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Exclusive WCOOP Freeroll for FTR Members

by | Sep 9, 2013 | Poker News, WCOOP

FlopTurnRiver.com has teamed up with PokerStars.com to offer FTR members a fantastic chance to play for massive prize pools as part of the 2013 WCOOP for free. The freeroll is taking place on Thursday at 4pm ET (9pm WET) and will be exclusively for FTR members who...

X-Front Wins PokerStars WCOOP Event 60

by | Sep 27, 2011 | Poker News, WCOOP

The final events of the PokerStars 2011 World Championship of Online Poker launched on Sunday, all of them two day events. This meant that any player hoping to earn one of these massive scores would have to put in quite a bit of time to do so. A $215 No Limit...

HR_Dub Wins PokerStars WCOOP Event 55

by | Sep 26, 2011 | Poker News, WCOOP

As the 2011 PokerStars WCOOP drew to a close, player HR_DUB took down event #55, the $530+R. It featured 831 players for $440,430 in initial prize pool, but that was just the beginning. Rebuy tournaments attract players with deep pockets, and this was no exception! By...

z0di@c Wins 2011 PokerStars WCOOP Event 44

by | Sep 21, 2011 | Poker News, WCOOP

The 2011 World Championship of Online Poker is nearing its conclusion, but some of the best events are yet to come. WCOOP Event 44, a $320 No Limit Hold’em 2x Chance, was undoubtedly one of the toughest fields yet. The 2x chance meant that if a player were to...

iwonthurtyou Wins 2011 WCOOP Event 35

by | Sep 19, 2011 | Poker News, WCOOP

PokerStars promised huge action for its WCOOP Event 35 making it a rebuy and add-on tournament. The $215 No-Limit Hold ‘Em tournament allowed rebuys and add-ons. Friday’s event drew 1,254 players; 1,265 of these players rebought while 869 added onto their stack during...

Flying Smile Wins WCOOP Event 22

by | Sep 14, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP

Nearly 4,000 players registered to do battle in WCOOP Event 22. The tournament required a $530 buy-in, but numerous satellite winners littered the field. The game? The Cadillac of poker: No Limit Texas Hold’Em. When it was time to shuffle up and deal, each...

Tat0chka Wins PokerStars WCOOP Event 14

by | Sep 10, 2011 | Poker News, WCOOP

As most poker players may know, the World Championship of Online Poker is underway at PokerStars. Event 14, a six-max knockout event, lasted two days and drew 3,568 registrants. With a $265 buy-in, $50 of which was a bounty, a mammoth $713,600 prize pool was created...

Lol_U_91 Wins 2011 WCOOP Event #1

by | Sep 7, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP

The world’s biggest online tournament series, the World Championship of Online Poker, is underway! Welcome to the WCOOP 2011, which features 62 events, and over $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! The WCOOP features players from all around the world, battling it...

Negreanu Draws Fire at WCOOP Final Table

by | Sep 30, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP

Once embraced as one of the most likeable characters in the game, Daniel Negranu has drawn a sizable amount of heat over the past several months. From his criticism of Ultimate Bet to his well-publicized slur toward Annie Duke, Kid Poker has found himself in the limelight a bit more often than he and his employers would like, perhaps. Now, it seems, he's given detractors more fuel for their hate machine.

DDBeast Wins 2010 WCOOP Event #53

by | Sep 24, 2010 | Poker News, WCOOP

Throughout the 2010 World Championship of Poker there have been plenty of big buy-in events with huge paydays. Actually, some of the smallest fields have produced the biggest prize pools, especially the re-buy events. A great example of this was Event #53, the...

Jason Mercier Wins 2010 WCOOP Event #42!

by | Sep 21, 2010 | Poker News, WCOOP

With over 60 events in the 2010 World Championship of Online Poker it can be hard for a tournament to stand out. A great way to garner a lot of attention is to have an event with a huge prize pool and great professionals making the final table. The two-day $1,050...

SixthSenSe19 Wins WCOOP Event #38

by | Sep 20, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP

In the marathon heads-up matter that was PokerStars' WCOOP Event #38, SixthSenSe19 emerged as the top dog in what is arguably the most challenging game in online poker. Outlasting 943 other entrants, SixthSenSe19 took home the lion's share of the $600,000 guaranteed prize pool. The $500+$30 buy-in event finished short of its expected enrollment, but still managed to last nearly 36 hours.

Kardioloq Wins 2010 WCOOP Event #30

by | Sep 16, 2010 | Poker News, WCOOP

One of the more exciting events in this years World Championship of Online Poker came to an end late this afternoon. Event #30, a $500+$30 NL Shoot-Out Tournament, resumed Thursday afternoon with just 10 players remaining. The high-stakes NL Shoot-Out held a $500,000...

Antoshka Wins WCOOP Event 21

by | Sep 14, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP

Over 10,000 entrants formed a prizepool in excess of $2,000,000, shattering World Championship of Online Poker Event 21’s guarantee of $1.5 Million. The event was a rather standard $215 No Limit Hold ‘Em event. The Cadillac of Poker attracted the best on...

IneedMassari Wins WCOOP 2010 Event #12

by | Sep 9, 2010 | Poker News, WCOOP

One of the longest events in this year’s World Championship of Online Poker is in the books. Event #12, a $200+$15 NL Hold’em Heads-up tournament came to an end Thursday night after kicking off yesterday afternoon. The single-elimination one-on-one...

J0hnny_Dr@m@ Wins PokerStars WCOOP Event #5

by | Sep 7, 2010 | Poker News, WCOOP

1296 players did battle in WCOOP Event 5, $320 6-Max, Shootout. Entrants had to win 4 Sit and Gos in a row to claim the top prize of $62,000. On the surface it appears easy enough. However, the odds of winning four in a row is astronomical, even for top SNG players....

AlexKP Wins WCOOP 2010 Event #1

by | Sep 6, 2010 | PokerStars, WCOOP

The 2010 World Championship of Online Poker is underway! The biggest online tournament series in the world kicked off early Sunday with Event #1 – $215 NL Hold’em 6-Max. The $1,250,000 guaranteed event attracted more than 9,000 players and generated a...

Unassigned Wins 2009 WCOOP Event #39

by | Sep 19, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

One of the bigger fixed-limit events of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker has come to an end.  Event #39, $1000+$50 6-max Fixed-Limit Hold’em, drew 437 of the world’s best poker players including numerous PokerStars sponsored professionals. Chad...

Astrolux85 Wins WCOOP Event #36

by | Sep 18, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

The 2009 World Championship of Online Poker is on the cusp of its final weekend. Although all roads lead to the $5,000 Main Event, the action is still fierce in the preliminary tournaments. No more so than in Event #36, a $500 + $30 No Limit Hold ‘em 6-max tournament...

Koln4ever Wins WCOOP Event #34

by | Sep 17, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP

We’re rolling into the final weekend for WCOOP 2009, as it was Event #34 wrapping up in the wee hours of the morning.  This event was a $215 no-limit Hold’em tournament featuring “big antes” from the start.  The guarantee was set at $500,000,...

df1986 Wins WCOOP Event #33

by | Sep 17, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

The big guns turned out for WCOOP Event #33. The $1000 + $50 tournament was one of the higher buy-in No Limit Hold ‘em events on the calendar and pokers brightest stars were keen to demonstrate their prowess. In the end, it didn’t quite happen that way. Among the long...

Spencerman3 Wins WCOOP Event #30

by | Sep 16, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

PokerStars implemented a double-chance tournament for their 30th event of the WCOOP; a $320 No Limit Hold ‘Em event..  What exactly is a double-chance?  As the name suggests, players were given two chances in the tournament.  If a player was stacked during the first...

Unsyatisfied wins WCOOP Event #28

by | Sep 16, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

The second of three 2-day events at the 2009 WCOOP came to a conclusion yesterday. These mammoth tournaments combine the speed of internet play with a big stack of chips, allowing the best players to flex their poker-skills against the backdrop of a slow structure....

Leijk22 Wins WCCOP Event #26

by | Sep 15, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

Event #26 of PokerStars’ WCOOP was a $215 No Limit Hold ‘Em event.  With its low buy-in and $1 million guarantee, the event was immensely successful.  A total of 9,795 players registered for the tournament making the prize pool $1,959,000; that is almost $1 million...

Soterdelf Wins WCOOP Event #21

by | Sep 12, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

As this year’s World Championship of Online Poker approaches its midpoint, it already looks like the most successful series yet. Numerous events have smashed their guarantees and each tournament has seen thousands of players packed in to compete. Event #21 was no...

Str8$$$Homey Wins WCOOP Event #23

by | Sep 12, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

Friday night was another big night for the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker hosted by PokerStars. Three big events, including Event #23, a $300+$20 NL Freeze-Out, kicked off a big weekend for the tournament series. Event 23 was merely a $300,000 guaranteed...

Dangdokodang Wins WCOOP Event #14

by | Sep 10, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

PokerStars’ WCOOP Event #14 was a mixed hold ‘em event switching from No Limit to Limit Hold ‘Em every ten minutes.  The $320 Mixed Hold ‘Em event saw a 1,563 player field for a prize pool of $468,900.  Many world-class professional poker players were present for the...

iCeVeNoM Wins WCOOP Event #17 NL Shoot Out

by | Sep 10, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

One of the more interesting events of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker has come to an end.  The $500+$30 No-Limit Triple Shootout is in the books.  The $500,000 guarantee ended up being just that, as 1,000 players ponied up for a chance at over $91,000 in...

XTheDecanoX Wins 2009 WCOOP Event #16

by | Sep 10, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

Event #16 of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is in the books.  One of the bigger buy-in tournaments proved that the cream does in fact rise to the top.  The $1,000+$50 buy-in attracted over 1,500 competitors, creating a massive $1,558,000 prize...

Lebordelaii Wins WCOOP Event #12

by | Sep 9, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

PokerStars introduced their $215 4-max No Limit Hold ‘Em WCOOP tournament last year to high acclaim. The 2009 tournament was even more popular with 3,864 entrants and a prize pool of $770,800. The first place finisher would win $111,457.69. The final table players and...

Ternoplayer Wins 2009 WCOOP Event #9

by | Sep 7, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

The Sunday Million was taken over by PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker yesterday, and it proved to be a great success.  Over 11,000 players entered the $200+$15 NL Freeze-Out creating a massive $2,226,200 prize pool with over $300,000 guaranteed for first...

ternoplayer wins WCOOP Event #9

by | Sep 7, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

It is a testament to the strength and popularity of PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) that the 11,131 strong field for Event #9 was not even the largest seen this series. As part of the guarantees totalling $40 million this year, $1 million had...

vakAAttack Wins WCOOP Event #6

by | Sep 6, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP

The 2009 World Championship of Online Poker continued yesterday with event #6, a $100 + $9 no-limit Hold’em tournament with $1 million guaranteed.  The WCOOP continues to draw huge fields and destroy the guarantees and this tournament was no exception.  A total...

ChopSueyyy Wins 2009 WCOOP Event #1

by | Sep 4, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

The World Championship of Online Poker is back!  With a huge variety of tournaments spanning the next 17 days, this year’s WCOOP could possibly be PokerStars best. Kicking things off was Event #1, a $200+$15 buy-in NL 6-max Freeze-Out with a $1,250,000...

WCOOP Begins Today

by | Sep 3, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP

The most hotly anticipated event in the online poker calendar begins today at PokerStars. The 7th annual World Championship of Online Poker is aptly billed as the internet equivalent of the World Series of Poker. It’s a place where all the top pros join hordes of...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-27-Results

by | Sep 24, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

One of the most appealing factors of the annual WCOOP is that it offers a little bit of everything, tailoring to the varying preferences of online poker players from all over the world.  Event #27 of this year’s WCOOP was no exception as it provided a twist that the...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-33-Results

by | Sep 24, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

It was only fitting that the richest online tournament series of all time finished off with the richest online tournament prize pool of all time. There have been few online events, if any, that were more anticipated than the WCOOP 2008 Main Event, a $5,200 No Limit...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-30-Results

by | Sep 24, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

Event #30 of this years bumper WCOOP was one for the Omaha purists. Although there has been a healthy selection throughout the series, this was the first Omaha event that came with no added extras. Merely a simple Pot Limit tournament that was sure to separate the...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-32-Results

by | Sep 23, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

One of the bigger buy-in tournaments, the $10,000+300 HORSE Championship took place this past Saturday.  As is the case for most HOSRE events, many of the world’s top poker professional were on hand to display their mastery of five different poker games. For...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-26-Results

by | Sep 20, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

Six max games are aggressive by nature. Make it a tournament, factor in over $152,000 for first, and the game gets downright nasty. That’s exactly what happened in WCOOP Event 26, a $320 NLHE six-max event. 3,273 players came out, taking the original $500,000...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-25-Results

by | Sep 19, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

748 of thew world’s biggest gamblers sat down for WCOOP Event #25, the $320-rebuy Pot-Limit Omaha Championship.  Plenty of big names were on hand as PLO is steadily becoming the game of choice in high-stake circles.  A large contingent of Team PokerStars Pros...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-13-Results,

by | Sep 17, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

Event 13 of the World Championship of Online Poker featured one of the most popular events of the series: the $215 rebuy tournament. The popularity of this tournament was reflected in the turnout – 2234 players participated, inflating the prize pool up to $1,278,600,...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-12-Results

by | Sep 16, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

Apologies for the delay as Hurricane Ike has made life difficult for most of us on the Texas Coast-line. Event 12 of PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker, or WCOOP, took place this past Wednesday, September 10th. The tournament uses a mixed structure,...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-20-Results

by | Sep 16, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

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...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-19-Results

by | Sep 15, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

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...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-6-Results

by | Sep 10, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

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...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-7-Results

by | Sep 10, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

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...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-5-Results

by | Sep 8, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

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...

PokerStars-WCOOP-2008-Event-1-Results

by | Sep 6, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

The 2008 World Championship of Online Poker kicked off yesterday, September 5th, at PokerStars!  In total, there will be 33 different events with over $30 million guaranteed throughout them!  There are still many satellites running until the main event, which is on...

WCOOP Set to Kick Off on Stars

by | Sep 4, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP

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...

WCOOP Event ME: Report

by | Nov 5, 2007 | WCOOP

Anyone who had the money couldn’t resist entering into the WCOOP Main Event on Sunday September 30th. The $2300 buy in conclusion to the WCOOP series hosted nearly 3,000 players, and, more importantly, the biggest prize pool in online poker history: $7,495,000!! The...

WCOOP Event #11: Report

by | Nov 5, 2007 | WCOOP

Normally playing bad cards is a bad thing. In Razz, you try to play as many bad cards as possible. It’s not a surprise then that a player who likes playing bad cards, a player named OnlyPlayRagz, would be the winner of Event #11, the only Razz event of the WCOOP....

WCOOP Event #9: Report

by | Nov 5, 2007 | WCOOP

WCOOP Event #9 may have been the most exciting of all the events so far. Rebuy events are known to have some crazy and aggressive play. Players often joke that the Swedes are the most aggressive players around, so it’s not too much of a surprise that a Swede ruthan...

WCOOP n what lies ahead

by | Oct 16, 2007 | Poker News, WCOOP

played the final 2 wcoop events the 1k limit and finished itm in 28th, was close to a big score there, but played one hand bad and got a bit shortstacked and took a small beat to bust out right before we got down to 3 tables. in the main event i did well built a...

WSOP ME: Hour 17

by | Oct 1, 2007 | WCOOP

I just woke up to see that maxxscam got out in 216th, for about $6k, not too bad. gp333 didn’t cash and neither did busto_soon. Right now I don’t recognize barely any names left. We have our final table, and the one name I do recognize, HelmetSky, is just...

WCOOP ME: Hour 7

by | Sep 30, 2007 | WCOOP

Sorry guys I took a break because I had to study. So gp333 has had an incredibly up and down day and right now it is down. He is under 30k chips and has only just over 10bb. Busto_soon has been less swingy in his day, but still has failed to get anything going....

WCOOP ME: Hour 4

by | Sep 30, 2007 | WCOOP

gp333 has been up and down. He has stabilized at 52k chips. Unfortunately gabe misclicked off 7k chips. He got some of that back by letting his opponent bluff into his KK. PokerStars Game #12366146604: Tournament #70000023, $2500+$100 Hold’em No Limit –...

WCOOP ME: Hour 3

by | Sep 30, 2007 | WCOOP

gp333 suffered a horrible beat and now finds himself in the middle of the pack. PokerStars Game #12364448401: Tournament #70000023, $2500+$100 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2007/09/30 – 19:12:37 (ET) Table ‘70000023 171’...

WCOOP ME: Hour 2

by | Sep 30, 2007 | WCOOP

gp333 continues to dominate his table with aggression. He’s unstoppable right now. His postflop skills are so good he is raising hands like J6o profitably. PokerStars Game #12363373539: Tournament #70000023, $2500+$100 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV...

WCOOP Main Event: Hour 1

by | Sep 30, 2007 | WCOOP

WCOOP ME is underway! Nearly 3000 player have entered and first place is nearly 1.4 million dollars! Top 8 will recieve 6 figure paydays! It’s going to be somebodies lucky day today, and right now its looking like it could be gp333’s day! The FTRer is in...

WCOOP Event #8: Report

by | Sep 25, 2007 | WCOOP

Although a known tournament pro made the final table of event #8 of the WCOOP, a $530 buy-in Limit Omaha H/L event, the winner of the tournament was an amateur. A player simply called Copi beat a field 917 entrants to take the $103,804.40 first prize in a prize pool...

WCOOP Event #7: Report

by | Sep 25, 2007 | WCOOP

The 7th WCOOP Event was the first of two Limit Hold’em events of the series. Although it featured only an $100,000 guaranteed prize pool, by the time the tournament began the prize pool was four times that amount, a whopping $400,000! The field featured one of the...