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Friday 21st July 2006 PokerStars.com Hosts Largest WSOP Super Satellite in History
On July 16, PokerStars.com hosted a huge WSOP Super Satellite tournament, awarding a whopping 255 WSOP seats in one night.
7,377 players from every corner of the globe entered the online tournament, battling for a guaranteed 150 seats. But, when the virtual cards were in the air, 234 seats were up for grabs. Later during the same evening, the company ran a Second Chance satellite tournament which sent another 21 players to the WSOP with the chance to win an estimated first prize of $10 million.
The 255 winners were all awarded a $12,000 prize package that includes the $10,000 buy-in to the 2006 WSOP Main Event, $1,000 in spending money, round-trip airfare to Las Vegas, and hotel accommodation for the two-week event.
2003 and 2004 World Champions, Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer, both won their WSOP entries on PokerStars.com, and the 2005 champ, Joe Hachem, has been a regular player on the site since 2002.
'[Pokerstars.com] started the idea of online satellites, and now provides more WSOP players than anyone else in the world except for the WSOP itself,” said Raymer.
Source: OnlineCasinoNews
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