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Pokerstars Reports Biggest Ever Sunday Turnout
Proving once again that poker pulls players, there
were almost 11 000 entrants in last Sunday's tournament
Continuing to break online poker records in its regular Sunday
tournaments, Poker Stars.com achieved a stunning new all-time attendance
record this weekend when 10 894 players pitched for its big Sunday
Millions event.
Just under a day after dishing out $100 000 and $10 000 bonanzas
to celebrate the dealing of its 10 billionth hand, which saw a record
100 000 players online (see previous InfoPowa report) the world's
largest online poker site continued to pack 'em in.
The rewards were significant, as the huge turnout generated a prize-pool
of $2.4 million - beating a previous record back in March this year,
when 10 500 players mustered online to mark the first anniversary
of the Sunday Millions phenomenon.
To flag that 10 billionth hand, Poker Stars management boosted
the prize-pool with an additional $250 000, further whetting the
appetite of an entry field that took 11 hours to play down to one
big winner.
That winner was an online poker player from Newark, New Jersey
using the handle "tanbai" who picked up a paycheck that
was worth $187 000 for his efforts. And according to the Official
Poker Rankings.com site, the player had never finished higher than
8th in a Poker Stars tournament!
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