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The Billionth Hand will be dealt on paddypowerpoker over the coming months, and you have the chance to profit as hundreds of cash prizes will be given out! 1,000,000,000 is a really REALLY big number, that’s more pints of stout than the Paddy Power Poker team down in a month of Friday evenings, it is even more than the number of aspirins we need the following Saturday mornings!

Countdown Hand Bonus

Jackpot Hand Bonus

Billionth Hand Bonus

Bubble Hands Bonus

Cash table players can win prizes up to $14,000 by participating in Countdown and Jackpot hands, which occur leading up to the magic number. The Countdown hands occur every 200,000 hands, while the Jackpot hands occur every 5,000,000 hands in the run–up. The winner of the Jackpot hands will also win ECOOP II tickets – yes, this is the promotion that doesn’t stop giving! Players participating in the final 100 hands leading up to the Billionth Hand gain entry to a special $10,000 Freeroll.

The winner of the Billionth Hand gets a gob–smacking, heart–stopping, possibly life changing $50,000 cash prize and tickets to all ECOOP II tournaments, while the other participants in the hand will share $30,000! Not only that, the winner of the hand will play in the $10,000 Freeroll with a bounty of $2,500 on his head!

Wow, there are so many numbers in this promotion! It could be YOU who claims that big prize – forget about Maradona’s Hand of God, the Hand That Rocked The Cradle or even Handy Andy McFadden, my local DIY man, the Billionth Hand is coming and it’s gonna be HUGE!

Starting at cash table hand ID 950,000,000, paddypowerpoker will give out cash prizes to Countdown and Jackpot hands

Countdown Hand Bonus

These hands occur every 200,000 hands and the prizes will be split between the winner and the participants in the hand as per the table.

Table Stake	Winner Takes	Participants In Hand Split
Micro	$65	$65
Low	$250	$250
Medium	$1,000	$1,000
High	$3,500	$3,500

Jackpot Hand Bonus

These hands occur every 5,000,000 hands and the prizes will be split between the winner and the participants in the hand as per the table.

Table Stake	Winner Takes	Participants In Hand Split
Micro	$250	$250
Low	$1,000	$1,000
Medium	$4,000	$4,000
High	$14,000	$14,000

The Jackpot hand winners will also win ECOOP II tickets as per the table – in the event of a split pot the winner closest to the dealer button will receive the ticket.

Game Type	ECOOP II Ticket
Holdem NL / PL	ECOOP #3 (value $320)
Holdem Limit	ECOOP #7 (value $268)
Omaha	ECOOP #9 (value $268)
Omaha Hi–Lo	ECOOP #2 (value $109)
7 & 5 Card Stud	ECOOP #3 (value $320)

For Countdown hands and Jackpot hands the following stakes are considered:

	Fixed Limit	NL / PL
Micro	$0.02/$0.04 – $0.10/$0.20	$0.01/$0.02 – $0.05/$0.10
Low	$0.25/$0.50 – $1/$2	$0.10/$0.20 – $0.50/$1
Medium	$2/$4 – $5/$10	$1/$2 – $2/$4
High	$10/$20 and up	$3/$6 and up

Billionth Hand Bonus

The Billionth Hand winner (hand ID 1,000,000,000) will win an amazing $50,000, while the participants in the hand will share a handsome $30,000. The winner will also receive tickets to all ECOOP II events, worth an additional $3,420.

Table Stake	Winner Takes	Participants in Hand Split
Any (Real Money)	$50,000	$30,000

Bubble Hands Freeroll

The participants in hands 999,999,901 – 1,000,000,000 (a total of 100 hands) will participate in a $10,000 Freeroll. The winner of the Billionth Hand will be the bounty player in this tournament, with a $2,500 Bounty payable to whoever knocks him out. Should he win the tournament, the Billionth Hand winner gets to keep the bounty in addition to whatever is due to the tournament winner (and all the other cash and tickets he has already won!). The Bubble Hands Freeroll will take place one week after the Billionth Hand has been dealt.

Terms and Conditions – click here

The promotion will start when hand ID 950,000,000 is dealt. That hand will be dubbed a “Jackpot Hand”. The next “Jackpot Hand” will be 952,000,000, and following that every 5,000,000 hands (the next “Jackpot Hand” will be 960,000,000 etc.)
The first “Countdown Hand” will be the hand which is assigned hand ID 950,200,000. The next “Countdown Hand” will be 950,400,000, and following that every 200,000 hands (the next “Countdown Hand” will be 950,600,000 etc.)
The “Billionth Hand” will be the hand which is assigned hand ID 1,000,000,000
Winner of “Countdown Hands”, “Jackpot Hands” & “Billionth Hand” will take a sum of money as per the above tables
All participants of “Countdown Hands”, “Jackpot Hands“ & “Billionth Hand” will split an amount as per the above tables. Winner will also split this amount.
Players of the “Billionth Hand” will not be entitled to the “Countdown Hand” bonuses and will not be entitled to “Jackpot Hand” bonuses.
Players of “Jackpot Hands” will not be entitled to the “Countdown Hand” bonuses.
Players must be dealt cards on the hand in order to be eligible for the bonus. Players sitting out will not be eligible. Players passing on blinds will not be eligible as well.
Players suspected of “soft playing” will not be entitled to any bonuses. iPoker collusion team has the final word in any such cases.
The hand ID’s are determined by the number assigned to them by our system, as they appear on the table (on the top–left corner).
Tournament hands do not participate in this promotion (they are assigned different hand ID’s).
Winning hands will be published by our cardrooms and their affiliates. Players who do not agree to this will not be entitled to the bonus.
If a winning hand has two winners or more, they will divide the sum of the winner bonus and the participating players bonus.

For example:
5 players in micro table
Winner takes $65
Participating players split $65 ($13 each) Two winners will take $45.5 each – ($65+$13+13)/2
All players in hand ID 999,999,901–1,000,000,000 (total of 100 hands) will participate in a special freeroll, with a $10,000 prize pool. The freeroll will take place at least 7 full days after the billionth hand is dealt, as per an announcement from iPoker.
The billionth hand winner will have a $2,500 “bounty” over his head in this tournament. In order for him to participate he must agree to have his nickname changed for the duration of the freeroll (in order to accommodate an indication of the bounty). Any player who eliminates the bounty player (wins the all–in which eliminates the bounty player) will win the bounty
If the bounty player wins the freeroll, he will be entitled to the $2,500 bounty.
In case of a split pot on the billionth hand, the bounty will be divided between all the hand winners.
Winners of “Jackpot Hand” bonuses will be entitled to ECOOP II entry tickets, as per the above table. Winner of the “Billionth Hand” will be entitled to entries to all ECOOP II events (except for the MVP freeroll). In case of a split pot, the winner sitting on the dealer button (or closest to it) will be entitled to the entry tickets.
All decisions as made by iPoker are final
Standard Paddy Power Poker Terms & Conditions apply.

The Billionth Hand

Countdown Hand Bonus

Jackpot Hand Bonus

Billionth Hand Bonus

Bubble Hands Freeroll