WCOOP kicks off with reload bonus

<img align="right" src=http://www.liquidpoker.net/staff/Defrag/wcoop_reload_2010.jpg style="margin:5px; border: 2px solid black;">The PokerStars.com World Championship of Online Poker kicked off today with its first events. To celebrate this, PokerStars now offers you a reload bonus of up to $100 (or equivalent in €, £ or Canadian $). All you have to do is make a deposit with bonuscode WCOOP before 23:59 ET on September 11 and you will receive 20% of the value of your deposit as a pending bonus.

Once you’ve made your qualifying deposit, you’ll need to earn VIP Player Points (VPPs) to release the bonus cash to your account. The earning requirements for each of the currencies supported by this bonus are shown below:

Maximum bonus Clearance requirement
$ 100 20 VPPs per $1
€ 75 26 VPPs per €1
£ 65 32 VPPs per £1
C$ 100 20 VPPs per C$1

In order to gain the maximum bonus, you'll need to deposit $500. The reload bonus will be paid out in increments of 10, which means if you deposit in dollars, you need to earn 200 VPPs in order to unlock each part of the bonus. You will have 20 days to earn as much of your bonus as you can.


As of this moment, the first events are currently playing and there are many more to come. A total of 62 events are scheduled which have a combined guaranteed prizepool of $50,000,000 . The last event will start on September 26th, which is the 2-day $5,200 Main Event.

The 2010 WCOOP schedule:

Event Game Buy-In Date Day Time Guarantee
01 NL Hold'em [6-Max] $215 5-Sep Sun 13:00 $1,250,000
02 NL Hold'em [High Roller] $10,300 5-Sep Sun 15:00 $2,000,000
03 NL Hold'em $215 5-Sep Sun 17:00 $2,000,000
04 PL Omaha $320 6-Sep Mon 14:00 $200,000
05 NL Hold'em Shootout [6-Max] $320 6-Sep Mon 17:00 $300,000
06 NL Hold'em [Turbo, Rebuys] $215 6-Sep Mon 20:00 $600,000
07 PL Draw $215 7-Sep Tue 14:00 $100,000
08 TBD (Triple Stud) $215 7-Sep Tue 17:<A name="cutnews"></A>00 $100,000
09 NL Hold'em [2-Day] $1,050 7-Sep Tue 20:00 $1,000,000
10 PL Omaha [Knockout] $265 8-Sep Wed 12:00 $200,000
11 NL Hold'em [Ante Up] $320 8-Sep Wed 14:00 $300,000
12 NL Hold'em [Heads-Up, 2-Day] $215 8-Sep Wed 17:00 $200,000
13 PL Omaha Hi/Lo [6-Max, 1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On] $215 9-Sep Thu 12:00 $200,000
14 NL Hold'em [6-Max, Knockout] $265 9-Sep Thu 14:00 $400,000
15 Razz $215 9-Sep Thu 17:00 $250,000
16 PL Omaha [6-Max] $215 10-Sep Fri 14:00 $500,000
17 NL Single Draw $215 10-Sep Fri 17:00 $50,000
18 8-Game [10-Min Levels] $109 10-Sep Fri 20:00 $100,000
19 NL Hold'em [10-Min Levels] $109 11-Sep Sat 13:00 $1,250,000
20 FL Hold'em $215 11-Sep Sat 17:00 $250,000
21 NL Hold'em $215 12-Sep Sun 13:00 $1,500,000
22 NL Hold'em [2-Day] $530 12-Sep Sun 17:00 $3,000,000
23 NL Hold'em [4-Max] $215 13-Sep Mon 14:00 $700,000
24 Stud $320 13-Sep Mon 17:00 $150,000
25 PL Omaha [Turbo, 1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On] $215 13-Sep Mon 20:00 $400,000
26 Mixed Hold'em [6-Max] $320 14-Sep Tue 14:00 $400,000
27 FL Badugi $320 14-Sep Tue 17:00 $100,000
28 NL Hold'em [2-Day] $1,050 14-Sep Tue 20:00 $1,000,000
29 NL Omaha Hi/Lo [Knockout] $265 15-Sep Wed 12:00 $150,000
30 NL Hold'em Triple Shootout [10-Max, 2-Day] $530 15-Sep Wed 14:00 $500,000
31 8-Game $320 15-Sep Wed 17:00 $250,000
32 NL Hold'em [6-Max] $320 16-Sep Thu 12:00 $300,000
33 PL Omaha [6-Max, 1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On] $320 16-Sep Thu 14:00 $500,000
34 FL Triple Draw 2-7 $320 16-Sep Thu 17:00 $100,000
35 NL Hold'em [Rebuys] $215 17-Sep Fri 14:00 $1,000,000
36 FL Omaha Hi/Lo $530 17-Sep Fri 17:00 $400,000
37 NL Hold'em [10-Min Levels] $320 17-Sep Fri 20:00 $750,000
38 NL Hold'em [Heads-Up, 2-Day] $530 18-Sep Sat 13:00 $600,000
39 NL Hold'em [High Roller Heads-Up, 2-Day] $25,500 18-Sep Sat 15:00 $750,000
40 HORSE $320 18-Sep Sat 17:00 $300,000
41 NL Hold'em $215 19-Sep Sun 13:00 $1,500,000
42 NL Hold'em [2-Day] $1,050 19-Sep Sun 17:00 $3,000,000
43 PL Omaha [6-Max, Rebuys] $320 20-Sep Mon 14:00 $600,000
44 NL Hold'em [2X Chance] $320 20-Sep Mon 17:00 $750,000
45 NL Hold'em [Turbo, Knockout] $265 20-Sep Mon 20:00 $300,000
46 Mixed [PLHE / PLO] $320 21-Sep Tue 14:00 $400,000
47 Stud Hi/Lo $530 21-Sep Tue 17:00 $200,000
48 NL Hold'em [2-Day] $1,050 21-Sep Tue 20:00 $1,000,000
49 NL Hold'em [1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On] $215 22-Sep Wed 12:00 $250,000
50 NL Hold'em [Big Antes] $215 22-Sep Wed 14:00 $600,000
51 PL Omaha Hi/Lo $320 22-Sep Wed 17:00 $400,000
52 NL Hold'em [Turbo] $320 23-Sep Thu 12:00 $400,000
53 NL Hold'em [Rebuys] $530 23-Sep Thu 14:00 $1,000,000
54 PL Omaha [6-Max, 2-Day] $2,100 23-Sep Thu 17:00 $800,000
55 NL Hold'em [1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On] $530 24-Sep Fri 14:00 $1,000,000
56 FL Hold'em [6-Max] $1,050 24-Sep Fri 17:00 $400,000
57 NL Omaha H/L [10-Min Levels] $215 24-Sep Fri 20:00 $200,000
58 PL Omaha [Heads-Up, 2-Day] $530 25-Sep Sat 13:00 $200,000
59 HORSE [2-Day] $2,100 25-Sep Sat 17:00 $400,000
60 NL Hold'em $215 26-Sep Sun 13:00 $1,500,000
61 8-Game [High-Roller, 2-Day] $10,300 26-Sep Sun 15:00 $1,000,000
62 NL Hold'em Main Event [2-Day] $5,200 26-Sep Sun 17:00 $10,000,000

Maybe I should cash out my roll and actually deposit for once