Poker Stars WCOOP Schedule Released$40 Million Guaranteed Over 45 Eventsby Shawn Patrick Green | Published: Jul 02, 2009 | |
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The schedule for the biggest online poker tournament series of the year has been announced, and a minimum of $40 million will be won by those who participate. It’s all set to kick off in September.
PokerStars today announced the full list of events for its 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), which will run from Sept. 3-21. The series is made up of 45 events with combined buy-ins of nearly $71,000. Fourteen of the events have guarantees of $1 million or more, with the main event guaranteeing a prize pool of at least $10 million. The poker variants represented in the schedule run the gamut, and include hold’em, Omaha, seven-card stud, razz, H.O.R.S.E., and deuce-to-seven draw, among other things. Some entirely new events on the schedule include badugi, heads-up pot-limit Omaha, and big-ante no-limit hold’em events.
The winner of last year’s WCOOP main event, Carter “ckingusc” King, pocketed $1.2 million.
Players can qualify for WCOOP events via PokerStars satellites, which will be available in a range of low-stakes buy-ins.
Complete 2009 WCOOP Schedule
| Event | Date | Time | Buy-in | Game | Guarantee |
| 1 | Thu, 9/3 | 14:30 | $215 | No-limit hold’em [6-max] | $1,250,000 |
| 2 | Thu, 9/3 | 16:30 | $215 | Razz | $200,000 |
| 3 | Fri, 9/4 | 14:30 | $215 | Pot-limit Omaha [6-max] | $500,000 |
| 4 | Fri, 9/4 | 16:30 | $215 | No-limit single-draw 2-7 w/rebuys | $200,000 |
| 5 | Fri, 9/4 | 20:00 | $109 | 8-Game [10-minute levels] | $50,000 |
| 6 | Sat, 9/5 | 12:45 | $109 | No-limit hold’em | $1,000,000 |
| 7 | Sat, 9/5 | 14:30 | $215 | Pot-limit five-card draw | $200,000 |
| 8 | Sat, 9/5 | 16:30 | $215 | Limit hold’em | $400,000 |
| 9 | Sun, 9/6 | 12:45 | $215 | No-limit hold’em | $1,000,000 |
| 10 | Sun, 9/6 | 14:30 | $10,300 | No-limit hold’em [high roller] | $2,000,000 |
| 11 | Sun, 9/6 | 16:30 | $530 | No-limit hold’em [2-day] | $3,000,000 |
| 12 | Mon, 9/7 | 14:30 | $215 | No-limit hold’em [4-max] | $500,000 |
| 13 | Mon, 9/7 | 16:30 | $320 | Seven-card stud | $150,000 |
| 14 | Tue, 9/8 | 14:30 | $320 | Mixed hold’em [6-max] | $300,000 |
| 15 | Tue, 9/8 | 16:30 | $320 | Limit badugi | $100,000 |
| 16 | Tue, 9/8 | 20:00 | $1,050 | No-limit hold’em | $500,000 |
| 17 | Wed, 9/9 | 14:30 | $530 | No-limit hold’em triple shootout [10-max] | $500,000 |
| 18 | Wed, 9/9 | 16:30 | $320 | 8-Game | $300,000 |
| 19 | Thu, 9/10 | 14:30 | $320 | Pot-limit Omaha [6-max, 1R1A] | $400,000 |
| 20 | Thu, 9/10 | 16:30 | $320 | Limit triple draw 2-7 | $100,000 |
| 21 | Fri, 9/11 | 14:30 | $215 | No-limit hold’em w/rebuys | $1,250,000 |
| 22 | Fri, 9/11 | 16:30 | $530 | Limit Omaha Hi/Lo | $400,000 |
| 23 | Fri, 9/11 | 20:00 | $320 | No-limit hold’em [10-minute levels] | $300,000 |
| 24 | Sat, 9/12 | 14:30 | $530 | No-limit hold’em [heads-up] | $1,000,000 |
| 25 | Sat, 9/12 | 16:30 | $320 | H.O.R.S.E. | $400,000 |
| 26 | Sun, 9/13 | 12:45 | $215 | No-limit hold’em | $1,000,000 |
| 27 | Sun, 9/13 | 14:30 | $25,500 | No-limit hold’em [high roller, heads up] | $800,000 |
| 28 | Sun, 9/13 | 16:30 | $1,050 | No-limit hold’em [2-day] | $3,000,000 |
| 29 | Mon, 9/14 | 14:30 | $320 | Mixed [pot-limit hold’em, pot-limit Omaha] | $400,000 |
| 30 | Mon, 9/14 | 16:30 | $320 | No-limit hold’em [2X Chance] | $600,000 |
| 31 | Tue, 9/15 | 14:30 | $320 | Pot-limit Omaha w/rebuys [6-max] | $700,000 |
| 32 | Tue, 9/15 | 16:30 | $530 | Seven-card stud Hi/Lo | $200,000 |
| 33 | Tue, 9/15 | 20:00 | $1,050 | No-limit hold’em | $500,000 |
| 34 | Wed, 9/16 | 14:30 | $215 | No-limit hold’em [big antes] | $500,000 |
| 35 | Wed, 9/16 | 16:30 | $320 | Pot-limit Omaha Hi/Lo | $500,000 |
| 36 | Thu, 9/17 | 14:30 | $530 | No-limit hold’em w/rebuys [6-max] | $1,000,000 |
| 37 | Thu, 9/17 | 16:30 | $2,100 | Pot-limit Omaha [6-max] | $600,000 |
| 38 | Fri, 9/18 | 14:30 | $530 | No-limit hold’em [1R1A] | $1,000,000 |
| 39 | Fri, 9/18 | 16:30 | $1,050 | Limit hold’em [6-max] | $400,000 |
| 40 | Fri, 9/18 | 20:00 | $215 | No-limit Omaha Hi/Lo [10-minute levels] | $200,000 |
| 41 | Sat, 9/19 | 14:30 | $530 | Pot-limit Omaha [heads up] | $250,000 |
| 42 | Sat, 9/19 | 16:30 | $2,100 | 8-Game | $350,000 |
| 43 | Sun, 9/20 | 12:45 | $215 | No-limit hold’em | $1,000,000 |
| 44 | Sun, 9/20 | 14:30 | $10,300 | H.O.R.S.E. [high roller] | $1,000,000 |
| 45 | Sun, 9/20 | 16:30 | $5,200 | No-limit hold’em main event [2-day] | $10,000,000 |
1 Comment
seamarfan269
4 months ago
Pstars should have done the multi-level buyins like the SCOOP. That was a GREAT idea that included all tournament players on the site, not just the ones with uber-monies. Nuff Said.