PokerStars.net - Americas Cup of Poker
Win your share of a $250,000 prize pool!
PokerStars.net is giving you the chance to represent your country at the Americas Cup of Poker - a live event taking place in Argentina. Here you’ll get to play as part of your country’s team, alongside members of Team PokerStars Pro - with international bragging rites and a share of the $250,000 prize pool at stake. Best of all its free to enter.
Qualifying starts online, where you can play in daily freerolls to earn points for your country. You’ll be competing against other nations from around the world, in a series of weekly qualifying rounds. The eight teams with the most wins at the end of the group stage will advance to the live final.
The final is being held in the Patagonia region of Argentina, at a ski resort in the town of Bariloche. Its a beautiful location, and the perfect place to try and win some serious cash. Don’t miss out on your chance to play for the pride of your homeland!
How it works
Players in the 16 countries listed below have the chance to help their nation make it to the live final: USA, Mexico, Ecuador, Canada, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Guatemala, Panama and Honduras.
The countries have been split into groups, and each will face-off against each other week by week. The weekly rounds will consist of daily freeroll tournaments for your country, and you’ll be playing to try and score as many points as you can (see below for how points are awarded). Full group and schedule information is listed below. To register for a freeroll, open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Tourney’ and ‘Regional’.
After the group matches are complete, the two countries with the most wins from each group will go on to the live final. We’ll be keeping you up-to-date with the latest results on the Country Rankings page.
Group Schedules
Each country will play against the other teams in their group in a series of weekly rounds, each lasting for one week, with freerolls running everyday.
Group A - USA, Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala (Wildcard 1)
| Round | Matches | Dates | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA vs. Ecuador Mexico vs. Guatemala |
Every day, July 27-August 2 | 20:30 ET |
| 2 | USA vs. Guatemala Mexico vs. Ecuador |
Every day, August 3-9 | 20:30 ET |
| 3 | USA vs. Mexico Ecuador vs. Guatemala |
Every day, August 10-16 | 20:30 ET |
Group B - Canada, Columbia, Uruguay and Panama (Wildcard 2)
| Round | Matches | Dates | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada vs. Uruguay Colombia vs. Panama |
Every day, July 27-August 2 | 20:30 ET |
| 2 | Canada vs. Panama Uruguay vs. Colombia |
Every day, August 3-9 | 20:30 ET |
| 3 | Canada vs. Columbia Uruguay vs. Panama |
Every day, August 10-16 | 20:30 ET |
Group C - Chile, Venezuela, Peru and Costa Rica.
| Round | Matches | Dates | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile vs. Venezuela Peru vs. Costa Rica |
Every day, July 27-August 2 | 21:00 ET |
| 2 | Chile vs. Costa Rica Peru vs. Venezuela |
Every day, August 3-9 | 21:00 ET |
| 3 | Chile vs. Peru Venezuela vs. Costa Rica |
Every day, August 10-16 | 21:00 ET |
Group D - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Honduras (Wildcard 3)
| Round | Matches | Dates | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil vs. Paraguay Argentina vs. Honduras |
Every day, July 27-August 2 | 21:00 ET |
| 2 | Brazil vs. Honduras Argentina vs. Paraguay |
Every day, August 3-9 | 21:00 ET |
| 3 | Brazil vs. Argentina Paraguay vs. Honduras |
Every day, August 10-16 | 21:00 ET |
Points
Finish in the top 100 of any group stage freeroll tournament and you’ll be awarded points for your country. Check out the Points page to see how they are awarded. The two countries with the most wins in each group make it to the live final. We’ll be keeping you updated with the latest results on the Country Rankings and Player Rankings pages.
Fund Friend
Give your country’s qualifying chances a boost by making sure all your friends play! Use our ‘Player to Player’ transfer feature (conditions apply) to transfer as little as $1 to a friend so they can play in a $0.20 tourney and join your national fight for points. As a reward for your generosity, we will award $50 to anyone who makes a transfer to a player who uses it to play in a $0.20 tournament and makes a final table.
Live Final
Eight teams in total will go forward from the group stages to the live final (the two countries with the most wins from each of the four groups). Each team will be made up of the five players that won the most points for their team during the group stage (for Wildcard countries, the team will be made up of the top four point scorers and the player that won the freeroll that gave their nation entry into the group stages). The eight finalist countries will then battle for their share of the $250,000 prize pool. And to boost your countries chance of winning the big cash, we are adding a member of Team PokerStars Pro to each team!
The live final will pay out cash prizes as follows.
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 |
| 2 | $60,000 |
| 3 | $30,000 |
| 4 | $20,000 |
| 5 | $10,000 |
| 6 | $10,000 |
| 7 | $10,000 |
| 8 | $10,000 |
$10,000 9th place playoff
The third placed country in each group will send a team to a $10,000 online playoff. The team will consist of the five highest points scorers (four if the country qualified through the preliminary round with the fifth spot going to the player who won the preliminary freeroll).
Each member of the team will compete in a single table tournament with one player from each other team. The team with the lowest average finishing position across the five single table tournaments will win $10,000 to share equally. In the event of a tie, the tied teams will share the prize equally between them.
If you have any questions about the Americas Cup of Poker, contact support@pokerstars.net.
