PokerStars WCOOP 2011 is a series of online poker tournaments which features some of the biggest guaranteed prize pools online. The 2011 World Championship of Online Poker has a total of $30 million guaranteed in the series which features 62 events.
Satellite tournaments are running now where players can win their seats for a fraction on the buy-in. The 2011 WCOOP PokerStars tournament series takes place between the 4th- 25th September 2011.
PokerStars have released the 2011 SCOOP schedule; the Poker Stars Spring Championship of Online Poker is set to take place from May 8 until May 22 2011
The SCOOP 2011 is set to be one of the biggest online poker events of the year, offering $45 million in a wide spread of guaranteed events suiting bankrolls of all sizes and game preferences.
The SCOOP at PokerStars offers players a choice of three different buyin levels for each scheduled event.
The 2010 SCOOP was a huge success that awarded in excess of $63 million in prize money over 38 events with each event offering 3 buy in levels the main event final – high buyin was won by toetagU who took home $1,162,350 for his efforts.
Be sure to enter this year’s 2011 Spring Championship of Online Poker, who knows you may become the next champ, for the full SCOOP 2011 schedule see below.
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A quick tip on standard preflop raises in no limit Hold’em and what your preflop raises should be based on:
Are Antes included or blinds only?
How is your stack size?
Limpers in the pot?
Will your opponents fold with a larger raise more frequently than with a smaller raise?
The standard preflop raise with no antes ranges between 2.5 to 4 times the big blind with 3 times the big blind being the most conventional preflop raise meaning when the blinds are at 10/20 the most common preflop raise will be 60 but can vary between 40 to 80.
Moving All In preflop as the first to raise is silly regardless of the cards you may have, going all in preflop narrows the chances of anyone playing the hand and accumulating a larger pot and generally you will only be called by other top hands thereby reducing your chances and equity.
The inverse of raising to the minimum is poor poker as chances are you will be giving the big blind great odds to call you besides almost no pro players make minimum raises preflop.
There are of course always exceptions to this rule, as poker is a game in which many different styles of play can prove to be successful, however it’s important to understand that minimum raising preflop is unorthodox play that requires exceptional post flop abilities.
PokerStars have released the 2011 SCOOP schedule; the Poker Stars Spring Championship of Online Poker is set to take place from May 8 until May 22 2011
