PokerStars has awarded the winners of the 50 Billionth Hand!
All month long players at PokerStars have been gunning to be at the table for the 50 Billionth Hand, the massive milestone the online poker room was swiftly approaching. As of Wednesday, September 22nd, the hand was reached and the players rewarded.
At 10.37am EDT there were 220,000 players on 33,000 tables, all hoping to be at the right place at the right time. The right table turned out to be Ornamenta, a 2c/5c table where German player 'tbvle' scored a healthy $56,140 for the winning hand. There were five other players at the table, and each received between $2,990 and $3,070. The amount of their prize was based on the number of VIP points they had accumulated over the previous 50 hands. In addition all six players at the table received a WCOOP Main Event ticket worth $5,200.
Over $950K was paid out to Pokerstars players during the 50 Billionth hand promo, paid out over 300 milestone hands starting at 49.7 billion and hitting on every millionth hand up until the big win.
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