WCOOP Begins in September at PokerStars

Filed in archive Internet Poker on July 8, 2008

The biggest tourney outside of the internet is now winding down, but soon the biggest poker tourney inside the internet will be heating up. The seventh annual World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) will give those who play virtually, the chance to claim a bracelet for themselves during the 33 different events lined up at PokerStars.com

Listed in the media online below are all-new events including a $25,500 Heads-Up tourney for those enjoy the more expensive things in life like super-sizing their value meals at McDonald's:

World's Largest Online Poker Tournament Set to Begin
PokerStars.com presents the seventh Annual World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Guaranteed $30 Million Prize Pool

ISLE OF MAN ( UK ), JULY 3, 2008 - The seventh annual PokerStars.com World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), begins on September 5th with a guaranteed prize pool of $30 million - double the total of last years' event. The WCOOP is truly a "world championship" series of events, featuring a menu of 33 different events in total, covering a wide range of poker games including Hold'em, Omaha , Stud, Razz, HORSE, 2-7 Draw and many new events:

• $10,300 High-Roller No-Limit Hold'em
• Eight-Game Mixed tourney
• Four-Max No-Limit Hold'em
• Mixed Hold'em
• PLO with one rebuy, one add-on
• $25,500 High-Roller Heads-up No-Limit Hold'em
• Six-Max Mixed Hold'em
• No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw
• Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em w/ rebuys

This year's WCOOP will be the biggest online poker tournament series in the world; attracting players from across the globe competing for millions in cash prizes and coveted WCOOP commemorative gold bracelets. Each WCOOP event has a huge guaranteed prize pool, with many in excess of $2,000,000.

"Prestigious tournaments such as the PokerStars.com World Championship of Online Poker are the ultimate way to improve your game and experience the excitement of big tournament play" said Joe Hachem of Team PokerStars Pro. There are hundreds of live tournaments to play in, but nothing compares to the all online series that the WCOOP is - for millions of players it is the ultimate online poker championship.

The WCOOP is hosted exclusively by the world's largest poker room, PokerStars.com. The WCOOP will run across 16 days, from September 5th -22nd, starting with the $215 buy-in NL Hold'em tournament. The series culminates with the $10,000,000 guaranteed NL Hold'em Main Event, September 21st -22nd. Last year's Main Event champion was online player 'Ka$ino', who won first prize of more than $1.3million

The WCOOP is a "must-play" event for the established and elite stars of poker. But with so many recent WCOOP Events won by new online players and poker enthusiasts, there is every reason to test yourself against the world's best. No other sport allows for participation in this way by both professionals and amateurs in a true championship event. Players can qualify for WCOOP events via low-priced satellites to the series - these are running now with buy-ins from as low as $2.20. MTT satellites will start on July 6 after the PokerStars.com Sunday Million. As a bonus to loyal players, PokerStars will also be adding $1.5 million towards free entries to the WCOOP.

For a complete schedule of this years' World Championship of Online Poker go to http://www.pokerstars.com/wcoop/

WCOOP 2008 Schedule
EVENT No DATE DAY TIME BUY-IN EVENT GUARANTEE
1 5-Sep Fri 14:30 $215 NL Hold'em [6-max] $1,000,000
2 5-Sep Fri 16:30 $215 PL 5-Card Draw $100,000
3 6-Sep Sat 14:30 $215 Limit Hold'em $300,000
4 6-Sep Sat 16:30 $215 2-7 Triple Draw $100,000
5 7-Sep Sun 14:30 $10,300 High-Roller NL Hold'em $2,000,000
6 7-Sep Sun 16:30 $530 NL Hold'em* $3,000,000
7 8-Sep Mon 14:30 $215 PL Omaha [6-max] $300,000
8 8-Sep Mon 16:30 $320 8-game Mixed Event $200,000
9 9-Sep Tue 14:30 $215 NL Hold'em [4-max] $400,000
10 9-Sep Tue 16:30 $215 Razz $100,000
11 10-Sep Wed 14:30 $320 PL Omaha Hi/Lo $300,000
12 10-Sep Wed 16:30 $320 Mixed Hold'em $300,000
13 11-Sep Thu 14:30 $215 NL Hold'em w/Rebuys $1,000,000
14 11-Sep Thu 16:30 $320 7-Card Stud $100,000
15 12-Sep Fri 14:30 $320 NL Hold'em [Heads-Up] $500,000
16 12-Sep Fri 16:30 $215 PL Omaha [1R1A] $300,000
17 13-Sep Sat 14:30 $530 PL Hold'em [6-max] $400,000
18 13-Sep Sat 16:30 $215 HORSE $300,000
19 14-Sep Sun 14:30 $25,500 High-Roller HU NL Hold'em $1,600,000
20 14-Sep Sun 16:30 $1,050 NL Hold'em* $3,000,000
21 15-Sep Mon 14:30 $530 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo $200,000
22 15-Sep Mon 16:30 $530 Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo [6-max] $200,000
23 16-Sep Tue 14:30 $530 NL Hold'em [1R1A] $500,000
24 16-Sep Tue 16:30 $530 NL 2-7 Single Draw $200,000
25 17-Sep Wed 14:30 $320 PL Omaha w/rebuys $500,000
26 17-Sep Wed 16:30 $320 NL Hold'em [6-max] $500,000
27 18-Sep Thu 14:30 $530 NL Hold'em Triple Shootout $300,000
28 18-Sep Thu 16:30 $530 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo $400,000
29 19-Sep Fri 14:30 $530 NLHE w/Rebuys [6-max] $400,000
30 19-Sep Fri 16:30 $1,050 PL Omaha $500,000
31 20-Sep Sat 14:30 $1,050 Limit Hold'em [6-max] $500,000
32 20-Sep Sat 16:30 $10,300 HORSE $500,000
33 21-Sep Sun 16:30 $5,200 NL Hold'em Main Event* $10,000,000
All tournament start times are ET
*2-day event