by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 31, 2012 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
With the World Series of Poker set to start in mere days, PokerStars has announced that PokerStars Radio will again provide live coverage of this year’s WCOOP beginning at 20:00 BST on September 2 and continuing through September 23, 2012. Coverage will resume...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
This year’s World Championship of Online Poker is in full swing at PokerStars, with players from around the globe competing for awesome prize pools in exciting tournaments. We’re fast-approaching the halfway mark of the series, so a huge amount of cash has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The world’s biggest online tournament series, the World Championship of Online Poker, is underway! Welcome to the WCOOP 2011, which features 62 events, and over $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! The WCOOP features players from all around the world, battling it...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
With the swell of uncertainty that has billowed up around online poker in these past few months, there was a collective sigh of relief to see the familiar face of the WCOOP swinging into view. It was also invigorating to see an old adage be reaffirmed, with the winner...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 28, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The World Championship of Online Poker has been taking place over the past few weeks at PokerStars, and has paid out a staggering amount of cash to the thousands of players involved. In the recent $10,000 8-Game Championship Event, there was more than just money on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 27, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The World Championship of Online Poker is winding down, but the excitement sure is not. WCOOP Event #60 took place on Sunday, a day that is normally reserved for PokerStars’ weekly Sunday Million. Most everything remained the same including the $215 buy-in and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 26, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The 2010 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker is currently underway, and host to a great variety of different events. Among the more popular are the two-day events being run, and one such tournament took place this week. APowers1968 proved he had what it...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 25, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The internet is alive with the sound of tournament poker. The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker has been taking place this month, offering poker pros and rookies alike a shot at their share of the staggering $50,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools. Thus far...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 24, 2010 | Poker News, WCOOP
Very early this morning Event 50 of this year’s WCOOP wrapped up, the No Limit Texas Hold’em $200+$15 Big Antes tournament. In a Big Antes tournament, antes appear at the start of the tournament and, at 20% of the big blind, are much larger than usual....
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 23, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars
For just about 15 hours worth of work, $123,000 isn't a bad payday. Just ask dcg30, who finished in the top spot in the 49th event of PokerStars' current WCOOP running.
Kicking off at 12:00 ET on September 22 and wrapping at 3:14 ET the following morning, 1,654 players bellied up to the digital tables for this $200+$15 No Limit Hold'em event. Each player was allowed one rebuy and one add-on (costing an additional $200). Not willing to simply bow out after one beat, 1,172 of the contestants opted for a rebuy, while 942 spent the additional cash to pad their chip stack.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 20, 2010 | Poker News, WCOOP
Yesterday the biggest tournament day of the week saw the biggest buy-in of this year’s WCOOP: the $25,000+$500 No Limit Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up event. 31 entries meant that the tournament barely made its $750,000 guaranteed prize pool, and the players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 20, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Sundays are traditionally the biggest day in an online tournament player’s week, with the largest tournaments scheduled to take place. This week was no exception, with a $215 No Limit Hold’Em tournament sporting a $1.5 Million guaranteed prize pool taking...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 20, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
In the marathon heads-up matter that was PokerStars' WCOOP Event #38, SixthSenSe19 emerged as the top dog in what is arguably the most challenging game in online poker.
Outlasting 943 other entrants, SixthSenSe19 took home the lion's share of the $600,000 guaranteed prize pool. The $500+$30 buy-in event finished short of its expected enrollment, but still managed to last nearly 36 hours.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 19, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker continues to heat up with bigger prize pools and more action. The 35th event of the WCOOP was a rebuy and add-on event that cost $200 + $15. Players were able to rebuy for 3,000 chips during the first hour once their...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
There are a dizzying number of tournaments in this year’s World Championship of Online Poker. Just over half way through the entire series, we’ve just seen the completion of Event #32. The only wrinkle in this tournament’s standard format was the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Thanks to the poker boom, live tournament players have a huge host of series in beautiful locations around the world to choose from. While the scenery may not be as good for online players, the action and fun surely is, and it doesn’t get much better than the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2010 | Poker News, WCOOP
The start of a new work week did not prevent tournament enthusiasts from participating in Event 23 of this year’s WCOOP, a $200+$15 No Limit Hold’em tournament played in 4-max. The guaranteed prize pool was $700k, but because only 2,915 players registered,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars
It took two full nights of solid play, but Sydney’s kevinnok managed to take home the gold in the one of the richest of PokerStars’ recent WCOOP tournaments. Though his winning sum of $340,698.50 doesn’t amount to the biggest payday handed out for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 9, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The time has come once again to get on the virtual tables and earn those bragging rights, not to mention you share of the millions of dollars in prizes up for grabs. That’s right, folks. PokerStars is once again hosting the World Championship of Online Poker,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, WCOOP
Four hours, when you think about it, isn't a lot of time to work for a $200,000 payday. Just ask Xanston, who captured a $213,986.82 victory in the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker's sixth event.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Tournament players have been waiting all year for the biggest online tournament series on Earth and it is finally here. The World Championship of Online Poker, or WCOOP, has begun. As usual, FlopTurnRiver will be updating its members on all of the WCOOP’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
The ninth annual World Championship of Online Poker starts on September 5th and will be played at the largest online poker room in the world, PokerStars. PokerStars has chosen to start the festivities early. They are offering a reload bonus of 20% your deposit worth...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 23, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is set to host the 2010 World Championship of Online Poker starting September 5th. The tournament series will run for three weeks, culminating with the September 26th Main Event. The No-Limit Hold ‘Em Main Event will be held over two days, feature a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 21, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
With Full Tilt's latest running of FTOPS in the books, PokerStars is ready for their time in the spotlight. The World Championship of Online Poker will kick off soon, with their Extreme Satellites beginning today.
