The 65 billionth hand is about to be dealt at one of Poker Stars’ cash tables this July, 2011, and you can win a big cash bonus just for playing in that hand, or any milestone hand leading up to it.

In Poker Stars’ recent Road to 100 Billion Hands promotion, the next milestone of 65 billion hands nears. And as it does, players at the site once again have the opportunity to win big money prizes just for being in the right place at the right time.

The right place is any real money cash game table at the Poker Stars site. The right time is anytime a millionth hand is played, between – and including – 64.7 billion and 65 billion. That’s 300 opportunities to win a prize just for happening to be sitting in at a Poker Stars table when that hand is dealt. You must be dealt into the hand in question in order to win a prize. It’s no enough to just be playing when that hand is dealt. Therefore, the more tables at which you play at the same time, the better your chances of being dealt into one of the prize-winning hands. The biggest prize, of course, comes with the dealing of the 65 billionth hand. And the biggest prizes for each and every milestone leading up to and including it go out to the players who not only participate in the milestone hand but also win that hand. Those players win twice the amount they would have won just for playing in the hand.

Poker Stars will be holding similar promotions every 5 billion hands, with the next 100 Billionth Hand promotion coming up at 70 billion hands (or really 69.7 billion).