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SCOOP Tournament Series to Start Today at PokerStars

Starting today, PokerStars will be offering about $45 million in guaranteed prize pools over the next two weeks in this year’s Spring Championship of Online Poker.

The tournament series, in its second year, features three tiers of play: low, middle and high buy-ins. The tier system allows everyone to participate in SCOOP, no matter how big your bankroll is. The guaranteed money is up from $38 million last year, and the events are up from 22 in 2009 to 38 this year.

The series begins this Sunday and runs through May 16th. SCOOP includes just about every variation of poker that is commonly played, including hold’em, Omaha, stud, and mixed games.

Satellites are running for all levels of SCOOP, so you don’t even need the full buy-in to be a part of the series.

SCOOP begins on the final day of FTOPS XVI at Full Tilt, so it figures to be a busy day for online poker players. FTOPS’ main event guarantees $3 million in a $640 buy-in tournament. SCOOP’s mid-level main event guarantees $3 million in a $1,050 event. The “low” main event guarantees $1 million ($109 buy-in). The high main event guarantees $5 million ($10,300 buy-in).

Here’s the complete schedule for SCOOP, with buy-in and guaranteed prize pools. All times Eastern:

Today, May 2
1 p.m., Event #1: no-limit hold’em, 6-max
Low: $22, $250,000 Guaranteed
Mid: $215, $1 Million
High: $2,100, $1 Million

5 p.m., Event #2: NLH two-day event
Low: $22, $500,000
Mid: $215, $2 Million
High: $2,100, $2 Million

Monday, May 3rd
2 p.m., Event #3, NLH 6-max with rebuys
Low: $5.50, $250,000
Mid: $55, $500,000
High: $530, $1 Million

5 p.m., Event #4, fixed limit badugi
Low: $16.50, $25,000
Mid: $162, $50,000
High: $1,575, $75,000

8 p.m., Event #5, pot-limit Omaha cubed
Low: $11, $50,000
Mid: $109, $100,000
High: $1,050, $150,000

Tuesday, May 4th
2 p.m., Event #6, pot-limit five-card draw
Low: $11, $25,000
Mid: $109, $50,000
High: $1,050, $75,000

5 p.m., Event #7, NLH heads-up
Low: $16.50, $100,000
Mid: $162, $250,000
High: $1,575, $500,000

8 p.m., Event #8, NLH
Low: $11, $100,000
Mid: $109, $200,000
High: $1,050, $500,000

Wednesday, May 5th
2 p.m., Event #9, mixed hold’em 6-max
Low: $22, $100,000
Mid: $215, $200,000
High: $2,100, $400,000

5 p.m., Event #10, 7-card stud
Low: $33, $25,000
Mid: $320, $50,000
High: $3,150, $100,000

Thursday, May 6th
2 p.m., Event #11, pot-limit Omaha heads up
Low: $22, $25,000
Mid: $215, $100,000
High: $2,100, $200,000

5 p.m., Event #12, NLH knockout
Low: $27, $100,000
Mid: $265, $200,000
High: $2,100, $300,000

Friday, May 7th
2 p.m., Event #13, NLH ante up
Low: $16.50, $50,000
Mid: $162, $100,000
High: $1,575, $200,000

5 p.m., Event #14, fixed limit Omaha hi-lo
Low: $55, $50,000
Mid: $530, $150,000
High: $5,200, $250,000

8 p.m., Event #15, NLH 2x chance turbo
Low: $16.50, $250,000
Mid: $162, $500,000
High: $1,575, $750,000

Saturday, May 8th
2 p.m., Event #16 NLH Shootout
Low: $22, $150,000
Mid: $215, $150,000
High: $2,100, $200,000

5 p.m., Event #17, pot-limit Omaha 6-max with rebuys
Low: $16.50, $100,000
Mid: $162, $250,000
High: $1,575, $500,000

8 p.m., Event #18, fixed limit hold’em turbo
Low: $22, $25,000
Mid: $215, $100,000
High: $2,100, $150,000

Sunday, May 9th
1 p.m., Event #19, NLH big antes
Low: $22, $250,000
Mid: $215, $750,000
High: $2,100, $750,000

5 p.m., Event #20, NLH two-day event
Low: $22, $500,000
Mid: $215, $2 Million
High: $2,100, $2 Million

Monday, May 10th
2 p.m., Event #21, pot-limit hold’em/Omaha
Low: $16.50, $75,000
Mid: $162, $200,000
High: $1,575, $300,000

5 p.m., Event #22, NLH 4-max
Low: $33, $150,000
Mid: $320, $300,000
High: $3,150, $500,000

8 p.m., Event #23, NLH turbo with rebuys
Low: $11, $150,000
Mid: $109, $300,000
High: $1,050, $500,000

Tuesday, May 11th
2 p.m., Event #24, triple draw 2-7
Low: $11, $25,000
Mid: $109, $50,000
High: $1,050, $75,000

5 p.m., Event #25, 7-card stud hi-lo
Low: $22, $50,000
Mid: $215, $100,000
High: $2,100, $150,000

8 p.m., Event #26, NLH
Low: $11, $100,000
Mid: $109, $200,000
High: $1,050, $500,000

Wednesday, May 12th
2 p.m., Event #27, razz
Low: $22, $50,000
Mid: $215, $100,000
High: $2,100, $150,000

5 p.m., Event #28, NLH with rebuys
Low: $11, $200,000
Mid: $109, $400,000
High: $1,050, $600,000

Thursday, May 13th
2 p.m., Event #29, 8-game
Low: $33, $75,000
Mid: $320, $150,000
High: $3,150, $250,000

5 p.m., Event #30, pot-limit Omaha hi-lo
Low: $11, $75,000
Mid: $109, $150,000
High: $1,050, $300,000

Friday, May 14th
2 p.m., Event #31, NLH cubed
Low: $22, $250,000
Mid: $215, $500,000
High: $2,100, $1 Million

5 p.m., Event #32, fixed limit hold’em 6-max
Low: $55, $100,000
Mid: $530, $200,000
High: $5,200, $300,000

8 p.m., Event #33, NL Omaha hi-lo turbo
Low: $22, $50,000
Mid: $215, $100,000
High: $2,100, $200,000

Saturday, May 15th
2 p.m., Event #34, pot-limit Omaha 6-max
Low: $55, $100,000
Mid: $530, $250,000
High: $5,200, $500,000

3:30 p.m., Event #35, NLH heads-up two-day event
Low: $270, $250,000
Mid: $2,600, $500,000
High: $25,500, $750,000

5 p.m., Event #36, HORSE
Low: $22, $50,000
Mid: $215, $100,000
High: $2,100, $150,000

Sunday, May 16th
1 p.m., Event #37, NLH
Low: $22, $200,000
Mid: $215, $750,000
High: $2,100, $750,000

5 p.m., SCOOP Main Event
Low: $109, $1 Million
Mid: $1,050, $3 Million
High: $10,300, $5 Million

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