Grand Finale of PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker

The World Championship of Online Poker or WCOOP has just recently ended last Monday, 21st of September 2009.  The said event started last week, with all the good tourneys seen this weekend.

It can be said that the WCOOP was, indeed, a huge success as online poker players from all over the world participated in this major poker series.  Who can really ignore the huge guaranteed prize pool?  And who does not want to compete for the money against some of the best that the poker world has to offer?

Let us take a quick recap of the event's major highlights. [Read][more...]

PokerStars and Bluff to Sponsor Kent Senter Benefit

PokerStars wishes to give something back to a man who has been playing in its poker rooms for years now.  On September 12, 2009, at exactly 20:00H EST, the Kent Senter Benefit Tournament is going to commence.  The profits of this benefit tournament are going to go to the Senter family to help them pay for Kent Senter's, the head of the family, rising medical bills.

A Brief Background on Kent Senter

Kent Senter, a good man with a loving wife and family, was diagnosed two years ago with terminal cancer, especially since the cancer cells have already spread all throughout his spine.  [Read][more...]

Get to Know the FireGoblin, Michael Overstreet

Although a relatively unknown name in the poker world, Michael Overstreet or the FireGoblin made his tentative splash in the poker world when he became a runner-up finisher on a $20 180-man sit and go tourney.  He admits this event to be his crowning achievement, but little did he know that he would be able to bag the WCOOP title a few months later.

A Brief History of Michael Overstreet

Overstreet's day job is being a software engineer, and although he plays poker now and then all throughout his five-year history of being a poker player, he admits to being far from becoming a poker player.  In fact, there were times that he would play continuously and times that he would have a sabbatical from the game for months. [Read][more...]

September 3 Marks the Start of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker

Yesterday, September 3, 2009, was officially the start of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker, which is being held by PokerStars.  PokerStars is considered to be the biggest and the best online poker site in the Internet, and as such, you can expect popular names in the poker world vying for the chance to win at one of the world's biggest prize pools.

The 2009 World Championship of Online Poker

As stated above, PokerStars is going to host the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker, and there will be a total of 45 tournaments, the final table included.  The said event started yesterday, September 3, and will end on September 20.

The initial tournament asks that each contestant put up a $215 buy-in fee to be able to get a seat in the NL Hold'Em Six-Max Event.  The buy-in fee might be a bit heavy for some, but the huge $1.25 million dollars of guaranteed prize pool more than makes up for it.  As for the Main Event which will be on the 20th of September, the buy-in fee might be a whopping $5,200 to get a seat in the No Limit Texas Hold'Em Final Table, but you also get the chance to win your share of the huge guaranteed prizes pool of $10 million dollars!

But, of course, there are satellite tournaments whose buy-in fees are as low as $1 at the PokerStars, and if you enter and win in one, you just might win a seat at one of the 45 tournaments of the 2009 WCOOP.

All in all, the 2009 WCOOP is bound to be one of the hottest poker series this year with a guaranteed prize pool totaling to $40 million dollars.

What to Look Forward to

There are a lot of things that you have to look forward to during the said event.  Not only are you going to see big poker names winning their way to more millions, but you will also get to hear about undiscovered online poker talents suddenly making a big name for themselves as they win lots of money.  Who knows, this event might just reveal the next Daniel Negreanu of the poker world.

So, do you want to participate in PokerStars' World Championship and get the chance to earn your first million?  If you answered yes, then you should definitely visit their website now and learn more about how to join the said major online poker tournament.

Let’s Talk Millions in PokerStars

We all know the story of many poker players who earned millions while playing online poker, right?  And we also know that the best way to get at it is to play in major poker events, but sometimes, the buy-in fee could become a big dent in someone's pockets.  Fortunately, there are some online poker rooms that offer you a free seat into these major events, and one of these poker rooms in PokerStars where you literally talk millions.

The World Championship of Online Poker

The World Championship of Online Poker or the WCOOP is the most prestigious online poker tournament in the Internet.  This is a major online poker event where the best online poker players meet and compete for one of the biggest prize pools in the World Wide Web.  This year's guaranteed prize pool is a whopping $40,000,000 where the champion can take home the prize of more than a million dollars.  There are 45 events to participate in, with the major game being the No Limit Hold'Em, of course, and a guaranteed prize pool of ten million dollars. [Read][more...]

PokerStars goes “Extreme”

Poker players from around the world can have the opportunity to participate in the WCOOP tournament this coming month of September with the help of PokerStars and its "Extreme" promotion. PokerStars wish to share the event with a lot of players across the globe by putting up «Extreme Satellites» that will help connect them to the poker tournaments that can make theme eligible to join the main event in September.

The lowest buy in available in PokerStars Extreme Satellites amount to $7.50 and with 100 seats sometimes being offered, the chances of poker players to enter the game are huge. That depends on whether they can reach the opening event to be held in the fourth of August, 2009. Those who are lucky to get a seat in this buy in can use their seat in the $109 buy in to be able to join the main event in WCOOP with a buy in of $5200. The Extreme Satellite will begin in August 4 and will end in August 16. During this time, there are over a million seats waiting to be filled by poker players who wish to try their skills against known poker players in the WCOOP tournament. [Read][more...]