PokerStars PA Wraps Up Strong Bounty Builder Series, Pays Out $668K In Prize Pools

Last night the 11-day, 32-event PokerStars PA Bounty Builder Series concluded on PokerStars PA. Much of the first half of the series saw guarantees routinely being smashed. The story was similar at the end with large turnouts and prize pools in nearly every event comfortably exceeding the guarantees.

Only two of the 32 events had overlays, with several tournaments featuring prize pools that doubled and occasionally tripled the guarantees.

Over the last days of the series, both the Bounty Builder $75 and 6-Max Turbo events more than doubled their guarantees. The $50 buy-in 6-Max event more than tripled its $5,000 guarantee as 335 total entries created a $15,242.50 prize pool.

Bounty Builder Series finishes strong with Main Event

Action culminated on Sunday with the $300 buy-in Main Event that featured a $100,000 guarantee. With 405 total entries (including re-entries), the prize pool totaled $113,400. After close to nine hours “Shantag67” scored the final knockout to earn the title and $18,406.58 including bounties.

In the end, only the $100 buy-in Sunday Special – Bounty Builder Edition (one of seven events last Sunday, the busiest day of the schedule) and the $750 buy-in High Roller (the largest buy-in of the series) had overlays, with the High Roller coming just nine entries away from reaching its $35,000 guarantee.

Average participation in the 32 events of the PokerStars PA Bounty Builder Series was almost 345 entries per event (11,033 total entries). That’s more than the 310 total entries per event during the PokerStars PA Winter Series where 23 of 30 events exceeded their guarantees

PokerStars continues to exceed tournament guarantees in PA & NJ

Guarantees for the 32 events in the PokerStars PA Bounty Builder Series totaled $500,000, and in the end prize pools for all the tournaments added up to $668,241.55.

While the BBS played out on PokerStars PA, PokerStars NJ ran an almost identical 32-event Bounty Builder Series as well in which the guarantees totaled $300,000.

Turnouts were similarly strong throughout the New Jersey version of the BBS where only four of the 32 events had overlays. The Main Event — also a $300 buy-in — managed to hit its $65,000 guarantee with only one extra entry to spare, attracting 234 total entries to build a $65,520 prize pool.

Here’s a look at turnouts and prize pools for the completed PokerStars PA Bounty Builder Series:

PokerStars PA Bounty Builder Series by the numbers

Event Buy-In Guarantee Entries Re-Entries Prize Pool
Event 1: Bounty Builder Series Kick-Off $100 $20,000 266 97 $33,323.40
Event 2: Mini Kick-Off $20 $5,000 484 206 $12,558.00
Event 3: Bounty Builder $30 $30 $8,000 437 191 $17,144.40
Event 4: Turbo $75 $8,000 157 42 $13,581.75
Event 5: DeepStack $100 $20,000 225 94 $29,284.20
Event 6: 4-Max $20 $5,000 407 211 $11,247.60
Event 7: Hyper-Turbo $50 $5,000 120 32 $7,144.00
Event 8: Marathon $100 $20,000 167 83 $22,950.00
Event 9: Warm-Up – Bounty Builder Edition $30 $10,000 332 118 $12,285.00
Event 10: Storm – Bounty Builder Edition $10 $5,000 420 166 $5,332.60
Event 11: Sunday Special – Bounty Builder Edition* $100 $50,000 311 159 $50,000.00
Event 12: Mini Special $25 $10,000 419 200 $14,082.25
Event 13: Sunday High Roller – Bounty Builder Edition $250 $15,000 66 22 $20,504.00
Event 14: SuperSonic – Bounty Builder Edition $50 $5,000 119 41 $7,520.00
Event 15: Battle Royale SE $50 $15,000 326 146 $21,476.00
Event 16: PL Omaha $100 $8,000 85 39 $11,383.20
Event 17: Bounty Builder $75 $75 $10,000 216 81 $20,270.25
Event 18: High Roller* $750 $35,000 31 10 $35,000.00
Event 19: 6-Max $50 $5,000 230 105 $15,242.50
Event 20: NL Omaha Hi/Lo $100 $8,000 65 26 $8,353.80
Event 21: Thursday Thrill SE $200 $25,000 135 59 $36,084.00
Event 22: Mini Thrill $30 $12,000 408 185 $16,188.90
Event 23: 6-Max, Turbo $50 $5,000 223 68 $13,240.50
Event 24: Hyper-Turbo $100 $8,000 102 25 $12,065.00
Event 25: 25% KO $100 $10,000 147 54 $18,451.80
Event 26: Turbo $50 $5,000 147 41 $8,554.00
Event 27: 8-Max, Turbo $10 $3,000 365 163 $4,804.80
Event 28: Warm-Up $30 $10,000 369 123 $13,431.60
Event 29: Main Event $300 $100,000 271 134 $113,400.00
Event 30: Mini Main Event $50 $25,000 428 212 $29,120.00
Event 31: Bounty Builder $100 $100 $20,000 164 66 $21,114.00
Event 32: Series Wrap-Up $75 $10,000 142 50 $13,104.00
TOTALS $500,000 $668,241.55

*Event had an overlay: Event #11 ($6,854) and Event #18 ($5,890)

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