PokerStars 25 Billion Bash

For the month of February 2009 we have seen one of the most historic events take place in online poker. PokerStars has been at the centre of attention as they dealt their way towards the 25 billionth hand to be played. As this landmark hand drew near the world’s best online poker room was inundated with players all vying to win the cash and prizes on offer. The famous hand was dealt on Monday 16th feb 2009 and will go down as a memorable day to say the least.

Two players split the 100k on offer because the hand was on an Omaha Hi/Lo table. They both received event packages that included entry to the WCOOP and WSOP Main Events. The other three people at the table shared 100k as a consolation.

Even though Full Tilt Poker ran their FTOPS event this month, PokerStars has laregely overshadowed their main rival. PokerStars is going from strength to strength and it looks as if noone can stop them. The team at Poker Shark has also just recognised that their average amount of cash players has soared from about 16k to over 29k in the past six months. Congratulations to PokerStars for yet another remarkable achievement.