In the latest online poker news, PokerStars has announced that they expect to have dealt 40 billion poker hands this month, they celebrate this milestone with additional rewards and added reward tournaments, including the largest ever guaranteed Sunday Million. There are cash prizes on all PokerStars cash game tables in the days preceding the 40 billionth hand. Each time a player gets dealt an one millionth hand, they win $ 40 for every Frequent Player Point (FPP) that they have earned in the last 40 hands played at that table. An additional FPP will be awarded to all players that were dealt. As an extra, the winner of the hand gets the pot doubled. When the big 40 billionth hand is dealt, all the players are rewarded with $ 400 for each FPP earned in the last 40 hands, and again the pot will be doubled. Besides the cash game prices, the PokerStars Sunday Million guaranteed prize pool of February 21 will increase to 4 million U.S. dollars.That is a record for poker online. The date also marks the 4th anniversary of the Sunday Million and will be the largest prize ever of at least $ 1,000,000 guaranteed for the first place. There will also be a $ 1 million guaranteed tournament, in honor of the 40 billionth hand. Finally, the PokerStars VIP club is also involved with the festivities, they offer their players $ 40 cash credit for only 2500 FPPs in February.
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