PokerStars have slapped a $9m guarantee on the side of the Sunday Million ninth anniversary, and have flatly denied rumors of any forthcoming integration with bitcoin.

PokerStars have delighted their customers by guaranteeing a $9m prize pool for their ninth anniversary of the Sunday Million.

I know $215 is a lot of money. You know that $215 is a lot of money. But on Sunday, 8 March 2015 it’s important that you juggle those financial balls. Find a way to squeeze $215 into the ‘Entertainment’ column on the spreadsheet you just loathe to update.

The first time PokerStars offered their one million guarantee was Sunday, 6 March 2006. A star was born. 5,893 players entered and Daryl Jace won the $173,844 first prize. It’s now a staple part of a professional poker players diet. The one event of the week that you need to be a part of. To miss one is akin to missing an episode of Breaking Bad. It just doesn’t happen.

In 2011, The Sunday Million was five years old. To celebrate, PokerStars, guaranteed a $5m prize pool. One year later they upped it to $6m – then $7m, then $8m and now $9m.

If, one day, you find yourself ordering a book called “Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive,” with the intention of learning about poker, you will be sorely disappointed. The author, Harvey Mackay, knows nothing about poker. But he does know a thing or two about business.

Lesson 65 of that great book carries the title: “If You Want to be Santa Claus, Your Sled Better be able to Pull a Trailer.”