At a time when just about everyone in the poker business is contemplating putting on the brakes, PokerStars puts the pedal to the metal. This is exactly what makes one poker room stand out from the sea of online poker businesses, and this is that certain something, which makes it so special. This is exactly what people like and this is what we love about PokerStars: the incredibly generous weekly $1,000,000 guaranteed that they have going on.

Most other poker sites offer weekly tournaments with hefty guaranteed prize-pools, but I’m yet to see one that tops Poker Stars in this respect. I’ve seen monthly $1,000,000 tourneys elsewhere, but I haven’t seen a weekly one yet.

The buy-in for this tourney is $215 (which might be a bit steep for most players) and once every month (actually, in the last week of each month) the buy-in goes up to $530. That means an increased prize-pool and more money to be won, of course. Four times a year, the buy-in will be $1,050, and that’s probably when the true high-rollers come out to play.

If you feel intimidated by all these big sums flying around, don’t be. You don’t have to be rich to participate in these tourneys: just register for one of the satellites that PokerStars runs daily, and for as little as $3, you can earn a seat in the big One. 
You’ll have to be pretty damn lucky and skilled too, to make it all the way to the final table, or to win the $1,000,000 guaranteed, but think about it, first prize is always more than $100,000, and that happens on a weekly basis…