The 2010 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is almost upon us. The Mac-friendly site PokerStars stole the thunder from archrival Full Tilt – which is in the midst of its quarterly Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) – by announcing the final 2010 WCOOP schedule on Friday. Noteworthy was a whopping $50 million guaranteed prize pool. That’s nearly double the combined payouts for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Nine.
The $50 million guaranteed prize pool is the largest ever put up by PokerStars. The WCOOP will turn 10 next year and has been a staple of the online poker world since 2002. In 2009, players from 140 countries showed up to PokerStars to partake in the WCOOP and Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko trumped the pack in the series’ Main Event, earning $1.7 million.
Dan “djk123” Kelly was named the WCOOP Player of the Series after turning in two titles and adding a final table in the Main Event. Not too shabby! Kelly, of course, recently took down the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max event held during the 2010 WSOP for his first bracelet and a sponsorship with the USA-friendly DoylesRoom.
Brace yourself. The storm is coming. Here’s a look at the 2010 WCOOP schedule:
September 5
13:00 ET: $200 buy-in NLHE 6-Max, $1.25 million guarantee
15:00 ET: $10,000 buy-in NLHE High Roller, $2 million guarantee
17:00 ET: $200 buy-in NLHE, $2 million guarantee
September 6
14:00 ET: $300 buy-in PLO, $200,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $300 buy-in NLHE Shootout 6-Max, $300,000 guarantee
20:00 ET: $200 buy-in NLHE Turbo with Rebuys, $600,000 guarantee
September 7
14:00 ET: $200 buy-in PL Draw, $100,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $200 buy-in TBD, $100,000 guarantee
20:00 ET: $1,000 buy-in NLHE 2-Day, $1 million guarantee
September 8
12:00 ET: $250 buy-in PLO Knockout, $200,000 guarantee
14:00 ET: $300 buy-in NLHE Ante Up, $300,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $200 buy-in NLHE Heads-Up 2-Day, $200,000 guarantee
September 9
12:00 ET: $200 buy-in PLO High/Low Six-Max Cubed, $200,000 guarantee
14:00 ET: $250 buy-in NLHE 6-Max Knockout, $400,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $200 buy-in Razz, $250,000 guarantee
September 10
14:00 ET: $200 buy-in PLO 6-Max, $500,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $200 buy-in NL Single Draw, $50,000 guarantee
20:00 ET: $100 buy-in 8-Game 10-Minute Levels, $100,000 guarantee
September 11
13:00 ET: $100 buy-in NLHE 10-Minute Levels, $1.25 million guarantee
17:00 ET: $200 buy-in LHE, $250,000 guarantee
September 12
13:00 ET: $200 buy-in NLHE, $1.5 million guarantee
17:00 ET: $500 buy-in NLHE 2-Day, $3 million guarantee
September 13
14:00 ET: $200 buy-in NLHE 4-Max, $700,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $300 buy-in Stud, $150,000 guarantee
20:00 ET: $200 buy-in PLO Turbo Cubed, $400,000 guarantee
September 14
14:00 ET: $300 buy-in Mixed Hold’em 6-Max, $400,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $300 buy-in Badugi, $100,000 guarantee
20:00 ET: $1,000 buy-in NLHE 2-Day, $1 million guarantee
September 15
12:00 ET: $250 buy-in NL Omaha High/Low Knockout, $150,000 guarantee
14:00 ET: $500 buy-in NLHE Triple Shootout 10-Max 2-Day, $500,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $300 buy-in 8-Game, $250,000 guarantee
September 16
12:00 ET: $300 buy-in NLHE 6-Max, $300,000 guarantee
14:00 ET: $300 buy-in PLO 6-Max Cubed, $500,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $300 buy-in Triple Draw 2-7, $100,000 guarantee
September 17
14:00 ET: $200 buy-in NLHE with Rebuys, $1 million guarantee
17:00 ET: $500 buy-in Limit Omaha High/Low, $400,000 guarantee
20:00 ET: $300 buy-in NLHE 10-Minute Levels, $750,000 guarantee
September 18
13:00 ET: $500 buy-in NLHE Heads-Up 2-Day, $600,000 guarantee
15:00 ET: $25,000 buy-in NLHE High Roller Heads-Up 2-Day, $750,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $300 buy-in HORSE, $300,000 guarantee
September 19
13:00 ET: $200 buy-in NLHE, $1.5 million guarantee
17:00 ET: $1,000 buy-in NLHE 2-Day, $3 million guarantee
September 20
14:00 ET: $300 buy-in PLO 6-Max with Rebuys, $600,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $300 buy-in NLHE 2X Chance, $750,000 guarantee
20:00 ET: $250 buy-in NLHE Turbo Knockout, $300,000 guarantee
September 21
14:00 ET: $300 buy-in Mixed Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha, $400,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $500 buy-in Stud High/Low, $200,000 guarantee
20:00 ET: $1,000 buy-in NLHE 2-Day, $1 million guarantee
September 22
12:00 ET: $200 buy-in NLHE Cubed, $250,000 guarantee
14:00 ET: $200 buy-in NLHE Big Antes, $600,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $300 buy-in PLO High/Low, $400,000 guarantee
September 23
12:00 ET: $300 buy-in NLHE Turbo, $400,000 guarantee
14:00 ET: $500 buy-in NLHE with Rebuys, $1 million guarantee
17:00 ET: $2,000 buy-in PLO 6-Max 2-Day, $800,000 guarantee
September 24
14:00 ET: $500 buy-in NLHE Cubed, $1 million guarantee
17:00 ET: $1,000 buy-in LHE 6-Max, $400,000 guarantee
20:00 ET: $200 NL Omaha High/Low 10-Minute Levels, $200,000 guarantee
September 25
13:00 ET: $500 buy-in PLO Heads-Up 2-Day, $200,000 guarantee
17:00 ET: $2,000 buy-in HORSE 2-Day, $400,000 guarantee
September 26
13:00 ET: $200 buy-in NLHE, $1.5 million guarantee
15:00 ET: $10,000 buy-in 8-Game High Roller 2-Day, $1 million guarantee
17:00 ET: $5,000 buy-in NLHE Main Event 2-Day, $10 million guarantee
Head to PokerStars for more information on the 2010 WCOOP. Remember, the site has a fully downloadable Mac poker client.
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