PokerStars, the world’s largest and busiest poker site has again broken records to earn itself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The successful online poker room has gone from strength to strength, and has now recorded the largest number of online players at any single time at 307,016 players.

Started in 2001 by a small Costa Rican company, the world’s largest poker room has attracted massive traffic on its custom built software with strong advertisement and an eclectic range of tournaments and promotions.
On Sunday September 6, 2009, PokerStars.com managed to record 307,016 players spread across over 40,000 tables – demolishing the previous record by over 100,000 players!

Poker aficionados will remember however only months ago when PokerStars smashed another Guinness World Record – the largest online poker tournament in history. The Largest Online Poker Tournament – which was held on Sunday July 19, 2009 Рwas officially checked by the Guinness Book of World Records. The PokerStars tournaments attracted an unbelievable 65,000 players from over 155 countries across the world.

Notably the sterling performance of the world’s largest poker room not only shows strong growth in its own performances, but also represents stability and solid growth in the poker industry as a whole – particular in a economic climate filled with uncertainty. However, with over 100,000 new poker players registering online each month on various poker rooms, and the status as the world’s richest sports; poker seems set for more records to come.

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