Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
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WCOOP Main Events begin this Sunday

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The most prestigious online poker festival, the World Championship of Online Poker, culminates in the Main Events this Sunday at PokerStars.

The Main Events of WCOOP 2019 will take place on September 22 and are available in both NLHE and PLO, with the former only having two buy-in levels—Low and High:

  • WCOOP-70-H: $5,200 NLHE ($10M GTD) at 19:00 CET
  • WCOOP-70-L: $55 NLHE ($1.25M GTD) at 19:00 CET
  • WCOOP-71-H: $10,300 PLO ($1M GTD) at 21:30 CET
  • WCOOP-71-M: $1,050 PLO ($600K GTD) at 21:30 CET
  • WCOOP-71-L: $109 PLO ($300K GTD) at 21:30 CET

There is still time to qualify for all of them at PokerStars in satellites and Spin & Go tournaments. 

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.