The short-handed, five-minute turbo tournaments dubbed Beat The Clock by poker provider Pokerstars have attracted 900,000 players in the three months since the concept was introduced, a statement from Pokerstars revealed Friday.
In taking stock on the popularity of the tournaments, which are favoured by players who prefer quick-fire poker played in bite-sized chunks, Pokerstars says that more than 200,000 unique tournament winners and more than six million hours of game play have been clocked up on desktop and mobile devices since launch, equating to an impressive 733 years.