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PokerStars: WCOOP bigger than Wimledon and the PGA tour
Tags: PGA tour, pokerstars, wcoop, wimbledon.
Posted on 09 September 2009 by "T".

PokerStars 'World Championship of Online Poker' is just getting bigger and bigger every year since it started 7 years ago. In this years WCOOP not less than $40,000,000 is guaranteed in 45 events. Not many poker sites in the world other than PokerStars could guarantee these enormous amounts of money within the short time that WCOOP has been running.


Neither the PGA Tour or the ATP-tours biggest tournament 'Wimbledon' comes even close those to these kinds of prize pools. Since the first WCOOP was played, the total prize pool has grown with around 6000%, and probably it will continue increase in future WCOOP tournaments.

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16 comments on "PokerStars: WCOOP bigger than Wimledon and the PGA tour"


 Nordfan09/09/2009 15:00:20 GMT
It is grazy how big poker has been. Who would have thought that a cardgame would be that big ??????

 doomdy09/09/2009 16:19:04 GMT
Luv it Big Smile

Bigger than Wimbledon lmfao Big Smile
 PokerJosh09/09/2009 18:37:06 GMT
what a useless comparisson
 Calmplay09/09/2009 18:42:05 GMT
I'm really impressed with the WCOOP, it just comes bigger and bigger each year... I'm following some of the big events and wondering where the hell is kidpoker Confused
 Plexo09/09/2009 20:00:33 GMT
I really dont know if this is good or bad. I mean its nice that poker is getting bigger every year, but i think this will bring some problems which have already started like online poker legislation. As more money start to move online poker, more problems we will have with cash outs and taxes.
 Btownd8709/09/2009 22:51:28 GMT
You can't compare prizepools from Wimbledon or the PGA with those of the WCOOP.

$40,000,000 over 65 events.

Wimbledon is around $22,000,000 over 1 event

Average PGA event prizepool is $1,700,000, which far exceed the average prizepool for the WCOOP

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I meant $40,000,000 over 45 events
 paldcs10/09/2009 09:06:50 GMT
arriba !
what is the average buy-in for the 45 events ?
 Fakiry10/09/2009 19:03:18 GMT
When the number of players in a certain game grow, its prize also tend to grow. It happens in every games. look at Euromillions: once they give the oportunity for every adult citizen from all Europe (27 countries) to participate, the prize tends to be huge too, thats why sometimes it comes to be 100 million euros. But i just hope that WCOOP also grows, its a sign that poker continues to develop world wide.
 wireke13/09/2009 18:08:55 GMT
The WCOOP is just amazing ! i also like the fact you have smaller BI events
 dianakyra13/09/2009 20:22:13 GMT
where is the b
 TheRoboDuck13/09/2009 21:37:11 GMT
And its still getting bigger! Big Smile Thats the great about poker: nearly anybody could learn this game, but the most people would never understand how to play right! "no, i just play for fun." The fishs will never die and the prizepools will raise bigger and bigger! Blink
 Plexo13/09/2009 23:06:32 GMT
Posted by Btownd87:
You can't compare prizepools from Wimbledon or the PGA with those of the WCOOP.

$40,000,000 over 65 events.

Wimbledon is around $22,000,000 over 1 event

Average PGA event prizepool is $1,700,000, which far exceed the average prizepool for the WCOOP

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I meant $40,000,000 over 45 events



Actually Wimbledon has also more than 1 event, because the 22 million are splited betwen mens sigles &doubles, women singles &doubles and mixed doubles. Big Smile
 Flangel13/09/2009 23:34:29 GMT
U can't compare Apples with peaches.

Useless Comparison.

Compare Poker with Poker, Tennis with tennis, Golf with golf

Liv ftw Heart
 xxxbchxxx14/09/2009 02:07:52 GMT
Posted by doomdy:
Luv it Big Smile

Bigger than Wimbledon lmfao Big Smile

Thats not difficalt my barmitzfa was bigger than winbledon.......
 Joe_Average14/09/2009 19:05:13 GMT
Let's have a tournie at Wimbledon......

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