I saw the same thing a couple times tonight, not to mention all the folding with 63cent stacks. drool bucket folk.

what's up with the weird lobby messages with links like {%jubileehandtableName%} that you click on but nothing happens??

Upgrade your client.

Just as I was about to bust - after slowly grinding down my $50 deposit into ~ $5...I WAS DEALT IN A MILESTONE HAND AND WON $125!

Thank you Pokerstars, for making me a winning player! .

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From the 24,890,000,000 hand chat:

azeusp said, "uhuuuuu["
Cazeusp said, "yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh"
DonPiedro2 said, "yaaaaaaaaaaaa"
Cazeusp said, "lol"
Felsenkeller said, "whats going on?"
Cazeusp said, "you win 100 dollar"
Felsenkeller said, "not really`"
Felsenkeller said, "cash or a buyin?"
DonPiedro2 said, "congra lets"

For anyone still wondering, a milestone hit at a hu table. (SB folded preflop...)

OMG. last milestone hand 24,895,000,000 was at a heads up table and the sb folded pre and then immediately left the table. WTF!!

So great.

PokerStars Game #24895000000: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2) - 2009/02/13 11:12:18 CT [2009/02/13 12:12:18 ET]
Table 'Nerina V' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Mayer1234 ($55.55 in chips)
Seat 2: CALLANDREBUY ($207.75 in chips)
CALLANDREBUY: posts small blind $1
Mayer1234: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Mayer1234 said, "whats going on"
Mayer1234 said, "hey"
Mayer1234 said, "wow...wooooooooo"
CALLANDREBUY: folds
Uncalled bet ($1) returned to Mayer1234
CALLANDREBUY leaves the table
Mayer1234 collected $2 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2 | Rake $0
Seat 1: Mayer1234 (big blind) collected ($2)
Seat 2: CALLANDREBUY (button) (small blind) folded before Flop

Is the milestone hand immediately paused before a player can act?

WOW that guy must be pissed or did he still get a prize? it seems harsh if he didn't

I estimated the 25 billionth hand will be Sunday 6am EST.

Anyone have a better estimate?

How did you come up with that? I'd be surprised if it went off before 2pm EST on Sunday.

Yes, the mod comes on, pauses the hand, announces it, etc.

I have it at 8pm est Sunday, but my math is just seeing how many hands were played during my last hour session and using that as the average, so it doesn't take into account busier times and days,

Tonight and tomorrow is high volume time, right?

I would guess this hits at like 3 am Sunday morning

I want to know why they limit cash prize hands to only cash tables.

Because it would royally mess up tournaments. There's a reward for winning the hand and they're basically artificially affecting the outcome of the tournament. Assuming the prize pool of the tournament isn't enormous then the proper strategy is for everyone to go all in. If one person wins that pot they will most likely jump to the top of the leaderboard. That is not fair to anyone else in the tournament.

I see how that could be a problem, but it sucks for SNG players that we don't get to take part in this promotion. They should have done something for us (ie - Double VPPs)

Is it just me, or has every single milestone hand been on a NLHE table so far?

No.

When I was logged on yesterday it hit on fixed limit 5-draw.

I saw one on some gay 0.10/0.25 5-card draw table yesterday.

I've seen a .05/.1 plo, .02/.04 LHE, 10/20 LHE and I haven't been on much since this started.

The winner of the 25 Billionth Hand will be awarded a staggering $100,000 cash prize, as well as ALL of the following; an EPT Monte Carlo package, a PokerStars Caribbean Adventure package, a World Series main event package and a WCOOP Main Event ticket. All in all, the winner of the 25 Billionth Hand dealt on PokerStars will claim a prize worth more than $150,000!

You gotta admit, that's pretty darned special. That's going to be some amazing package. And to think there's a decent chance it'll go to some 2NL grinder, it'll be the best thing that's ever happened to them.

No a limit table did hit it.

Could be worse. Imagine the complex you'd get from routinely beating bob to the answer