PokerStars Sets World Record

Everyone was certain that PokerStars would hit the 35,000-player mark it needed to get the latest Sunday tournament into the Guinness World Records. True enough, hitting the 35,000 player cap was so easy that a lot of poker players were left on the waitlist. The PokerStars Guinness World Record Tourney is now awaiting certification and is expected to be formally listed as a record in the next few weeks.

PokerStars happily forked over enough cash for the overlay since it was a $500,000 guarantee tournament. Thanks to the online site’s generosity, 8,750 players made in into the money—a record in itself. With the Stars’ “Guinness World Record Tourney”, PokerStars defeated its old record of 20,000 players that was set during a Stars Sunday Hundred Grand tournament on July 29, 2007.