9stacks Kicks Off 2019 With the HNY2019 Poker Tournament Series Worth Rs 1 Crore

NEW DELHI, January 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --

India's fastest growing online poker platform, 9stacks has begun 2019 with a bang by launching the HNY2019 Tournament Series for high rollers and serious poker players. The 6-day high voltage online poker tournament series consists of 8 high value, action packed tournaments with prize pools ranging from 5 Lakhs to 30 Lakhs each, and entry fees ranging from 3300 to 22000.

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The HNY2019 series starts with 8 daily tournaments happening at 8 PM every day from Tuesday 1st to Sunday 6th January 2019 and signs off with two additional tournaments at 3 PM and 5 PM on Sunday.

On Friday at 8 PM, 9stacks will host its first high roller tournament HR SLAM with a buy-in of Rs. 22000 and a guaranteed prize pool of Rs. 25 Lakhs.

On Saturday at 8 PM is the PLO SLAM for lovers of the Pot Limit Omaha format in poker - with a prize pool of 10 lakhs and a buy-in of only Rs. 11000.

Sunday, 6th January is the biggest day of the series. Players get to participate in 3 action packed Texas Holdem tournaments - Sunday Stacks (15 lakhs prize pool), Sunday Boom (3 lakhs prize pool) and the main tournament - SUNDAY SLAM (30 Lakhs prize pool and a buy-in of only Rs. 11000).

To spice things up further, 9stacks has also launched a leaderboard challenge, where players will earn Milestone points while playing HNY2019 tournaments. Top 25 ranks punched on the leaderboard by 6th Jan 2019 will win prizes worth 8 lakhs and more. Details can be found on the website.

9stacks has been known for its highly innovative and rewarding tournaments with the lowest buy-ins in the industry, month on month. This winter, the company upped the ante further by launching its exciting 'Prime Time' line-up of tournaments with a prizepool of 1.25 crores. 9stacks had launched this series with an innovative leaderboard challenge from 16th December to 30th December 2018. In The Prime Time Challenge, unlimited winners could win bonuses up to Rs. 1 Lakh, while the top 3 players (Bubbles_14, Jon$now and Samurai420) won Rs. 2.5 lakhs, 1.5 lakhs and 1 lakh respectively.

As India's best online poker site, 9stacks also offers a 'mini tournament leaderboard' for poker tournaments with buy-ins as low as Rs. 275, giving tournament players a chance to leverage their skills into leaderboard bonuses at all levels.

About 9stacks: 

9stacks is India's best online poker site. Launched last year, 9stacks has a user base of 1 lakh+ subscribers. More than 5 million hands of poker are being played every month on the platform, with monthly gross transactions exceeding INR 35 cr. per month.

As a member of the All India Gaming Federation, 9stacks has also been a strong voice advocating poker as a game of skill. On its own platform, 9stacks recently launched India's first skills dashboard where gamers can carry out in depth analyses of their own strategy, and become better poker players.

9stacks users can play seamlessly across all platforms including iOS, Android, Windows and Macs.  

About 9stacks founders: 

Sudhir Kamath is an IIM-A alumnus and ex-McKinsey consultant with over 17 years of experience. Prior to 9stacks, he was CEO of Suntera Energy, a privately held oil and gas exploration company.

Pratik Kumar is an IIT KGP alumnus, with over 12 years of experience in e-commerce and online marketing. He was the CMO of Nykaa.com and founding team member of Zivame.com.

Abhinav Nigam is an IIT KGP alumnus and ex-BCG consultant, with over 12 years of experience with Accenture Strategy and the Boston Consulting Group.

Rishab Mathur is an IIT KGP alumnus with over 12 years of experience in technology. He was head of mobile technology for Nearbuy and CTO of 9monks and Blot Canvas.

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