WCOOP 2008

Yesterday evening saw the conclusion of one of the most important events in this years WCOOP Calendar. The $1000 + $15 No Limit Hold ‘em tournament, otherwise known as Event #20, holds the honor of having the biggest guaranteed prize pool outside of the main event. A fantastic $3,000,000 was added in advance of any [continue]

Event 19 got underway this past Sunday with the largest buy-in of any of the 2008 WCOOP events.  Sixty-four players paid up the $25,500, lured by the $1,600,000 guarantee, but only eight could place in the money and only one would walk away with the $560,000 first place prize.  Steven “stevesbets” Jacobs proved himself worthy [continue]

Event 15 of the PokerStars WCOOP 2008 was the first of two no-limit hold’em heads up shootouts on the schedule.  It’s a pretty simple process, you play your opponent 1 on 1, then win, play another opponent and win, and keep moving up until you are the champion.  Of course, it sounds a lot easier [continue]

Last night marked a first for the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker. This was the first year that they have held a NL Hold’em 4-max event. Event #9 was a $215 buyin offering a $400K guaranteed prize pool. The turnout was impressive, even for such a popular new format. A total of 3,290 players [continue]

The $530 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold’em tournament has proven to be the most popular WCOOP event, time and time again.  Last year, over 20 hours were played, prompting this year’s Event 6 to be split into two days.  This year, 7,351 registered to compete in the Hold’em event, lured by a $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.  [continue]

This past Monday saw the start of the first Omaha tournament at this years Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker. The buy-in stood at an affordable $200 + $15, and with a guaranteed prize pool of at least $300,000 it was no surprise to see that a whole host of top Omaha players registered. [continue]

Event #5 of this year’s PokerStars WCOOP turned out to be the biggest buy-in WCOOP tournament to date, bringing in High-Roller NL players from all over the world!  With a hefty buy-in of $10,000, Event 5 was sure to attract some of the best players this game has seen. The final table saw the likes [continue]

The online poker spotlight turns to PokerStars this weekend for the highly anticipated World Championship of Online Poker. The event is set to begin tomorrow, Friday September 4th, starting at 14:30 EST with a $215 buyin NL Hold’em 6-max tournament with a $1 million guarantee. The series features 33 events with a combined $30 million [continue]

September ushers in the return of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker. This year, the 2008 WCOOP will be the largest online poker tournament series in the entire world with a guaranteed prize pool of $30,000,000! The series starts September 5 and satellites are running now and will be all summer, so [continue]