PokerStars Breaks World Record
Sunday’s Stars’ Guinness World Record Tournament had all the elements of excitement expected reaching the 35,000 entrance cap. PokerStars players in the tournament are now waiting for the official word from the Guinness officials, which should be verified in the coming weeks.
The entry fee to the tournament was $11+1 for each poker player to use their skill to win the $500,000 prize and a chance to be a part of the Guinness World Record Tournament. After the entry fees PokerStars put up the additional money for the prize and Stan34powa was the poker player that went home with the prize. Stan34powa outlasted 34,999 other skilled poker players to end the game when he called holding an 8 & 2 for the top pair. A J on the turn had stan34powa a head of the poker players that were still left in the tournament. The 7 on the river is the card that ended the tournament for the players still at the table and gave stan34powa the winning hand.
Nine hours into the tournament stan34powa found him self in heads-up play with meiky777 with 67,786,946 in chips against stan34powa 37,213,054 in chips. In the 52nd level of the tournament with the blinds and antes were 1,250,000/2,500,000/312,500, a limped pot with a flop of 8 3 and 5. meiky777 bet 2,500,000 and stan34powa raised to 7,500,00. This is when meiky777 moved all in with 31,198,892 with an A and K, leaving stan34powa to call and end the game with the winning hand.
Players leaving the final table in the money of the Guinness World Record Tournament were:
Stan34powa leaving the table with $30,000
Meiky777 who left the table with $20,000
Rumred14 with $15,000
Goldman007 with $10,000
Nekochan48 with $7,500
Gustave44 with $5,000
N0ideahh with $3,500
Alepolice with $2,500
ONE_TIMEE with $2,000
FuFish with $1,500
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