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title: "Pokerstars breaks Guinness World Record"
url: https://mpcpoker.com/pokerstars-breaks-guinness-world-record/
description: "Yesterday, Pokerstars has broken their own Guinness Book of World Records record of the biggest online poker tournament ever organized. Before yesterday, the record."
published: 2011-12-05
updated: 2011-12-05
---

# Pokerstars breaks Guinness World Record

Published 2011-12-05

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[News](https://mpcpoker.com/category/news/)·December 5, 2011

Yesterday, Pokerstars has broken their own *Guinness Book of World Records* record of the biggest online poker tournament ever organized. Before yesterday, the record number of participants in an online poker tournament was 149.196. Now, that number is 200.000 players! All these players registered for $1 to write online poker history and to win the first prize of $50,000.

The first prize was won by a Russian player named ‘sokoluk1991′. After a 3-way deal he received $40.258,83 on his [Pokerstars account](https://mpcpoker.com/poker-reviews/pokerstars/).

Final Table Results PokerStars 10th Anniversary Guinness World Record Tournament:

1st: sokoluk1991 (Russia) — $40,258.83*
 2nd: Kaitz20 (Estonia) — $34,000*
 3rd: King-2-Z (United Kingdom) — $25,741.17*
 4th: tristan2287 (Spain) — $10,000
 5th: RaZorFaZoR (Germany) — $8,000
 6th: casasola10 (Costa Rica) — $6,500
 7th: Bjoornkjaer (Denmark) — $5,250
 8th: pumata13 (Bulgaria) — $4,000
 9th: herbert68 (Germany) — $3,000
 10th: Garin4o (Ukraine) — $2,250

**After a three-way deal.*

The Dutch poker beauty Fatima Moreiro de Melo had the honor to receive the official Guinness Book of World Records certificate in the name of Pokerstars (see picture below):

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