2015 PokerStars WCOOP In Full Swing
The 2015 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) got underway this weekend as thousands of poker players compete for $45 million in guaranteed prize money. The 14th running of the internet’s most popular poker tournament series will go all the way through September 27th and will feature 70 events. The WCOOP, as always, ends with the $5,200 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event.
This year’s WCOOP is largely the same as previous years’, give or take a few events and some guaranteed money. One significant event addition is that of the $51,000 Super High Roller tournament, a contest that PokerStars says is the most expensive tournament in online poker history. The WCOOP has had $25,000 buy-in heads-up tourneys, but this new offering dwarfs that.
Already completed was one of the more interestingly structured events, a $109, three-day, No-Limit Hold’em tournament, the first three-day event in WCOOP history. Not only that, but it was a massively multi-entry event. By this point, we are all used to seeing re-entry events on the live tournament circuit – the World Poker Tour is chock full of them – but they are not nearly as common on the internet. This one actually started on August 30th, before the WCOOP-proper even began. Starting last Sunday and going through this past Sunday, PokerStars held a total of 18 starting flights for the $109 tournament: two the first Sunday and each of the following weekdays, five on Saturday, and one more this past Sunday. Anyone who lost all of their chips on any of those “Phase 1” starting flights could buy-in again to any flight thereafter, hence the re-entry format.
All 18 of the Phase 1 flights saw 17,130 entries filed for the event, producing a $1.713 million prize pool and a first prize of $200,000. 2,502 players made it through to Day 2, which was held on Sunday. Another 151 survived to Monday’s Day 3, with Pete “RcknTheSbrbs” Nigh defeating European Poker Tour founder John Duthie heads-up for the title.
Everyone who participates in the 2015 WCOOP will have the opportunity to earn points on the WCOOP leaderboard. Points are awarded for every cash, with more points garnered the higher one finishes. The overall points leader at the end of the WCOOP will receive $20,000 in cash, a 2016 Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) Main Event ticket, and the WCOOP champion’s trophy.
As mentioned, the 2015 WCOOP Main Event is on September 27th. It will cost $5,200 and will feature a $10 million guaranteed prize pool.
2015 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Schedule
| Event | Buy-in | Name | Date | Time | Guarantee |
| 1 | $215 | NL Hold’em [6-Max, Sunday Warm-Up SE] | 6-Sep | 11:00 | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | $10,300 | NL Hold’em [High-Roller, Heads-Up] | 6-Sep | 12:30 | $300,000 |
| 3 | $109 | NL Hold’em [WCOOP Kickoff, Phase 2] | 6-Sep | 13:30 | $1,500,000 |
| 4 | $215 | NL Hold’em | 6-Sep | 14:30 | $1,500,000 |
| 5 | $215 | NL Hold’em [6-Max, Re-Buys] | 7-Sep | 11:00 | $500,000 |
| 6 | $700 | PL Omaha [6-Max, MondayPLO SE] | 7-Sep | 14:00 | $300,000 |
| 7 | $700 | NL Hold’em [Progressive Super-Knockout] | 7-Sep | 17:00 | $750,000 |
| 8 | $700 | NL Single Draw 2-7 Championship | 8-Sep | 11:00 | $50,000 |
| 9 | $1,050 | NL Hold’em [Super Tuesday SE] | 8-Sep | 14:00 | $1,000,000 |
| 10 | $215 | FL Hold’em [6-Max] | 8-Sep | 17:00 | $75,000 |
| 11 | $215 | NL Hold’em [Progressive Super-Knockout] | 9-Sep | 8:00 | $400,000 |
| 12 | $700 | NL Draw Championship | 9-Sep | 11:00 | $50,000 |
| 13 | $320 | NL Hold’em [Heads-Up] | 9-Sep | 14:00 | $300,000 |
| 14 | $215 | NL Hold’em [Big Antes, Optional Re-Entry] | 10-Sep | 8:00 | $200,000 |
| 15 | $215 | PL Omaha [1R1A] | 10-Sep | 11:00 | $200,000 |
| 16 | $1,050 | NL Hold’em [Progressive Super-Knockout, Thursday Thrill SE] | 10-Sep | 14:00 | $1,000,000 |
| 17 | $700 | NL Hold’em [6-Max,3-Stack] | 11-Sep | 11:00 | $200,000 |
| 18 | $1,050 | 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo Championship | 11-Sep | 14:00 | $50,000 |
| 19 | $320 | NL Hold’em [Turbo, Zoom] | 11-Sep | 17:00 | $400,000 |
| 20 | $109 | NL Hold’em [Optional Re-Entry] | 12-Sep | 11:00 | $500,000 |
| 21 | $530 | NL Hold’em [Progressive Super-Knockout] | 12-Sep | 14:00 | $750,000 |
| 22 | $1,050 | NL Omaha Hi/Lo Championship [6-Max] | 12-Sep | 17:00 | $75,000 |
| 23 | $215 | PL Omaha [Knockout] | 13-Sep | 8:00 | $250,000 |
| 24 | $215 | NL Hold’em [Sunday Warm-Up SE] | 13-Sep | 11:00 | $1,000,000 |
| 25 | $10,300 | NL Hold’em [8-Max, Optional Re-Entry, High Roller] | 13-Sep | 12:30 | $2,000,000 |
| 26 | $700 | NL Hold’em | 13-Sep | 14:30 | $1,500,000 |
| 27 | $215 | PL Omaha [6-Max, Progressive Super-Knockout] | 14-Sep | 11:00 | $200,000 |
| 28 | $320 | NL Hold’em [6-Max] | 14-Sep | 14:00 | $200,000 |
| 29 | $700 | 7-Card Stud Championship | 14-Sep | 17:00 | $50,000 |
| 30 | $215 | PL 5-Card Omaha H/L [6-Max,2R1A] | 15-Sep | 11:00 | $100,000 |
| 31 | $1,050 | NL Hold’em [Super Tuesday SE] | 15-Sep | 14:00 | $1,000,000 |
| 32 | $1,050 | FL Omaha Hi/Lo Championship [8-Max] | 15-Sep | 17:00 | $75,000 |
| 33 | $700 | FL Badugi Championship | 16-Sep | 8:00 | $50,000 |
| 34 | $320 | NL Hold’em [6-Max, Optional Re-Entry] | 16-Sep | 11:00 | $200,000 |
| 35 | $320 | PL Omaha [6-Max, Re-Buys] | 16-Sep | 14:00 | $250,000 |
| 36 | $215 | NL Hold’em [1R1A] | 17-Sep | 8:00 | $300,000 |
| 37 | $320 | 8-Game | 17-Sep | 11:00 | $100,000 |
| 38 | $1,050 | NL Hold’em [Progressive Super-Knockout, Thursday Thrill SE] | 17-Sep | 14:00 | $1,000,000 |
| 39 | $700 | Triple Draw 2-7 Championship | 18-Sep | 11:00 | $50,000 |
| 40 | $530 | NL Hold’em [6-Max, Shootout] | 18-Sep | 14:00 | $250,000 |
| 41 | $320 | NL Hold’em [Ante Up] | 18-Sep | 17:00 | $150,000 |
| 42 | $215 | NL Hold’em Re-Buy | 19-Sep | 11:00 | $400,000 |
| 43 | $320 | HORSE | 19-Sep | 14:00 | $75,000 |
| 44 | $215 | NL Hold’em [4-Max] | 19-Sep | 17:00 | $400,000 |
| 45 | $1,050 | NL Hold’em [6-Max, Ultra-Deep] | 20-Sep | 8:00 | $500,000 |
| 46 | $215 | NL Hold’em [Sunday Warm-Up SE] | 20-Sep | 11:00 | $1,000,000 |
| 47 | $51,000 | NL Hold’em [8-Max, Super High-Roller] | 20-Sep | 12:30 | $1,000,000 |
| 48 | $2,100 | NL Hold’em | 20-Sep | 14:30 | $2,000,000 |
| 49 | $530 | NL Hold’em [Optional Re-Entry] | 21-Sep | 11:00 | $500,000 |
| 50 | $215 | NL Hold’em [Knockout] | 21-Sep | 14:00 | $500,000 |
| 51 | $1,050 | PL Omaha Hi/Lo Championship [6-Max] | 21-Sep | 17:00 | $50,000 |
| 52 | $530 | PL Omaha [6-Max,3-Stack] | 22-Sep | 11:00 | $100,000 |
| 53 | $2,100 | NL Hold’em [Super Tuesday SE] | 22-Sep | 14:00 | $1,500,000 |
| 54 | $1,050 | Razz Championship | 22-Sep | 17:00 | $50,000 |
| 55 | $320 | PL 5-Card Omaha [6-Max,1R1A] | 23-Sep | 8:00 | $150,000 |
| 56 | $530 | NL Hold’em Re-Buy | 23-Sep | 11:00 | $500,000 |
| 57 | $2,100 | PL Omaha Championship [6-Max] | 23-Sep | 14:00 | $150,000 |
| 58 | $530 | NL Hold’em [Ultra-Deep] | 24-Sep | 8:00 | $150,000 |
| 59 | $215 | NL Omaha Hi/Lo [6-Max] | 24-Sep | 11:00 | $100,000 |
| 60 | $2,100 | NL Hold’em [Progressive Super-Knockout, Thursday Thrill SE] | 24-Sep | 14:00 | $1,500,000 |
| 61 | $700 | NL Hold’em [1R1A] | 25-Sep | 11:00 | $500,000 |
| 62 | $320 | PL Omaha H/L [6-Max] | 25-Sep | 14:00 | $100,000 |
| 63 | $1,050 | FL Hold’em Championship [6-Max] | 25-Sep | 17:00 | $100,000 |
| 64 | $700 | PL Omaha [Heads-Up] | 26-Sep | 11:00 | $150,000 |
| 65 | $700 | NL Hold’em [6-Max, Progressive Super-Knockout] | 26-Sep | 14:00 | $1,000,000 |
| 66 | $2,100 | HORSE Championship | 26-Sep | 17:00 | $200,000 |
| 67 | $215 | NL Hold’em [8-Max, Optional Re-Entry, Sunday Warm-Up SE] | 27-Sep | 11:00 | $1,000,000 |
| 68 | $10,300 | 8-Game Championship | 27-Sep | 12:30 | $500,000 |
| 69 | $5,200 | NL Hold’em Main Event | 27-Sep | 14:30 | $10,000,000 |
| 70 | $1,050 | NL Hold’em Wrap-Up [Turbo, Optional Re-Entry] | 27-Sep | 18:30 | $1,000,000 |
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