December is the final sprint of the poker year and it's a month when the live poker world steals almost all the oxygen, with festivals such as EPT Prague and PSO Cannes.
For online players, that can leave the lobby feeling quieter than usual. The big names are travelling. The streams are all from live final tables. Even the group chats shift to hotel photos and bagging updates.
PokerStars has built something to fill that gap. The site is celebrating the festive season with a promotion called Snowball, a month-long event running from December 1 to January 5 with $2 million in prizes.