September 27, 2016
The big names came out to play in the closing stages of the World Championship of Online Poker this week as major prizes were handed out in a number of exciting and entertaining competitions. Among the biggest names was Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu, who added to his career earning millions by taking down the $2,100 […]
September 21, 2016
The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) delivered more excitement and records this week when the NLHE 8-Max High Roller was decided after a tough head up battle featuring Phillip “Grindation” McAllister and Doug “WCG|Rider” Polk after the duo survived a starting field of 356 (278 entries, 78 re-entries) that created a massive prize pool […]
September 20, 2016
Dan ‘djk123’ Kelly has set a new online poker record by winning his fifth Pokerstars World Championships of Online Poker title this week for $88,102. His fifth and record making victory came in the inaugural $700 buy-in Mix Max competition, in which he bested 700 entrants and claimed the honours after a tough heads up […]
August 18, 2016
Pokerstars has announced what it claims is the biggest online poker tournament yet, unveiling plans for the 15th Annual World Championship of Online Poker Wednesday. The schedule features a record-breaking 82 events and more than $50 million in guaranteed prizes and will take place September 4-26. The series will also be joined by a low-stakes […]
August 9, 2016
PokerStars has launched its final 2016 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) schedule offering twelve additional events over last year’s tournament. The online poker company will introduce Mini-WCOOP, a companion series running alongside WCOOP but with the buy-in for each Mini-WCOOP being at 1/100th that of the corresponding WCOOP event in most cases. Changes in […]
September 30, 2015
Belgian online poker player Coenaldinho7 took the safer but less lucrative option of a chop on his way to winning this year’s Pokerstars World Championship of Online Poker main event, but still took home an impressive $1.3 million instead of the projected $1.7 million for a win. The $5,200 buy-in Main Event generated a prize […]
September 29, 2015
With main event now in progress, Pokerstars has released some numbers on its 2015 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), which has been a record-breaker. Total prize pool over the 70 events reached $66,245,305, making this years outing the richest in the series’ 14-year history, surpassing the previous record of $63,157,150 (WCOOP 2010) by more […]
September 22, 2015
Mike “Timex” McDonald will be a disappointed man after starting the final table of the $51,000 buy-in WCOOP Super High Roller as chip leader this week, only to find himself upstaged by fellow Canadian and internet high stakes ace Ben “Ben86” Tollerene who seized the victory. McDonald busted out at fifth after a bad run. […]
September 18, 2015
Pokerstars is attracting attention to its recent sportsbook initiative, and at the same time is cross-marketing to its poker interests in what appears to be a savvy move associated with the company’s Super High Roller event at the current World Championship of Online Poker. With a buy-in of $51,000 the event was always going to […]
September 17, 2015
Prize money worthy of major live tournaments is now being achieved by players in online tournaments, as this week’s $645,000 win by German online player “tobi123456” has illustrated. Playing in the $10,300 buy-in NLHE (8-Max, Optional Re-Entry, High-Roller) event, the German player found himself at a 3 to 1 chip disadvantage in the heads up […]