PokerStars Announces Launch of New World Record Attempt
This was published 07-11-2011PokerStars, the leading online poker room in the industry, recently announced that, although they are the holders of the current record of 149.106 players simultaneously playing in one online poker tournament, they intend to try and smash their own existing world record.
The poker room intends to hold a guaranteed tournament with a buy-in of only $1.00 on Sunday, December 4th when they will attempt to attract more than 149,106 players to the tournament.
PokerStars have guaranteed that the winner of the tournament will receive a guaranteed $50,000 with an extra amount of $10,000 in bonuses if they knock out any participating Team PokerStars players whether or not they smash their existing world record or not.
The Guinness World Records (previously known as The Guinness Book of Records) will oversee and confirm PokerStars’ attempt to break the previous record and will list the result in their esteemed database of “world bests”.
The tournament is due to commence at 5.30 pm GMT on Sunday, 4th December, 2011, and registration for this event has already opened.
Players wishing to participate in this tournament will find the event in the main tournament lobby and should follow the menu to >> Tourney >> Special and thereafter scroll down to “World Record”. The event will be run with 5 minute blinds and a minimum sized bubble of 12,150 and PokerStars will not accept any late registration for this tournament.
Those who are not yet PokerStars players and wish to register an account at the world’s number one online poker site should download the free software. New players can benefit from a 100% match bonus of up to $600.00 when making their first deposit and have a chance to qualify for several live tournament events and also take advantage of PokerStars’ 10th birthday celebrations next month. These 10th birthday celebrations will see PokerStars giving its players opportunities to win cash and prizes in numerous promotions.
