PokerStars have broken their own Guinness World Record by hosting the largest online poker tournament. The event attracted 200,000 players and reached its cap limit three hours before the tournament starting time. This is quite an impressive accomplishment considering PokerStars lost it’s US traffic in April.

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The countdown to 2010 has began and I’m still wandering where the year has gone, but 2009 was a good year for poker. There were many new records and achievements like the youngest player to win the World Series of Poker, the largest online poker pot and tournament. Phil Ivey makes it to the November Nine after winning his 7th WSOP bracelet.

High Stakes player Tom Dwan became a Team Full Tilt Poker member after many hours of high stakes action in the Durrrr challenge. Isildur1 the unknown Swedish high stakes player ends the year on a bad note.
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PokerStars have broken the Guinness World Record for the largest online poker tournament twice in one year. In July 2009 Full Tilt Poker made an attempt to beat the PokerStars December 2008 record (35,000 players), by hosting a 50,000 capped tournament with a $5 buy-in. Poker Stars held a $1 tournament on the same day which had a 65,000 maximum player limit both tournaments were full before starting time.

On the 27th December 2009 PokerStars made another attempt and hosted a uncapped tournament with a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool. The tournament had a staggering 149,196 players registered, a drastic improvement of more than double their previous Guinness World Record.

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Poker Stars have introduced a new VIP Program for 2010 called VIP Stellar Rewards, with the new system online poker players can get cash bonuses for earning PokerStars VPP. Points are now easier to earn and players will earn more VPP & FPP points while playing PokerStars real money games from 1st January 2010.

Poker Stars is also attempting to break their previous Guinness World Record for hosting the largest online poker tournament.

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