global poker stars and PokerStars ambassadors. One of the most notable is Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg , a popular streamer and PokerStars representative. In his qualifying tournament, he increased his starting stack from 10,000 to 187,043 chips, which currently puts him in 544th place ahead of the final phase. However, his position may change, as Phase 1 tournaments continue right up until the start of Phase 2. Other well-known players who have already qualified include Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff , Peter "Belabacsi" Traply , Tom "Tom_Poker_NL" Talboom , Blaise "bigdaddyblaise" Bourgeois , Jussi "calvin7v" Nevanlinna , Dalton "daltonhb" Hobold , Tobias "TOBSEN_TE9" Eichenseher , Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson , Patrick "JaegsPL" Lauber , Robin "robinho" Ylitalo , Simon "TaxationIsTheft" Gilles , Andreas "mrAndreeew" Berggren , as well as PokerStars ambassador Marle "MarlzTV" Spragg . Current chip count: Phase 2 top 10 Currently, the chip leader is a player from Austria with the nickname "go1vs1 legko" holding 1,076,054 chips. Another millionaire stack belongs to Canadian "getdamoney" (1,045,132). To make the top 10 right now, you need more than 863,000 chips. Top 10 Phase 2 players in the Sunday Million 20th Anniversary: go1vs1 legko (Austria) — 1,076,054 getdamoney (Canada) — 1,045,132 roo_400 — 791,814 P0TCHECKER99 — 779,309 Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff — 695,141 efkinis24 — 635,937 Peter "Belabacsi" Traply — 602,644 Tom "Tom_Poker_NL" Talboom — 532,332 Blaise "bigdaddyblaise" Bourgeois — 499,757 Jussi "calvin7v" Nevanlinna — 402,413 Other participants who have made it to Phase 2 include: Dalton "daltonhb" Hobold (294,120), Tobias "TOBSEN_TE9" Eichenseher (275,338), Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson (274,755), Sintoras (232,517), Patrick "JaegsPL" Lauber (175,259), Robin "robinho" Ylitalo (115,528), Simon "TaxationIsTheft" Gilles (115,497), Andreas "mrAndreeew" Berggren (113,916), Marle "MarlzTV" Spragg (88,462). How to qualify for the Sunday Million Anniversary: Satellites and Spin & Go For those who want to take part in the anniversary Sunday Million, PokerStars offers several ways to qualify: Satellites — tournaments with buy-ins starting from $0.55, giving you a chance to win a ticket to Phase 1 ($109). Spin & Go — special fast-paced three-player tournaments that start as soon as three players register. Entry costs $0.75 or $4. Depending on the multiplier, the winner receives a $109 Sunday Million Anniversary ticket or a satellite ticket worth between $1.50 and $22. Spin & Go prizes for $0.75 and $4 In special $0.75 and $4 Spin & Go tournaments, you can win: A $109 Sunday Million 20th Anniversary ticket Satellite tickets worth $1.50, $5.50, $11, or $22 (depending on the multiplier) Ticket Machine: ticket giveaways every Saturday Every Saturday, PokerStars gives away 918 tickets worth $109 each to the Sunday Million 20th Anniversary using the Ticket Machine feature. To get a chance at a ticket, players can complete special challenges up to four times and receive up to 20 entries in the next draw: Play a Phase 1 Sunday Million 20th Anniversary tournament Knock out five opponents in Spin & Go Play 25 all-in hands This way, even players with a small bankroll have a real chance to get into the main event of the year through additional activities. Phase 1 schedule and timetable Phase 1 tournaments run daily, including August 13-15, starting at 16:25, 19:25, and 22:25 BST. The schedule is expected to remain the same or be expanded closer to September 6 — the start date of Phase 2. What this means for PPPoker club players For PPPoker club members, this news is a great example of how the largest online platforms create major events with multi-level qualification systems. Even with a small bankroll, you can get into a big tournament through satellites or fast formats like Spin & Go, which is also relevant for PPPoker club series. Paying attention to tournament structure and qualification opportunities allows club players to adopt best practices: organizing multi-stage qualifiers, introducing challenges and rewards to boost engagement. This makes the poker community more active and opens up new ways to grow your bankroll, even for beginners. Finally, the participation of well-known professionals and ambassadors in such events is an extra motivation for PPPoker players to strive for new achievements and try themselves in major club tournaments, using all available qualification and learning opportunities.