In the PokerStars Road to 100 Billion promotion, every 5 billionth hand is a Mega Milestone that rewards huge prizes. The very next Mega Milestone is the 90 billionth hand that is to be dealt soon at one of the room’s tables.
Until the Mega Milestone hits in, every millionth hand is a rewarded milestone, counting from Hand #89,700,000,000.
The room is handing out around $1 million among the participants of the milestones and the Mega Milestone hand. The total sum to be awarded to players depends on the amount of VPPs collected at the given tables.
To date, an average of 1,500 individual prizes were handed out in the Mega Milestone promotions. The winner of the 85 billionth hand was "som6873", who could add $26,300 to his bankroll, playing at a $0.02/$0.05 NLHE 6-max table.
PokerStars.com details the promotion as follows:
Players dealt into a milestone hand win a cash prize of $60 for every VIP Player Point (VPP) they earned in the last 50 hands played on that table, including the Milestone hand itself. All players dealt in will also receive a base prize of $20, and any player that wins a portion of the main pot will get their prize doubled!
Note: The 300 regular Milestone Hands will begin with hand number 89,700,000,000 and end with hand 89,999,000,000.
Example: You play for half an hour on a $1/$2 NLHE table. You play 53 hands in this time and are then dealt into a milestone hand. Everybody at the table goes all in, but your hand does not win the pot. The system will look at the most recent 50 hands that you've played at that table and calculate the number of VPPs earned. In this instance, you earned 31 VPPs, so the prize will be: 31 * $60 + $20 = $1,880. If you had won the hand, your prize would have been doubled to $3,760.
Mega Milestone
When the big 85 Billion Mega Milestone is reached, all players dealt in will be rewarded $1,000 for every VPP earned in the previous 50 hands (calculated same as above, but this time with a base prize of $10,000 for all players dealt in). The winner of the Mega Milestone will also have their prize money doubled - which means a grand total of tens of thousands of dollars!
In the event of a split pot (either from a tied hand or from a split pot game) all players that took a portion of the main pot will have their prize money doubled.
Example 1: You play 41 hands and earn 55 VPPs when the Mega Milestone hand hits on your table. You win the Mega Milestone hand and earn a further 5 VPPs in the process. You will receive (60 x $1,000) + $10,000 = $70,000 as your basic prize, which is then doubled to $140,000 for winning the hand.
Example 2: You play 26 hands and earn 17 VPPs up to and including the Mega Milestone hand, in which you split the pot with another player. You will receive (17 x $1,000) + $10,000 = $27,000 as your basic prize, which is then doubled to $54,000 due to you winning a portion of the main pot.
Please note that hands played at Zoom tables do not qualify players for winning a milestone award. Only hands played in normal real money games count towards the milestone awards.
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Until the Mega Milestone hits in, every millionth hand is a rewarded milestone, counting from Hand #89,700,000,000.
The room is handing out around $1 million among the participants of the milestones and the Mega Milestone hand. The total sum to be awarded to players depends on the amount of VPPs collected at the given tables.
To date, an average of 1,500 individual prizes were handed out in the Mega Milestone promotions. The winner of the 85 billionth hand was "som6873", who could add $26,300 to his bankroll, playing at a $0.02/$0.05 NLHE 6-max table.
PokerStars.com details the promotion as follows:
Players dealt into a milestone hand win a cash prize of $60 for every VIP Player Point (VPP) they earned in the last 50 hands played on that table, including the Milestone hand itself. All players dealt in will also receive a base prize of $20, and any player that wins a portion of the main pot will get their prize doubled!
- Dealt into Milestone Hand: (# of VPPs in last 50 hands x $60) + $20 = Cash Prize
- Win Milestone Hand: (# of VPPs in last 50 hands x $60 + $20) x 2 = Cash Prize
Note: The 300 regular Milestone Hands will begin with hand number 89,700,000,000 and end with hand 89,999,000,000.
Example: You play for half an hour on a $1/$2 NLHE table. You play 53 hands in this time and are then dealt into a milestone hand. Everybody at the table goes all in, but your hand does not win the pot. The system will look at the most recent 50 hands that you've played at that table and calculate the number of VPPs earned. In this instance, you earned 31 VPPs, so the prize will be: 31 * $60 + $20 = $1,880. If you had won the hand, your prize would have been doubled to $3,760.
Mega Milestone
When the big 85 Billion Mega Milestone is reached, all players dealt in will be rewarded $1,000 for every VPP earned in the previous 50 hands (calculated same as above, but this time with a base prize of $10,000 for all players dealt in). The winner of the Mega Milestone will also have their prize money doubled - which means a grand total of tens of thousands of dollars!
- Dealt into Mega Milestone: (# of VPPs in last 50 hands x $1,000) + $10,000 = Cash Prize
- Win Mega Milestone: (# of VPPs in last 50 hands x $1,000 + $10,000) x 2 = Cash Prize
In the event of a split pot (either from a tied hand or from a split pot game) all players that took a portion of the main pot will have their prize money doubled.
Example 1: You play 41 hands and earn 55 VPPs when the Mega Milestone hand hits on your table. You win the Mega Milestone hand and earn a further 5 VPPs in the process. You will receive (60 x $1,000) + $10,000 = $70,000 as your basic prize, which is then doubled to $140,000 for winning the hand.
Example 2: You play 26 hands and earn 17 VPPs up to and including the Mega Milestone hand, in which you split the pot with another player. You will receive (17 x $1,000) + $10,000 = $27,000 as your basic prize, which is then doubled to $54,000 due to you winning a portion of the main pot.
Please note that hands played at Zoom tables do not qualify players for winning a milestone award. Only hands played in normal real money games count towards the milestone awards.
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