It's soon time for another world record attempt by the world's largest poker site, PokerStars. The upcoming world record attempt will take place on December 4, 2011 at 12:30 EST and the aim is to create the biggest ever online tournament in poker history.
The current record was set in 2009 when 149,196 players participated in a $1 tournament that "oskar69" won for $50,000. Now PokerStars hope to [...] Read more » World Record Attempt on PokerStars
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
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I don’t remember how long did it took the last world record largest tourney, but I keep thinking that doing it on a Sunday its not the best idea. I know many users work at Saturday and that could be a problem in terms of trying to reach the biggest field ever, but doing it on a Sunday, a tourney that may last around 10 to 12 hours to be cleared, it’s a bit scary for some amateurs to go along with this. Having a $1 buy-in is the best, because people will think “for so few, I wil try my luck”, but thinking it can last till Monday and keep going on… If my wife lets me, count me in!
Joined: May '09
Location: India
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10$? lmao they should put atleast 100$ on the pros anyway think they'll break the record easily, hopefully winner wont lose all his winnings in 1 day like last time.
Joined: Dec '09
Location: United Kingdom
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i played the last one got donked pretty early if i remember think im going to play the $10million GTD too $2 million for first cant miss that bad boy its got to be played
Joined: Dec '09
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Posted by Macubaas: I'm not enthusiast at all about the type of huge tournaments, they really are a game of luck and don't have anything to do with real poker...
You basically need to have tons of luck to win and much less poker skills...
It's just a personal opinion.
yep people say the same about the WSOP main event but the money still looks good
Joined: Dec '09
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted by B1gfoot: Sometimes I see things like this and wonder why did FT have to go balls up, why could it not have been pokerstars.
yep im also a bit confused whats the problem? pstars have always did things like this i thought before FT robbed everyone anyway there is no difference
I love the idea of putting such a small amount of money and getting "rich" with it. The good thing is, someone WILL win it ^^ So of course I will participate, hoping to get lucky, win important races and big 3 way pots with aces
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Switzerland
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 210
PS is doing so much marketing at the moment with the billionth hands and this. The other poker sites need to react before PS takes a share of market too big
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Switzerland
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I played the last world record tourney at pokerstars and mucked after a few hands. I hope this time, when I play it that I get in the money. But anyway it counts that we play it.
Joined: May '08
Location: Sweden
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 1362
This is not about the tourney, but about the 10 years anniversary.
I got a mail the other day about a reloadbonus, in which one would get a buck for each point. It was quite a long time since I last played a PS, and I seemed to remember that the points did not come that easy.
Anyway, I was wrong. The max amount for the bonus was 10 $, but it was among the easier 10 $ that's out there at the moment.
I recommend.
Edit: OnT, I may be playing this here tournament too, now that I got money there.
Joined: Jan '09
Location: Canada
Age: 60 (F)
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This tournament got the full 200k players registered, so it seems they broke their own record by quite a bit this year! Shame I was going to sign up for it, but by the time I went to sign up, it was already full! I should have saved a spot earlier, I guess.
think im going to play the $10million GTD too $2 million for first 
cant miss that bad boy its got to be played 
