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The Poker Grapevine – PokerStars Back on Road to 100 Billion Hands
Posted by: Jo Martin - Sat, 2012-05-05 10:50
PokerStars’ race to the 100 billionth had dealt at the site has been rolling for quite a while. This week, the promotion is back in the spotlight though as the 80 billionth hand is now on the horizon. Experts predict that the milestone hand will be hit on Sunday, rewarding a huge number of players with various bonuses and cash packages. As a matter of fact, every player who is dealt into every 1 millionth hand during the lead-up to the 80 billionth hand, will be rewarded, and that means no fewer than 300 players will walk away with promotional money. The Mega Milestone hand will obviously pay out a much bigger amount.
Over the week, around $1 million will be given out to the various winners. The winner of the Mega Milestone hand will take home the biggest chunk of the prize-money: at least $20k. Each and every player dealt into the said hand will be rewarded with at least $10k.
This month, those who make a deposit at
PokerStars will be treated to a bonanza of freerolls: they’ll be able to participate in no fewer than 8
freerolls each day, each and every one of these freerolls offering a prize-pool of $1k. That’s a massive $8k per day, every single day for the month of May, which makes a total of $200k for the month. The freerolls feature quite a unique structure: the buy-in is free, but players can re-buy 3 times during the first hour of each event, for $0.3.
Everything considered, the above said freerolls and the 80 billionth hand promotion, it’s safe to say there has never been a better time to make a deposit at PokerStars.
In other news: Daniel Negreanu has given CTV an interview, fresh off his EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final appearance. The PokerStars pro discussed a variety of issues, including his poker beginnings and his soul-reading skills.
