MicroMillions: All the games, all the buy-ins

July 11, 2022

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by Howard Swains

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MicroMillions returns to PokerStars this month for more frantic action with tiny buy-ins yet huge guarantees. You can read all about it, and check out the schedule, in our MicroMillions launch post.

When the buy-ins are so small, players can perhaps experiment with games they wouldn’t normally play, knowing that the bankroll is not going to be damaged too significantly should things go awry. That’s why tournament organisers pack the MicroMillions schedule with all kinds of variants. This is a great chance to get to grips with all those games you’d been meaning to try but hadn’t yet found the opportunity.

ALL THE GAMES

There are 208 tournaments on the MicroMillions schedule, 26 of which are in non-hold’em variants. There’s pot-limit Omaha, obviously (three tournaments), but there’s also Razz, Showtime hold’em, Stud, 2-7 Single and Triple Draw, 6+, Badugi, Fusion and Courcheval, plus some mixed games rotations.

There are also variations within the variations. For instance, there’s a Heads-Up Zoom TKO PLO tournament, plus some hi/lo Stud and PLO tournaments, and some 5-Card variants too.

Specifically, here are the non-hold’em games offered — and be sure to take a very close look. There’s lots there to take in.

OMAHA

Event #37 – $5.50 PLO, 6-Max, $10K Gtd
Event #122 – $3.30 PLO, Heads-Up Zoom TKO, $5K Gtd
Event #201 – $11 PLO Main Event, $35K
Event #27 – $5.50 5-Card PLO, 6-Max Turbo, $5K Gtd
Event #190 – $3.40 6-Card PLO, 6-Max Turbo, $3K Gtd
Event #62 – $3.30 PLO8, 6-Max, $35K Gtd
Event #74 – $3.30 NLO, 6-Max, $5K Gtd
Event #104 – $5.50 NLO8, $8K Gtd
Event #206 – $5.50 NLO8, $10K Gtd
Event #159 – $5.50 Courchevel, 6-Max, $5K Gtd
Event #52 – $3.30 Fusion, 6-Max, $2K Gtd

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DRAW POKER

Event #118 – $5.50 5-Card Draw, 6-Max, $2,500 Gtd
Event #78 – $5.50 2-7 Single Draw, 7-Max Turbo, $2.5K Gtd
Event #171 – $5.50 2-7 Single Draw, 7-Max, $2.5K Gtd
Event #109 – $3.30 2-7 Triple Draw, 7-Max Turbo, $1.5K Gtd
Event #145 – $5.50 Badugi, $3K Gtd

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STUD POKER

Event #48 – $3.30 Stud, $1,000 Gtd
Event #175 – $3.30 Stud 8, $1,500 Gtd
Event #149 – $3.30 Razz, $1,500 Gtd

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ROTATIONS

Event #9 – $5.50 8-Game, 6-Max, $5K Gtd
Event #93 – $3.30 8-Game Turbo, $3K Gtd
Event #23 – $3.30 HORSE, $1,500 Gtd
Event #132 – $3.30 Mixed NLH/PLO, $6K Gtd

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HOLD’EM BASED VARIANTS

Event #14 – $3.30 Showtime hold’em, Turbo, $1,500 Gtd
Event #88 – $5.50 6+ (short deck) hold’em, $6K Gtd
Event #185 – $5.50 6+ (short deck) hold’em, $4K Gtd

ALL THE BUY-INS

Buy-ins during this year’s MicroMillions range from $1.10 to $55, with the latter the clear outlier. It’s the High Roller event, where there’s also a $20K guarantee.

The Main Event has a $22 buy-in (and a $500K guarantee) but the vast majority of tournaments are pitched are far smaller bankrolls.

Approximately half of the tournaments have a buy-in of $3.30 or lower, and $5.50 gets you into most of the other ones.

Here’s a look at the various price points this year:

$1.10
27 NLHE tournaments, including four turbos and four hyper-turbos

$3.30
69 tournaments, including 2-7 Triple Draw, 6-card PLO, 8-Game, Fusion, HORSE, Mixed NLHE/PLO, NLO, PLO, PLO8, Razz, Showtime, Stud, Stud8.

$5.50
95 tournaments, including 2-7 single draw, 5-card draw, 5-card PLO, 6+, 8-Game, Badugi, Courchevel, NLO8 and PLO.

$11
15 NLHE tournaments: Daily Specials, with $100K guarantees. PLO Main Event is also $11.

$22: MicroMillions Main Event – $500K guaranteed
$55: MicroMillions High Roller – $200K guaranteed