Poker Stars Attempts Guinness World Record for Largest Ever Poker Tournament

November 09, 2011

Poker Stars will attempt to hold the world's largest poker tournament on December 4, by bringing more than 150,000 players together to play in an online poker game as part of the Poker Stars 10th Anniversary Celebration, the company announced.

The current Guinness World Record of 149,196 players was set in 2009 in another Poker Stars tournament, which featured a $1 buy-in. It was won by online player 'oskar69' from Garbsen in Germany for $50,000.

The latest World Record attempt will start at 12:30 ET on December 4, 2011 and will be a $1 No Limit Hold'em tourney with a guaranteed prize pool of $250,000. The first prize will be $50,000, an unusually high return for a $1 tournament.

"It's exciting and unique to be part of a World Record," said Team Poker Stars Pro Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, who already holds a personal Guinness World Record for Most Online Poker Tables Played in One Hour. "I'm looking forward to doing it again on December 4. It will be great to see so many players come together to make history once again at the world's largest poker site."

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