Revised regulations for the 2015 PokerStars tournament
The PokerStars Tournament Leaderboard (TLT) offered a total prize pool of $800,000 in 2015, rewarding the best players in regular multi-table tournaments. This prize pool was divided among three main rankings: weekly, summer, and yearly, providing opportunities for players to win throughout the year.
The yearly leaderboard considered the top 100 results from all tournaments played between the first and last day of the year. The exact breakdown of the prize pool for the yearly leaderboard typically included a tiered payout, with the highest-ranking players receiving the largest shares of the $800,000 pool.
The weekly leaderboard awarded smaller prizes regularly to players who performed best each week, encouraging ongoing participation. The summer leaderboard, which focused on prizes awarded during a concentrated series or seasonal span within the summer months, rewarded top point earners.
The yearly leaderboard concentrated the biggest prizes, with the largest payouts reserved for consistent, top-ranked players. Unfortunately, the exact prize amounts per position for each leaderboard, especially the yearly leaderboard, are not explicitly documented in the current search results.
The top 100 players in the yearly leaderboard received prizes from a $450,000 prize pool. The first-place player received more than $50,000, while the second-place prize included $25,000 cash, a year's worth of Sunday Million tickets, $5,000 in tournament tickets for major online series, and a ticket to a special $75,000 freeroll, totaling over $40,000.
Players who finished in the top 15% of the prize pool earned Tournament Leaderboard points. Those who finished between 11th and 40th place received $5,000 in tournament tickets for major online series and a ticket to a special $75,000 freeroll. The 41st to 100th-place finishers received a ticket to the same $75,000 freeroll.
The top 4 to 10th-place finishers received a year's worth of Sunday Million tickets, $5,000 in tournament tickets for major online series, and a ticket to the $75,000 freeroll, totaling over $15,000. The third-place prize included $15,000 cash, a year's worth of Sunday Million tickets, $5,000 in tournament tickets for major online series, and a ticket to the $75,000 freeroll, amounting to over $30,000.
The player with the most points at the end of the week played against a member of Team PokerStars Pro in a heads-up match, with a $1,000 prize pool paid only to the TLT winner. The number of points depended on the buy-in amount, the number of players, and the finishing position.
Discussions about the TLT took place on Facebook, Twitter, and Email. For precise numeric details or exact payout distributions by rank for all categories, that information may require consulting archived PokerStars promotions or official 2015 PokerStars tournament records.
