An Explanation of PokerStars T$ and W$ System
PokerHub on December 26th, 2008
PokerStars constantly offers satellite tournaments into larger land-based and online poker events. When you win entry into one such big table events via a PokerStars satellite, you have the option of un-registering from that event, and instead receive something called Tournament Dollars (or T$) deposited into your account.
T$ can be used at any later date to register yourself into any PokerStars tournament or combination thereof. That includes Sit & Go tournaments, special events, and other satellite tournaments too!
You can even enter multiple satellites for the same event and, should you win more than one free seat, have your extra tickets automatically converted into T$ and creditted to your account for later use elsewhere, in some other exciting PokerStars tournament.
Now here are the exceptions:
• T$ cannot be used in cash ring games
• T$ are not awarded in W$ events
Which brings us to W$.
W$ can only be used to register you into qualifying special poker events, such as (but not limited to):
• PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
• World Series of Poker
• PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker
• Asia-Pacific Poker Tour
W$ operate similarly to T$ except:
• W$ and T$ are not interchangeable
• When you win a seat into a W$ event, you must play in that event
• W$ are only creditted to your account for later use if you win multiple entries into the same event or if you win a seat into a satellite for a W$ event and choose to un-reguster from the satellite
