PokerStars shatters Guinness world record

[The Buzz]

On the same night its main rival was having some server trouble, PokerStars broke its own Guinness world record for largest online poker tournament.

According to Poker News Daily, the event weighed in at 149,196 entrants. The previous world record was 65,000, which was set by PokerStars back in July.

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The mark to beat was 65,000 players, set by PokerStars back in July, meaning that the site trumped the standing record by nearly 85,000. PokerStars was quick to put its record-shattering attendance into perspective, saying, “It would fill the Rose Bowl or Wembley stadiums and still have another 60,000 people with tickets waiting outside in the tailgating parking lot.” In addition, the attendance represented well over 20 times the field of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and 30 times the number of rooms at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The Guinness World Record attempt was a $1 buy-in tournament that guaranteed $300,000 in the prize pool. It played out in less than six hours in a Turbo format and oskar69 earned an amazing $50,000 for first place, or 50,000 times his buy-in. Text found on PokerStars’ website admits, “We're sure oskar69 is happy about the ROI from the win today, as no deal was reached and the entire $50,000.00 was awarded for besting this massive field.” Second place went to Bommel222, who earned a not-so-paltry $30,000. A total of 30,000 players finished in the money.

[bingosuite]

OMG! That is awesome. I am playing bingo at several free bingo sites, and i just hope they will also have some sort of tournament where you can also win $50K. LOL... just hoping.

[Anthony]

Those are crazy numbers.

[dhayman]

And that is why they get away increasing their CPA requirements by 20 % in the new year. Market dominance allows you to do anything you please.