The headline figure, the turnover behind it and the parts of the small print that decide whether the offer is any good.
The bonus is matched pound for pound, so collecting the whole $2,000 means depositing $2,000 of your own money. Put in half and you get half the bonus; the ratio holds all the way down. The $20 minimum on the banner and the deposit that earns the full amount are two different numbers.
| Welcome offer | 100% up to $2,000 |
| Deposit for the full bonus | $2,000 |
| Minimum deposit | $20 |
| Maximum cashout | no stated maximum |
| Free spins | 150 spins |
| Time to complete | 30 days |
| Wagering requirement | 30x on the bonus amount |
Read off what PokerStars publishes. Offers get revised without notice, so the operator's own page is the authority on the day you deposit.
On the full bonus, 30x works out at $60,000 staked before the balance can leave the account. In $2 spins, somewhere near 30,000 of them. This assumes the requirement sits on the bonus alone; where an operator applies it to deposit plus bonus, the same headline hides twice the work.
There is no stated ceiling here, and that is the exception rather than the rule in this market. The turnover target still has to be met — an open ceiling changes the upside, not the work.
Assume a 96% return — normal for the games that count fully towards wagering — and pushing $60,000 through them costs about $2,400 in expectation. Against a $2,000 bonus that is more than the bonus is worth — on the averages, clearing it costs more than it pays. Real sessions scatter wildly around the average. The figure matters when you are choosing between bonuses, not when you are playing one.
Across 30 days the daily figure lands near $2,000, which is a real commitment but not an absurd one. The window is generous enough to absorb a slow start.
150 free spins come with the package. Their value depends on the stake per spin and on whether what they win is cash or bonus funds — the banner says neither. PokerStars does not publish those figures in the summary terms, and we are not going to invent them — the full conditions on the operator's site do state them.
The offer as advertised and the offer as written are not always the same thing. The banner carries the size; the conditions carry the stake cap, the excluded games, the contribution table and the deadline. Reading it once is the highest-value ten minutes in the whole process.
Two offers cannot be ranked on size alone — the requirement attached decides which is better. Multiply bonus by requirement in each case and the ranking often reverses. After that, compare the caps and the time limits — those decide the realistic outcome more often than the size does.
Every operator publishes a contribution table, and while the detail varies the shape rarely does:
are commonly barred while a bonus is running.
are frequently excluded from wagering altogether.
often count for a fraction, sometimes nothing at all.
get excluded by some operators for the same reason.
The exact percentages are set by PokerStars, not by convention — the figures above are the industry pattern, and the operator’s table is what counts.
PokerStars holds a licence from AGCO / iGaming Ontario, which matters most at the point a bonus is voided and you disagree. The route runs through the operator's own complaints process first, then to the regulator or its appointed dispute service. Screenshot the offer when you take it; that record is the whole of your case if terms change.
The match applies from the minimum upwards, so a small deposit earns a small bonus rather than none. The requirement shrinks in proportion, but the maximum bet rule and the clock do not move at all. For most players that combination — small target, full deadline — is the easier one to actually finish.
If the offer requires a code, the cashier screen is the only place it counts. Support will usually decline to apply a bonus after the fact — the systems are not built to do it. We do not publish codes here: they rotate, they differ by channel, and a stale one on a review page is worse than none. The live figure is on PokerStars's own promotions page.
A voided bonus is rarely reinstated, so the grounds are worth knowing first:
| A second account | one bonus per household and per payment method is standard. |
| Patterned low-risk betting | covering both sides of a table game is treated as abuse. |
| Exceeding the maximum stake | the most common cause by a distance. |
| Playing an excluded game | even briefly, even by accident. |
The order in which the two balances are spent decides what you keep if you walk away mid-playthrough. The difference is between being able to stop and cash out, and not. You will find it in the full conditions, never in the banner.
Before the money goes in, three questions settle most of what the banner leaves vague. The answers arrive in writing, which is the point:
or on deposit plus bonus? The difference is a doubling — $60,000 against $120,000
and does a feature buy count against it
and where is the contribution table published
if you would rather deposit without it
None is published for this offer, which is unusual. The wagering requirement still applies.
On the full $2,000 bonus at 30x, about $60,000. A smaller bonus carries a proportionally smaller target.
$2,000, given the 100% match. The $20 minimum still qualifies for a smaller bonus.
Usually yes — most cashiers let you decline it, and a plain deposit comes with no turnover conditions attached. For a short session that is often the better choice.
This bonus has not been claimed by us on a funded account. Everything above comes from what PokerStars publishes, with the calculations done here. Bonus terms change without warning — check the live version before you put money in.