PokerStars Deals 65 billionth hand

PokerStars might have been slowed down in the United States after Black Friday, but it’s still trucking along offering real money poker in other parts of the world.

This week, the online poker site dealt its 65 billionth hand to a player from New Zealand. That player, Christopher “yllams” Small, took home a big payout of $58,420 on a game of $0.10/$0.25 six-max No Limit Hold’em.

Smalls said he was playing late into the night in New Zealand, where it was snowing. At 1 a.m., he was hoping he’d be involved in the Mega Milestone game when he saw a pop-up telling him that he and the five other people at the table were being dealt the 65 billionth hand.

“I had A-K when I looked at the table,” Small said in a press release issued by PokerStars. “My reason was one of this must be a dream. I couldn’t believe it.”

The 24-year-old student is a Platinum Star player who has been playing regularly on PokerStars for more than three years. Total prize money in PokerStars’ Mega Milestone event was more than $770,000.