PokerStars Deals 100 Billionth Hand

The 100 Billionth Hand has hit! microulis69 from Greece was sat on table Euryalos XI playing some microstakes $0.02/$0.05 action, just another kid with a dream (and probably several tables open). That dream came a little closer to reality when their table froze for The Million Dollar Hand, and closer still when microulis69's J♦5♦ flopped middle pair on a A♣2♣J♣ flop. Mayers666 had a winning flush draw, MoodyMiss had two-pair outs and the other players had over cards. By the time the online dust had settled on the river, microulis69 was the one of more than 400,000 players grinding at PokerStars to have won the historic hand #100,000,000,000 collecting $103,800 - and a $31.55 pot.

This is life-changing money, but changing in the blink of an eye: just one hand gifting a million dollars. While there was an accelerating tension as we tore through the last 20 million hands, when the hand hit the action paused as a whole squad of Team PokerStars Pros jumped on to offer their congratulations. Chris Moneymaker, some ten years after he won the WSOP Main Event, which helped to kick off the online revolution, jumped in to say, "pretty cool, 100k... Very good return on investment here," in that laidback and languid Moneymaker manner. This was a different landmark.

There was no growing tension for the players, no chipping up throughout a six-day EPT Main Event or grinding the Sunday Million. It was fast. This was one hand, one moment, one huge pile of money. And not just for our winning Greek grinder.

microulis69: $103,800 
doc836: $13,440
HeyitsClay: $13,440
GlassGagguas: $13,360
MoodyMiss: $12,760
Mayers666 $12,460

Source – www.pokerstars.com