WCOOP Extreme Satellites at PokerStars

The World Championship of Online Poker starts on Sunday 5 September, which is less than two weeks away, and PokerStars are giving online poker players a multitude of opportunities to participate no matter how vertically challenged their bankroll may be thanks to a wide range of WCOOP Extreme Satellites. The Extreme Satellites cost as little as $5.50 to buy into and run until Sunday 29 August, so those who haven’t yet secured a place any of the WCOOP events still have just under a week to rectify the situation.

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For those who are fairly new to the online poker tournament scene, we should point out that the World Championship of Online Poker is one of the biggest series of tournaments of the year for online poker players. Not only does it give players the chance to test their mettle against their counterparts from around the world via 62 different events, it also puts a total of $50,000,000 (yes, that’s fifty million dollars) of prize money up for grabs.

With 62 different events to participate in, you won’t be surprised to hear that the Extreme Satellites also come in quite a few different formats. You can find a complete schedule of Extreme Satellites at the PokerStars website, but for now we’ll tell you that you will be very well catered for whatever your online poker preferences.

The number of events that are featured in the 2010 WCOOP series (which happens to be the ninth for those who like to note such details) is such that the series as a whole will run for over three weeks. Many of the biggest online poker players in the world will take part, as well as members of Team PokerStars Pro, so you will need to play well if you want to come out of top. Of course, the rewards for doing that are pretty mind-blowing – last year’s WCOOP Main Event winner walked away with a cash prize of $1,715,200 – so it is definitely worth taking a shot at the opportunities available to you, especially when the Extreme Satellites are so cheap to enter.

Pay a visit to PokerStars today to take a look at the complete range of Extreme Satellites that are scheduled to take place and to enter whichever ones appeal to you. Then, if you are fortunate enough to participate in any of the WCOOP events, good luck and enjoy the experience!

William Briggs