PokerStars becomes first to hit 150,000 players at once

[Fonzi]

The Maracana Municipal Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is the largest soccer (or, if you prefer, football) stadium in the entire world. It can seat somewhere in the neighborhood of 155,000 people at once. At midday in America (ET) and prime time in Europe, the number of people playing at PokerStars could've fillled nearly every seat in that stadium.
In February 2006, Pokerstars became the first online poker site to host 100,000 simultaneous players. It was a moment deemed worthy of note by the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records. Less than two years later, on the final Sunday of the year, 150,000 players were sitting at Pokerstars' virtual table at the same time. That's the same, if you will, as every citizen of the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee sat down for a poker game simulatenously.
The playing frenzy was evident in the big Sunday tournaments at PokerStars. The quarterly $1,050 buy-in Sunday Million drew more than 1,800 players to compete for a $1.8 million prize pool. The Sunday Hundred Grand event capped out at 20,000 players.
These kinds of days make you thankful for online poker. It's just not easy to find more than 20,000 dealer buttons on short notice...especially on a Sunday.

[christo1993]

Wow thats impressive! I actually use to play at Pokerstars all the time. But for some reason just drifted away from them. Anways cool record! Thanks for all the great info Fonzi!

[christo1993]

On a side note, you bet your bottom dollar I'll be in those freerolls for Pokerstars if you have them still!

[no1yidmax]

Well I've always said, and will continue to say that Pokerstars is the #1 site on the web by a long way. Support, software, range of games,range of limits, range of tournament structures and amount of players. They lack in the freeroll and bonus section, but overall still brilliant site, closely followed bu FTP. so IMO it will come no surprise if one day 500,000 people are logged on at the same time.

gl at the tables all

no1yidmax

[KeepBlinkin]

this information confirms that poker stars is the most popular poker site in the world.

[Calmplay]

I don't like their small limit games and the description of private games are bad.

[YellowRoses]

I don't have to much trouble with their private schedule. The one I have problems with is Fulltilt, it just says freeroll not what forum is hosting it.

[Calmplay]

Originally Posted by YellowRoses

I don't have to much trouble with their private schedule. The one I have problems with is Fulltilt, it just says freeroll not what forum is hosting it.

It's because they are private games hosted only for their loyal players :)