PokerStars TCOOP Offering $10 million Guaranteed Prize Pool

The wonderfully exciting PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) has started.

The much-anticipated online poker championships kicked off yesterday with four events, from a $22 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em six-max tournament that guaranteed $200,000 in prize to a $134 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Knockout event that assured players of sharing in a minimum of $250,000.

There was also a third No-Limit Hold’em event, costing $33 and providing a guaranteed $100,000, while Omaha fans had the chance to participate in a $50,000 guaranteed No-Limit Hi/Lo version of the world’s greatest game.

The inaugural TCOOP runs until Sunday, January 29, so there is still more than enough time to sign up for PokerStars, where you will receive up to $600 in bonus money from your first deposit.

50 Hyper Turbo and Turbo Events Offered

An incredible $10 million has been guaranteed in prize money by PokerStars across the 50 hyper turbo and turbo events, with buy-ins beginning at just $5.50 and climbing up to the $2,100 required to play in the No-Limit Hold’em High Roller tournament on the final day that alone assures a prize pool of at least $500,000.

But it’s not just Texas Hold’em that is represented here, with the schedule finding space for fans of Omaha poker, as well as H.O.R.S.E. Poker, eight-game mix and Stud.

The penultimate event of the TCOOP arrives on January 29, when a massive $1,500,000 is guaranteed from the $700 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em main event, while the last tournament is a $215 buy-in Hyper-Turbo event that’s possesses a $300,000 guarantee.

Don’t despair, though, if your bank balance is not quite up to meeting the buy-in for the larger events as satellites run every day – so providing everyone with the opportunity to be rewarded and remembered as the first TCOOP champs.

PokerStars TCOOP Schedule (all Eastern Time Zone)

• Friday, January 20
  • Event 5: 08:00, $22 buy-in Pot-Limit Draw ($50,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 6: 10:00, $55 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max Shootout ($100,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 7: 14:00, $22 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em with rebuys ($400,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 8: 16:00, $55 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Big Antes, 2x Chance ($300,000 guaranteed)
• Saturday, January 21:
  • Event 9: 10:00, $55 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha Knockout ($100,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 10: 12:00, $21 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 3x-Turbo with rebuys ($300,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 11: 14:00, $109 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Heads-Up ($150,00 guaranteed)
  • Event 12: 16:00, $33 buy-in Triple Stud ($25,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 13: 19:00, $33 buy-in TCOOP Special ($100,000 guaranteed)
• Sunday, January 22:
  • Event 14: 08:30, $55 buy-in No-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 6-Max, two rebuys one add-on ($50,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 15: 11:30, $55 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max, Hyper-Turbo ($150,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 16: 12:30, $55 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Knockout ($200,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 17: 13:30, $109 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em, one rebuy one add-on ($300,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 18: 15:30, $22 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max 2x Turbo with rebuys ($150,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 19: 18:30, $215 buy-in Hyper-Turbo ($300,000 guaranteed)
• Monday, January 23:
  • Event 20: 08:00, $55 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max, one rebuy one add-on ($100,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 21: 10:00, $44 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 4-Max ($150,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 22: 12:00, $82 buy-in Fixed-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo ($50,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 23: 14:00, $153 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max Hyper-Turbo ($200,000 guaranteed)
• Tuesday, January 24:
  • Event 24: 12:00, $109 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 6-Max ($50,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 25: 14:00, $215 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em ($500,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 26: 16:00, $22 buy-in Stud ($25,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 27: 18:00, $22 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 2x-Turbo with rebuys ($300,000 guaranteed)
• Wednesday, January 25:
  • Event 28: 08:00, $82 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 2x Chance ($150,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 29: 10:00, $109 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Shootout ($75,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 30: 12:00, $11 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max 3x Turbo with rebuys ($100,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 31: 14:00, $22 buy-in Stud Hi/Lo ($25,000 guaranteed)
• Thursday, January 26:
  • Event 32: 12:00, $5.50 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em with rebuys ($100,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 33: 14:00, $33 buy-in Razz ($50,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 34: 16:00, $215 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 2x Chance ($400,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 35: 18:00, $55 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 4-Max ($75,000 guaranteed)
• Friday, January 27:
  • Event 36: 08:00, $82 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max ($250,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 37: 10:00, $55 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max , two rebuys one add-on ($100,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 38: 12:00, $55 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Ante Up! ($100,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 39: 14:00, $109 buy-in Fixed-Limit Hold’em 6-Max ($100,000 guaranteed)
• Saturday, January 28:
  • Event 40: 10:00, $109 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. ($25,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 41: 12:00, $109 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha Heads-Up ($50,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 42: 14:00, $33 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 2x Turbo with rebuys ($300,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 43: 16:00, $109 buy-in No-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 6-Max Hyper-Turbo ($100,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 44: 19:00, $33 buy-in TCOOP Special ($100,000 guaranteed)
• Sunday, January 29:
  • Event 45: 06:00, $109 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em ($100,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 46: 11:00, $215 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em ($750,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 47: 12:00, $2,100 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em High Roller ($500,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 48: 13:30, $320 buy-in Eight-Game ($100,000 guaranteed)
  • Event 49: 15:30, $700 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em main event ($1.5 million guaranteed)
  • Event 50: 18:30, $215 buy-in Hyper-Turbo ($300,000 guaranteed)