Updated on 20 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

$1 million January Challenges at PokerStars

Complete Daily Challenges to register for $10,000 and $100,000 All In Shootouts this month.

PokerStars

$20 free play + 124 tourney tickets

Get your free cash

The popular 'Challenge' promotion returns to PokerStars in January. Every time you complete one of three Daily Challenges this month, you win a ticket to be used in a $10,000 All In Shootout.

Each day you can choose to play one of the following three Daily Challenges:

  • Play two Sit & Go’s, including Spin & Go’s, with a real money buy-in
  • Play one scheduled tournament with a real money buy-in
  • Play 30 real money ring game hands, including Zoom

$100,000 January Bonus Challenge

Complete ten or more Daily Challenges in January to earn a ticket to a $100,000 All In Shootout on February 2 at 10:47 ET. $10,000 will go to the winner!

There is a cap of 60,000 players for the $100K Bonus Challenge All-in Shootout, and you will be automatically registered as soon as you complete 10 Daily Challenges, so make sure you secure your seat early. 

To learn more check out the thread below:

Discussion forum: January Challenges at PokerStars

Poker Expert

Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.