PokerStars Giving Away Half A Million Dollars In Additional WCOOP Seats
Written by Thomas | Friday, August 27th, 2010
The mega online poker website, PokerStars is all set to begin a huge promotion for the World Championship of Online Poker. The company will begin their satellite promotion soon. After everything is said and done, an additional $500,000 in World Championship of Online Poker (WCCOP) seats will have been given away. The exciting and generous satellite series will be played three times everyday between the dates of August 21st and August 29th.
This is the second year for the Extreme Satellites. They will provide players of all bankroll sizes the opportunity to compete in the exciting World Championship of Online Poker event. One of the most exciting tournaments in the series is the $260 qualifier for the $5,200 World Championship of Online Poker. This tourney alone will add 25 more sets and an additional $130,000 in prize money.
The actual World Championship of Online Poker event will start on September 5th, only a short while from now. This is a major event which will include a whopping 62 tournaments and an unheard of $50,000,000 in a guaranteed prize pool. Individuals interested in exactly what events are being played can find out by visiting the official World Championship of Poker website, wcoop.com. All of the events’ satellite tournaments, along with the schedule for this year’s actual WCOOP can be found there as well.
If you would like to compete in the World Championship of Poker satellite events at PokerStars you can do so. There is still time. The last day of the series is August 29th. You must, however, be a PokerStars member. If you are not, now is a good time to sign up. Players will also find lots of other great perks and promotions. PokerStars is one of the best poker websites on the planet.