Your chance to win up to $5,000 every day
Calling all new players. Test your mettle and win up to $5,000 each day by conquering our Pocket Rockets Challenge.
To start your journey, simply make your first deposit at PokerStars before January 31. It’s also worth noting that you can also grab a 100% bonus worth up to $600 while you’re at it. Just deposit with code ‘STARS600’.
You’ll then unlock your daily Pocket Rockets challenges – your chance to play for daily rewards worth up to $5,000.
Your daily challenges are ready for take-off. Buckle-up and join us.
How it works
Play poker and win with the hands below to collect points. You’ll need to collect 100 points to complete your daily challenge and win a prize worth up to $5,000.
If you win holding the best starting hand possible – Pocket Aces (also known as ‘Pocket Rockets’) – you’ll complete the challenge instantly.
| Hand | Points |
|---|---|
| Pocket Aces | 100 (instant win) |
| Pocket Kings, Pocket Queens and Pocket Jacks | 50 points |
| Ace-King | 30 points |
| Ace-Queen | 20 points |
| King-Queen | 10 points |
Here's a few things to keep in mind:
- You’ll need to win the hand to collect points
- Only hole cards will count towards the challenge (i.e. the two cards that are dealt to you)
- Community cards (the cards dealt face up in the center of the table) will not award any points
- You can only complete this challenge by playing No Limit Hold'em Spin & Go tournaments or Cash Games
You can complete your challenge once a day until January 31, 2024.
Got what it takes?
Getting involved is simple. Once you’ve created your PokerStars account and made your first deposit, simply follow these three steps:
- Go to your Challenges Window and click ‘Start’ to opt-in
- Hit the Cash Game or Spin & Go tables and win with the hands shown in your Challenges Window to collect points
- Collect 100 points and get a reward worth up to $5,000
You can check your progress inside your Challenges Window whenever you like. You’ll have until 23:59 ET each day to complete your daily challenge.
Let’s get started. Walk away with up to $5,000 each day with the Pocket Rockets Challenge.
Terms & Conditions
What is being offered
Pocket Rockets Challenge offer is a set of daily challenges. Players who take part in the Pocket Rockets daily challenges during the offer period, as specified below, can win random rewards of up to $5,000 upon completion of each daily challenge.
When is the offer being conducted
This offer runs daily from 05:00 ET on December 14, 2023 until 23:59 ET on January 31, 2024. Each daily period starts at 00:00 ET and ends at 23:59 ET, apart from day one of the challenge which starts at 05:00 ET and ends at 23:59 ET.
Who is eligible to take part and how can you qualify
The offer is only available to players who have made their first real money deposit at PokerStars between December 14 and January 31.
To participate in the offer and have their progress measured, players must opt-in via the Challenges Window and then complete daily challenges by collecting points. Only one initial opt-in is required for the duration of the offer. Any hands played prior to opting-in will not count towards the progress. Players can complete each daily challenge once per day.
To collect points, players must win a hand of a real money cash game or No Limit Hold’em Spin & Go tournament holding hole cards (i.e. the two cards they are dealt), as set out in the table below. Matched community cards will not count towards the progress.
| Hand | Points |
|---|---|
| Pocket Aces | 100 (instant win) |
| Pocket Kings, Pocket Queens and Pocket Jacks | 50 points |
| Ace-King | 30 points |
| Ace-Queen | 20 points |
| King-Queen | 10 points |
To complete a daily challenge, players must collect 100 points during that daily period. By winning a qualifying hand holding Pocket Aces, a daily challenge is completed instantly.
Wagering requirements and limitations by type of game
Points can only be collected by playing real money cash games (including Zoom cash games) or real money No Limit Hold’em Spin & Go tournaments with minimum 3 players dealt into a hand. Other game variants will not count.
Only winning hands, pre- or post-flop, will award points. In case of a split pot a hand is considered a winning hand only if a player completes the hand with more money than they had at the start of said hand.
Minimum stakes of $0.02/$0.05 apply to all qualifying cash games and minimum buy-in of $1 applies to all qualifying Spin & Go tournaments.
Claiming and redeeming the offer
Upon completing each daily challenge, players will receive a random reward, as per probability table below.
| Reward | Probability |
|---|---|
| $5,000 cash | 0.01% |
| $500 cash | 0.1% |
| $100 cash | 0.5% |
| $50 cash | 1% |
| $25 Spin & Go/Sit & Go ticket | 1% |
| $11 MTT/Power Path ticket | 2.39% |
| $5 Spin & Go/Sit & Go ticket | 10% |
| $1 Spin & Go/Sit & Go/Power Path ticket | 85% |
All rewards will be credited inside a Chest. Players will need to open their Chests to claim their rewards.
Cash rewards don't carry any wagering requirements and can be used in any games.
Spin & Go/Sit & Go tickets can be used to register and play Spin & Go/Sit & Go tournaments with buy-ins corresponding to the value of the ticket.
MTT tickets can be used to register and play multi-table tournaments with buy-ins corresponding to the value of the ticket.
Power Path tickets can be used to register and play Power Path tournaments with buy-ins corresponding to the value of the ticket.
Tickets are non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash, T-Money or other tickets. All tickets expire 7 days after being credited. They will hold no value once expired and will not be compensated.
Unopened Chests will expire 7 days after being credited.
What else do you need to know
Players can track their progress towards completion of each daily challenge in their Challenges Window.
Challenge extensions are not allowed. Any points collected that did not result in a challenge completion will be lost after the daily offer period has ended.