200,000 Entrants in PokerStars World Record Tournament

[ProBlackbird]

On December 4th, 200,000 players on PokerStars registered for a $1 freezeout tournament, allowing the site to claim a new world record.

Congratulations to Russian player Sokoluk1991! Not only did you take home $40,258 for your $1 entry fee, but you are the only poker player in the world to have beaten 199,999 opponents in a single tournament!

Perhaps surprisingly, there was no chop until there were only three players left. The final 10 finishers and prizes (after the chop) were:

1. sokoluk1991 (Russia) – $40,258.83
2. Kaitz20 (Estonia) – $34,000
3. King-2-Z (UK) – $25,741.17
4. tristan2287 (Spain) – $10,000
5. RaZorFaZoR (Germany) – $8,000
6. casasola10 (Costa Rica) – $6,500
7. Bjoornkjaer (Denmark) – $5,250
8. pumata13 (Bulgaria) – $4,000
9. herbert68 (Germany) – $3,000
10. Garin4o (Ukraine) – $2,250

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Own comments:

Of course the Russia over there took down 1st place LoL

[bmeelneg]

200,000 is so sick especially considering that the US was not eligible to play

[crp62885]

Russian donkeyisim strikes again!

[widowmaker9]

FML soo sick

[alco1]

look further down th list im in about 30000th ish

[bmeelneg]

look further down th list im in about 30000th ish

haha well played ... (the joke)

[gametime74]

very nice prize, curious do anybody know how long it took the finish the tourney..

[CoolJakeB]

Pretty amazing, considering no Americans. If Americans are allowed to play on PokerStars after the legalization, PokerStars should try for a 300k+ entrant tournament to set another world record.

[ProBlackbird]

I guess this is the reason why Pokerstars can survive without US

[pokerpiglet]

well played
thats a lot of donks to wade thru