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As part of their 10^th Anniversary celebration PokerStars has decided to attempt something many of us feel is a bit unrealistic in the current poker climate –breaking the record for the largest online poker tournament in the history of the game. On their blog yesterday, PokerStars announced their intentions to run a $1 buy-in tournament with the hopes of surpassing the 149,196 players that registered for their last such effort in 2009.

However, the prospect of attracting 150,000 players with US players barred from the site seems like a bit of a long-shot –although I’m sure PokerStars has done the research and feels the goal is achievable. As part of the enticement for players to take part in the momentous event, PokerStars is offering a $250,000 guarantee, which if they do manage to attract 150,000 players means that each player will be getting a 60% overlay in the tournament.

Back in 2009, PokerStars hastily threw together a $1 buy-in tournament in order to thwart Full Tilt Poker’s efforts of setting the same record (the tournaments occurred on the same day and both sites managed to break the record, first Full Tilt and then PokerStars) and easily surpassed the old record. The 2009 tournament was won by a German poker player using the screen-name “Oskar69” who took home a very nice payday of $50,000 on his $1 buy-in.

Once again the winner of the tournament is guaranteed at least a $50,000 payday.