{"id":43123,"date":"2020-11-06T15:49:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T15:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=43123"},"modified":"2020-11-10T02:58:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T02:58:08","slug":"happy-anniversary-pokerstars-pa-highlights-from-an-eventful-first-year-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/happy-anniversary-pokerstars-pa-highlights-from-an-eventful-first-year-in-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Anniversary, PokerStars PA: Highlights from an Eventful First Year in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"
Blow out that candle. This week PokerStars PA<\/a> <\/strong>marks the completion of one full year<\/strong> dealing virtual hands to Pennsylvania online poker<\/strong><\/a> players.<\/p>\n With the Mount Airy Casino Resort<\/strong> in Mount Pocono as its retail partner, PokerStars PA spent its entire first year as the only operating online poker site<\/strong> for Pennsylvania players.<\/p>\n It was a year highlighted by numerous tournament series<\/strong> and other events, all serving to establish PokerStars PA’s primacy at the start of the new era of online poker in the Keystone State.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n On Monday, Nov. 4, 2019<\/strong>, PokerStars Pennsylvania launched<\/a> both its online casino and online poker room. After a couple of “soft launch” partial days under the watchful eyes of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board<\/strong>, the site went 24\/7 on Nov. 6<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Those downloading the client gained access to both the online casino and online poker room. Also, for sports bettors the FOX Bet Sportsbook<\/strong><\/a> was just a click away.<\/p>\n It was the first time since April 2011<\/strong> online poker players in Pennsylvania were able to play on PokerStars. Early indications revealed they were enthusiastic to play on the site again.<\/p>\n There was another factor likely affecting players’ eagerness to sit down at the virtual tables. It had taken two full years<\/strong> for the first online poker site to launch after PA legalized online gambling in late 2017<\/strong>.<\/p>\n PokerStars PA marked the occasion right away with a 50-event Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker<\/strong> series starting at the end of November. Turnouts were larger than expected with prize pools routinely exceeding events’ guarantees. In fact in some cases, the prize pools doubled or tripled<\/strong> them.<\/p>\n That encouraged PokerStars to up the guarantees for several of the later PACOOP<\/strong> events. What had been $1 million<\/strong> in total guarantees was increased an extra $225K<\/strong>. Ultimately the series awarded nearly $1.56 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Thus began what evolved into a regular series of announcements regarding new tournament series throughout 2020. Indeed, it seemed there was always either a series happening on PokerStars PA or a new one just around corner.<\/p>\n It makes sense that PokerStars PA kept the tournament series coming. As turnouts for series’ events consistently demonstrated, they were giving PA players what they wanted.<\/p>\n While a few scattered tournaments had overlays, the majority again bested guarantees. Also, in every case the series’ overall prize pools exceeded the events’ total guarantees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Here’s a summary showing how PokerStars PA’s major tournament series went during the site’s first year.<\/p>\nPokerStars returns to PA after nearly nine years away<\/span><\/h2>\n
A warm welcome to the Commonwealth<\/span><\/h2>\n
Tournament series central to site’s year one strategy<\/span><\/h2>\n
PokerStars PA first year tournament series stats<\/span><\/h3>\n