While the 2008 World Series of Poker heats up, PokerStars heats up their Sunday Million Guarantee to $1.5 M

That's one way to kick Full Tilt Poker down to the gutter eh?

Poker room giant PokerStars seem to be determined to put its competitors away especially with the Full Tilt Poker brand all over the 2008 World Series of Poker lately.

Starting August 3, PokerStars' extremely popular Sunday Million will now feature a $1.5 million weekly guarantee. And to further sweeten the deal, the Sunday Warm-Up (that occurs just a few hours before the Sunday Million) will now have a $750,000 guarantee.

PokerStars is the very first poker site to offer a $1 Million Guarantee in a No Limit Hold 'em tournament every week. For a measly $215 buy-in, poker players can expect a first prize that is more than $100,000.

Can you imagine the sheer number of poker players that are drawn to this kind of deal every single week?

The Sunday Million occurs weekly at 4:30pm EST. The Sunday Warm-Up (which also has a $215 buy-in) starts at 12:45pm EST. PokerStars has also increased its guarantee on the Super Tuesday tournament to $300,000 from its former $250,000. The buy-in for the Super Tuesday tournament is now $1,050.

Why is PokerStars doing this? The sheer number of participants in the Sunday tournaments easily covers the guarantee. The Sunday Million can attract as many as 8,370 poker players, creating a prize pool of $1.70 million.

The Sunday Warm-Up can have as much as 4,050 participants.

If you're too cheap or too broke to part with $215, satellites to the Sunday Million go as low as $3. Satellites are available all day long so if you want a chance to enter the Sunday Million and get the big bucks, head over to the world's largest online poker room and visit PokerStars.com today.

Who will win the 2008 WSOP Main Event Final Table at the Rio in Las Vegas on November 9? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.

Dennis Phillips 4.00

Craig Marquis 11.00

Ylon Schwartz 9.00

Scott Montgomery 5.00

Darus Suharto 9.50

Chino Rheem 8.50

Ivan Demidov 5.50

Kelly Kim 26.00

Peter Eastgate 6.50

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