How to Set Up Poker Tournaments With Poker Stars

If you play poker on PokerStars, you may have searched in vain for an option to set up your own tournaments. You'll need to go through a few steps before you can access this feature. Once everything is done, you'll be able to create private tournaments.

Things You'll Need

• 2,000 Frequent Player Points

Instructions

1. Accumulate 2,000 Frequent Player Points (FPPs) by playing in real money poker games. Any time you play in a real money ring game or tournament, you earn FPPs. You start off earning one FPP for every VIP Player Point (VPP) earned. As you move up in VIP levels, you receive FPP earnings multipliers that increase the number of FPPs you earn. This breaks down as follows: You receive a 50 percent multiplier for SilverStar, 100 percent for GoldStar, 150 percent for PlatinumStar, 250 percent for Supernova and 400 percent for Supernova Elite.

2. Email PokerStars support. Go to the "Help" menu and choose "Contact Support." Send a message requesting permission to set up your own tournaments.

3. Wait for a response from PokerStars letting you know that your account has been authorized. Once you've been authorized, access the Requests menu to find the option to set up your own tournaments. Specify the parameters of the tournament, such as the buy-in level, game type and tournament time.

4. Once your tournament is set up, go to the "Tourney" tab and then click on the "Private" tab to find your tournament. To help you find a specific tournament, PokerStars allows you to sort tournaments by ID, date or name.

References

• Internet Texas Holdem Forums: PokerStars private tournament requirements
• PokerStars: VIP Club