Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker
The Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker will begin in little over a week and players are already gearing up for the series. The series is going to kick off on September 5th with a $215 buyin six handed No Limit Texas Hold'em tournament that will begin at 1:30 pm. The prize pool for this event guaranteed to be at least $1 million dollars.
This is just one event of many that will have guaranteed prize pools of $1 million dollars or higher. Poker Stars has also added 10 new events to this year's lineup. High Roller events are one new addition to the World Championship of Online Poker. There is a $25,000 dollar buyin High Roller Heads Up event and the High Roller $10,300 buyin No Limit Texas Hold'em event.
The Main Event of the Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker is a No Limit Texas Hold'em tournament that will start on September 21st at 4:30pm and run for two days. Online players will have to pay the $5,200 buyin for a chance at the $10 million dollar guaranteed prize pool.
Poker has been growing in popularity at a steady buy large pace for the last few years across the world. So for example if more and more people move into a city it will need to be expanded to accommodate all of them and it's the same thing with poker.
Events that are both land based and online are getting larger and larger every year so they can accommodate the larger number of players that show up each year. In 2007 there were 23 events in the Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker but this year they have added 10 more events to make a total of 33.
Another great thing about the growth of poker is that with more players you get bigger prizes. Last year's main event only had a $5 million dollar guaranteed prize pool and this year it's been doubled to $10 million dollars. The bad side is there is more competition for those bigger prizes.
The schedule of events for the Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker is below:
Date Buy-in Event Guarantee
Fri, Sept. 5, 14:30 $215 No-limit hold'em (six-max) $1 million
Fri, Sept. 5, 16:30 $215 Pot-limit five-card draw $100,000
Sat, Sept. 6, 14:30 $215 Limit hold'em $300,000
Sat, Sept. 6, 16:30 $215 Deuce-to-seven triple-draw $100,000
Sun, Sept. 7, 14:30 $10,300 High-roller no-limit hold'em $2 million
Sun, Sept. 7, 16:30 $530 No-limit hold'em $3 million
Mon, Sept. 8, 14:30 $215 Pot-limit Omaha (six-max) $300,000
Mon, Sept. 8, 16:30 $320 Eight-game mixed event $200,000
Tue, Sept. 9, 14:30 $215 No-limit hold'em $400,000
Tue, Sept. 9, 16:30 $215 Razz $100,000
Wed, Sept. 10, 14:30 $320 Pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better $300,000
Wed, Sept. 10, 16:30 $320 Mixed hold'em (six-max) $300,000
Thu, Sept. 11, 14:30 $215 No-limit hold'em $1 million
Thu, Sept. 11, 16:30 $320 Seven-card stud $100,000
Fri, Sept. 12, 14:30 $320 No-limit hold'em (heads up) $500,000
Fri, Sept. 12, 16:30 $215 Pot-limit Omaha (one rebuy, one add-on) $300,000
Sat, Sept. 13, 14:30 $530 Pot-limit hold'em (six-max) $400,000
Sat, Sept. 13, 16:30 $215 H.O.R.S.E. $300,000
Sun, Sept. 14, 14:30 $25,000 High-roller heads-up no-limit hold'em $1.6 million
Sun, Sept. 14, 16:30 $1,050 No-limit hold'em $3 million
Mon, Sept.15, 14:30 $530 Seven-card stud eight-or-better $200,000
Mon, Sept. 15, 16:30 $530 Mixed Omaha eight-or-better $200,000
Tue, Sept. 16, 14:30 $530 No-limit hold'em (one rebuy, one add-on) $500,000
Tue, Sept. 16, 16:30 $530 Deuce-to-seven single-draw $200,000
Wed, Sept. 17, 14:30 $320 Pot-limit Omaha with rebuys $500,000
Wed, Sept. 17, 16:30 $320 No-limit hold'em (six-max) $500,000
Thu, Sept. 18, 14:30 $530 No-limit hold'em triple shootout $300,000
Thu, Sept. 18, 16:30 $530 Limit Omaha eight-or-better $400,000
Fri, Sept. 19, 14:30 $530 No-limit hold'em with rebuys (six-max) $400,000
Fri, Sept. 19, 16:30 $1,050 Pot-limit Omaha $500,000
Sat, Sept. 20, 14:30 $1,050 Limit hold'em (six-max) $500,000
Sat, Sept. 20, 16:30 $10,300 H.O.R.S.E. $500,000
Sun, Sept. 21, 16:30 $5,300 No-limit hold'em main event $10 million