We are now just a few days away from the world’s most prestigious annual online poker tournament series, as the 2011 World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP) will be returning to PokerStars.com; running from September 4th-25th and will feature $30 Million in guaranteed prize-pools over a total of 62 events.
The highlights of the much anticipated bracelet tournaments include a $5 million guaranteed No Limit Hold’em Main Event, which will award the winner at least $1 million. The winner of the 2010 WCOOP Main Event was ‘POTTERPOKER’, who won the first-place prize of $2,278,097.50, which remains a world record for the single biggest online poker tournament cash.
The 2011 WCOOP offers a range of tournaments and buy-ins to suit every player, with big guaranteed prize pools throughout. in all, there are nearly a dozen different poker disciplines incorporated into the schedule; including Hold’em, Omaha, Draw, Stud, Razz, Badugi, 8 Game and HORSE, along with tournament formats that include heads-up, shootout, knockout, 4-max/6-max, big antes and turbos. The 62-event schedule features nine tournaments with guarantees in excess of $1 million, with buy-ins ranging from $109 up to the $10,300 High Roller events and satellites with entry starting as low as $1.
While Canadian players racked up the third most cashes and the second largest money total of all 18 countries that participated in 2010, none of the events bracelets were claimed by our players last year. We currently sit just 4 shy of Sweden, who are sitting in the second place spot on the all time list; with Canada having collected ten past titles going into the tenth anniversary of the event.
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2011 WCOOP schedule
It all gets started on September 4 with a two-day $215 NL Hold’em [6-Max] event ($1 million guaranteed), a $10,300 NL Hold’em High Roller tournament ($1.25m guaranteed), and a two-day $215 NL Hold’em event ($1.25m guaranteed).
One significant change, (and surely welcomed and appreciated by players), to this year’s WCOOP is the greater range of starting times. To help accommodate an enable players from across the globe to participate, WCOOP Events now begin at six different times: 06.00, 10.00, 11.00, 12.00, 14.00 and 17.00 (all ET).
Here is the full schedule:
Start Date Start Time (ET) Tournament / Buy-in Guarantee
04-Sep (Sun) 10:00 WCOOP-01: $215 NL Hold’em [6-Max] $1,000,000
04-Sep (Sun) 12:00 WCOOP-02: $10,300 NL Hold’em [High Roller] $1,250,000
04-Sep (Sun) 14:00 WCOOP-03: $215 NL Hold’em $1,250,000
05-Sep (Mon) 11:00 WCOOP-04: $320 PL Omaha $300,000
05-Sep (Mon) 14:00 WCOOP-05: $320 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Shootout] $175,000
05-Sep (Mon) 17:00 WCOOP-06: $215 R NL Hold’em [Turbo] $500,000
06-Sep (Tue) 11:00 WCOOP-07: $215 PL Draw $75,000
06-Sep (Tue) 14:00 WCOOP-08: $215 Triple Stud $50,000
06-Sep (Tue) 17:00 WCOOP-09: $1,050 NL Hold’em $600,000
07-Sep (Wed) 06:00 WCOOP-10: $265 PL Omaha [Knockout] $225,000
07-Sep (Wed) 11:00 WCOOP-11: $320 NL Hold’em [Ante Up] $300,000
07-Sep (Wed) 14:00 WCOOP-12: $215 NL Hold’em [Heads-Up] $225,000
08-Sep (Thu) 06:00 WCOOP-13: $215 PL Omaha H/L [6-Max, 1R1A] $125,000
08-Sep (Thu) 11:00 WCOOP-14: $265 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Knockout] $500,000
08-Sep (Thu) 14:00 WCOOP-15: $215 Razz $125,000
09-Sep (Fri) 11:00 WCOOP-16: $215 PL Omaha [6-Max] $250,000
09-Sep (Fri) 14:00 WCOOP-17: $215 NL Single Draw 2-7 $25,000
09-Sep (Fri) 17:00 WCOOP-18: $320 NL Hold’em [10-Min Levels] $350,000
10-Sep (Sat) 10:00 WCOOP-19: $109 NL Hold’em $800,000
10-Sep (Sat) 14:00 WCOOP-20: $215 FL Hold’em $100,000
11-Sep (Sun) 10:00 WCOOP-21: $215 NL Hold’em $1,250,000
11-Sep (Sun) 14:00 WCOOP-22: $530 NL Hold’em $1,500,000
12-Sep (Mon) 11:00 WCOOP-23: $215 NL Hold’em [4-Max] $500,000
12-Sep (Mon) 14:00 WCOOP-24: $320 Stud $50,000
12-Sep (Mon) 17:00 WCOOP-25: $215 PL Omaha [Turbo, 1R1A] $225,000
13-Sep (Tue) 11:00 WCOOP-26: $320 Mixed Hold’em [6-Max] $225,000
13-Sep (Tue) 14:00 WCOOP-27: $320 FL Badugi $50,000
13-Sep (Tue) 17:00 WCOOP-28: $1,050 NL Hold’em $600,000
14-Sep (Wed) 06:00 WCOOP-29: $265 NL Omaha H/L [6-Max, Knockout] $100,000
14-Sep (Wed) 11:00 WCOOP-30: $530 NL Hold’em [10-Max, Triple Shootout] $275,000
14-Sep (Wed) 14:00 WCOOP-31: $320 8-Game $100,000
15-Sep (Thu) 06:00 WCOOP-32: $320 NL Hold’em [6-Max] $350,000
15-Sep (Thu) 11:00 WCOOP-33: $320 PL Omaha [6-Max, 1R1A] $300,000
15-Sep (Thu) 14:00 WCOOP-34: $320 Triple Draw 2-7 $50,000
16-Sep (Fri) 11:00 WCOOP-35: $215 R NL Hold’em $550,000
16-Sep (Fri) 14:00 WCOOP-36: $530 FL Omaha H/L $175,000
16-Sep (Fri) 17:00 WCOOP-37: $109 8-Game [10-Min Rounds] $50,000
17-Sep (Sat) 10:00 WCOOP-38: $530 NL Hold’em [Heads-Up] $350,000
17-Sep (Sat) 14:00 WCOOP-39: $320 HORSE $125,000
18-Sep (Sun) 10:00 WCOOP-40: $215 NL Hold’em $1,000,000
18-Sep (Sun) 12:00 WCOOP-41: $10,300 NL Hold’em [High-Roller Heads-Up] $150,000
18-Sep (Sun) 14:00 WCOOP-42: $1,050 NL Hold’em $1,500,000
19-Sep (Mon) 11:00 WCOOP-43: $320 R PL Omaha [6-Max] $350,000
19-Sep (Mon) 14:00 WCOOP-44: $320 NL Hold’em [2X Chance] $400,000
19-Sep (Mon) 17:00 WCOOP-45: $265 NL Hold’em [Turbo, Knockout] $400,000
20-Sep (Tue) 11:00 WCOOP-46: $320 Mixed PL Hold’em/Omaha $225,000
20-Sep (Tue) 14:00 WCOOP-47: $530 Stud H/L $50,000
20-Sep (Tue) 17:00 WCOOP-48: $1,050 NL Hold’em $600,000
21-Sep (Wed) 06:00 WCOOP-49: $215 NL Hold’em [1R1A] $400,000
21-Sep (Wed) 11:00 WCOOP-50: $215 NL Hold’em [Big Antes] $350,000
21-Sep (Wed) 14:00 WCOOP-51: $320 PL Omaha H/L $175,000
22-Sep (Thu) 06:00 WCOOP-52: $320 NL Hold’em $400,000
22-Sep (Thu) 11:00 WCOOP-53: $530 R NL Hold’em $600,000
22-Sep (Thu) 14:00 WCOOP-54: $2,100 PL Omaha [6-Max] $450,000
23-Sep (Fri) 11:00 WCOOP-55: $530 NL Hold’em [1R1A] $600,000
23-Sep (Fri) 14:00 WCOOP-56: $1,050 FL Hold’em [6-Max] $150,000
23-Sep (Fri) 17:00 WCOOP-57: $215 NL Omaha H/L [10-Min Levels] $75,000
24-Sep (Sat) 10:00 WCOOP-58: $530 PL Omaha [Heads-Up] $125,000
24-Sep (Sat) 14:00 WCOOP-59: $2,100 HORSE $200,000
25-Sep (Sun) 10:00 WCOOP-60: $215 NL Hold’em $1,250,000
25-Sep (Sun) 12:00 WCOOP-61: $10,300 8-Game [High Roller] $500,000
25-Sep (Sun) 14:00 WCOOP-62: $5,200 NL Hold’em Main Event $5,000,000
