Poker Stars Announces 40 Billionth Hand Promotion

February 12 - Poker Stars, the industry's leading online poker room, has announced the launch of a brand new promotion to celebrate the upcoming milestone - 40 billion poker hands!

The site announced the start of the February 40 (F40) promotions, which began yesterday, February 11.

Players will be able to benefit from top rewards during the month in the build up to the 40 billionth hand through super guaranteed tournaments, milestone prizes and much more.

The number 40 will feature prominently in this promotion.

For every millionth hand leading up to the 40 billionth hand, cash prizes of $40 will be awarded for every VPP earned in the previous 40 hands at the table. The winner of the hand will earn double cash.

The action already starts this Sunday the 14th, with a $40 tournament that comes with a great cash prize of $1 million guaranteed.

The Sunday Million event on February 21st will be an even bigger celebration, with a stunning $4 million guaranteed as a toast to the tournament's fourth year anniversary.

The first placed winner at this competition will take home a whopping $1 million in prize money.

Poker Stars will also be running forty FPP tournaments with prize pools of $40,000 up for grabs.

During the promotion, the site will also run four forty-player sit and go tournaments with different buy in amounts, with a total of $40,000 in prize money going.