PokerStars Releases WCOOP 2009 Schedule: Includes $10 Million Main Event
TourneyMan on July 6th, 2009
PokerStars has released the schedule for the latest installment of its annual World Championship of Online Poker. The 2009 WCOOP will commence on September 3. The number of poker tournament events comprising the series has jumped from last year’s 33 to 45 this year, with events not only in Holdem but in Omaha, Stud, Razz, HORSE, 2-7 Triple Draw, and Badugi.
The 2009 WCOOP Main Event, of course, will be in No Limit Holdem, a $5,200 two-day event with a whopping $10 million guaranteed prize pool. Satellite qualifers for free entry into this event are running now at PokerStars.
More than a dozen of the events in the 2009 WCOOP boast prize pools of over $1 million, including:
- Event #1: September 3, $215 six-max No Limit Holdem for $1.25 million guaranteed
- Event #10: September 6, $10,300 No Limit Holdem High Roller for $2 million guaranteed
- Event #11: September 6, $530 No Limit Holdem two-day for $3 million guaranteed
- Event #28: September 13, $1,050 No Limit Holdem two-day for $3 million guaranteed
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