PokerStars awards more than $130
million across WCOOP and Galactic Series in record-breaking
year
ONCHAN, Isle of Man, Sept. 25,
2019 /PRNewswire/ -- PokerStars' most prestigious online
series, the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), has
awarded a record-breaking $104.7
million across 20 days of top tournament action. The series
surpassed its $75 million guarantee
by almost $30 million when more than
1.2 million total entries pushed the prize pool into the PokerStars
history books. The WCOOP record was previously held by last year's
series, which generated a prizepool of over $99 million.
Series highlights include:
- 1,219,969 entries
- Total prize pool of $104,733,898
- $11.18 million awarded in the
Main Event High, making it the biggest COOP Main Event since
2010
New UFC themed tournaments awarded four packages worth
$3,500, alongside big money prizes,
to UFC® 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz in New
York, where PokerStars UFC Ambassador Johnny Walker will be in action The Main Event
High is still running, with $1.6
million up for grabs for first place.
SOUTHERN EUROPEAN SUCCESS
Meanwhile, Southern Europe also
enjoyed success with the Galactic Series in Spain, France, and Portugal awarding €19,419,783 over 23 days of
play. The series exceeded its advertised €15 million guarantee and
also beat last year's €17,105,960 prize pool. In addition, Italy's
Galactic Series broke its €3 million guarantee to hit
€3,799,329.
A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR
PokerStars, the flagship poker brand of The Stars Group, has
enjoyed several successes this year. In January, PokerStars broke
the record for the largest-ever prize pool for a $25,000 buy-in poker tournament when the
PokerStars Players No Limit Hold'em Championship (PSPC) awarded
$26.5 million. In April, the
13th Anniversary edition of its Sunday Million online tournament became the
second biggest in the series' history, totalling 61,342 entries
with a prize pool of $12,268,400. In
May, its Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) paid out
$105 million, the first-ever online
poker tournament to beat the $100
million milestone, while the company also celebrated dealing
its 200 billionth hand.
Earlier this month the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona set a
new PokerStars record as the biggest stop in the EPT's 16-year
history, awarding more than €52.9 million to players from 95
different countries.
To keep up to date with all WCOOP news visit the PokerStars
Blog.
About PokerStars
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serving the global poker community. Since it launched in 2001,
PokerStars has become the first choice of players all over the
world, with more daily tournaments than anywhere else and with the
best online security. More than 200 billion hands have been dealt
on PokerStars, which is more than any other site.
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Vegas, Sky Casino, Sky Bingo,
Sky Poker and BetEasy as well as live poker tour and event brands,
including the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold'em Championship,
European Poker Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American
Poker Tour, Asia Pacific Poker Tour, PokerStars Festival and
PokerStars MEGASTACK. The Stars Group is one of the world's most
licensed online gaming operators with its subsidiaries collectively
holding licenses or approvals in 21 jurisdictions throughout the
world, including in Europe,
Australia, and the Americas.
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