Questions about Pokerstars million hand giveaway;

[kemystery]

my questions aren't really about when they pause the tables though, will try to bold the ?'s in the OP

besides the announcements I'm reffering to occur when the counter is approxiamtely 300,000 to 500,00 hands BEFORE the million mark- apparently to drum up interest on the cash game tables, which it certainly does - The announcements read something to the effect of:

"Upcoming Anniversary hand # xxxx000000 is about to be dealt on one of our cash ring game tables"

This announce ment precedes the announcement you speak of which indicates the table and type of game.