WCOOP 2008 Tournament Schedule

By Lucy Kavanagh

The WCOOP 2008 series culminates with the $10,000,000 guaranteed Main Event on September 21

PokerStars has announced the tournament schedule for the online poker event of the year - WCOOP 2008...

The annual PokerStars WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) attracts online poker players worldwide who log on to join in the huge variety of guaranteed prizepool events and prove themselves as one of the best.

Click here to find out how to Qualify for WCOOP 2008

The WCOOP 2008 boasts 33 events on PokerStars - with all the main varieties of poker covered. Hold'em fanatics can get several fixes of the game in all it's forms (NL, PL, ML, FL, Heads Up, 6 Handed) as can Omaha heads (PL, Mixed, H/L, 6 Handed).

For those into a bigger variety of games, among the 33 WCOOP 2008 events on offer from PokerStars are 2-7 triple draw, 5 card draw, 7 card stud, the classic HORSE and an amazing 8-game mixed event which is sure to show off the most well rounded players of the online poker world.

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The WCOOP 2008 series culminates with the $10,000,000 guaranteed Main Event on September 21.

Last year’s WCOOP Main Event was won by ‘Ka$ino’, who took away prize money of $1,378,330! With cash prizes this big and a bracelet for the winner of each event, the WCOOP is THE series to be a part of. Don’t miss out on taking your seat!

WCOOP 2008 buy ins range from $215 to a whopping high roller's $25,500. You can buy in directly to any WCOOP event, or qualify via one of the many PokerStars satellites running now for as little as $7.50 or 500 FPP. To register, open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Events’ and ‘WCOOP’.

WCOOP 2008 Tournament Schedule:

All times are Eastern Standard Time on the PokerStars clock.

#	DATE (EST)	COST	EVENT	GUARANTEE
1	5-Sep 14:30	$215	NLHE 6-max	$1,000,000
2	5-Sep 16:30	$215	PL 5-Card Draw	$100,000
3	6-Sep 14:30	$215	Limit HE	$300,000
4	6-Sep 16:30	$215	2-7 Triple Draw	$100,000
5	7-Sep 14:30	$10,300	High-Roller NLHE	$2,000,000
6	7-Sep 16:30	$530	NLHE*	$3,000,000
7	8-Sep 14:30	$215	PL Omaha 6-max	$300,000
8	8-Sep 16:30	$320	8-game Mixed Event	$200,000
9	9-Sep 14:30	$215	NLHE [4-max]	$400,000
10	9-Sep 16:30	$215	Razz	$100,000
11	10-Sep 14:30	$320	PL Omaha H/L	$300,000
12	10-Sep 16:30	$320	Mixed HE 6-max	$300,000
13	11-Sep 14:30	$215	NLHE w/Rebuys	$1,000,000
14	11-Sep 16:30	$320	7-Card Stud	$100,000
15	12-Sep 14:30	$320	NLHE [Heads-Up]	$500,000
16	12-Sep 16:30	$215	PL Omaha [1R1A]	$300,000
17	13-Sep 14:30	$530	PLHE 6-max	$400,000
18	13-Sep 16:30	$215	HORSE	$300,000
19	14-Sep 14:30	$25,500	High-Roller HU NLHE	$1,600,000
20	14-Sep 16:30	$1,050	NLHE*	$3,000,000
21	15-Sep 14:30	$530	7-Card Stud H/L	$200,000
22	15-Sep 16:30	$530	Mixed Omaha H/L 6-max	$200,000
23	16-Sep 14:30	$530	NLHE [1R1A]	$500,000
24	16-Sep 16:30	$530	NL 2-7 Single Draw	$200,000
25	17-Sep 14:30	$320	PL Omaha w/rebuys	$500,000
26	17-Sep 16:30	$320	NLHE 6-max	$500,000
27	18-Sep 14:30	$530	NLHE Triple Shootout	$300,000
28	18-Sep 16:30	$530	Limit Omaha H/L	$400,000
29	19-Sep 14:30	$530	NLHE w/Rebuys 6-max	$400,000
30	19-Sep 16:30	$1,050	PL Omaha	$500,000
31	20-Sep 14:30	$1,050	Limit HE 6-max	$500,000
32	20-Sep 16:30	$10,300	HORSE	$500,000
33	21-Sep 16:30	$5,200	NLHE Main Event*	$10,000,000