WBCOOP 2011
Autor: Jacques | Publicado: 2011-01-16T17:39:00-08:00

         WBCOOP Returns with $58,000 in SCOOP Tickets!         It’s  time for all poker-playing bloggers to put down the  keyboard and mouse and get  ready for action, because the annual  PokerStars World Blogger Championship  of Online Poker  (WBCOOP) is back. This time round the seven-day event  includes six  preliminary tournaments, running January 24-29, 2011, before the action  culminates with the Main Event on January 30. There’s an incredible  $58,000 in Spring Championship  of Online Poker (SCOOP*) tickets up  for grabs, and WBCOOP is completely free-to-enter for all verified bloggers.         How to Qualify         Simply register as  a verified blogger to take part. For your blog to be eligible,  it needs  to have been online for at least two months and updated on a  regular basis.  Blogs created specifically for this promotion, or that  only have a few posts,  will not be granted entry to WBCOOP. If you have  been eligible in the past for  WBCCOP but have not updated your blog on  a regular basis since the last event,  you will not be eligible to  play. All decisions about eligibility rest with  WBCOOP management and  are final.         Visit  the WBCOOP registration page to  find out how to submit your blog for verification. Once you are registered, you  can play in any or all of the free WBCOOP preliminary events and qualify for the  Main Event.          Preliminary Events         The preliminary tournaments are free-to-enter and run daily from January  24-29, in a range of different games at the times listed below. You can  find them listed in the PokerStars lobby, under ‘Tourney’ &amp; ‘All’.                                 Game             Date             Time                                   Pot Limit Omaha             Jan-24             14:00 ET                                   No Limit Hold’em             Jan-25             19:00 ET                                   Pot Limit Omaha HI/Lo             Jan-26             22:00 ET                                   No Limit Hold’em             Jan-27             14:00 ET                                   8-Game Mix             Jan-28             17:00 ET                                   No Limit Hold’em             Jan-29             19:00 ET                             Prizes         Each preliminary tournament will award the following prizes.                                 Place             Prize                                   1             2x $215 SCOOP Tickets + 2x Sunday Million Tickets+ WBCOOP Main Event Ticket                                   2-9             $215 SCOOP Ticket + WBCOOP ME Ticket                                   10-36             $33 SCOOP Ticket + WBCOOP ME Ticket                                   37-63             $16.50 SCOOP Ticket + WBCOOP ME Ticket                                   64-153             $11 SCOOP Ticket + WBCOOP ME Ticket                                   154-200             WBCOOP ME Ticket                             Main Event         The  2010 WBCOOP Main Event takes place January 30 at 15:00 ET.  Find it in the PokerStars lobby under ‘Tourney’ &amp; ‘All’.         Prizes                                 Place             Name                                   1             SCOOP Tickets to Value of $2,760                                   02-10             SCOOP Tickets to Value of $2,010                                   11-36             SCOOP Tickets to Value of $215                                   37-63             SCOOP Tickets to Value of $55                                   64-153             SCOOP Tickets to Value of $22                                   154-200             SCOOP Tickets to Value of $11                                   201-250             SCOOP Tickets to Value of $7.50                             WBCOOP Leader Board         New  for 2011, the WBCOOP Leader Board is your chance to win  even more prizes. Every  time you play in a WBCOOP event you’ll win  leader board points. The player with  the most points at the end of the  seven tournaments wins an incredible $5,000  worth of PokerStars live  event packages to the tournaments of your choice.          For  more on how the leader board works, including points structure, as well as the  latest rankings, please take a look at the WBCOOP Leader Board page.         WBCOOP 2010         Last  year, the WBCOOP Main Event attracted 2,062  of  the blogosphere’s best poker players. Tickets  to SCOOP events were  awarded all the way down to 136th place, and after more  than ten hours  play it was BelaLany who emerged victorious. BelaLany, from  Munich,  beat hanktankus in heads-up play when his 9-2 flopped two pair and   filled up on the turn. Hundreds of other players took part in the   preliminary events, all of which were free to enter. Go to the PokerStars Blog for full coverage of the 2010 series.