Billionth Hand Promotion!

[Julie]

Can you believe that almost a BILLION hands have been played on our network? That is amazing!

To celebrate, we are offering an exciting Billionth Hand Promotion! (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com/tournaments/billionth-hand-celebration.html)

We're celebrating the arrival of the Billionth Hand with a $20,000 Guaranteed freeroll tournament which is scheduled for June 25th at 2pm ET.

Tickets to the freeroll will be awarded to players at the tables playing every millionth hand between 950 million and 1 billion. You could find yourself in the tournament simply by being in the right place at the right time!

Furthermore, all the players in the billionth poker hand who meet the requirements will each receive a Las Vegas prize package, including flight and accommodation, to see the World Series of Poker from the 15th to 17th of July, 2005.

As if this isn't enough, immediately following the Billionth Hand, we will be celebrating with a total of $30,000 in money added to hundreds of sit 'n' go tournaments! Read more about these exciting additions on our billionth hand promotional page (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com/tournaments/billionth-hand-celebration.html).

Just when you thought June couldn't get any more exciting - it did!

Thank you all for playing at Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com) and good luck at the tables :waytogo:

[senatorwu1]

So does this mean you have to be at the tables that end in 000,000 for a ticket? I know a lot of the tables I play at have a lot of people not on this site & the closest I've seen for me was 002,090. Just wondering.

[Julie]

Hi senatorwu1,

Yes you are correct in that all players at the tables playing every millionth hand between 950 million and 1 billion (i.e. 950,000,000; 951,000,000; 952,000,000 .... 1,000,000,000) will be awarded tickets to the billionth hand freeroll :)

Is is just me or is that a lot of opportunities to win tickets?! Basically you need to be in the right place at the right time ... Hollywood Poker :happy:

Good luck all!

[senatorwu1]

It could be a lot of chances but when you announced it we were already over 980,000,000. I'm sure your going back over the hands played, when do you get the ticket if your at one of these tables? Do you have a rough estimate of how many are in so far?
just curious :what:

[Julie]

Hi senatorwu1,

We will be awarding the billionth hand freeroll tickets all at once after the billionth hand has been played. We are estimating that the billionth hand will be played sometime Saturday night (June 18th) so players will probably receive their tickets the following Monday.

I honestly do not know exactly how many people have qualified so far, but I could give you a rough estimate. Since we are over 980,000,000 then that is 30,000,000 hands that have been played. Players sitting at the table for every millionth hand after 950,000,000 are awarded tickets and therefore players sitting at those 30 tables will qualify for tickets. I don't know exactly how many players were at each table without looking at the hand histories, however if you assume that there are 10 people at each table (which is obviously the maximum) then that would be 30*10 = 300 people that have qualified.

Again, there are so many variables that I can't give you a realistic figure.

I hope this answers your question :)

[sxmdandy]

Are all games included? Freerolls play $$ tournaments etc. ?
Thanks

[Julie]

This promotion is being offered for real money ring games.

Julie :)