PokerStars’ experiment to add bounties to its major Sunday tournaments saw each event exceed its guarantee.
On March 31, PokerStars ran a special one-off “Knockout Special” promotion in which ten of the major Sunday tournaments, including the flagship Sunday Million, were played out under the progressive knockout (PKO) format.
It was the first time the Sunday Million was played with bounties—a format that has increasingly become popular over the past few years. As a result, the first-ever PKO Sunday Million drew 12,790 total entries to amass a prize pool well in excess of $1 million.