June 4 - A 30 year-old online poker player from Germany was the big winner of PokerStars five billionth hand. She won $50,000 plus an extra $7,500 for being a VIP player. All the players at the table won $10,000 each and a free entry into the WCOOP main event.
The World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) is run each year on PokerStars and has become the premier series of online poker tournaments.
There were over 100,000 players logged on at PokerStars at the time the magical hand was dealt.
The winner, Manuela, is a grocery store manager who has a rare eye disease and needs an operation. Now she can afford to pay for it thanks to playing online poker. It's a fairy tale ending!
