Set for December 4, PokerStars is hoping to beat its own world record for the largest poker tournament ever set back in 2009.
The buy-in for this one will be $1 with a $250k guaranteed prize pool. Payout for the winner will be $50,000.
The record attempt will be sanctioned by the Guinness Book of World Records and listed in its official records.
The info:
Date: December 4 Time: 12:30 ET (18:30 CET) Buy-In: $1 Prize Pool Guarantee: $250,000 Top Prize: $50,000 for first placePokerStars already holds the current World Record for largest poker tournament ever at 149,196 players. Oskar69 from Garbsen, Germany claimed the $50k top prize.
The first two events in the 10th Anniversary series were announced last week and include 100 $15k packages for the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and a $10 million guaranteed Sunday Million with a $2 million first-place prize.
Find our exclusive PokerStars bonus code and sign up via our PokerStars review.
To register for the event, open the PokerStars client and click "Events," then "10th Anniversary" and "All" or type ‘record’ into the Tourney Filter.
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