A new record for the ‘largest online poker tournament’ was set by PokerStars on the October 5, 2015. A total of 253,698 players participated in the $0.01 Common Cents Kick- Off tournament, a new micro-stakes tournament series run by PokerStars.
The tournament winner was ‘DaDumon’ from Austria, who won $10,000 after nearly seven hours of tournament play after fronting a single cent buy-in.
Record Breakers
To mark the start of Common Cents, PokerStars offered a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and only $2,536.98 in total buy-ins was collected, meaning $97,463.02 was effectively given away. In addition, more than 500 tickets to the Common Cents Main Event tournament were randomly awarded to players during the first hour of the event.
Breaking the record of 225,000 players set in 2013 during the Road to 100 Billion hands celebration, PokerStars is once again showing how poker is a burgeoning market. To put the size of the tournament in context, every player in the tournament would nearly fill all of the permanent seats at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway—the biggest sporting venue in the world.
The Common Cents tournament continues all week, featuring 13 more tournaments with buy-ins from $0.11 to $0.99 and a further $150,000 in guaranteed prize money. The Main Event takes place on Sunday, October 11 at 15.00 ET
