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VPP Poker Room News
| 2009 WCOOP Tentative Schedule Released - Monday, June 22, 2009 at 08:32
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PokerStars recently released a tentative schedule for their upcoming World Championship of Online Poker. The WCOOP is the largest online tournament in both prize money as well as the number of players competing. This year's event is set to begin in September so PokerStars has released the schedule for players to get ready to compete.
The 2009 WCOOP will begin on September 3rd and continue until the 20th. Each day will see several events take place with a total of forty two different events over the eighteen day period. The WCOOP will offer $40 million in guaranteed prize money.
The poker tournament will begin with two different events. The first event is a No Limit Hold’em event with a buy-in of $215. This tournament offers $1.25 million in guaranteed prize money. The second tournament to take place on the first day of the WCOOP is a Razz Game event with a buy-in of $215 and offers a guarantee of $200,000.
The Main Event of the WCOOP will begin on the 20th of September and offer an amazing $10 million guaranteed prize pool. Fourteen of the WCOOP events offer at least $1 million or more with the Main Event being the largest prize offering. The buy-in for the Main Event is $5,200.
The tentative schedule for the 2009 WCOOP is as follows:
Date Event # Time Buy-in Description Guarantee
9-3 #1 14:30 $215 NL Hold’em (6-max) $1,250,000
9-3 #2 16:30 $215 Razz $290,000
9-4 #3 14:30 $215 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-max) $500,000
9-4 #4 16:30 $215 NL Single-Draw 2-7 (w/ rebuys) $200,000
9-5 #5 12:45 $109 NL Hold’em $1,000,000
9-5 #6 14:30 $215 NL 5-Card Draw $200,000
9-5 #7 16:30 $215 FL Hold’em $400,000
9-6 #8 12:45 $215 NL Hold’em $1,000,000
9-6 #9 14:30 $10,300 NL Hold’em "High Rollers" $2,000,000
9-6 #10 16:30 $530 NL Hold’em (2-day) $3,000,000
9-7 #11 14:30 $320 Mixed Hold’em (6-max) $340,000
9-7 #12 16:30 $215 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-max, 1R/1A) $500,000
9-8 #13 14:30 $320 7-Card Stud $150,000
9-8 #14 16:30 $320 FL Badugi $100,000
9-8 #15 20:00 $1,050 NL Hold’em $500,000
9-9 #16 14:30 $530 NL Hold’em Triple Shootout $500,000
9-9 #17 16:30 $320 8-Game $300,000
9-10 #18 14:30 $530 Pot-Limit Hold’em (6-max) $400,000
9-10 #19 16:30 $320 FL Triple Draw 2-7 $100,000
9-11 #20 14:30 $215 NL Hold’em (w/ rebuys) $1,200,000
9-11 #21 16:30 $530 FL Omaha Hi/Lo $400,000
9-12 #22 14:30 $530 NL Hold’em Heads-Up $1,000,000
9-12 #23 16:30 $320 H.O.R.S.E. $400,000
9-13 #24 12:45 $215 NL Hold’em $1,000,000
9-13 #25 14:30 $25,500 NL Hold’em “High Rollers” Match Play $800,000
9-13 #26 16:30 $1,050 NL Hold’em (2-day) $3,000,000
9-14 #27 14:30 $320 Mixed (PLO/PLHE) $400,000
9-14 #28 16:30 $320 NL Hold’em (Second Chance) $800,000
9-15 #29 14:30 $320 Pot-Limit Omaha (w/ rebuys) $700,000
9-15 #30 16:30 $530 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo $200,000
9-15 #31 20:00 $1,050 NL Hold’em $500,000
9-16 #32 14:30 $215 NL Hold’em (big antes) $500,000
9-16 #33 16:30 $320 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo $500,000
9-17 #34 14:30 $530 NL Hold’em 6-max (w/ rebuys) $1,000,000
9-17 #35 16:30 $2,100 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-max) $600,000
9-18 #36 14:30 $530 NL Hold’em (1R/1A) $1,000,000
9-18 #37 16:30 $1,030 FL Hold’em (6-max) $400,000
9-19 #38 14:30 $530 Pot-Limit Omaha Heads-Up $500,000
9-19 #39 16:30 $2,100 8-Game $400,000
9-20 #40 12:45 $215 NL Hold’em $1,000,000
9-20 #41 14:30 $10,300 H.O.R.S.E. “High Rollers” $1,000,000
9-20 #42 16:30 $5,200 NL Hold’em Main Event (2-day) $10,000,000
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