{"id":7298,"date":"2018-06-01T20:21:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T20:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=7298"},"modified":"2018-12-16T12:02:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T12:02:00","slug":"pokerstars-europe-trio-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pokerstars-europe-trio-series\/","title":{"rendered":"One, Two, Trio! PokerStars Celebrates Share Market With MTT Series"},"content":{"rendered":"
The playing field for Portuguese players<\/strong> on PokerStars<\/strong> got significantly bigger this month.<\/p>\n PokerStars announced that Portugal<\/strong> would finally be joining a player pool t<\/strong>hat already includes players from Spain <\/strong><\/a>and France<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a win for players from every country as they\u2019ll all enjoy a wider selection<\/strong> of games to play<\/a>. PokerStars<\/a> is the first operator that has been able to unite the three countries for online poker<\/a>.<\/p>\n PokerStars is set to host a series of tournaments with millions of Euros in guaranteed prize pools<\/strong> to celebrate the new union.<\/p>\n A bigger player pool means more games<\/strong>, bigger prizes<\/strong>, and better rewards <\/strong>for PokerStars players in Portugal, Spain,\u00a0and France.<\/p>\n The infusion of thousands of Portuguese players should help solidify PokerStars Europe\u2019s position in third on PokerScout\u2019s worldwide traffic report behind only Asian network IDN Poker and the global PokerStars site.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have worked hard to become the first operator to bring the benefits of shared liquidity to Portugal. Our players will see a huge increase in the variety and scale of our\u00a0tournaments and promotions and will enjoy more excitement, more competition and more fun!\u201d said Guy Templer<\/strong>, COO of The Stars Group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cThis dramatically strengthens our offering and demonstrates our commitment to the Portuguese market.<\/p>\n \u201cWe look forward to working with the Portuguese regulator to further improve the poker product offering for Portuguese players, and additionally hope that Italy will soon progress so that their players can also enjoy the significantly better experience that shared liquidity brings.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n PokerStars is kicking off the newly-unified Portuguese\/Spanish\/French-facing site with a new Trio Series<\/strong> that will offer \u20ac5 million in guarantees <\/strong>spread across 78 events<\/strong> including a \u20ac250 Main Event with a \u20ac500,000-GTD prize pool<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Trio Series will run from June 3-13<\/strong> and buy-ins start at just \u20ac1<\/strong>. There will also be a number of freerolls<\/strong> to Trio events for new depositors in Portugal, Spain,\u00a0and France.<\/p>\n The Trio Series comes hot on the heels of France and Spain\u2019s very own version of the Spring Championship of Online Poker<\/strong> (SCOOP), which smashed its guarantee of \u20ac10 million<\/strong> to hit over \u20ac11.7 million<\/strong> awarded to players.<\/p>\n PokerStars Europe also hosted the French Espania Hold\u2019em Series<\/strong> (FRESH), which attracted over 30,000 unique entries<\/strong> and paid out over \u20ac6.1 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The inclusion of Portuguese players on PokerStars Europe should help boost those numbers even further and create some eye-popping prize pools.<\/p>\nMore games, better rewards<\/span><\/h2>\n
\u20ac5 million Trio Series for PokerStars.eu players<\/span><\/h2>\n
Will Italy be next to join PokerStars Europe?<\/span><\/h2>\n