Full Tilt Attempts to Set New World Record for Online Poker Tourney Participation
As part of its ongoing ��Five�� fifth anniversary celebration, Full Tilt Poker will host a special tournament this Sunday that it hopes will be recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest online poker tourney ever.
Full Tilt��s attempt at poker history is scheduled for this Sunday, July 19th at 15:05 (3:05 PM) ET. The entry fee, of course, is $5, or 1,000 Full Tilt Poker points. Satellite qualifiers are also available. There��s a ton of extra money added, too, as the tourney begins with a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool, which will be matched as Full Tilt tosses in an extra $250,000 in prize money. The special tourney hopes to draw a massive field of 50,000 players.
Full Tilt has a special online page with more information on this Sunday��s event, located at www.fulltiltpoker.com/five/the-record-breaker. If successful, the tourney will shatter the existing Guinness tourney-participation mark, currently held by rival online site PokerStars at 35,000.
The event caps Full Tilt��s ongoing ��FIVE�� celebration, with more details available at www.fulltiltpoker.com/five. Other parts of the celebration include Full Tilt��s ongoing ��5x�� Happy Hour, Birthday Money Sunday, a ��$5K Every 5 Hours�� giveaway, a 5x Bustout Bounty on Full Tilt ��red pros�� from selected tourneys, and other special benefits and offers.
