Announcing MicroMillions 2019

MicroMillions is back for 2019. Like before, this year’s schedule promises to turn low stakes players into high stakes winners. About 146 of them.

Here’s what’s coming up this month.

• The two-week series starts Sunday 14 July
• 146 tournaments on the schedule
• Variety of formats, including new games like Showtime and Fusion
• Buy ins as low as $1.10. Prize pools as high as $1 million
• Highlight is the $22 Main Event on Sunday 28 July

This is the 15th year of MicroMillions. and to get things off to a flyer the first event is a headliner: The Half Price Sunday Storm.

The buy-in will be a micro-sized $5.50. The prize pool meanwhile remains super-sized. When it starts at 13:00 ET (6pm UK) they’ll be at least $200,000 guaranteed.

146 tournaments on the schedule

Each of the 146 tournaments offer something for everyone. Especially those who like to turn a dollar or two into thousands more in prize money.

Opening day has six events. They come in regular hold’em, Omaha, and 6+ Hold’em, which is making its first appearance in MicroMillions.

Later they’ll be tournaments in Showtime and Fusion poker, with 11 events on the schedule for those who like their poker a little less ordinary.

The series concludes with the Main Event on Sunday 28 July.

It will have the biggest buy-in of the series at $22, which is in keeping for an event that has a $1 million guarantee.

Turning low stakes buy-ins into high stakes prize pools

All of these will be played at different buys-ins. And different speeds too.

• 41 tournaments have buy-ins of just $1.10 and prize pools worth thousands
• That includes two $1.10 events alone with prize pools topping $40,000
• Other events will have buy-ins of $3.30 or $5.50
• Except the $22 Main Event ($1m guaranteed on Sunday 28 July) and the $11 Sunday Storm PKO (Sunday 21 July)

Every tournament delivers on what MicroMillions promises from the start = Low stakes buy-ins and high stakes payouts.

As for tournament length, there are the regular ones that give you plenty of time to play. But Turbo events too, which suit anyone who likes to get their poker done early, or who live in a time zone that requires you to be somewhere like work later on.

What to do next?

You can keep track of the latest MicroMillions news and results with daily updates on the PokerStars Blog. You can also follow us on Twitter @PokerStarsBlog so you don’t miss anything.

The full schedule will appear on the MicroMillions homepage soon, along with details about tournament structures, schedules, start times and guarantees.

In meantime, in the lead up to the start on Sunday 14 July,  you can browse the entire MicroMillions schedule below.

MicroMillions 2019 schedule

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