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The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is an online poker tournament series sponsored by PokerStars. It is played on the PokerStars site in September.

Established in 2002, WCOOP is PokerStars attempt to establishing the online equivalent of the World Series of Poker. The WCOOP tournament series is the largest of its kind on the Internet. [1] [2]

The fifteen WCOOP events in 2005 generated $12,783,900 in prize money, making it not only the biggest ever online poker event, but the third biggest poker series (live or online) in all of 2005.

Keeping with the tradition of the World Series of Poker, the WCOOP is a series of tournaments in which players compete in a variety of different poker games. The games featured are Limit, Pot Limit and No Limit Texas Hold'em, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, Razz, Pot Limit Omaha High and Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, and HORSE. In 2007, 5 Card Draw and 2-7 Triple draw were added. 2-7 Single Draw and mixed limit games were added in 2008, and Badugi was added in 2009. The main event is No Limit Hold'em.

In addition to the cash prize, the winner of each WCOOP event receives a personally engraved 14 karat gold bracelet from PokerStars.

2002 Events

The 2002 World Championship of Online Poker consisted of nine events with over $730,000 in combined prizes. The events, buy in and winners are listed below.

Date Event Winner Prize Entries Prize Pool
Jul 20 $109 Limit Texas Hold'em United States fingaz $15,537.50 565 $56,600
Jul 21 $265 Pot Limit Omaha High Low Canada Canuck $14,231.25 207 $51,750
Jul 22 $265 Seven Card Stud High Low United States 55lucky55 (Spiro Mitrokostas) [3] $14,025.00 204 $51,000
Jul 23 $320 No Limit Texas Hold'em United States michigangirl $23,677.50 287 $86,100
Jul 25 $320 Pot Limit Texas Hold'em France MIK22 (Michel Abécassis) [4] $23,677.50 287 $86,100
Jul 26 $530 Limit Omaha High Low United States –db- (Shae Drobushevich) [5] $20,250.00 135 $67,500
Jul 27 $530 Limit Texas Hold'em United States kerrdawg $37,537.50 273 $136,500
$109 Limit Texas Hold'em Heads Up Sweden lennart $7,680.00 256 $25,600
Jul 28 $1,050 No Limit Texas Hold'em Main Event Sweden MultiMarine $65,450.00 238 $238,000

2003 Events

The 2003 World Championship of Online Poker consisted of 11 events with a total prize pool of over $2.7 Million. The events, buy in and winners are listed below.

Date Event Winner Prize Entries Prize Pool
Aug 7 $109 No Limit Texas Hold'em Heads Up Netherlands batoelrob (Rob Hollink) [6] $12,800.00 512 $51,200
Aug 8 $109 Limit Texas Hold'em United States C.M. Burns $32,525.00 1,301 $130,100
Aug 9 $320 Pot Limit Omaha High Low United States Lenny
(Dan Heimiller) [7]
$27,600.00 368 $110,400
Aug 10 $320 No Limit Texas Hold'em Sweden Erik123
(Erik Sagström) [8]
$101,850.00 1,358 $407,400
Aug 11 $320 Seven Card Stud United States naya $23,512.50 285 $85,500
Aug 12 $530 Pot Limit Texas Hold'em United States jr50 $68,250.00 546 $273,000
Aug 13 $530 Omaha High Low United States starkitty
$39,750.00 318 $159,000
Aug 14 $530 Seven Card Stud High Low United States RatPack $38,912.50 283 $141,500
Aug 15 $530 Pot Limit Omaha United States Big Cy $38,500.00 308 $154,000
Aug 16 $530 Limit Texas Hold'em United States actiondonkey
(Jim Meehan) [9]
$78,250.00 626 $313,000
Aug 17 $1,050 No Limit Texas Hold'em Main Event United States DeOhGee (Joseph Cordi) [10] $222,750.00 891 $891,000

2004 Events

The 2004 World Championship of Online Poker consisted of 12 events with a total prize pool of over $6 Million. The events, buy in and winners are listed below.

Date Event Winner Prize Entries Prize Pool
Jul 28 $320 Pot Limit Omaha High Low United States AustinKearns $47,025.00 627 $188,100
Jul 29 $215 No Limit Texas Hold'em Match Play Sweden tobiper $40,960.00 1,024 $204,800
Jul 30 $215 Limit Texas Hold'em United States obiwon $58,512.00 1,272 $254,400
Jul 31 $215 No Limit Texas Hold'em with rebuys United States dblgutshot (Greg Alston) [11] $109,033.00 1,389 (771 R, 755 A) $583,000
Aug 1 $530 No Limit Texas Hold'em United States Sporto623 $68,892.88 1,642 $821,000
Aug 2 $320 Seven Card Stud United States CoolHandTony $37,875.00 505 $151,500
Aug 3 $530 Pot Limit Texas Hold'em France fabsoul (Fabrice Soulier) [12] $60,230.00 728 $364,000
Aug 4 $530 Limit Omaha High Low United States Raptor19 $51,300.00 513 $256,500
Aug 5 $530 Seven Card Stud High Low United States LBJ1 $56,750.00 454 $227,000
Aug 6 $530 Pot Limit Omaha United States joelmick $41,986.50 487 $243,500
Aug 7 $1,050 Limit Texas Hold'em United States Mandelbrot $62,296.87 601 $601,000
Aug 8 $2,600 No Limit Texas Hold'em Main Event Norway Ragde
(Edgar Skjervold) [13]
$424,945.26 843 $2,104,500

2005 Events

The 2005 World Championship of Online Poker consisted of 15 events with a total prize pool of over $12 Million. The events, buy in and winners are listed below.

Date Event Winner Prize Entries Prize Pool
Sep 4 $530 No Limit Texas Hold'em United States Snow Leopard
$306,200.00 3,062 $1,531,000
Sep 5 $215 Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys United States MR32 $102,422.00 973 (935 R, 590 A) $499,600
Sep 6 $215 No Limit Texas Hold'em match play United States lmoneyBling $35,720.00 1,024 $204,800
Sep 7 $215 Pot Limit Texas Hold'em short-handed United States luckyfire4 $67,367.00 2,345 $469,000
Sep 8 $215 No Limit Texas Hold'em with rebuys United States genoa_st $187,166.00 2,146 (1,825 R, 1,235 A) $1,041,200
Sep 9 $215 Limit Texas Hold'em United States ActionJeff (Jeff Garza) [14] $50,000.00 1,781 $356,200
Sep 10 $520 Pot Limit Texas Hold'em Canada kwil20 $114,000.00 1,185 $592,500
Sep 11 $1,050 No Limit Texas Hold'em United States VikingVI $316,638.00 1,790 $1,790,000
Sep 12 $320 Seven Card Stud Denmark SUPERTYR $35,733.00 622 $186,600
Sep 13 $1,050 No Limit Texas Hold'em Triple Shootout United States Acey-Deucy $150,026.00 635 $700,000
Sep 14 $530 Limit Omaha High Low United States musher $81,289.00 735 $367,500
Sep 15 $530 Seven Card Stud High Low United States Bunsen (Matt Mortensen) [15] $66,125.00 529 $264,500
Sep 16 $530 Pot Limit Omaha Canada spawng $66,787.00 720 $360,000
Sep 17 $1,050 Limit Texas Hold'em United States DietDrPoker $139,799.00 686 $686,000
Sep 18 $2,600 No Limit Texas Hold'em Main Event United States Panella86 (Jordan Berkowitz) [16] $577,342.00 1,494 $3,735,000

2006 Events

The 2006 World Championship of Online Poker consisted of 18 events. The schedule including buy in for each event is listed below. 2006 WCOOP Total Prize Pool: $18,674,300 [17]

Date Event Winner Prize Entries Prize Pool Elapsed Time
Sep 16 $215 Razz United States Nabokov $58,365.00 1,297 $259,400 13 h 40 min
Sep 17 $530 No Limit Texas Hold'em Sweden Rambo5 $320,865.00 4,495 $2,247,500 13 h 7 min
Sep 18 $320 Pot Limit Omaha with re-buys Sweden thegiant $151,260.90 773 (987 R, 501 A) $678,300 12 h 53 min
Sep 19 $215 No Limit Texas Hold'em Match Play Canada spawng1 $58,248.00 2,048 $409,600 11 h 43 min
Sep 20 $530 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo United States kwob20 (Kyle Bowker) [18] $103,162.25 953 $476,500 11 h 12 min
Sep 21 $215 No Limit Texas Hold'em with rebuys United States austinlewis $199,509.00 2,081 (2,503 R, 1,337 A) $1,184,200 13 h 34 min
Sep 22 $215 Limit Texas Hold'em Canada yaaaflow $60,419.00 1,871 $374,400 12 h 29 min
Sep 23 $215 HORSE Germany F.Briatore $79,112.00 1,798 $359,600 13 h 14 min
Sep 23 $530 Pot Limit Texas Hold'em United States uncforte $105,329.00 1,095 $547,500 10 h 58 min
Sep 24 $1,050 No Limit Texas Hold'em United States strassa2
(Jason Strasser) [19]
$442,440.00 2,458 $2,458,000 13 h 48 min
Sep 25 $320 Seven Card Stud United States nikstar $39,548.00 657 $197,100 11 h 41 min
Sep 26 $320 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo United States Mr. Shhhhhhh $56,080.00 1,303 $390,900 12 h 50 min
Sep 27 $320 Pot Limit Texas Hold'em Short-handed (6/table) United States dnKid $87,560.00 1,741 $522,300 12 h 2 min
Sep 28 $530 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo United States kwob20² (Kyle Bowker) [20] $68,267.50 581 $290,500 11 h 44 min
Sep 29 $530 Pot Limit Omaha Finland Trabelsi $93,852.75 867 $433,500 10 h 45 min
Sep 30 $5,200 HORSE United States stelladora
(Chad Brown) [21]
$223,150.00 175 $875,000 11 h 21 min
Sep 30 $1,050 Limit Texas Hold'em Hungary laurentia $145,200.00 695 $695,000 11 h 51 min
Oct 1 $2,600 No Limit Texas Hold'em Main Event United States area23JC
(J. C. Tran) [22]
$670,194.00³ 2,510 $6,275,000 13 h 33 min

1spawng becomes first player to win 2 WCOOP Bracelets.
²kwob20 becomes first player to win 2 WCOOP bracelets in one year
³The original first prize was to be $1,157,737.50, but the final six players in the tournament struck a deal to more evenly divide the prize money.

2007 Events

The 2007 World Championship of Online Poker consists of 23 events. The schedule including buy in for each event is listed below. 2007 WCOOP Total Prize Pool: $24,218,600 [17]

The event was marred by controversy when the original winner of the main event, TheV0id was disqualified following an investigation by PokerStars.

Date Event Winner Prize Entries Prize Pool Elapsed Time
Sep 14 $215 No-Limit Hold'em [6-max] United States samh133 $155,560.73 4,610 $922,000 16 h 46 min
Sep 14 $215 Pot-Limit 5-Card Draw Austria spielraum.at (Florian Oberauer) [23] $26,265.54 857 $171,400 14 h 23 min
Sep 15 $215 Pot-Limit Omaha [6-max] Sweden jalla79 $67,739.58 1,818 $363,600 13 h 43 min
Sep 15 $215 2-7 Triple Draw Norway Donald (Anders Berg) [24] $32,450.00 649 $129,800 13 h 0 min
Sep 16 $530 No-Limit Hold'em Denmark AB_illusive $398,649.93 6,025 $3,012,500 20 h 38 min
Sep 17 $320 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys United States FossilMan
(Greg Raymer) [25]
$168,362.40 772 (1,062 R, 544 A) $713,400 16 h 11 min
Sep 18 $215 Limit Hold'em United States Cardinal7 $67,933.49 2,059 $411,800 16 h 10 min
Sep 19 $530 Limit Omaha H/L (8 or better) Austria copi (Bernd Stadlbauer) [26] $87,882.76 917 $458,500 13 h 58 min
Sep 20 $215 No-Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys Sweden ruthan $198,125.66 2,188 (2,852 R, 1,574 A) $1,322.800 18 h 22 min
Sep 21 $320 No-Limit Hold'em Match Play Sweden ugotmeyet? $82,054.00 1,886 $565,800 16 h 2 min
Sep 21 $215 Razz United States OnlyPlayRagz $41,136.79 1,176 $235,200 13 h 47 min
Sep 22 $215 H.O.R.S.E. Netherlands jaliks $72,116.00 1,639 $327,800 16 h 46 min
Sep 22 $530 Pot-Limit Hold'Em Sweden antroff $117,175.00 1,090 $545,000 14 h 36 min
Sep 23 $1,050 No-Limit Hold'em United States mig.com
(James Mackey) [27]
$580,212.50 3,325 $3,325,000 18 h 24 min
Sep 24 $320 7-Card Stud Republic of Ireland Ubsolute $25,000.00 696 $208,800 13 h 34 min
Sep 25 $320 Pot-Limit Omaha H/L (8 or better) United States tiger76 (Raja Kattmuri) [28] $61,419.17 1,536 $460,800 13 h 41 min
Sep 26 $320 No-Limit Hold'em [6-max] Germany pes4fans $167,553.36 2,873 $861,900 17 h 33 min
Sep 27 $530 7-Card Stud H/L (8 or better) United States BigLL $48,367.32 598 $299,000 13 h 26 min
Sep 28 $530 Pot-Limit Omaha Canada buck21 (Shawn Buchanan) [29] $97,262.78 1,046 $523,000 10 h 46 min
Sep 28 $530 No-Limit Hold'em Triple Shootout United States lyerly_ (Sean Timney) [30] $76,545.00 729 $364,500 14 h 22 min
Sep 29 $5,200 H.O.R.S.E. Denmark hairos $202,921.00 177 $885,000 13 h 57 min
Sep 29 $1,050 Limit Hold'em United States Sowerss (Mike Sowers) [31] $120,184.95 616 $616,000 15 h 35 min
Sep 30 $2,600 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event United States ka$ino1 (Kyle Schroeder)[32][33] $1,378,330.50 2,998 $7,495,000 21 h 51 min

1Original winner, Mark 'TheV0id' Teltscher, disqualified.[34]

2008 Events

There were 33 events played in the September 2008 WCOOP.[35] Each day featured two events.

Date Event # Event Winner Prize Entries Prize Pool Elapsed Time
Sep 5 1 $215 No-Limit Hold'em [6-max] United Kingdom shane147 (Shane Hellyer) [36] $200,856.66 7,217 $1,443,400 17 h 38 min
Sep 5 2 $215 Pot-Limit 5-Card Draw1 United States ImBillMcNeal $34,201.60 1,024 $204,800 15 h 15 min
Sep 6 3 $215 Limit Hold'em United States cwp394 (Matthew Ross) [37] $73,385.00 2,258 $451,600 17 h 46 min
Sep 6 4 $215 2-7 Triple Draw Norway playitsafe $24,809.20 734 $146,800 14 h 41 min
Sep 7 5 $10,300 No-Limit Hold'em United States dorinvandy (Scott Dorin) [38] $617,925.00 321 $3,210,000 14 h 18 min
Sep 7-Sep 8 6 $530 No-Limit Hold'em United States Calvin32 (Tim Sullivan) [39] $452,086.50 7,351 $3,675,500
Sep 8 7 $215 Pot-Limit Omaha [6-max] United States Mary 717 $71,730.20 2,457 $491,400 16 h 06 min
Sep 8 8 $320 8-game Mixed Event Canada Ulett_23 $50,797.28 1,128 $338,400 13 h 34 min
Sep 9 9 $215 No-Limit Hold'em [4-max] Norway jonasof87 (Jonas Helness) [40] $95,410.00 3,290 $658,000 15 h 46 min
Sep 9 10 $215 Razz Canada dinho_style $43,096.48 1,288 $257,600 16 h 17 min
Sep 10 11 $320 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo United States 92848
(Brent Carter) [41]
$88,383.00 1,733 $519,900 17 h 26 min
Sep 10 12 $320 Mixed Hold'em [6-max] United States Randers (Randy Haddox) [42] $66,000.00 1,496 $448,800 17 h 6 min
Sep 11 13 $215 No-Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys Sweden lrdvoldemort $207,772.50 2,234 (2,635 R, 1,524 A) $1,278,600 17 h 36 min
Sep 11 14 $320 Seven-Card Stud United States Mildred53 $28,608.50 627 $188,100 14 h 20 min
Sep 12 15 $320 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Sweden Huxfluxen $89,744.00 2,048 $614,400 15 h 11 min
Sep 12 16 $215 Pot-Limit Omaha [1 Rebuy/1 Add-on] Australia Andy McLEOD (James Obst) [43] $98,280.00 1,223 (756 R, 751 A) $546,000 15 h 7 min
Sep 13 17 $530 Pot-Limit Hold'em [6-max] United States poker1O1 $80,400.00 960 $480,000 14 h 39 min
Sep 13 18 $215 H.O.R.S.E United States Sensor $57,421.66 2,091 $418,200 16 h 45 min
Sep 14 19 $25,500 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em United States stevesbets (Steven Jacobs) [44] $560,000.00 64 $1,600,000 9 h 48 min
Sep 14-Sep 15 20 $1,050 No-Limit Hold'em United States NYC P.I.M.P (Mike Shklover) [45] $257,953.38 3,467 $3,467,000
Sep 15 21 $530 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo United States weaktight (Mark Gregorich) [46] $42,735.78 525 $262,500 15 h 37 min
Sep 15 22 $530 Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo [6-max] United States BUCKIZ6 $55,800.00 620 $310,000 15 h 4 min
Sep 16 23 $530 No-Limit Hold'em [1 Rebuy/1 Add-on] United States ddrufnek $194,902.00 1,159 (807 R, 954 A) $1,460,000 17 h 44 min
Sep 16 24 $530 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw United States luvgamble
(Tom Schneider) [47]
$42,000.00 308 $200,000 12 h 56 min
Sep 17 25 $320 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys United States shaundeeb (Shaun Deeb) [48] $144,112.50 748 (1,254 R, 560 A) $768,800 16 h 30 min
Sep 17 26 $320 No-Limit Hold'em [6-max] Netherlands rubenrtv (Ruben Visser) [49] $135,687.64 3,273 $981,900 16 h 5 min
Sep 18 27 $530 No-Limit Hold'em Triple Shootout United States TheActionKid (Andrew Glogowski) [50] $76,545.00 729 $364,500 15 h 47 min
Sep 18 28 $530 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Canada Big10 $69,801.88 829 $414,500 17 h 9 min
Sep 19 29 $530 No-Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys [6-max] United States PiKappRaider (Steven Burkholder) [51] $211,133.76 852 (1,011 R, 658 A) $1,260,500 16 h 9 min
Sep 19 30 $1,050 Pot-Limit Omaha Israel salamandra24 $97,291.28 742 $742,000 14 h 31 min
Sep 20 31 $1,050 Limit Hold'em [6-max] United States aasezz $107,300.00 580 $580,000 16 h 32 min
Sep 20 32 $10,300 H.O.R.S.E United States DocHolatchya $287,500.00 125 $1,250,000 12 h 11 min
Sep 21-Sep 22 33 $5,200 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event2 United States ckingusc
(Carter King) [52]
$1,265,432.23 2,185 $10,925,000 18 h 31 min

1This event uses the same blind structure on the previous event (No Limit Hold'em)
2 the player known as "liberace" who was the runner-up of the $5,200 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event, won more than the winner due to an earlier chop while five handed of $1,375,249

2009 Events

There are 45 events in 2009 WCOOP, totalling $40 million guaranteed prize pool among all events, including Badugi, big antes No Limit Hold'em and some new formats.

Date Time (ET) Event # Event Winner Prize Entries Prize Pool Elapsed Time
Sep 3 14:30 1 $215 No Limit Hold'em [6-max]1 Finland ChopSueyyy $234,421.82 8,538 $1,707,600 18 h 49 min
Sep 3 16:30 2 $215 Razz United States djk123 (Daniel Kelly)[53] $53,410.01 1,526 $305,200 14 h 19 min
Sep 4 14:30 3 $215 Pot Limit Omaha [6-max] United Kingdom MUSTAFABET $86,247.01 2,738 $547,600 13 h 35 min
Sep 4 16:30 4 $215 No Limit 2-7 Single Draw w/Rebuys Spain 2FLY2TILT $42,000.00 336 (178 R, 227 A) $200,000 15 h 7 min
Sep 4 20:00 5 $109 8-game Mixed Event United States FireGoblin $23,230.84 1,779 $177,900 6 h 42 min
Sep 5 12:45 6 $109 No Limit Hold'em Greece vakAAttack $183,334.81 15,675 $1,567,500 9 h 37 min
Sep 5 14:30 7 $215 Pot Limit 5 Card Draw Spain CesarSPA $33,500.00 844 $200,000 13 h 24 min
Sep 5 16:30 8 $215 Limit Hold'em United States iacog4 (Kevin Iacofano)[54] $64,000.00 1,800 $400,000 13 h 15 min
Sep 6 13:00 9 $215 No Limit Hold'em Slovakia ternoplayer $303,876.31 11,131 $2,226,200 19 h 17 min
Sep 6 14:30 10 $10,300 No Limit Hold'em Sweden Sumpas $611,455.00 299 $2,990,000 16 h 5 min
Sep 6 17:00 11 $530 No Limit Hold'em ? $472,954.96 6,219 $3,109,500 ?
Sep 7 14:30 12 $215 No Limit Hold'em [4-max] ? ? ? $500,000 ?
Sep 7 16:30 13 $320 7 Card Stud ? ? ? $150,000 ?
Sep 8 14:30 14 $320 Mixed Hold'em [6-max] ? ? ? $300,000 ?
Sep 8 16:30 15 $320 Limit Badugi ? ? ? $100,000 ?
Sep 8 20:00 16 $1,050 No Limit Hold'em ? ? ? $500,000 ?
Sep 9 14:30 17 $530 No Limit Hold'em Triple Shootout [10-max] ? ? ? $500,000 ?
Sep 9 16:30 18 $320 8-game Mixed Event ? ? ? $300,000 ?
Sep 10 14:30 19 $320 Pot Limit Omaha [1 Rebuy/1 Add-on, 6-max] ? ? ? (? R, ? A) $400,000 ?
Sep 10 16:30 20 $320 2-7 Triple Draw ? ? ? $100,000 ?
Sep 11 14:30 21 $215 No Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys ? ? ? (? R, ? A) $1,250,000 ?
Sep 11 16:30 22 $530 Limit Omaha H/L ? ? ? $400,000 ?
Sep 11 20:00 23 $320 No Limit Hold'em ? ? ? $300,000 ?
Sep 12 14:30 24 $530 Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em ? ? ? $1,000,000 ?
Sep 12 16:30 25 $320 HORSE ? ? ? $400,000 ?
Sep 13 13:00 26 $215 No Limit Hold'em ? ? ? $1,000,000 ?
Sep 13 14:30 27 $25,500 Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em ? ? ? $800,000 ?
Sep 13 17:00 28 $1,050 No Limit Hold'em ? ? ? $3,000,000 ?
Sep 14 14:30 29 $320 Mixed [Pot Limit Hold'em, Omaha] ? ? ? $400,000 ?
Sep 14 16:30 30 $320 No Limit Hold'em [2X Chance] ? ? ? (? R) $600,000 ?
Sep 15 14:30 31 $320 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys [6-max] ? ? ? (? R, ? A) $700,000 ?
Sep 15 16:30 32 $530 7 Card Stud H/L ? ? ? $200,000 ?
Sep 15 20:00 33 $1,050 No Limit Hold'em ? ? ? $500,000 ?
Sep 16 14:30 34 $215 No Limit Hold'em [big antes] ? ? ? $500,000 ?
Sep 16 16:30 35 $320 Pot Limit Omaha H/L ? ? ? $500,000 ?
Sep 17 14:30 36 $530 No Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys [6-max] ? ? ? (? R, ? A) $1,000,000 ?
Sep 17 16:30 37 $2,100 Pot Limit Omaha [6-max] ? ? ? $600,000 ?
Sep 18 14:30 38 $530 No Limit Hold'em [1 Rebuy/1 Add-on] ? ? ? (? R, ? A) $1,000,000 ?
Sep 18 16:30 39 $1,050 Limit Hold'em [6-max] ? ? ? $400,000 ?
Sep 18 20:00 40 $215 No Limit Omaha H/L ? ? ? $200,000 ?
Sep 19 14:30 41 $530 Heads-Up Pot Limit Omaha ? ? ? $250,000 ?
Sep 19 16:30 42 $2,100 8-game Mixed Event ? ? ? $350,000 ?
Sep 20 13:00 43 $215 No Limit Hold'em ? ? ? $1,000,000 ?
Sep 20 14:30 44 $10,300 HORSE ? ? ? $1,000,000 ?
Sep 20 17:00 45 $5,200 No Limit Hold'em Main Event ? ? ? $10,000,000 ?

1Holds the record for the largest WCOOP field ever.

WCOOP Main Event Winners

WCOOP Bracelet Winners by Country

Below is a breakdown of the login countries of all bracelet winners in the history of the WCOOP:

Up to 2008

  1. United States USA - 78
  2. Sweden Sweden - 12
  3. Canada Canada - 9
  4. Norway Norway - 4
  5. Denmark Denmark - 3
  6. Netherlands Netherlands - 3
  7. Austria Austria - 2
  8. Germany Germany - 2
  9. France France - 2
  10. Australia Australia - 1
  11. Finland Finland - 1
  12. Hungary Hungary - 1
  13. Israel Israel - 1
  14. Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland - 1
  15. United Kingdom United Kingdom - 1

2009

  1. United States USA - 3
  2. Spain Spain - 2
  3. Finland Finland - 1
  4. United Kingdom United Kingdom - 1
  5. Greece Greece - 1
  6. Sweden Sweden - 1

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