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PokerStars continues to set live-player records

PokerStars became the first poker site in history to reach more than 20,000 simultaneous real money players, according to PokerScout.com. The site first reached the 20,000-real money player plateau on Dec. 27, but then shattered its own record with a new high of 22,293 players just three days later.

In addition, the Kahnawake-licensed site announced on its Poker Blog that is also set a new record for online poker traffic on Sunday, Dec. 20 when 150,000 players were sitting at PokerStars' virtual table at the same time.

According to the blog, written by Brad "Otis" Willis, "The playing frenzy was evident in the big Sunday tournaments at PokerStars. The quarterly $1,050 buy-in Sunday Million drew more than 1,800 players to compete for a $1.8 million prize pool. The Sunday Hundred Grand event capped out at 20,000 players… These kinds of days make you thankful for online poker. It's just not easy to find more than 20,000 dealer buttons on short notice...especially on a Sunday."

In February 2006, PokerStars became the first online poker site to host 100,000 simultaneous players, a moment that received a mention in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records.