The World Championship of Online Poker 2008 has been announced by PokerStars the big daddy of online poker tournaments the WCOOP 2008, after the huge success the last event had even though it was surrounded by some controversy, satellites to the main event will be running all summer with satellite qualifiers starting from as little as $2.20 and from just 100 FPP’s there will be multi table satellites, Sit n Go satellites as well as Step qualifiers.
The latter of which are already up and running. MTT satellites are scheduled to begin on 6 July after the Sunday Million event.
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The (WCOOP) PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker is set to return September 2008 and carries along with it massive guaranteed prize pool of $30,000,000 (thirty million dollars) doubling the prize from the previous year dubbing the event the biggest online poker tournament series in the world ever.
A total 33 events will be held including Hold’em, Omaha, Stud, Razz, HORSE, 2 7 Draw. Each event carries it’s own guarantee prize pool with many of the more popular games reaching in excess of $2,000,000.
The series will wrap up on September 21 with a guaranteed main event of $10,000,000.
WCOOP 2008 – PokerStars World Series of online Poker schedule
- 5th September – 14:30 $215 NL Hold’em [6 max] $1,000,000
- 5th September – 16:30 $215 PL 5 Card Draw $100,000
- 6th September – 14:30 $215 Limit Hold’em $300,000
- 6th September – 16:30 $215 2 7 Triple Draw $100,000
- 7th September – 14:30 $10,300 HighRoller NL Hold’em $2,000,000
- 7th September – 16:30 $530 NL Hold’em * $3,000,000
- 8th September – 14:30 $215 PL Omaha [6 max] $300,000
- 8th September – 16:30 $320 8 game Mixed Event $200,000
- 9th September – 14:30 $215 NL Hold’em [4 max] $400,000
- 9th September – 16:30 $215 Razz $100,000
- 10th September – 14:30 $320 PL Omaha Hi/Lo $300,000
- 10th September – 16:30 $320 Mixed Hold’em $300,000
- 11th September – 14:30 $215 NL Hold’em w/Rebuys $1,000,000
- 11th September – 16:30 $320 7-Card Stud $100,000
- 12th September – 14:30 $320 NL Hold’em [Heads-Up] $500,000
- 12th September – 16:30 $215 PL Omaha [1R1A] $300,000
- 13th September – 14:30 $530 PL Hold’em [6 max] $400,000
- 13th September – 16:30 $215 HORSE $300,000
- 14th September – 14:30 $25,500 HighRoller HU NL Hold’em $1,600,000
- 14th September – 16:30 $1,050 NL Hold’em * $3,000,000
- 15th September – 14:30 $530 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo $200,000
- 15th September – 16:30 $530 Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo [6 max] $200,000
- 16th September – 14:30 $530 NL Hold’em [1R1A] $500,000
- 16th September – 16:30 $530 NL 2-7 Single Draw $200,000
- 17th September – 14:30 $320 PL Omaha w/rebuys $500,000
- 17th September – 16:30 $320 NL Hold’em [6 max] $500,000
- 18th September – 14:30 $530 NL Hold’em Triple Shootout $300,000
- 18th September – 16:30 $530 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo $400,000
- 19th September – 14:30 $530 NLHE w/Rebuys [6 max] $400,000
- 19th September – 16:30 $1,050 PL Omaha $500,000
- 20th September – 14:30 $1,050 Limit Hold’em [6 max] $500,000
- 20th September – 16:30 $10,300 HORSE $500,000
- 21st September – 16:30 $5,200 NL Hold’em Main Event WCOOP * 10,000,000
*2 day events
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2008 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is the biggest annual event in online poker. 2008 WCOOP guarantees $30 million spread over 33 events, and the main $5,200 Event guarantees $10 million in hard cash.
