Final WCOOP 2010 Schedule Released

$50 million in guaranteed prize pools for 62 events available from September 5th. Pokerstars has released the full and final schedule for its 2010 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), after seeking input from the online poker community. The 2010 championship - the ninth year in which the series has been presented - promises to be the best yet, with $50 million in guaranteed prize pools over 62 events covering the poker spectrum. The action starts on September 5th with a $200 buy-in NLHE Six-Max event with a $1.25 million guaranteed prize pool, the first of three initial tournaments with seven-figure guaranteed pools. It runs through to September 26th when the championship closes with three more big-purse events as follows: * 13:00: $200 NLHE, $1,500,000 guaranteed * 15:00: $10,000 Eight-Game High Roller Two-Day, $1,000,000 guaranteed * 17:00: $5,000 NLHE Main Event Two-Day, $10,000,000 guaranteed This year's championship is a notable step up from the 2009 offering, in which 45 events generated a guaranteed prize pool of $51 million. On that occasion Yevgeny Timoshenko took home the $1.72 million Main Event winner's purse (see previous InfoPowa report). Full details are available on the Pokerstars website.