The Deal Jackpot on PokerStars

The world's largest online poker room PokerStars has always been the place one is able to win a large sum of money and over time, the number of ways for this is increasing. From now on all the clients of this online poker site may become the owners of a part of the progressive jackpot participating in a new game called The Deal. Collect StarsCoins, play The Deal Jackpot game and compete for the part of a prize pool starting from $25,000. Quite often the size of this jackpot exceeds $100.000!

What is The Deal Jackpot at PokerStars?

The Deal - is a mini-card-game at PokerStars. To play in it you should use StarsCoins as a buy-in. In reality, this game is nothing new as it is well-known to the users of Full Tilt poker room. In the beginning of the hand, the player receives seven cards face down and he has to leave five of them to make a poker hand. After the player folds two cards, five remaining ones open up and make the hand. The better the hand, the bigger the prize.

Common poker combinations are used in the game. They are standard so all the poker fans will be able to quickly understand the gist of The Deal (given they’re familiar with the rules of poker and poker hand rankings, of course).

Participation buy-in can be of 7 or 70 StarsCoin. The chances for winning a certain prize depend on the size of the buy-in. For instance, should you get the flush in 7 or 70 StarsCoin games, you will receive $1 and $25 respectively.

If you don’t trust your prediction skills, you may play The Deal in auto-play mode. This way the five-card hands will be generated randomly by RNG. You will only have to watch the gaming process and hope for the win.

The Deal Jackpot at PokerStars - what are the prizes?

Playing The Deal, PokerStars users are able to win 1 to 300 StarsCoin, money prizes of up to $300 and the Jackpot Round - the right to participate in Super-game with the main prize in the form of 50% of the current size of progressive jackpot. So, in case the player hits the jackpot, he receives 50% of its amount. The second half will be shared between everyone who’ve participated in The Deal within the latest 12 hours.

Detailed information about what you are able to win with the help of a certain hand is listed below:

How does the jackpot is being formed in mini-game The Deal?

The thing is ever 7 StarCoin players spend in the buy-in add $0,028 to the pool of progressive jackpot so it grows with every player’s bet. 77% of this amount is credited to the current jackpot, which will be paid to the next winner and 23% of it go to the future jackpots.

Minimum amount of every jackpot is $25,000. This means that winning the major prize, player receives at least $12,500 to his account.

How to earn StarsCoin?

To pay for as much buy-ins in The Deal as possible, you will need a lot of StarsCoins. One is able to receive them by playing poker for real money and moving up the VIP-ladders. Being at the poker table, you can watch the progress of gathering VPP points in the right top corner. The more points you earn, the faster you reach another level. After getting to the following level, you get a certain number of StarsCoin, which immediately will be credited to your account.

PokerStars The Deal Jackpot - answers to the questions

There is no The Deal PokerStars tab - what should I do?

Probably, you’re trying to find this tab in PokerStars client meant for play money, which was downloaded for the web site PokerStars.net. Go and read the article how to switch from PokerStars play money to PokerStars real money play and it will probably help you.

The Deal jackpot at PokerStars - how to spin the wheel?

To spin the wheel in mini-game The Deal by PokerStars, you have to play this game and get straight flush or Royal Flush playing with 70 StarsCoin buy-in, or Royal Flush with 7 StarsCoin buy-in. The wheel gives you an opportunity to win the main prize - hit current jackpot.