Gear Up for the PokerStars 50/50 Main Event and its $500K Guarantee

Matthew Pitt Senior Editor

Feb 06, 2023 3 min read

PokerStars 50/50 Series Schedule
PokerStars 50/50 Series Results So Far

The latest instalment of the 50/50 Series is in full swing at PokerStars, but you still have plenty of time to get in on the action and fight it out across some excellent $50 buy-in events. The PokerStars 50/50 Series sees a schedule of 50 events, each costing $50 to enter, running from February 5-13.

Most of the 50/50 Series tournaments are played as No-Limit Hold'em, but there are a couple of Pot-Limit Omaha, PLO8, and 8-Game events mixed in. Indeed, there is even a PLO Main Event that boasts a $50,000 guarantee on its prize pool, although the actual pot will likely be greater than that.

Each day there is an 8-Max PKO Mini Bounty Builder HR with at least $150,000 guaranteed to be won, and a 6-Max Daily Supersonic rounding off the action; those hyper-turbo Supersonics come with $35,000 guaranteed.

Of course, the 50/50 Series tournament every PokerStars player wants to take down is the 46th event on the schedule, the Main Event. Played as an 8-Max PKO tournament, the 50/50 Series Main Event shuffles up and deals at 5:30 p.m. GMT on February 12 and has 3 hours 15 minutes of late registration. PokerStars guarantees at least $500,000 will be in the pot by the time late registration slams shut, meaning 11,001 entries are needed to hit the guarantee.

Up to five re-entries are permitted, and Day 1 concludes 8 hours and 50 minutes after the pitching of the first cards. Day 2 commences at 6:00 p.m. GMT on February 13 and continues until one player has all of the chips in play in their stack.

PokerStars 50/50 Series Schedule

Date	Time (GMT)	Event	Guarantee
Mon 6 Feb	3:05 p.m.	#08 6-Max Deepstack	$50,000
	4:30 p.m.	#09 7-Max PKO	$50,000
	5:30 p.m.	#10 8-Max PKO Mini Bounty Builder HR	$175,000
	8:05 p.m.	#11 6-Max Turbo PKO	$75,000
	9:30 p.m.	#12 6-Max PLO Turbo PKO	$15,000
	11:05 p.m.	#13 6-Max Hyper Daily Supersonic	$35,000
Tue 7 Feb	3:05 p.m.	#14 The Marathon	$35,000
	4:30 p.m.	#15 7-Max PKO	$50,000
	5:30 p.m.	#16 8-Max PKO Mini Bounty Builder HR	$150,000
	8:05 p.m.	#17 6-Max Turbo PKO	$75,000
	9:30 p.m.	#18 3-Max Turbo PKO Zoom	$33,300
	11:05 p.m.	#19 6-Max Hyper Daily Supersonic	$35,000
Wed 8 Feb	3:05 p.m.	#20 The Marathon	$35,000
	4:30 p.m.	#21 8-Max Midweek Freeze	$40,000
	5:30 p.m.	#22 8-Max PKO Mini Bounty Builder HR	$175,000
	8:05 p.m.	#23 8-Game 6-Max	$10,000
	9:30 p.m.	#24 Heads-up Total PKO Zoom	$50,000
	11:05 p.m.	#25 6-Max Hyper Daily Supersonic	$35,000
Thu 9 Feb	3:05 p.m.	#26 The Marathon	$35,000
	5:30 p.m.	#27 8-Max PKO Mini Bounty Builder HR	$175,000
	8:05 p.m.	#28 PLO8 6-Max PKO	$15,000
	9:30 p.m.	#29 6-Max Turbo PKO	$30,000
	11:05 p.m.	#30 6-Max Hyper Daily Supersonic	$35,000
Fri 10 Feb	3:30 a.m.	#31 8-Max PKO	$25,000
	4:30 p.m.	#32 6-Max Turbo Total PKO	$35,000
	5:30 p.m.	#33 8-Max PKO Mini Bounty Builder HR	$150,000
	8:00 p.m.	#34 The Rounder	$20,000
	9:30 p.m.	#35 6-Max Turbo PKO	$10,000
	11:05 p.m.	#36 6-Max Hyper Daily Supersonic	$35,000
Sat 11 Feb	6:05 a.m.	#37 8-Max PKO Pacific Rum Special	$15,000
	4:30 p.m.	#38 8-Max Deepstack	$50,000
	5:30 p.m.	#39 Heads-Up Total PKO Zoom	$50,000
	5:30 p.m.	#40 8-Max PKO Mini Bounty Builder HR	$150,000
	8:40 p.m.	#41 7-Max Turbo PKO	$40,000
	9:30 p.m.	#42 4-Max PKO Bounty Quads	$35,000
	11:05 p.m.	#43 6-Max Hyper Daily Supersonic	$35,000
Sun 12 Feb	3:05 p.m.	#44 8-Max Sunday Marathon	$100,000
	4:30 p.m.	#45 8-Max Semi-Turbo	$125,000
	5:30 p.m.	#46 8-Max PKO Main Event 2-Days	$500,000
	7:15 p.m.	#47 6-Max PKO PLO Main Event	$50,000
	8:05 p.m.	#48 6-Max Turbo	$100,000
	9:30 p.m.	#49 Heads-Up Total PKO Zoom	$50,000
	10:30 p.m.	#50 7-Max PKO Series Saver	$100,000

*variant is No-Limit Hold'em unless specified

PokerStars 50/50 Series Results So Far

A handful of 50/50 Series events are already done and dusted, with Hungarian legend Peter "Belabacsi" Traply taking down the Series Opener. Traply topped a 2,247-strong field to turn his $50 investment into a $15,202 payday.

"Jakub_Odvar" is the biggest winner of the series so far after receiving $34,810 for his victory in the #03 8-Max PKO Mini Bounty Builder event on the opening night.

Event	Entrants	Prize Pool	Champion	Prize
#01 Series Opener	2,247	$102,126	Peter "Belabacsi" Traply	$15,202
#02 Heads-Up Total KO Zoom	1,202	$54,630	TinyCities	$7,510
#03 8-Max PKO Mini Bounty Builder	9,037	$410,731	Jakub_Odvar	$34,810*
#04 PLO 6-Max	698	$31,724	cAzimiR69	$5,395
#05 8-Max Semi-Turbo	3,232	$146,894	yolokipo23	$21,153
#06 6-Max Turbo PKO	2,462	$111,897	GioPN	$12,813*
#07 8-Max Hyper Sunday Finisher	1,466	$69,810	LIKE A G6	$10,698