Adetrick Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 This is your chance to play in the largest online poker tournament in history, and be part of a Guinness World Record. We’re aiming to beat our previous World Record of 65,000 players, set in July 2009. And with a buy-in of just $1, it’s easy for everyone to take part. Here’s what you need to know about the Guinness World Record attempt tournament: Sunday, December 27 at 14:45 ET $300,000 guaranteed prize pool $1 buy-in More players than our previous World Record of 65,000, set July 19, 2009 Registration is now open! Satellites available in a range of buy ins To find the tournament, go to the PokerStars Lobby and select ‘Tourney’ and ‘All’ or ‘Special’. You can also use the Tourney Filter in the Lobby to search for the tournament name. To use the filter, open the PokerStars Lobby and enter the word ’record’. The Filter will then search all tournaments and provide you with the relevant results. If you have any questions about the Guinness World Record, contact [email protected]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGremlin Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Re: Pokerstars - New Guiness World record 27/12/09 - 300K guaranteed Satellites available in a range of buy ins Sat's for a $1 MTT buyin? :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starshine Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Re: Pokerstars - New Guiness World record 27/12/09 - 300K guaranteed I registered, and I thought I will buy in directly, even I was tempted doing a sat :rollin :rollin:rollin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaMatrix Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Re: Pokerstars - New Guiness World record 27/12/09 - 300K guaranteed I'm in too! gla I cashed in both the FTP and PS one when they did em on the same day last time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pensioner65 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Re: Pokerstars - New Guiness World record 27/12/09 - 300K guaranteed Was very tempted by the 5FPP sats but decided to gamble it up a bit & direct entry straight into this tourney :D There's no maximum number so we might have 150,000+ runners :eek Good luck all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Re: Pokerstars - New Guiness World record 27/12/09 - 300K guaranteed Nearly 150,000 runners, started a few minutes late, and on a break after only 2 hands played. :loon 30,000 places paid, and $50k for first, but have they bitten off more than they can chew? :unsure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starshine Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Re: Pokerstars - New Guiness World record 27/12/09 - 300K guaranteed seems bit like an allin party, my table hasnt played any hand normal yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morlspin Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Re: Pokerstars - New Guiness World record 27/12/09 - 300K guaranteed Nearly 150,000 runners, started a few minutes late, and on a break after only 2 hands played. :loon 30,000 places paid, and $50k for first, but have they bitten off more than they can chew? :unsure Every stars tourney has a break at the same time now, same as FT :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugleh Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Re: Pokerstars - New Guiness World record 27/12/09 - 300K guaranteed My table is pretty tight, just a limpfest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Re: Pokerstars - New Guiness World record 27/12/09 - 300K guaranteed Every stars tourney has a break at the same time now' date=' same as FT :ok[/quote'] Cheers Morl - didn't realise this :ok At 2nd break, and I've beaten over 80,000 people already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starshine Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Re: Pokerstars - New Guiness World record 27/12/09 - 300K guaranteed finished 34000 and whatever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaulc Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Re: Pokerstars - New Guiness World record 27/12/09 - 300K guaranteed nice when the cards fall your way :D:D PokerStars Game #37271375130: Tournament #234567890, $1+$0 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (300/600) - 2009/12/27 21:19:49 WET [2009/12/27 16:19:49 ET] Table '234567890 8133' 10-max Seat #4 is the button Seat 1: Zeman62 (10983 in chips) Seat 2: joaorj (12708 in chips) Seat 3: thewinderZ (5779 in chips) Seat 4: SgtCreepy (1525 in chips) Seat 5: teaulc (5655 in chips) Seat 6: slindqvist (18789 in chips) Seat 7: Meranius (12590 in chips) Seat 8: mgibbo (3755 in chips) Seat 9: lukaschek.1 (12505 in chips) Seat 10: Da Gow (9048 in chips) Zeman62: posts the ante 70 joaorj: posts the ante 70 thewinderZ: posts the ante 70 SgtCreepy: posts the ante 70 teaulc: posts the ante 70 slindqvist: posts the ante 70 Meranius: posts the ante 70 mgibbo: posts the ante 70 lukaschek.1: posts the ante 70 Da Gow: posts the ante 70 teaulc: posts small blind 300 slindqvist: posts big blind 600 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to teaulc [Kh Kd] Meranius: raises 900 to 1500 mgibbo: folds lukaschek.1: folds Da Gow: folds Zeman62: folds joaorj: raises 2300 to 3800 thewinderZ: folds SgtCreepy has timed out SgtCreepy: folds SgtCreepy is sitting out SgtCreepy has returned teaulc: raises 1785 to 5585 and is all-in slindqvist: folds Meranius: raises 6935 to 12520 and is all-in joaorj: calls 8720 *** FLOP *** [Jc Ks 9c] *** TURN *** [Jc Ks 9c] [3d] *** RIVER *** [Jc Ks 9c 3d] [Js] *** SHOW DOWN *** Meranius: shows [Qs Qd] (two pair, Queens and Jacks) joaorj: shows [As Ac] (two pair, Aces and Jacks) joaorj collected 13870 from side pot teaulc: shows [Kh Kd] (a full house, Kings full of Jacks) teaulc collected 18055 from main pot Mc_RU$TY is connected *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 31925 Main pot 18055. Side pot 13870. | Rake 0 Board [Jc Ks 9c 3d Js] Seat 1: Zeman62 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: joaorj showed [As Ac] and won (13870) with two pair, Aces and Jacks Seat 3: thewinderZ folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: SgtCreepy (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: teaulc (small blind) showed [Kh Kd] and won (18055) with a full house, Kings full of Jacks Seat 6: slindqvist (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 7: Meranius showed [Qs Qd] and lost with two pair, Queens and Jacks Seat 8: mgibbo folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: lukaschek.1 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 10: Da Gow folded before Flop (didn't bet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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