Prepare For Battle

PokerStars is proud to present a fresh new challenge for our thriving Sit & Go player community. In fact we’d say that our new weekly Sit & Go Tournament Leader Board (TLB), the Battle of the Planets, is out of this world!

In addition to our popular weekly, monthly and yearly multi-table (MTT) Tournament Leader Boards, currently paying out over $1M in prize money each year, our new Battle of the Planets weekly Sit & Go Tournament Leader Boards will provide more players with the chance to have their skills recognized…and rewarded.

We’ve split up our Sit & Go tournaments into eight divisions – named after the planets in our solar system – each covering a different level of buy-in, ranging from $1 - $2.99 (Mercury) all the way up to $300+ (Jupiter). To make things fair for the different types of Sit & Go players, within each division there are both a Low Orbit and High Orbit Leader Board.

To be eligible to chart on the Low Orbit Leader Board, you only need to play 20 tournaments in a week, in a particular division. The High Orbit Leader Board requires a larger number of tournaments to be eligible for the rankings – at least 100 in a particular division in a week. And if you play at different levels, you can win prize money in as many divisions as you like! Every week the Battle of the Planets Leader Boards will award more than $50K in prize money:

Buy-in	Division Name	Total Weekly Prize Pool	Tourneys for Low Orbit Ranking	Tourneys for High Orbit Ranking
$1-$2.99	Mercury	$3,000.00	20	100
$3-$4.99	Mars	$4,000.00	20	100
$5-$9.99	Venus	$5,000.00	20	100
$10-$19.99	Earth	$6,000.00	20	100
$20-$49.99	Neptune	$7,000.00	20	100
$50-$99.99	Uranus	$8,000.00	20	100
$100-$299.99	Saturn	$9,000.00	20	100
$300+	Jupiter	$10,000.00	20	100

Once you hit the rankings summit, the weekly prize money is just the beginning of your Battle of the Planets experience. Each month we’ll also put the top 10 players from each BOP Leader Board into a special triple shootout event, where the planetary divisions will battle it out with another $50,000 in prize money up for grabs!

If you’ve got the game, then a share of the rewards could be coming your way. All of this is in addition to what we already offer on our MTT Leader Boards. In total, we’ll be rewarding our loyal tournament players with more than $4M in Leader Board payouts every year!

Get ready for blast off, because PokerStars new weekly Leader Board promotion is truly out of this world. The Battle of the Planets gives PokerStars Sit & Go players a chance to compete against each other for prizes worth more than $3,000,000 per year.

To launch the Battle of the Planets, PokerStars is offering a 20% reload bonus up to $120, from now until April 16. Visit the Battle of the Planets Reload page for more information.

In the Battle of the Planets, PokerStars multi-player Sit & Go tournaments have been separated into eight divisions, all named after planets in our solar system. Everyone can take part in the competition, no matter how high or low stakes they play. Each planet represents a different range of buy-ins, from Mercury ($1-$2.99) to Jupiter ($300+).

Each of the eight planet divisions are split into two individual Leader Boards. The first is the Low Orbit Leader Board, which is tailored towards casual and recreational players. The second is the High Orbit Leader Board, which is more suited to high volume players.

Each planet division has its own weekly prize pool, distributed evenly between the two Leader Boards. This gives all players a chance to win some serious cash prizes, no matter what their level of experience or the size of their bankroll.

Sit & Go Buy-in	Division Name	Low Orbit Leader Board Prize Pool	High Orbit Leader Board Prize Pool	Total Division Prize Pool
$1-$2.99	Mercury	$1500	$1500	$3,000.00
$3-$4.99	Mars	$2000	$2000	$4,000.00
$5-$9.99	Venus	$2500	$2500	$5,000.00
$10-$19.99	Earth	$3000	$3000	$6,000.00
$20-$49.99	Neptune	$3500	$3500	$7,000.00
$50-$99.99	Uranus	$4000	$4000	$8,000.00
$100-$299.99	Saturn	$4500	$4500	$9,000.00
$300+	Jupiter	$5000	$5000	$10,000.00

Click on the planet name in the above table for a detailed payout structure and other division information.

But that’s not all. Every player that finishes in the top 10 of any weekly Sit & Go Leader Board will receive an exclusive ticket to a monthly tournament. This “Battle of the Planets” will see the highest ranking players from each division come together to fight it out in a triple shootout, for a monthly prize pool of $50,000!

Here’s how it works:

Every time you cash in a regular multi-player Sit & Go with fewer than 40 players, you will receive Leader Board points. You have a set number of games to accumulate as many points as you can in a given week, starting at 12:00:00 am Sunday and finishing at 11:59:59 pm Saturday.

Points are awarded every time you cash in an eligible Sit & Go tournament. The points are awarded as follows:

	Number of players
Place	6	8	9	10	12	16	18	27
1st	39	40	45	50	54	55	61	80
2nd	21	24	27	30	32	41	46	58
3rd	0	16	18	20	22	26	30	38
4th	0	0	0	0	0	14	16	22
5th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18

Low Orbit Leader Board:

For the Low Orbit Leader Board, your points total is recorded in blocks of 20 tournaments. You may play up to five 20-tournament blocks per division in any given week.

The 20-tournament blocks will be recorded in sequence, i.e. 1 to 20, 21 to 40, 41 to 60, 61 to 80 and 81 to 100. Only your best block score will count towards the Leader Board, and only completed blocks of games will be eligible for the leader board.

Example 1:

You play 42 tournaments in a given week, and they were all 9-handed $5 tournaments. You therefore have completed two 20-tournament blocks for the Venus Division: Low Orbit Leader Board. The completed blocks were games 1 to 20 and 21 to 40. The block in which you scored the most points will be the one that gets ranked on the Leader Board.

The final two tournaments were not part of a complete block, so they do not count towards the Leader Board.

High Orbit Leader Board:

For the High Orbit Leader Board, your points total is recorded in blocks of 100 tournaments. There is no limit to the number of high volume blocks you can play in a given week, and no limit on the number of divisions in which you can participate.

The 100 tournament blocks will be recorded in sequence, i.e. 1 to 100, 101 to 200, 201 to 300 and so on. Only your best block score will count towards the Leader Board.

Example 2:

You play 106 tournaments in a given week. They were a mixture of 9-man and 18-man tournaments, but all of them had a $25 buy-in. The first 100 tournaments comprise a complete block for the Neptune Division: High Orbit Leader Board.

The final six tournaments were not part of a complete block, so they do not count towards the Leader Board.

* Maximum 5 blocks.
** No limit on High Orbit blocks.