Poker Stars Tournament Record
If there were any doubts that online poker isn’t popular among a number of people, the new world record made Sunday will prove the naysayers wrong.
PokerStars (pokerstar.com) broke the Guiness Book of World records previous world record when nearly 150,000 people showed up to play in an online tournament Sunday.
While it was projected initially that there would be a huge crowd playing in the tournament, few could have imagined that the world record would be broken with 149,196 people signing on to play in the online tournament.
The day before, rival Full Tilt Poker (www.fulltiltpoker.net) hosted a huge poker tournament itself, but that play record was broken the next day when PokerStars hosted its tournament.
Generally, the last Sunday of the year is a busy day for online poker rooms, according to PokerStars. Prior to the December tournaments, the world record was held by PokerStars and it was won when 65,000 people played in a July 2009 tournament.
The winner of the Sunday poker tournament at Poker Stars won $50,000. That winner’s user name is oskar69.
To put the number of players in perspective, PokerStars offers some comparisons. The number of people playing Sunday at the poker site:
* Was enough to fill the Rose Bowl with 60,000 people still outside the stadium
* Would fill up all the rooms at the Las Vegas MGM Grand 30 times
PokerStars regularly holds tournaments and offers people the chance to sit at virtual tables with poker stars like Daniel Negreanu and Greg Raymer.
