Infographic: A Brief History of PokerStars' WCOOP

The World Championship of Online Poker, PokerStars’ fall tournament series and by far the largest online poker series worldwide, got underway yesterday, and it is slated to the biggest ever: in total $40 million is guaranteed in prizes across 66 events, including $8 million for the $5200-buyin main event.

The promote the series, PokerStars sent around today the following infographic—distilling twelve years of World Championships into one pic: