PokerStars World Record Week - Be a part of it

For the final week of 2008 PokerStars is doing something very special. World Record Week will see us try to set a Guinness World Record, offer a reload bonus, run massive money-added tournaments and give away cash prizes in milestone hands! So get festive and settle in for a brilliant week-long blowout at PokerStars.

Guinness World Record Attempt
25% Reload Bonus
Sunday Million - $2.5 million guaranteed
Sunday Warm-Up - $1 million prize pool
Cash prizes on Milestone Hands
10,000 player Sit & Go tourneys
Team PokerStars Pro Exhibition Match
Extra Sunday Million satellites

Guinness World Record Attempt
This is your chance to play in the largest online poker tournament in history and to be part of a world record attempt. We’re aiming for 35,000 players, and with a buy-in of $11 and a $500K guaranteed prize pool, you should be a part of it on Sunday December 28 at 15:30 ET.

The Guinness World Record Attempt [$500k gtd!] tourney can be found under the Tourney > Special tab. Register now!

25% Reload Bonus
To celebrate the holidays, PokerStars is giving you a gift – a 25% reload bonus up to $150*! The qualifying deposit period is from now until December 31 at 23:59 ET. To receive the bonus, enter the code PS25 into the bonus code field of the Cashier when making your qualifying deposit. Restrictions apply – visit our Deposit Bonus page for details.

Sunday Million - $2.5 Million Guaranteed
The world’s biggest weekly tournament is about to get bigger for World Record Week. PokerStars is guaranteeing a prize pool of $2.5 million in the December 28 Sunday Million. The buy-in remains at $215! We’ll also be running a variety of Sunday Million satellites, so make sure that you qualify. Don’t miss it, December 28 at 16:30 ET.

Sunday Warm-Up - $1 million guaranteed
Not to be outdone by the Sunday Million, the Sunday Warm-Up is also receiving a boost, taking it to a $1 million guaranteed prize pool. The Sunday Warm-Up takes place on December 28 at 12:45 ET. Satellites will be running throughout World Record Week – qualify now!

Milestone Hands
During World Record week we will be giving away cash prizes for every millionth hand dealt in our ring games from December 24 at 14:00 until December 31 at 23:59 ET. Plus you can win even bigger prizes depending on your VIP status. Visit our Milestone Hands information page for more details, and to see a full list of the prizes and VIP status multipliers.

10,000 player Sit & Go tourneys
We’re also going to be running a series of 10,000 player Sit & Go tournaments during the weekend of December 27-28. The buy-in is just $1 and we’ll be adding an extra $10,000 to the prize pool of each Sit & Go. These special Sit & Go’s will appear from December 27 and will start when 10,000 players have registered. Once one tournament is full, another will open for registration. You will find these special events under the Sit & Go > All tab.

Team PokerStars Pro slugs it out for charity
Team PokerStars Pro is filled with an enormous amount of poker talent, and we’re often treated to reports of the team winning and making final tables at tournaments all around the world. Now, we’re pitting teammate against teammate in an 8-game format exhibition tourney to determine the top dog. This exhibition tourney takes place on December 28 at 13:00 ET. PokerStars will be donating the prize money won on behalf of the top 3 players to charity. The overall winner will also be named captain of Team PokerStars Pro for an upcoming promotion in 2009. Go to the Tourney > Special tab to watch the game, and cheer your favorite.

Extra Sunday Million Satellites
To make sure you don’t miss out on the action, we’re running extra FPP qualifiers for the World Record Week Sunday Million.

- 50 FPP MTT Turbo, Monday -Saturday at 15:00 ET and Sunday at 13:30 ET, 99 tickets
awarded
- 1,300 FPP Turbo, Saturday December 27 at 14:40 ET, SilverStar + VIPs
- 2,500 FPP Turbo satellite Sunday December 28 at 14:30 ET, PlatinumStar + VIPs
- 1,000 FPP MTT Turbo, Monday-Saturday at 21:00 ET, 99 tickets awarded

Satellites are located under the Tourney > Satellite tab.

For more information on all these exciting promotions, please visit the World Record Weekend promotions page. See you at the tables!

Daniel Negreanu

Regards,
Daniel Negreanu
World Champion
Team PokerStars Pro



* To earn the 25% deposit bonus, a player must earn 20 VPPs per bonus dollar (example: to earn a $150 bonus you must earn 3,000 VPPs). To receive your bonus, you must earn the required VPPs within 6 months of your qualifying deposit. To earn the entire $150 bonus, your first eligible deposit during the bonus period must be for $600 or more. For full bonus details click here.