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Ten Billionth Hand Promotion at PokerStars

Filed in archive Internet Poker on May 13, 2007

Ten Billionth Hand Promotion at PokerStars
While playing eight different tables at PokerStars during their five billionth hand promotion almost a year ago, I grimanced each time a lucky promotion hand went by without Lee Jones stepping onto the virtual felt and announce that this hand was now worth a couple of thousand dollars to us low rollers.

Granted with a couple of thousand eligible tables being flung pixelized cards every twenty seconds the changes of hitting the "jackpot" hand and getting the red lettered PokerStars employee to announce the freeroll of a pot going to the person who happens to win the hand.

Starting in the next couple weeks, Pokerstars will be handing out more freebies for the lucky players who just happen to be at the right place at the right time. Kind of like the last hand I played when I flopped a full house and someone turns over quads and I...

... sorry about the sob story, go here to the PokerStars Blog for details on all of the nifty stuff people can win while they roll up to the Ten Billionth hand:

On tap for the next couple weeks at PokerStars:

A 25% deposit bonus

Big cash prizes for being dealt into a milestone hand

$100,000 to the winner of the Ten Billionth Hand

Added money to The Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up (not to mention other events)

Trivia freerolls--Answer a trivia question, get into a tournament for free

Double VIP Player Points

There is simply too much going on to fit in here. PokerStars has posted all the details on its Ten Billionth Hand Celebration page. Go check it out and start planning your run at picking up some of the free money PokerStars will be throwing around.

Also, keep your eyes here for a look back at some of the big things that have happened at PokerStars over the past 10,000,000,000 hands. You might just find some answers to the questions for the Trivia Freerolls here.


Congratulations to PokerStars for making it to Ten Billion!



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