1. Events for the 2020 WCOOP will start at $2.20 and go all the way up to $25,000. Tournaments will be run 6 days a week with scheduled days off on Friday. The series will be dominated by No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha, however, 17 other variants will be represented including 5-Card Draw, 6+ Hold’em, Badugi and HORSE, to name a few.
2. 2020 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Schedule PokerStars have revealed details of the 19th annual World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP) which will run from Sunday, August 30th.

Howard Swains September 02, 2020 in News Some very familiar winners on the third day of WCOOP A huge update today from the 2020 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) with details of 17 winners and some top names making waves early in the series. Deep breath, here’s all you need to know. Ahead of the second big Sunday of the 2020 PokerStars WCOOP, Day 7 saw six new champions being crowned including the first repeat WCOOP-winner of this series: Yuri 'theNERDguy' Dzivielevski. The Brazilian star defeated countryman Murilo 'Muka82' Figuereido heads-up in WCOOP-20-H: $1,050 HORSE to win $31,115. WCOOP 2020: The Largest Guarantee, the Broadest Schedule, the Longest in Series History PokerStars has revealed the full schedule for its annual extravaganza, the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Spanning 25 days starting on Sunday, August 30, WCOOP 2020 guarantees $80 million across 225 tournaments.

Wcoop 2020 Fast Track $1

About 10 days ago, PokerStars kicked off its 2020 World Championship of Online Poker, better known as WCOOP. Action started on Sunday, August 30 with four events, and approximately one-third of the schedule is already complete.

The series – PokerStars’ signature online poker series and the one that laid the groundwork for all other sites to follow since WCOOP began 19 years ago – offers a total of 75 events, but most have three levels of buy-ins attached.

Did we mention that PokerStars is guaranteeing more than $81 million across all of its prize pools?

It’s kind of a big deal.

First Days of WCOOP

The very first day of WCOOP on August 30 delivered a win to a well-known PokerStars name. Ambassador Ben “Spraggy” Spragg finished ninth at the final table of Event 5-H for $5,222.98 and then final tabled Event 5-L. And he kept going, eventually livestreaming his victory. He won $4,349.41 for outlasting 12,191 competitors.

All in all, Spraggy captured a WCOOP title and more than $9,500 for the day.

AND NEW WCOOP 2020 CHAMPION!

I JUST WON A FUCKING WCOOP TITLE!

12,192 RUNNERS AND I WIN THE WHOLE DAMN SHOW!

INSANE! pic.twitter.com/jDcYqvTcsk

— Spraggy (@spraggy) August 31, 2020

Day 2 brought a number of players back for the final day of Event 2-H, the $10K NLHE 8-Max PKO Sunday Slam. Dimitar “KuuL” Danchev not only took his chip lead from the previous day to the winner’s circle, he collected $400,494.59 for the victory. In addition, he collected nearly $250K in bounties.

Pokerstars Wcoop 2020

Poker pro Ankush “pistons87” Mandavia grabbed a third career WCOOP title on Day 3 when he won Event 12-H, a $530 NLHE Heads-Up Turbo PKO Zoom event. Out of 526 players, Mandavia was the last one standing for the $40,792.90 first-place prize.

More Big Names Win in Week 1

By the fourth day of the series, players found their groove. Ludovic “ludovi333” Geilich won his second career WCOOP in the $10K NLHE High Roller, which was Event 10-H, a two-day event on the schedule. His online poker account grew by $238,966.30 for that win.

Also on Day 4, Chris “ImDaNuts” Oliver won Event 10-M for $149,968.28 and his own second career WCOOP victory. And longtime Dutch pro Noah “Exclusive” Boeken took down his third WCOOP by winning Event 11-H, the FLHE 6-Max event worth $20,312.17.

Day 5 was another for big poker names. Andras “probirs” Nemeth won Event 15-H, a $530 NLHE 8-Max event with rebuys. Out of the 294 entries, Nemeth stuck around to claim $79,655.48 for the win and his first WCOOP title.

Day 6 was a day of rest for most players, courtesy of PokerStars’ scheduling gurus.

📢 Announcing a change to the #WCOOP schedule
Friday is now a complete rest day, with Day 2 of Thursday's events now taking place on Saturday.
Full story. 👇 pic.twitter.com/PlzQWtMZm5

— PokerStars (@PokerStars) September 7, 2020

This past weekend played numerous events. Two of the most well-known winners were Sylvain “calculer_” Loosli and Gavin “gavz101” Cochrane. Loosli took down Event 27-H for $78,182.44, and Cochrane won Event 26-H (5-Card PLO 6-Max) for $63,236.85.

Double Champs

In an extensive series like WCOOP, there can be players who capture more than one title in that single series. Two players already did it.

Yuri “theNERDguy” Martins of Brazil emerged victorious in Event 20-H, a $1,050 HORSE tournament. He won $31,115 in cash. That paired well with his win days earlier in Event 9-H. That $1,050 NL 2-7 Single Draw win brought in $21,937.50.

This past weekend saw Adrian “Amadi_017” Mateos win Event 28-H – an 8-Max Turbo OKO Freezeout, also known as the Sunday Cooldown Special Edition – for $80,211.93 and his third career WCOOP title. But he wasn’t done. The very next day, Mateos took on the $25K buy-in Super High Roller Sunday Slam. He ended up heads-up with Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz, and Mateos won it for $543,685.63 and his fourth career title.

Another brilliant night in #WCOOP:
♥️Mateos secures back-to-back triumphs
♣️Loosli and Cochrane add WCOOP to SCOOP wins
♦️Nine first-time 'COOP champions
♠️Schedule change clears Fridays
Today's bursting report: https://t.co/a1N35Xotwqpic.twitter.com/DeNtc0t0DM

— PokerStarsBlog (@PokerStarsBlog) September 8, 2020

Stats So Far

According to the PokerStars blog, the numbers are rather astounding thus far.

–Events completed: 79

–Entries: 335,746

–Prize pools: $31,045,829

–First prizes: $4,789,406.08

The WCOOP leaderboards are already becoming quite competitive. Keep in mind that the winner of the overall leaderboard wins a trophy and $25K in cash. Each category also awards a trophy, but the low winner also gets $5K, medium gets $8,500, and high gets $12,500.

At this point, the overall leaderboard shows the top three as:

-1. Zapahzamazki of Russia = 530 points

-2. theNERDguy of Brazil = 510 points

-3. aleksandrs10 of Latvia = 495 points

Aleksandrs10 also leads the low leaderboard, Kaggis of Norway and Muka82 of Brazil tie for the medium, and Naza114 leads the high, though theNERDguy isn’t far behind in the high category.

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After full three weeks of fast-paced poker action, the PokerStarsWorld Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is entering its final phase. Friday will be an off-day, but the upcoming weekend is jam-packed with some great tournaments.

This is the last WCOOP weekend in 2020 so it is quite likely that a great number of players will be flocking to the tables to take advantage of the opportunity. If you are unsure as to what to play or how to organize your personal time around the MTT schedule, we are bringing you some suggestions for the events that are worth getting involved with.

Final WCOOP Saturday Offering Great Value for the Money

Provided you have enough time on your hands, you can start firing up tournaments as early as 15:30 WET on Saturday and keep going for a while. The first event of the final WCOOP 2020 weekend is the Afternoon Deep Stack available across all three tiers featuring prize pools of $250K, $150K, and $40K, respectively.

Kicking off at 18:05 WET is Event #68 – a Progressive KO tournament featuring buy-in levels for every bankroll and some big guarantees:

• WCOOP-H: $1050 buy-in & $600K Guaranteed
• WCOOP-M: $109 buy-in with $400K Gtd.
• WCOOP-L: $11 tournament with $150,000 Guaranteed

If you like to keep busy and have a bankroll to cover it, all three of these tournaments are well worth it. Of course, the one in the high tier may be out of the scope of most players’ average buy-ins but with a $600,000 guarantee and the possibility of some overlay, it should offer decent value.

WCOOP 2020 Main Event Sunday

Sunday, September 20, is easily the biggest day of WCOOP 2020 as this is the day when the Main Event kicks off. Leading up to it are a couple of tournaments, namely the Sunday Kickoff SE at 13:05 WET and the Sunday Warm-Up SE that will see cards in the air at 15:30.

All three Main Events start at 18:05 WET promising good action and big prizes for the top finishers.

2020 WCOOP Main Events

• WCOOP-H Main Event: $5200 buy-in and $10,000,000 guaranteed
• WCOOP-M Main Event: $530 buy-in and $2,000,000 guaranteed
• WCOOP-L Main Event: $55 buy-in and $1,000,000 guaranteed

There are quite a few players registered to play already who either bought in directly or won their way into the events through satellites and various promotions. To meet the guarantee, the High Main Event will need to attract at least 2000 entries but it is more than likely the guarantee will be shattered by the end of the registration period.

Players will be allowed to late-register for all Main Events up to 24 hours after the play begins. Two reentries are allowed during the registration period for the WCOOP-H and WCOOP-M Main Events, while players in the Low tournament can reenter up to three times.

With blind levels of 20, 25, and 30 minutes and starting 250 big blinds deep, all three tournaments will offer plenty of play, which is to be expected from PokerStars’ largest online poker event of the year. Because of this, the play will be paused late at night and will resume on September 21.

Still Time to Qualify

Although the Main Event will be kicking off soon, there is still more than enough time to try and get your seat. There are numerous satellites running right now at PokerStars and you can also take advantage of different promotions to win a ticket at a discount or even for free.

Get Lucky with WCOOP Sweepstakes

PokerStars is running special WCOOP sweepstakes, awarding three $5200 WCOP tickets every day. The promotion is active through September 19 so you can still get lucky and win a seat. And, to get involved, all you need to do is play some tournaments.

You’ll receive tickets for the daily sweepstakes based on the number of tournaments played and the buy-in of the event (one, two, or three tickets are awarded per tournament played). Make sure to manually opt-in for the promo in your PokerStars Challenges to be eligible for the draws.

Spin Your Way to WCOOP Main Event Tickets

Special WCOOP 2020 Spin & Gos are still running on PokerStars. Find these in the lobby and get involved for your chance to win all sorts of WCOOP tickets, including those for all three Main Events. Given these tournaments don’t take long to finish, you can get a fair number of them in before the weekend.

Get Involved with Pokerfuse Scavenger Hunt

If you don’t have an account with PokerStars as of yet, you have a chance to get started in style and win one of the Main Even tickets with the Pokerfuse Scavenger Hunt.

Scoop 2020 Pokerstars

You need to sign up with PokerStars and make the minimum deposit of $10. Once done, answer three scavenger hunt questions and send them to [email protected] together with your PokerStars username. Three lucky players can receive $530 tickets for the WCOOP #72-M Main Event.

Questions:
1. What is the minimum number of characters for a Stars Account username?
2. Are you required to use a special character (such as @, #, $, %, &, etc.) in your password?
3. What text is on the subject line of the PokerStars Welcome email? (This will be sent once you have successfully created a new account.)

Scoop 2020 Schedule

Important: You need to send your answers no later than 17pm ET on Thursday, September 17.

WCOOP 2020 So Far

Wcoop 2020 Leaderboard

Despite a somewhat shaky start to WCOOP 2020, the series is looking like it will be a huge success for the operator. As expected, with the WSOP Online wrapping up, player numbers on PokerStars sky-rocketed. Last Sunday saw the biggest turnout for WCOOP 2020 so far with more than 90,000 entrants across the board, bringing in $1,000,000+ in rake for the operator.

High buy-in events continue to struggle a bit with meeting guarantees as at least 15 of these failed to meet the announced prize pool. Total overlays have thus come close to $700,000. At the same time, smaller events attract very strong numbers, easily surpassing and crushing guarantees left and right.

When everything is said and done, WCOOP 2020 is looking good to eclipse the $100 million mark. This means the operator continues the positive traction from the last year when both SCOOP and WCOOP series managed to cross the nine-figure threshold in terms of prizes paid.