WCOOP - World Championship of Online Poker

Every year poker players from around the globe flock to PokerStars.com for the biggest online poker tournament series: the World Championship of Online Poker.

The 2012 WCOOP will feature 65 poker events and play out on PokerStars.com Sept. 2-23. This year's total guaranteed prize pool is $30 million and the series will conclude with a $5,200 Main Event with a $5 million guarantee and at least $1 million for first place.

From beginners to seasoned professionals, poker players of all levels can get in on the action. Buy-ins start at an affordable $109 and go all the way up to the $10,300 High Roller level. For players on a budget, PokerStars.com offers hundreds of WCOOP satellites so you can qualify on the cheap.

The list of past WCOOP winners includes top-level pros like Jason Mercier, Noah “Exclusive” Boeken, Shaun Deeb, James “mig.com” Mackey, Shane “Shaniac” Schleger, Chad Brown and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier. Dan “djk123” Kelly, Anders “Donald” Berg and Ryan “g0lfa” D’Angelo have the most WCOOP titles with three each. Nine different players have two titles.

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