Find and Play Sunday Poker Tournaments - Online Tournament Calendar

Sundays are for poker. Since the poker boom in the early 2000s, Sundays have been the highlight of the online poker week. The biggest tournaments, the largest prize pools, hundreds of tournaments packed full of action - every poker site fills their Sunday schedules with the best events of the week.

But with so many different tournaments to play on Sundays, it makes it difficult to schedule your day. That’s where our PokerNews Online Tournament Calendar comes into play.

What are online poker Sunday tournaments?

Online poker Sunday tournaments are the pick of the bunch when it comes to the poker tournaments you can play across the main poker sites throughout the week.

Here’s what you can expect from the Sunday schedules from the four main poker sites.

Discounted buy-ins

The weekly online tournament schedule culminates on a Sunday, with the standout tournament being PokerStars’ Sunday Million. Known by many as the staple of weekly online tournaments, the Sunday Million has an illustrious heritage, beginning in 2006, but more recently its buy-in has been lowered from $215 to $109. 888poker followed suit, slashing their flagship Sunday main event tournament, from a $109 buy-in to $55 - while maintaining the full prize pool.

In honour of the greatest day of the week for online poker, similar discounts are available across other tournaments hosted by the main four sites.

Boosted prize pools

Often, poker sites will host special Sunday versions of their regular daily tournaments. They have the same format, but prize pools are boosted so that there’s more money to play for. You’ll also find an array of different tournaments with similar buy-ins to other tournaments in the weekly schedule, but with vastly larger prize pools. Whichever way you look at it, there are tantilising amounts of money up for grabs on Sundays.

Variety of tournaments

The variety of tournaments on offer on Sundays is monumental. Turbos, hypers, bounty builders, large fields, high-rollers, freezeouts, mixed games, multi-day tournaments, Sundays have the lot. If you’re looking for variety mixed with all-day, all-out action, playing poker on a Sunday is a must.

Multi-buy-in levels

While there are some huge, alluring prize pool tournaments on Sundays, it’s not just the high-rollers who are being catered for. From micro-stakes players looking for tournaments suited to a more modest bankroll, to professionals seeking to play the largest buy-ins, special Sunday tournaments are made available for every type of player. Some Sunday tournaments will even have various identical versions at different buy-in levels.

Example of PokerStars multi-buy-in Sunday tournament:

Action-packed, all-day schedule

Across the four main poker sites, Sundays are full of action-packed tournaments that span the entire day. It’s ideal if you want to get in the zone, fire up the client and have a full day grinding poker.

It’s not just the fact that these tournaments are available throughout Sunday, though. It’s the levels of excitement and big-occasion feel that this creates which makes it fun to be a part of. Even if you just play one tournament for two hours, you’re playing your part in being one of literally thousands of players across the world actively participating in these special Sunday tournaments.

The best online Sunday poker tournaments

Enough talk about what they can bring to the table, it’s time to delve deeper into exactly what Sunday tournaments are available for you to play across the four sites, and outline what are the best online Sunday poker tournaments to play.

Best PokerStars Sunday poker tournaments

PokerStars has long been the flagship site for online poker. Not only does it provide the very best online tournaments, attracting some of the best professional poker players in the world, but the company has also done a lot to advance the game as a whole.

Sunday Million
Buy-in: $109
Guaranteed prize pool: $1m
2-day tournament
No-limit Hold’em
Satellites available from $11

Where else could we start other than PokerStars’ Sunday Million? Running since 2006, this is the epitome of illustrious Sunday poker tournaments, and while a lot of competitor sites have tried to introduce their own versions, the Sunday Million is still the highlight of the online poker week.

With $1million guaranteed each week and satellites available from just $11, it’s a real chance to create your own ‘Chris Moneymaker story’ and win life-changing amounts of money for low buy-ins - and what’s more, there’s $1million up for grabs EVERY. SINGLE. SUNDAY! There is also a ‘Mini Sunday Million’ with a buy-in of just $22 and a guarantee of $125k.

Sunday Storm
Buy-in: $11
Guaranteed prize pool: $100k
2-day tournament
No-limit Hold’em
Satellites available from $0.01

While the Sunday Million buy-in of $109 can deter micro-stakes entrants, the $11 Sunday Storm is far more appetising on the bankroll. While it emulates a lot of the dynamics of the Sunday Million, both being two-day, No-limit Hold’em tournaments with huge prize pools, the difficulty of opponents in the Sunday Storm is far easier. This is one for even the most inexperienced of players to try their luck at and potentially win five-figure sums of money.

Fat Sunday (Progressive KO)

Buy-in: $215
Guaranteed prize pool: $8k
Turbo KO
No-limit Hold’em

The Fat Sunday isn’t quite as illustrious a name, nor does it boast the same heritage, as the Sunday Million and Sunday Storm. However, hosted by Stars on Sunday evening, it brings a lot of excitement to the schedule. This fast-paced NLH bounty tournament is guaranteed to offer a thrilling ride - for as long as it lasts!

Sunday Octopus (Progressive KO)
Buy-in: $109
Guaranteed prize pool: $3k
KO
8 Game (mixed game)

The Sunday Octopus is a crazy, unpredictable mixed game tournament. If you’re looking for variety in your games, this is the one for you. Switching between eight different poker variants, this tournament requires knowledge of a range of different games, from standard two-card NLH to hi-lo, draw and PLO games. To add to the excitement, it’s also a progressive knockout, making for an all-out action-packed bounty bonanza. There is also a Mini Sunday Octopus with the same format that costs just $11 to buy into.

Best 888poker Sunday poker tournaments

888poker is a part of 888Holdings. The company was formed in 1997, and launched initially as an online casino. It later delved into the poker space, and really came to prominence in 2012, getting to 4th place in the online poker site list. This was a result of a push in the previous two years that saw 888poker triple their peak number of players. Since then, 888poker has continued to grow and still firmly holds its place as one of the most well-known and popular poker sites in the industry. Here are the best online Sunday poker tournaments at 888poker.

The Big Shot Main Event
Buy-in: $109
Guaranteed prize pool: $100k
Re-entry
Freeroll satellites available

As the name alludes to, the Big Shot is 888's largest Sunday tournament. With multiple re-entry available and a huge guarantee of $100k, this NLH tournament looks to compete with Stars' Sunday Million. It has also been the feature of an enhanced prize pool courtesy of special editions of the tournament running, sometimes offering $1m in guarantees.

The Big Shot 33
Buy-in: $109
Guaranteed prize pool: $15k
Re-entry
Satellites available

Keen on not alienating the smaller-stakes players, 888 also have a sister tournament to The Big Shot Main Event - The Big Shot 33. This begins three hours earlier than its larger counterpart, but despite the smaller buy-in of just $33, it still offers a tantalizing $15k guaranteed prize pool.

Sunday Made to Amaze
Buy-in: $5
Guaranteed prize pool: $10k
Re-entry
Satellites available

The third Sunday tournament we feature here from 888 gives micro-stakes players an opportunity to win big prizes. From just a $5 buy-in, players can win a share of a $10k prize pool in the Sunday Made to Amaze.

Best GG Poker Sunday poker tournaments

Vowing to try to ‘Make poker fun again,’ GG Poker burst onto the scene in 2017 and has since caused quite a stir among the industry giants. GG proved that new competitors can not only enter the space, but also challenge the companies at the top. If anything emphasised their abruptive approach, it was GG’s poach of (now-former) PokerStars ambassador and perhaps the most well-known poker player ever, Daniel Negreanu. The Canadian is now the face of their site. GG offers several major tournaments throughout the week, but none bigger than their Sunday offering. Here are GG Poker’s best Sunday tournaments.

Best partypoker Sunday poker tournaments

It comes as a surprise to many, but partypoker is one of the earliest visionaries in the online poker domain. It became the largest online poker room up until 2006, when partypoker withdrew from the US due to tighter gambling restrictions. Now owned by GVC Holdings, it remains near the top of the industry, closely competing with the likes of PokerStars, 888poker and GG Poker. Here are partypoker’s best online Sunday tournaments.

Super $215
Buy-in: $215
Guaranteed prize pool: $50k
Satellites available

Partypoker takes Super Sunday to a new level. They host 11 different Super tournaments with a range of different buy-ins, starting from $1.10. The first major Super tournament to kick off their Sunday offering is the Super $215, with a tasty guarantee of $50k.

Super $22
Buy-in: $22
Guaranteed prize pool: $30k
Satellites available

Starting an hour later, we have the $22 Super. This offers lower-stakes players a great opportunity to buy-in for a few dollars and win a share of a colossal $30k prize pool.

Super $109
Buy-in: $109
Guaranteed prize pool: $50k
Satellites available

Running simultaneously to the Super $22, the Super $109 raises the stakes to the next level. Although its $50k prize pool doesn't quite match up to Stars' Sunday Million and 888's Big Shot, you'll still get all the same action and hefty payouts with the Super $109.

How to find poker Sunday tournaments with PokerNews’ Online Tournament Calendar

Ready to play the best online Sunday poker tournaments? Look no further. Here’s how to use the PokerNews Online Tournament Calendar to find Sunday tournaments on PokerStars, 888poker, partypoker and GG poker, so you can plan your poker Sundays to perfection and not miss out on any of the special, top tournaments.

Step 1 - Go to our Online Tournament Calendar. You can find it above, at the top of this page or on our main Online Tournament Calendar page.

Step 2 - Go to the ‘Sort by’ drop-down at the top right. From the drop-down menu, select ‘Sort by - Start Date/Time.’ This is the first option in the menu, so the Online Tournament Calendar might already be set to this filter.

Step 3 - Add any other filters to your search, such as brand, game type and prize pool, and find all the relevant Sunday tournaments that are available for you to play.

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