PokerStars has launched a new tournament format designed to get you to the bubble as quickly as possible and then extended blind levels to create a deeper stacked feel.

The new format begins as a hyper-turbo with a 10,000 starting stack and blinds increasing every three minutes (so far so good if you are a recreational player looking to get lucky fast). The blind levels then expand after the bubble bursts allowing for deeper stacked play.

There are 20 of these things running daily on PokerStars with an associated hyper-turbo satellite structure. Midweek buy-ins range between $0.55 and $33 with an increase to $109 on the weekends.

PokerNews captured the details of the first-ever Bubble Rush event held on Stars. It was a $22 buy-in event with a $10,000 Guarantee. 480 players started the game, and 71 made it into the money, where the blinds increased to 12-minutes. The chip leader had 27bb at the end of the bubble period.