Key Takeaways
- The prize pool is in excess of $10.7 million, the largest since Black Friday, and easily surpassed the $10 million guarantee.
- The WCOOP main event is one of the most important online poker tournaments of the year, and certainly the richest.
- After Black Friday in April 2011, when PokerStars were forced to withdraw from the US market, turnouts and prize pools naturally declined.
The Main Event of PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker has seen the highest turnout of the last four years.
2142 players entered to play the two day, $5000+$200 tournament, which concludes today. The prize pool is in excess of $10.7 million, the largest since Black Friday, and easily surpassed the $10 million guarantee. The first place prize of $1.82 million is also well over the $1.5 million guarantee.
