The PokerStars Road to 100 Billion hands

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You should be playing on PokerStars cash tables (ring games) right now as the next milestone hand leading up to the 70 billionth hand is about to be dealt.

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Here is the moment the 69.7 billionth hand was dealt, the winner and their prize money.  Not bad for a 2c/5c table!

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I played until the 69.75 billionth hand and the players won $1500 (longest time spent playing) and the others all won $800.  One player folded (or was sitting out - can't remember which) and couldn't understand why he didn't win anything...silly person.

This was on a $1/$2 table and all 3 players went all in.  It was quite exciting to watch too.

The current hand in play is #69745193687 so the next milestone hand will be 69750000000.  

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Next Poker Hand Mega Milestone: 75 Billion

The next stage in the road to 100 billion hands has arrived at PokerStars!

The Road to 100 Billion is a cash game promotion that is awarding hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash prizes as PokerStars heads towards dealing its 100 billionth hand. The next big milestone is 75 billion, and players can win their share of up to $1,000,000 in cash if they get dealt into one of the special hands.

The run up to the 75 billion hand milestone is your chance to win a share of up to $1,000,000 worth of added cash prizes! See below for examples of what you can win.

Players dealt into a milestone hand win a cash prize of $60 for every VIP Player Point (VPP) they earned in the previous 50 hands played on that table. All players dealt in will also receive a base prize of $20, and any player that wins a portion of the main pot will get their prize doubled!

    Dealt into Milestone Hand: (# of VPPs in previous 50 hands x $60) + $20 = Cash Prize
    Win Milestone Hand: (# of VPPs in previous 50 hands x $60 + $20) x 2 = Cash Prize

Note: The 300 regular Milestone Hands will begin with hand number 74,700,000,000 and end with hand 74,999,000,000.

Example: You play for half an hour on a $1/$2 NLHE table. You play 53 hands in this time and are then dealt into a milestone hand. The system will look at the most recent 50 hands that you've played at that table and calculate the number of VPPs earned. In this instance, you earned 31 VPPs, so the prize will be: 31 * $60 + $20 = $1,880. If you go on to win the hand, you'll receive $3,760.

Mega Milestone

When the big 75 Billion Mega Milestone is reached, all players dealt in will be rewarded $1,000 for every VPP earned in the previous 50 hands (calculated same as above, but this time with a base prize of $10,000 for all players dealt in). The winner of the Mega Milestone will also have their prize money doubled - which means a grand total of tens of thousands of dollars!

    Dealt into Mega Milestone: (# of VPPs in previous 50 hands x $1,000) + $10,000 = Cash Prize
    Win Mega Milestone: (# of VPPs in previous 50 hands x $1,000 + $10,000) x 2 = Cash Prize

In the event of a split pot (either from a tied hand or from a split pot game) all players that took a portion of the main pot will have their prize money doubled.

Example 1: You play 50 hands and earn 60 VPPs when the Mega Milestone hand hits on your table. You will receive (60 x $1,000) + $10,000 = $70,000. You win the hand and your cash prize is doubled to $140,000.

Example 2: You play 26 hands and earn 17 VPPs when the Mega Milestone hand hits on your table. You will receive (17 x $1,000) + $10,000 = $27,000. The hand plays out and you split the pot with one of your opponents. Your cash prize is therefore doubled to $54,000.

Good luck.

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The 75 billionth hand (75,000,000,000) hand has been dealt and two players split the pot with a seven high straight. edroqui07, started the hand with $35.92 and ended it with a whopping $42,810 more.  Acer2831 started the hand with just $22.36 at the table and finished up with a huge $34,600. Everyone else playing at the six-handed $1/$2 limit hold'em table won at least $16,970.

Not a bad day's "work"!

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The 75 billionth hand (75,000,000,000) hand has been dealt and two players split the pot with a seven high straight. edroqui07, started the hand with $35.92 and ended it with a whopping $42,810 more.  Acer2831 started the hand with just $22.36 at the table and finished up with a huge $34,600. Everyone else playing at the six-handed $1/$2 limit hold'em table won at least $16,970.

Not a bad day's "work"!

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Very nice indeed!!

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Next Poker Hand Mega Milestone: 80 Billion

The Road to 100 Billion is a cash game promotion that is awarding hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash prizes as PokerStars heads towards dealing its 100 billionth hand. The next big milestone is 80 billion, and you can win their share of up to $1,000,000 in cash if you get dealt into one of the special hands.

Prizes are being paid out to players sitting at the table where every millionth hand is dealt from 79,700,000,000 to 80,000,000,000, and all you have to do for a chance of winning is play real money ring games. If you get dealt in to the eightieth billionth mega milestone hand and win, you’ll bag at least $20,000 in cash. See the Milestone Hand Prize Examples page for more on how cash is awarded.

Here are some tips on how to profit from a milestone hand:

1.    Multi-table: The more tables you are seated at, the greater your chance of being dealt into a milestone hand.
2.    Play for longer: Cash prizes during milestone hands are awarded based on the amount of VIP Player Points (VPPs) earned during your time at that table.
3.    Loosen up: You earn VPPs every time you contribute to a raked pot. The more pots you play in, the more VPPs you will earn.

You can keep track of the number of hands dealt already by looking at the number listed as ‘Previous’ in the top left hand corner of any ring game table in the PokerStars client. When you see the numbers ticking towards the next milestone, it’s time to play more!



Please Note: Hands dealt on Zoom tables are not eligible for milestone hand prizes. To win a prize, you must be playing on one of the regular cash game tables.

Good luck and keep playing!

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Just over 300,000 hands to be dealt at Pokerstars for the next milestone hand. Log in and play if you want to be a part of it.

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It wasn't me!

Attached is a picture of the table when the milestone hand 79723000000 hit.  One player was not in the hand and that was wrxstiua - I guess he didn't check the hand number (top left of picture) before he folded.  One player won $875 and AnAceKing won $333.  The lowest payout was $202.

Well done to all of them.

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What a result in the 7973000000 hand.  It was a 5 way split (one player was not in the hand).

Top prize was $668.80 and everyone else in the hand won at least $100 +.

See the attached replay of the hand for the outcome.

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If you're not playing at PokerStars on their cash tables right now, I recommend you get over there for the afternoon as the 80billionth hand is likely to hit today.  Each milestone hand is paying out wads of cash to the lucky winners and it would be awful if you missed out! 

The next milestone hand is 79,951,000,000.

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Maybe I was a bit ahead of myself when I thought the 80billionth hand would hit yesterday.  It will definitely hit today. 

PokerStars have just dealt the 79,992,000,000 which means there are 8 million hands to play to get to the big one.

Get playing now, don't leave your table(s) and don't sit out because missed blinds will reduce the amount of cash you can win if you are dealt into a milestone hand. 

A new addition to the displays this year, is an estimated amount that you can win if you are dealt into a milestone hand (this figure shows bottom right of the table).  You will see 2 amounts and the higher of the two is what you could win if you win the hand and the lower amount is the amount you can win if you do not win the hand.  This sum only goes up if you participate in a hand.

Good luck if you are playing today.

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[colywog]

I miss PokerStars

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I miss PokerStars

I totally understand colywog.  There is always something great going on at PokerStars.  I have to say that I miss Full Tilt - they had such a variety of games. 

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The 80 billionth hand has been dealt at Pokerstars and the road to 100 billion continues on to the next mega milestone of 90 billion hands.

The winner receives at least $20,000 cash.  As soon as I have the exact amount won, I'll post it.

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