24/02/2010, Poker Tournaments

PokerStars celebrated its 40 billionth hand dealt with cash prizes and value added tournaments, including the biggest Sunday Million guarantee ever.

The 40 billionth hand was played out on the 19th of February on a $2/$4 No Limit Hold'em table. It was Senecady, the Swedish PokerStars member who picked up the $24,000 prize for being the winner of the 40 billionth hand.
Every other player who was dealt at the 40 billionth hand table received $400 for every VIP Player Point (VPP) amassed in the previous 40 hands at the table.

Here are the results:
Senecady, Sweden, $24,000;
Thecooler992, US, $15,590;
Zawaaa, US, $15,590;
Jeckjeck, Sweden, $12,400;
Joe Hahn, Holland, $1,500;
13_Xerxes_13, France, $1,500.

PokerStars' special F40 Sunday Million tournament gathered 36,169 players and it generated a massive prize pool of $7,233,800.
The special F40 Sunday Million tournament was the fourth biggest online tournament ever, after the PokerStars WCOOP Main Events in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

'RichieRichZH' from Switzerland claimed the first place of the special F40 Sunday Million tournament after 13 hours of play and won the amazing prize of $1,141,510.

The 40 billionth Hand Special $4 Million Guarantee Sunday Million Results were:
1. RichieRichZH (Zurich) - $1,141,510;
2. lankeshwar (Northborough) - $754,774;
3. petinvest7 (Sag) - $506,366;
4. lirarerik (Swe) - $282,118;
5. WNYCEC (New York) - $151,909;
6. DerHenker666 (Münster) - $86,805;
7. Jaggy42 (Adelaide) - $57,870;
8. highplaya (Prairie du Sac) - $43,402;
9. Amoneymagnet (Bronx) - $28,935.

2,200 players won different cash prizes during the PokerStars' 40 Billionth Hand celebrations.