Accelerate Your Access to a $10,300 Gold Pass via Power Path Express
Get ready to hit the virtual felt, 'cause there's a PokerStars smash-bash on the horizon! These aren't your garden-variety cards being dealt at 8:10 p.m. BST on May 18 – the prize up for grabs is a life-changing Power Path Gold Pass worth a cool $10,300. Fancy being part of this action? Just show up with your $55 or a Power Path Step 4 ticket.
Want in but don't got the dough or a Step 4 ticket? Don't worry, there's a slew of affordable $11 satellites running from May 16-18! If luck's on your side, you could snag one of the 100 guaranteed seats!
Whichever way you get in, you'll want to aim for the top 200 spots – that's where the real prizes are! Finish from 10th place to 200th, and you'll walk away with a $109 Bronze Pass. Come in seventh to ninth, and you'll nab a $1,050 SCOOP Main Event Medium ticket. Hit fifth or sixth position, and it's a $2,500 Silver Pass that's yours. The third and fourth-place finishers score a $5,200 SCOOP Main Event High ticket, and the top two finishers will reign supreme with a $10,300 Gold Pass!
What Can Ya Redeem Yer Power Path Passes For?
Curious about what you can snag with these Power Path passes? Right now, there's a major focus on the 2025 SCOOP! If you manage to finish in the top two of the Power Path Express and win a $10,300 Gold Pass, you can trade it in for a SCOOP ticket bundle containing:
- 1x $5,200 SCOOP ticket
- 4x $1,050 SCOOP tickets
- 5x $109 SCOOP tickets
- 6x $55 SCOOP tickets
- $25 in tournament dollars
This redemption package offers access to a variety of SCOOP events, allowing you to take part in several tournaments during the festival.[1]
Oh, and did we mention that every PokerStars player pockets a free $0.50 Power Path Step 1 ticket each day? Progress through Step 1, and you've got a choice: play in a $1 buy-in 16-player on-demand sit & go or a $1.50 buy-in tournament.
Step 3 is a budget-friendly $11 tournament – no direct buy-in – and leads to the $55 buy-in Step 4. Win your way into Step 4, and you could snag some Power Path passes worth $109, $2,500, or even $10,300![2]
Last but not least, let's give a shout-out to our man Matthew Pitt – he's from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has been a fixture in the poker industry since 2008. He's been with PokerNews since 2010 and held the editor's seat since September 2010. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, but he's still going strong as Senior Editor at PokerNews.[3]
[1] Power Path passes and their corresponding festival events typically change to keep things exciting and fresh.[2] Step 4s award Power Path passes worth $109, $2,500, and sometimes $10,300! Win your way into Step 4, and you could be the lucky one.[3] Matthew has worked in the poker industry since 2008 and started at PokerNews in 2010. He became the editor of PokerNews in September 2010 and stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, focusing on his role of Senior Editor for PokerNews.
- The PokerStars PokerSmash-bash has casino-games like Poker, offering big-wins, with a life-changing Power Path Gold Pass worth $10,300 up for grabs.
- The real prizes in this event are reserved for the top 200 spots, with finishers receiving various SCOOP tickets, tournament dollars, and even a chance to win a Power Path Gold Pass ($10,300).
- Curious about what you can get with Power Path passes? They can be redeemed for a SCOOP ticket bundle containing various SCOOP tickets, tournament dollars, and even access to lotteries.
