Two lucky PokerStars Ontario players will get their hands on US$30,000 Platinum Passes by the time the inaugural PokerStars Ontario Platinum Series is done and dusted. The Ontario Platinum Series, PokerStars Ontario's maiden online festival, kicks off on July 10 and runs through to July 18.
Some 90 events adorn the PokerStars Ontario Platinum Series, the first true festival held by any online poker operator in the province. Those 90 events, which cover a range of formats, have combined guarantees of $1 million, with $200,000 of that sum coming from the $300 buy-in Main Event alone.
It would not be a PokerStars online series without some value-packed promotions running alongside it; there are three such promotions for the Ontario Platinum Series.
Ontario Platinum Series Spin & Go
$3 buy-in Spin & Go tournaments hit the PokerStars Ontario client and give Ontarians the chance to win up to $30,000 cash in only a few minutes. These three-handed hyper-turbo tournaments start when three people have bought in. The prize pool is randomly determined before the first hand is dealt, and they play as a winner-takes-all format unless the prize is one of the two biggest.
For example, the top possible payout is $30,000 cash for the winner but second and third-place also lock in $3,000. It is a similar story if there is $3,000 up for grabs; the runners-up take home a $300 ticket for the Ontario Platinum Series Main Event.
| Prize | Probability |
|---|---|
| $30,000 cash ($3,000 for runners-up) | 1 in 1,000,000 |
| $3,000 cash ($300 OPS Main Event ticket for runners-up) | 20 in 1,000,000 |
| $300 Ontario Platinum Series Main Event ticket | 2,750 in 1,000,000 |
| $30 cash | 4,000 in 1,000,000 |
| $15 cash | 10,000 in 1,000,000 |
| $9 cash | 418,542 in 1,000,000 |
| $6 cash | 564,187 in 1,000,000 |
Top the Ontario Platinum Series Leaderboard and Bank a US$30,000 Platinum Pass
Every PokerStars players wants to get their hands on a Platinum Pass for the 2023 PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC). Whoever tops the leaderboard at the end of the Ontario Platinum Series will receive such a Platinum Pass and will be heading to The Bahamas to play for a life-changing score.
The leaderboard pays the top 25 points earners come the end of the 90th Ontario Platinum Series event. Those in the top 25 win at least $100 cash for their efforts.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | US$30,000 Platinum Pass |
| 2 | $3,500 |
| 3 | $2,500 |
| 4 | $1,000 |
| 5 | $750 |
| 6 | $600 |
| 7-9 | $300 |
| 10-15 | $200 |
| 16-19 | $150 |
| 20-25 | $100 |
How to Earn Ontario Platinum Series Leaderboard Points
The points system is simple: finish in the top 25 places of any Ontario Platinum Series event and you earn at least 10 points, Become an Ontario Platinum Series champion, however, and a cool 100 points are all yours.
| Place | Points |
|---|---|
| 1 | 100 |
| 2 | 80 |
| 3 | 70 |
| 4 | 60 |
| 5 | 55 |
| 6 | 50 |
| 7 | 45 |
| 8 | 40 |
| 9 | 35 |
| 10 | 30 |
| 11-14 | 25 |
| 15-19 | 20 |
| 20-25 | 10 |
Win a Platinum Pass in the Special Prize Draw
Don't worry if you do not finish on the Ontario Platinum Series leaderboard because simply playing in any of the 90 events gives you the chance to win a US$30,000 Platinum Pass.
Everyone who plays in an Ontario Platinum Series event is entered into a random prize draw where more than 1,700 players will win a prize. You can earn up to 10 prize draw entries, giving you plenty of chance to get your hands on one of the generous prizes PokerStars is giving away.
| Prize | Number of winners* |
| US$30,000 Platinum Pass | 1 |
| $250 tournament ticket | 10 |
| $100 tournament ticket | 15 |
| $50 tournament ticket | 25 |
| $30 tournament ticket | 40 |
| $20 tournament ticket | 80 |
| $10 tournament ticket | 100 |
| $5 tournament ticket | 175 |
| $3 tournament ticket | 225 |
| $2 tournament ticket | 350 |
| $1 tournament ticket | 700 |
