PokerStars has been the #1 online poker room in the world for a long time. No other poker room has as many players or tables running at once. This means no other poker room comes close to the number of hands played at PokerStars. They are well on their way to 100 billion hands and in celebration of that, PokerStars will be celebrating their journey to 100 billion hands with their Road to 100 Billion Hands promotion by giving away cash prizes.
PokerStars will be commemorating their Road to 100 Billion every 10 billion hands with a milestone hands promotion. The first stop on the Road to 100 Billion is PokerStars’ 60 billionth hand. There will be 300 regular milestone hands per 10 billion hands in addition to the billionth hand. This means the cash will start flowing at hand #59,700,000,000 and culminate at hand #60,000,000,000. The 60 billionth hand should be played before the end of March so start playing!
Cash prizes will be given to all players dealt into the milestone hand with the winner of that hand getting extra money. Players dealt into a milestone hand will win a base prize of $50 plus $50 for every VIP Player Point, or VPP, earned in the previous 50 hands on that table. The winner of the main pot will get their prize doubled. These prizes will be given out from hands #59,700,000,000 to #59,999,000,000. The 60 Billion Mega Milestone will work the same way except players dealt into the hand will win a $500 base prize plus $500 for each VPP earned in the previous 50 hands on the table. The winner of the main pot will win double that prize plus an additional $60,000!
Dealt into regular Milestone Hand: (#of VPPs in previous 50 hands x $50) + $50
Winner of regular Milestone Hand: (# of VPPs in previous 50 hands x $50 + $50) x 2
Dealt into Mega Milestone Hand: (# of VPPs in previous 50 hands x $500) + $500
Winner of Mega Milestone Hand: (# of VPPs in previous 50 hands x $500 + $500) x 2 + $60,000
This can amount to huge cash prizes. To take full advantage of this awesome promotion, players should play more tables, play longer sessions, play at higher stakes, and play action games. Playing at more tables increases the chances of being dealt into a milestone hand. Long sessions ensure grinders play the 50 hands before the Milestone hand takes place. Higher stakes and action games (such as Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha) ensure the maximum number of VPPs are generated per hand which translates into larger cash prizes.