PokerStars has smashed their previous record for the Largest Online Poker Tournament, after their Common Cents tournament series starts off in amazing fashion.

Who on earth would want to take part in a poker tournament carrying a buy in of one cent?

253,698 people apparently.

That’s the official number of entrants that took part in the opening $0.01 buy-in event at the Common Cents tournament series being held on PokerStars. The gargantuan number smashed the previous Guinness World Record for ‘Largest Online Poker Tournament’ after 225,000 players took part in a $1 buy-in event to celebrate PokerStars 100 Billion Hands promotion back in 2013.