PokerStars: A Month of MicroMania

Throughout the whole month of July, micro stakes player at PokerStars will receive additional rewards, including increased VIP rewards, live event qualifiers and more.

Running under the slogan "small stakes, big rewards", the PokerStars MicroMania is a month-long promotion dedicated to all its micro stakes players. Playing at the lowest stakes in either cash games or tournaments will reward you with various bonuses and all you have to do is to sit down at the designated tables.

If you would like to take part in this promotion but you don't have a PokerStars account yet, create one now and we'll give you a first deposit bonus of 100% up to $600:

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Cash game extra rewards

If you play at the designated cash game tables until the 31st of July, you will get more than 50% additional VPPs. This month you will get 10 VPPs per dollar of rake, and if you are playing at the Euro tables, you will earn 12.5 VPPs. Please note that this applies to all No Limit and Pot Limit ring games up to $0.05/$0.10 and Fixed Limit games up to $0.10/$0.20.

Daily $1.10 Super Sit & Go's and tournaments

For micro tournament players, PokerStars will hold four $1+0.10 tournaments with $1,000 added every day, until the 31st of July. These tournaments are called MicroMania Specials and they will start each day at 14:20 GMT, 17:20 GMT, 23:20 GMT  & 02:20 GMT. To locate them, simply go to the PokerStars lobby and click Tourney -> Special.

Sit & Go fans will also be getting something, thanks to the MicroMania $1+0.10 Super Sit & Go's. These are 50-man No Limit tournaments running daily and if you win one of them, you will also get a share of a $100,000 bonus, on top of your first place prize. This bonus will be split amongst all the MicroMania Super Sit & Go winners in July.

Note: You can play in as many MicroMania Super Sit & Go's as you like, but you will only get one share of the $100,000 prize pool.

Major event qualifiers

Micro stakes players can also get a seat in some of the largest buy-in tournaments that PokerStars has to offer. Every Sunday in July, there will be qualifying tournaments running for the following events:

• July 11th: NAPT Los Angeles
• July 18th: EPT London
• July 25th: WCOOP

All these qualifiers will take place Sundays at 16:00 GMT and will have a buy-in of $1+0.10. The event packages will be added to the payout structure, which means that each of these qualifiers will have more than $5,000 in added value. These qualifiers can be found under Events -> Special in the PokerStars lobby.

Note: If you haven't made your first deposit yet, you can use the bonus code "MANIA" in July and you will get, besides the 100% up to $600 bonus, a $1.10 tournament ticket which you can use in any of the MicroMania Specials. Also, when you make a regular deposit this month, you can use the bonus code "MICRO" and you will also get a $1.10 ticket. Please be advised that using these codes instead of our "PSVIP" code will still keep your account tracked to PokerStrategy.com.

For more information on this promotion, please go to the MicroMania page on PokerStars.