PokerStars WCOOP Main Event
Day 1 Started
2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker
PokerStars WCOOP Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$8,135,000
Entries
1,627
Level
41
Blinds
70,000 / 140,000
Ante
17,500
The PokerStars WCOOP Main Event is Here!
Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event. Three weeks of intense tournament action culminates with the most prestigious online tournament of the year. In 2010, Tyson "POTTERPOKER" Marks topped a field of 2,443 for a whopping $2,278,097.50 first-place prize. While we don't expect those kinds of numbers this year, a seven-figure payday for first place is guaranteed.
Many of the best players in the game will be on the virtual felt today, including ones that relocated with this event serving as big reason why. Among them are Canada's Steve "gboro780" Gross and Adam "Roothlus" Levy, Mexico's Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb, and Croatia's McLean "PureProfitFo" Karr.
Throughout the day we will provide updates on many of your favorite players, as well as listing the top 5-10 stacks every level. The action kicks off at 2pm ET, about an hour from now, so we'll see you then!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Who's Playing?
A ton of people, that's who. Here are a few and throughout the day we'll be adding more to the chip count page.
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Representing Team PokerStars
Among the Team PokerStars Pros currently registered include...
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Negreanu Takes A Hit
From the hijack, "gp333" min-raised to 100 and was called by "N00000ooooo" on the button. Daniel "KidPoker Negreanu made it 450 to go from the small blind, only getting called by "N00000ooooo".
The flop came down 
, leading to a Negreanu bet of 600. "N00000ooooo" raised to1,850, Negreanu called, and the 
hit the turn. Negreanu check-called 3,333, landing the 
on the river. Negreanu checked again and was faced with a bet of 10,000 from "N00000ooooo".
Negreanu called, but mucked when his opponent tabled 
for a full house.
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20 Minutes in...Four Players Down
It was a quick tournament for these four, including McLean "PureProfitFo" Karr.
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Negreanu Shoves
Daniel Negreanu min-raised to 100 in early position and found calls from three opponents.
The flop came down 
and it was checked to Negreanu. He bet 300, chasing away one opponent. The 
hit the turn and it was checked to Negreanu again. This time he settled on 850, with only "HonestPete" tagging along to see the river. Negreanu shoved for 4,542, getting "HonestPete" to lay it down.
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Level: 2
Blinds: 30/60
Ante: 0
Registration Note
Level 2
: 30/60, 0 ante
Registration will remain open for the first four hours of play.