Everyone knew the final weekend of the PokerStars 10th Anniversary
celebration was going to be big. It would be a party befitting the
world's largest online poker site. It would be rich. It would be
glamorous. It would be everything everyone expected it to be. But who
could've predicted how big it would actually get?
By the time registration closed on the 10th Anniversary special
Sunday Million, 62,116 players had signed up to play the biggest Sunday
Million and biggest online poker tournament in history. The prize pool
swelled to $12,423,200 and offered up some of the greatest stories in
PokerStars' history.
For instance, the 14th place finisher in the event got into the 10th
Anniversary Sunday Million for 375 Frequent Player Points and turned it
into $48,000. Meanwhile, 20th place finisher Nest17 made it into the
event for eight--EIGHT!--FPPs and earned more than $22,000.
Though they were amazing stories, none is as good as that of Kyle "First-Eagle" Weir who described himself as "unemployed"
before tearing through the Sunday Million and winning it for more than
$1 million.
Meanwhile, the $10,000 10th Anniversary High Roller was in action
with 187 players and a prize pool worth nearly $1.9 million. When it was
all said and done, Joey Lawrence had defeated an exceptionally tough
field and captured the $402,000 first prize.
It was, as our Martin Harris wrote, an "exclamation point on the 10th Anniversary festivities." After a month of huge promotions, giveaways, and parties,
after giving away 100 PCA seats, after setting world records, after
once again shocking the poker world, PokerStars finally turned out the
lights on its anniversary party.
Congratulations to all the big winners during the past month of
celebrations on PokerStars, and thanks to all who helped us celebrate.
It's been an amazing experience.
Here's to another ten years!
