PokerStars broke the world record

In October 2015, PokerStars conquered the world record of the number of people participating in a single online poker tournament. A total of up to 253,698 players have registered to a tournament with a guarantee of $100,000 and an entry fee of a mere 1 cent. This tournament was the first of a series of micro-stakes tournaments organized by PokerStars. It was won by a player called DadDumon from Austria, who received the first prize of $10,000 and an entry in the Guinness World Records.