Pokerstars hails success of latest WCOOP

September 21, 2018

PokerStars has hailed the success of its recently concluded World Championship of Online Poker, reporting that over 1.1 million entries were received from 148,000 unique players in 140 countries,  who played in 185 events… a new online poker record. Almost $100 million in prize money was handed out over the two week festival of online […]

Online poker companies to invest $130 million in two major tournaments

August 20, 2018

The month of September will see a massive $130 million invested by Pokerstars and PartyPoker as they compete for players in two distinct major tournaments. Pokerstars has announced that this year’s World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) set to run from September 2 to 17 will have $70 million in guaranteed prize pools, whilst PartyPoker […]

More than $116 million guaranteed at Pokerstars throughout World Championship of Online Poker season

August 2, 2018

Pokerstars has announced that it is to invest over $116 million in prize pool guarantees during this year’s World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) season, which runs from September 2 to 17. More than $70 million of will come from WCOOP alone making this year’s championship the biggest yet, with 182 tournaments spread across 61 […]

World Championship of Online Poker 2017 another success

September 29, 2017

PokerStars reports that the recently completed 2017 World Championship of Online Poker has been another of its success stories. WCOOP this year ran from September 3rd to September 27th and attracted over 107,000 players, awarding a total of over $90 million in pay-outs. The lower buy-in events this year proved to be especially popular and […]

Dutch player wins World Championship of Online Poker main event

September 27, 2017

Steven “SvZff” van Zadelhoff, a Dutch pro based in Malta, capped a 15-year online and live tournament playing career this week with a $1.6 million win in the main event of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker. The win augments an already impressive career earnings record achieved by van Zadelhoff that includes $3.8 million […]

Dutch online ace scores at WCOOP

September 25, 2017

Rachid “SkaiWalkurr” Ben Cherif (27), a Dutch-based hyper turbo and heads up S&G specialist who has been quietly racking up big wins on the internet since 2006, has scored a victory worth $210,813 at the World Championship of Online Poker this week, besting a field of 1,522 in the $1,050 buy-in NLHE 6-Max, Turbo, Progressive […]

Winning moments videos to showcase players’ tournament highlights

August 30, 2017

PokerStars players who reach the final table in certain World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) events will be among the first to receive videos that celebrate their tournament winning moments thanks to innovative software that generates personalised videos when a player runs deep in a No Limit Hold’em tournament. Launched by PokerStars, the automated videos […]

September date for Pokerstars next WCOOP online poker series

August 1, 2017

PokerStars has revealed a few basic details on its plans for the next World Championship of Online Poker tournament series, announcing that the tournament will take place between September 3 and 25 and include a $5,200 buy-in three-day Main Event. Asking for player input on the forums, a PokerStars representative posted: “The Super Tuesday and […]

World Championship of Online Poker breaks records again

October 11, 2016

PokerStars’ flagship online tournament series, the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), has completed another record-breaking year with a guarantee-busting $73,718,745.19 total prize pool across 82 events from 4-27 September. This year PokerStars also launched a complementary series, Mini-WCOOP, offering low stakes entry into the WCOOP experience for the first time. Mini-WCOOP generated a total […]

German online poker ace wins WCOOP main event

September 28, 2016

German pro poker player Jonas “llJaYJaYll” Lauck is a happy man today after banking the top $1,517,541 prize in the $5,000 buy-in NLHE Main Event of the World Championship of Online Poker. He is not alone in his celebrations; the final table survivors all took home impressive pay-checks from the massive $10,052,879.79 prize pool created […]