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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Rumors have it that PartyGaming is possibly interested in purchasing GigaMedia Limited in doing so the merger would substantially increase PartyGaming’s market share should the two well established online gaming firms merge into one large corporation, the traffic levels generated are expected to rival those of the current number two Full Tilt Poker in terms of busiest poker room online.

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CarbonPoker’s Bad Beat Jackpot is currently sitting around $997,000 and is still climbing steadily. If the bad beat jackpot does not get hit soon it could reach over $1million in the next hours/days.

This may soon be the world record for the largest Bad Beat Jackpot amount from any poker room currently online. Players who play at bad beat table at Carbon Poker within in the 24 hours that it reaches the million dollar mark will get free access to Bad Beat Jackpot Freeroll tournament which has a $1000 prize pool.

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DoylesRoom are currently making some major changes to their poker room and casino. The changes will include more than five million worth of monthly guaranteed tournament prize money and a better player reward system.There will also be an increase of tables and tournament times so you can enjoy playing at any hour of the day or night from any country.

Download Doyles Room and get 110% up to $550 as a bonus for new players that sign up.

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