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Pokerstars WCOOP is back with $80M GTD: 2023 schedule

Author
Vargoso
Published
8/30/2023
Updated
8/30/2023

The 2023 edition of the Pokerstars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is set to start on September 10. And it is going to be huge. The 2023 WCOOP will feature a guaranteed prize pool of $80 million across 110 events!

Pokerstars has released the full schedule and for the first time, players will be able to qualify through the new Power Path.

Wcoop 2023 Poker Stars

What is Pokerstars WCOOP

The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on Pokerstars is one of the biggest online poker tournament series. The WCOOP is unique because it includes hundreds of tournaments in virtually all poker games:

  • Texas Hold’em: No Limit, Limit, Pot Limit.
  • Omaha: Pot Limit Omaha, Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, PLO5.
  • Stud: seven-card stud and seven-card stud Hi/Lo.
  • Razz.
  • H.O.R.S.E.
  • 5 Card Draw.
  • 2-7 Triple Draw.
  • Badugi.
  • Short deck Holdem.

WCOOP 2023

From September 9th to October 4th, 2023, PokerStars will host its biggest flagship series, WCOOP, guaranteeing $80,000,000 and several other promotions, as well as a traditional leaderboard and unique Spins. The extra promotions include a special $280k Power Path qualifier.

The series schedule features 340 tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $5.5 to $25,000.

In addition to Texas Hold'em and Omaha tournaments, there will be many events in exotic poker formats, most of which cannot be played anywhere else: HORSE, 8-Game, Triple Draw, 6+, Stud, Razz, Badugi, PLO5, PLO High-low.

Qualification to each tournament is available through satellites with buy-ins starting at $0.55 and WCOOP Spin&Go with buy-ins of $0.75, $4, and $20 as well as 4th Step Power Path.

WCOOP 2023 Main Events

The NLH Main Event is split into 3 events by buy-in:

  • WCOOP Main Event-L: $2,500,000 GTD for $109
  • WCOOP Main Event-M: $4,000,000 GTD for $1050
  • WCOOP Main Event-H: $6,000,000 GTD for $10,300

There will also be 3 Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) Main Events with similar buy-ins but with a total guarantee of $1,450,000.

Championship Events schedule

DateTime ETEvent
10 September12:30World Championship of Progressive KO NLHE: $5,200 NLHE, $1M Gtd
13 September12:30World Championship of HORSE: $1,050, $100K Gtd
14 September12:30World Championship of 2-7 Triple Draw: $1,050, $50K Gtd
17 September12:30World Championship of 6-Max NLHE: $5,200, $700K Gtd
18 September12:30World Championship of PLO8: $1,050, $165K Gtd
19 September13:05World Championship of Heads-Up NLHE: $5,200, $200K Gtd
20 September12:30World Championship of Razz: $1,050, $65K Gtd
25 September12:30World Championship of 8-Game: $2,100, $150K Gtd
28 September12:30World Championship of NL 2-7 Single Draw: $1,050, $60K Gtd
30 September12:30World Championship, Women's Event: $215 NLHE $35K Gtd
1 October12:30WCOOP 98-H: World Championship of NLHE: $10,300 Main Event, $6M Gtd
1 October15:05WCOOP 100-H: World Championship of PLO: $10,300 Main Event, $750K Gtd

WCOOP 2023 schedule

DateTime ETEvent
10.098:05WCOOP 02-L: $5.50 NLHE [WCOOP Kickoff], $50K Gtd
8:05WCOOP 02-M: $55 NLHE [WCOOP Kickoff], $200K Gtd
8:05WCOOP 02-H: $530 NLHE [WCOOP Kickoff], $300K Gtd
10:05
WCOOP 03-L: $33 NLHE [Progressive KO, Sunday Warm-Up, Single Re-Entry], $150K Gtd
10:05
WCOOP 03-M: $320 NLHE [Progressive KO, Sunday Warm-Up, Single Re-Entry], $400K Gtd
10:05
WCOOP 03-H: $3,150 NLHE [Progressive KO, Sunday Warm-Up, Single Re-Entry], $400K Gtd
12:30WCOOP 04-L: $109 NLHE [Sunday Million], $1M Gtd
12:30WCOOP 04-M: $1,050 NLHE, $1M Gtd
12:30WCOOP 04-H: $10,300 NLHE [High Roller], $700K Gtd
12:30World Championship of Progressive KO NLHE: $5,200 NLHE, $1M Gtd
13:30WCOOP 05-L: $11 PLO, $35K Gtd
13:30WCOOP 05-M: $109 PLO, $100K Gtd
13:30WCOOP 05-H: $1,050 PLO, $150K Gtd
15:05WCOOP 06-L: $11 NLHE [6-Max], $85K Gtd
15:05WCOOP 06-M: $109 NLHE [6-Max], $250K Gtd

Power Path qualification

This year, PokerStars has introduced a new qualifying format called Power Path, which includes $285,000 worth of WCOOP Step 4 tickets.

BundleTickets
Silver Pass WCOOP Ticket Bundle 11x$530 WCOOP ticket
3x $215 WCOOP tickets
6x $109 WCOOP tickets
8x $55 WCOOP tickets
10x $22 WCOOP tickets
Silver Pass WCOOP Ticket Bundle 22x$1,050 WCOOP Main Event-M tickets
2x $109 WCOOP Main Event-L tickets
8x $22 WCOOP tickets
Gold Pass WCOOP Ticket Bundle1x $5,200 WCOOP ticket
4x $1,050 WCOOP tickets
4x $109 WCOOP tickets
6x $55 WCOOP tickets

The Power Path is a four-tier format where players climb their way up to Bronze (worth $109), Silver ($2,500), and Gold ($10,300) passes, which can then be redeemed for packages to specific events or series of their choice. Players will be able to exchange it for WCOOP event buy-ins and ticket packages.

First 3 steps of the Power Path:

  1. Step 1 — $0,50 Spin & Go.
  2. Step 2 — $1 Sit & Go / $1,50 MTT.
  3. Step 3 — $11 MTT.

In theory, there's no cost to winning the package: each player receives a $0.50 ticket to the first round each day.

Leaderboards

The $100,000 prize pool will be divided into four leaderboards. There will be one shared leaderboard with the winner taking home $25,000 and three leaderboards split by buy-in size:

  1. Low ($5,000).
  2. Medium ($10,000).
  3. High ($15,000).

Unfortunately, the trending Mystery Bounty format will not be part of this year’s schedule. 

Worldpokerdeals wishes all WCOOP online players the best of luck!

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