PokerStars made poker history today by dealing the site’s 100-billionth hand, and rewarded players by giving away $1 million to nearly 10,000 players in just ten minutes. It brings the total prize money awarded to players so far in the 100 Billion Hands Celebration to just over $2 million, with a further $3 million to come in other game promotions (see below) throughout June.

The 100-billionth hand took place at 15:35 ET on Thursday, June 13 on a $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max table, with more than 400,000 players on PokerStars at the time. The winner of the hand was ‘microulis69’ from Greece who received $103,800, which is the largest amount ever awarded to one player in a milestone hand promotion. A further $65,460 was shared among the players at the table, while 9,471 more players split another $830,790.34 in cash rewards for playing at the same type of game and stakes when the 100-billionth hand was dealt.

To read how the action went down, including the final hand and individual player payouts, check out the PokerStars Blog live report - http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2013/countdown-to-the-million-dollar-100th-bi-138606.html.