PokerStars.com will attempt to hold the world’s largest poker tournament on December 4, by bringing more than 150,000 players together to play in an online poker game as part of the PokerStars 10th Anniversary Celebration, the company announced today.

The current Guinness World Record of 149,196 players was set in 2009 in another PokerStars tournament, which featured a $1 buy-in. It was won by online player ‘oskar69’ from Garbsen in Germany, who scooped the $50,000 first prize.

The latest World Record attempt will start at 12:30 ET (18.30 CET) on December 4, 2011 and will be a $1 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tourney with a guaranteed prize pool of $250,000. The first prize is a guaranteed $50,000, which is an unusually high return for a $1 buy-in tournament. In addition, PokerStars is offering $10 bounty prizes for players who knock out the participating members of Team PokerStars Pro!