WCOOP begins this week at PokerStars

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One of the oldest and arguably the most prestigious online poker tournament series gets underway later this week. Starting Friday, September 5th, the World Championship of Online Poker will bring together thousands of players to compete in 33 events with $30,000,000 in total guaranteed prize money.

This year marks the seventh installment of the WCOOP, which started in 2002 and runs once a year.

PokerStars is running round the clock satellites for the World Championship of Online Poker at a wide variety of buy in levels. You can view satellites for individual events by logging into Poker Stars and selecting the WCOOP event you’re interested in and choosing to view sattys just for that event, or you can navigate to the Tournament >> Satellite tab and filter to all WCOOP satellites.

Below find the complete schedule for the 2008 WCOOP:

#1 5-Sep Fri 14:30 $215 NL Hold’em [6-max] $1,000,000
#2 5-Sep Fri 16:30 $215 PL 5-Card Draw $100,000
#3 6-Sep Sat 14:30 $215 Limit Hold’em $300,000
#4 6-Sep Sat 16:30 $215 2-7 Triple Draw $100,000
#5 7-Sep Sun 14:30 $10,300 High-Roller NL Hold’em $2,000,000
#6 7-Sep Sun 16:30 $530 NL Hold’em $3,000,000
#7 9-8 Mon 14:30 $215 PL Omaha [6-max] $300,000
#8 9-8 Mon 16:30 $320 8-game Mixed Event $200,000
#9 9-9 Tue 14:30 $215 NL Hold’em [4-max] $400,000
#10 9-9 Tue 16:30 $215 Razz $100,000
#11 9-10 Wed 14:30 $320 PL Omaha Hi/Lo $300,000
#12 9-10 Wed 16:30 $320 Mixed Hold’em $300,000
#13 9-11 Thu 14:30 $215 NL Hold’em w/Rebuys $1,000,000
#14 9-11 Thu 16:30 $320 7-Card Stud $100,000
#15 9-12 Fri 14:30 $320 NL Hold’em [Heads-Up] $500,000
#16 9-12 Fri 16:30 $215 PL Omaha [1R / 1A] $300,000
#17 9-13 Sat 14:30 $530 PL Hold’em [6-max] $400,000
#18 9-13 Sat 16:30 $215 HORSE $300,000
#19 9-14 Sun 14:30 $25,500 High-Roller HU NL Hold’em $1,600,000
#20 9-14 Sun 16:30 $1,050 NL Hold’em $3,000,000
#21 9-15 Mon 14:30 $530 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo $200,000
#22 9-15 Mon 16:30 $530 Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo [6-max] $200,000
#23 9-16 Tue 14:30 $530 NL Hold’em [1R / 1A] $500,000
#24 9-16 Tue 16:30 $530 NL 2-7 Single Draw $200,000
#25 9-17 Wed 14:30 $320 PL Omaha w/ Rebuys $500,000
#26 9-17 Wed 16:30 $320 NL Hold’em [6-max] $500,000
#27 9-18 Thu 14:30 $530 NL Hold’em Triple Shootout $300,000
#28 9-18 Thu 16:30 $530 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo $400,000
#29 9-19 Fri 14:30 $530 NLHE w/Rebuys [6-max] $400,000
#30 9-19 Fri 16:30 $1,050 PL Omaha $500,000
#31 9-20 Sat 14:30 $1,050 Limit Hold’em [6-max] $500,000
#32 9-20 Sat 16:30 $10,300 HORSE $500,000
#33 9-21 Sun 16:30 $5,200 NL Hold’em Main Event $10,000,000

View past WCOOP winners here.

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