Online Poker News:WCOOP and Bodog-Mini-Series Schedules Revealed
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Details of two exciting online poker festivals, one old and one new, have been revealed over the past few days. The established and renowned PokerStars presented the established and renowned World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), while the younger site Bodog unveiled their latest invention, the Bodog Mini Series of Poker.
The WCOOP is set to begin on September 3rd, and tournament organizers at PokerStars have granted the online community a sneak peak at their provisional schedule via a post on PokerStarsBlog. According to the blog, the PokerStars masterminds would like to hear the opinions of online players before the schedule is written in stone.
Potential commentators are unlikely to complain about the increase of guaranteed money on offer throughout the series. A huge million is guaranteed across the WCOOPâs forty-two events, a leap of million over last year. Those looking for the juiciest overlay will want to keep an eye on the 14 events which have over million guaranteed. Most enticing is the the 8th iteration of the perennial WCOOP two-day main event, which will round off the series on September 20th. Players will be charged a buy-in of ,200, and can expect to battle it out for a portion of the mammoth ,000,000 guaranteed.
This largest ever WCOOP offers 9 more events than last year and is scheduled to feature at least two tournaments every day. Almost every poker discipline is covered. Along with mixed events there are tournaments for Hold âem, Razz, Omaha, Single/Triple Draw Lowball, 5-Card Draw, 7-Card Stud, and even Badugi. Buy-ins start at a healthy 9, with most falling somewhere between 0-0. The very top end entry fees are reserved for the triumvirate of âHigh Rollerâ events. Two No Limit Hold âem events (,000 and ,000 buy-ins) and one H.O.R.S.E. event (,000 buy-in) are sure to feature only the very finest online pros.
Astute observers will notice that the three-tier system trialed at this yearâs Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP) is absent. This series, which ran earlier in the year, featured three versions of every event, each at a different level of buy-in. Tournament organizers had said that if the experiment succeeded it may be repeated in this years WCOOP. It seems that either the tests did not go well enough, or this is a feature yet to be unveiled.
Those with more modest bankrolls may instead turn to the brand new Bodog Mini Series of Poker. This petite series is set to run in tandem with the World Series of Poker main event from July 3rd-15th. Fifteen hold âem events will be on offer, each with a buy-in of + . The addition of a series leaderboard adds a unique twist, with the top finishers allowed entry into a special invitation-only final.
The top 10 on the leaderboard will be granted direct entry to the final, along with any player who bought into all of the 13 previous events. Extra spots will be up for grabs in the semi-final, which will feature 11th-50th place on the leaderboard, as well as any player who has bought into at least 7 events. The top 18 finishers in the semi will qualify for the final. Everyone who makes the finaleâs last 8 will be in line for a prize: 6th-8th places will receive a 0 + entry into the regular Sunday 0,000 guarantee, while 4th and 5th spots are treated to a 0 Bodog Flight Club seat; 2nd and 3rd place will be well compensated with a Bodog Poker Open IV package, buying them in to every single tournament; the top prize is a ,000 package for the WSOP 2010 main event.
The schedule for the Bodog Mini Series of Poker:
1 Fri, July 3 8:35 p.m. ET + No-limit holdâem
2 Sat, July 4 8:35 p.m. ET + No-limit holdâem turbo
3 Sun, July 5 8:35 p.m. ET + No-limit holdâem
4 Mon, July 6 8:35 p.m. ET + No-limit holdâem rebuy
5 Tue, July 7 8:35 p.m. ET + No-limit holdâem
6 Wed, July 8 8:35 p.m. ET + No-limit holdâem six-max
7 Thu, July 9 8:35 p.m. ET + No-limit holdâem
8 Fri, July 10 8:35 p.m. ET + Limit holdâem
9 Sat, July 11 8:35 p.m. ET + No-limit holdâem
10 Sun, July 12 8:35 p.m. ET + No-limit holdâem four-max
11 Mon, July 13 8:35 p.m. ET + No-limit holdâem
12 Tue, July 14 8:35 p.m. ET + Pot-limit holdâem
13 Wed, July 15 8:35 p.m. ET + No-limit holdâem
Semi-final Tue, July 21 8:35 p.m. ET $content+$content No-limit holdâem
Final Thu, July 23 8:35 p.m. ET $content+$content No-limit holdâem
The provisional WCOOP 2009 schedule:
9-3 #1 14:30 5 NL Holdâem (6-max) ,250,000
9-3 #2 16:30 5 Razz 0,000
9-4 #3 14:30 5 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-max) 0,000
9-4 #4 16:30 5 NL Single-Draw 2-7 (w/ rebuys) 0,000
9-5 #5 12:45 9 NL Holdâem ,000,000
9-5 #6 14:30 5 NL 5-Card Draw 0,000
9-5 #7 16:30 5 FL Holdâem 0,000
9-6 #8 12:45 5 NL Holdâem ,000,000
9-6 #9 14:30 ,300 NL Holdâem âHigh Rollersâ ,000,000
9-6 #10 16:30 0 NL Holdâem (2-day) ,000,000
9-7 #11 14:30 0 Mixed Holdâem (6-max) 0,000
9-7 #12 16:30 5 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-max, 1R/1A) 0,000
9-8 #13 14:30 0 7-Card Stud 0,000
9-8 #14 16:30 0 FL Badugi 0,000
9-8 #15 20:00 ,050 NL Holdâem 0,000
9-9 #16 14:30 0 NL Holdâem Triple Shootout 0,000
9-9 #17 16:30 0 8-Game 0,000
9-10 #18 14:30 0 Pot-Limit Holdâem (6-max) 0,000
9-10 #19 16:30 0 FL Triple Draw 2-7 0,000
9-11 #20 14:30 5 NL Holdâem (w/ rebuys) ,200,000
9-11 #21 16:30 0 FL Omaha Hi/Lo 0,000
9-12 #22 14:30 0 NL Holdâem Heads-Up ,000,000
9-12 #23 16:30 0 H.O.R.S.E. 0,000
9-13 #24 12:45 5 NL Holdâem ,000,000
9-13 #25 14:30 ,500 NL Holdâem âHigh Rollersâ Match Play 0,000
9-13 #26 16:30 ,050 NL Holdâem (2-day) ,000,000
9-14 #27 14:30 0 Mixed (PLO/PLHE) 0,000
9-14 #28 16:30 0 NL Holdâem (Second Chance) 0,000
9-15 #29 14:30 0 Pot-Limit Omaha (w/ rebuys) 0,000
9-15 #30 16:30 0 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo 0,000
9-15 #31 20:00 ,050 NL Holdâem 0,000
9-16 #32 14:30 5 NL Holdâem (big antes) 0,000
9-16 #33 16:30 0 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 0,000
9-17 #34 14:30 0 NL Holdâem 6-max (w/ rebuys) ,000,000
9-17 #35 16:30 ,100 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-max) 0,000
9-18 #36 14:30 0 NL Holdâem (1R/1A) ,000,000
9-18 #37 16:30 ,030 FL Holdâem (6-max) 0,000
9-19 #38 14:30 0 Pot-Limit Omaha Heads-Up 0,000
9-19 #39 16:30 ,100 8-Game 0,000
9-20 #40 12:45 5 NL Holdâem ,000,000
9-20 #41 14:30 ,300 H.O.R.S.E. âHigh Rollersâ ,000,000
9-20 #42 16:30 ,200 NL Holdâem Main Event (2-day) ,000,000
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June 23, 2009
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