PokerStars Presents World Championship of Online Poker 711w3y

PokerStars is back this year it is huge!

The 2007 WCOOP hosted annually by the online poker site Poker Stars, is a tournament featuring 23 different events and this tear will have an unprecedented $15 million in guaranteed prize pools. The poker tournament series starts Saturday, Aug 15 with a $400,000 guarantee no limit Texas hold’em six handed event. It will finish up with the main event Sept. 30^th with the $2500 buy-in $5 million guaranteed no limit Texas hold’em tournament.

No matter what your specialty may be, this year’s World Championship of Online Poker will have a poker event for you. This year will include deuce t seven triple draw, H.O.R.S.E., five card draw, seven card stud, Omaha, Razz and yes, plenty of Texas Hold’em.

Last year, there were only 18 events for a prize pool guarantee of $10 million. The total prize pool by the end of last years WCOOP was $18.5 million which has PokerStars and players alike very excited about this years possibilities. Last years champion was J.C. Tran (area23JC) who made $670,000 after a deal at the final table was agreed upon will be back along with a plethora of other highly talented pros from the online and live tournament arena.

2007 Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker Events:

Event No. Date Day Time (ET) Game Buy-in Guarantee

1. 9/14 Friday 3 p.m No-limit (sixhanded) $200+$15 $400,000
2. 9/14 Friday 4:30 p.m. Pot-limit five-card draw $200+$15 $100,000
3. 9/15 Saturday 3 p.m. Pot-limit Omaha (sixhanded) $200+$15 $200,000
4. 9/15 Saturday 4:30 p.m. Deuce-to-seven triple draw $200+$15 $100,000
5. 9/16 Sunday 4:30 p.m. No-limit hold’em $500+$30 $2 million
6. 9/17 Monday 3 p.m. Pot-limit Omaha (with rebuys) $300+$20 $400,000
7. 9/18 Tuesday 3 p.m. Limit hold’em $200+$15 $100,000
8. 9/19 Wednesday 3 p.m. Limit Omaha eight-or-better $500+$30 $300,000
9. 9/20 Thursday 3 p.m. No-limit hold’em (with rebuys) $200+$15 $1 million
10. 9/21 Friday 3 p.m. No-limit hold’em (heads up) $300+$20 $500,000
11. 9/21 Friday 4:30 p.m. Razz $200+$15 $100,000
12. 9/22 Saturday 3 p.m. H.O.R.S.E. $200+$15 $200,000
13. 9/22 Saturday 4:30 p.m. Pot-limit hold’em $500+$30 $400,000
14. 9/23 Sunday 4:30 p.m. No-limit hold’em $1,000+$50 $2 million
15. 9/24 Monday 3 p.m. Seven-card stud $300+$20 $100,000
16. 9/25 Tuesday 3 p.m. Pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better $300+$20 $200,000
17. 9/26 Wednesday 3 p.m. No-limit hold’em (sixhanded) $300+$20 $400,000
18. 9/27 Thursday 3 p.m. Seven-card stud eight-or-better $500+$30 $200,000
19. 9/28 Friday 3 p.m. Pot-limit Omaha $500+$30 $300,000
20. 9/28 Friday 4:30 p.m. No-limit hold’em triple shootout $500+$30 $200,000
21. 9/29 Saturday 3 p.m. H.O.R.S.E. $5,000+$200 $500,000
22. 9/29 Saturday 4:30 p.m. Limit hold’em $1,000+$50 $200,000
23. 9/ 30 Sunday 4:30 p.m. No-limit hold’em main event $2,500+$100 $5 million