PokerStars is aiming to break their own Guinness World record (again) for the most amount of players in a poker tournament.
They beat Full Tilt in July with 65,000 players, and in a few days they hope to surpass even that.
The landmark date is Dec. 27 at 11:45 a.m. (Vegas time), the cost is only $1, and $300,000 is guaranteed. First place is guaranteed $50,000. Not bad for a buck.
As of this writing, almost 47,000 players have signed up, so keeping pace looks likely they'll achieve a new record. But even if they just tie at 65,000, that leaves a decent overlay of $235,000. Are they really hoping for 300,000 players, and during Christmas break? Would the server crash under that load?
The tournament ID is 234567890 (easy enough to remember).
We're a sucker for a cheapo tourney, so we'll see you there.
P.S. While looking at the tournaments, we caught a $5,000 freeroll that anyone can sign up to. It's tomorrow, Dec. 24 at 1:15 p.m. (Vegas time) and a whopping 105,000 players are in that one. It's a hyper-turbo tourney, so blinds go up much faster than a regular tournament. Tourney ID is 224296990. We signed up to that one too.
