PokerStars SCOOP 2013 Schedule Released: Will be Richest Online Poker Festival
ONCHAN, ISLE OF MAN –PokerStars today released the official schedule for the 2013 Spring Championship of Online Poker, which takes place from May 12-26 and features 44 events (132 tournaments) spread across low, medium and high stakes levels, making it the largest poker festival ever held.
SCOOP 2013 is the only tournament series in the world to offer the same tournament at three different buy-in levels simultaneously. It gives low, medium and high stakes players, whether they are novices or veterans, the opportunity to easily take part and have fun competing for life-changing amounts of money. Buy-ins for SCOOP 2013 range from just $5.50 to a high-rolling $21,000!
PokerStars Team Online player Mickey ‘mement_mori’ Petersen said: “SCOOP is one of the highlights of the year for me – a massive array of tournaments, a huge choice of different games and stakes to suit everyone. I still haven’t won one though, so I’ll be trying to tick that box on my ‘poker goals’ list in May.”
SCOOP schedule The Main Event, with $109 (Low), $1,050 (Medium) and $10,300 (High) buy-ins respectively, will take place on the final day of the festival, with $1 million (L), $2 million (M) and $3 million (H) guarantees. There is a whole host of ‘standout events’ though, that are sure to get players’ pulses racing, including:
· Event 1 – NL Hold’em [6-Max] – $27, $215, $2,100 buy-ins
· Event 20 – NL Hold’em [Turbo, Zoom] – $27, $215, $2,100 buy-ins
· Event 32 – PL Omaha [Turbo, Zoom] – $27, $215, $2,100 buy-ins
· Event 39 – PL Omaha [6-Max] – $55, $530, $5,200 buy-ins
· Event 40 – NL Hold’em [Heads-Up, High-Roller] – $215, $2,100, $21,000 buy-ins
In addition to those, there are the 8-Game and HORSE tournaments which attract many professional ‘mixed game’ players and often finish with final tables full of famous players. Plus, SCOOP 2013 will incorporate the new 5-Card Omaha, 5-Card Omaha Hi/Lo and Courchevel games, along with other exciting formats like Super-Knockout and Ante Up events.
Online satellites Along with the three-tier buy-in system of SCOOP, there will be a huge array of qualifiers, with satellites starting from as low as $0.11 or even just 1 FPP, enabling players to enter a tournament for a fraction of the cost. To find upcoming satellites, players can log into the client and go to Events > SCOOP > All.
About PokerStars PokerStars operates the world’s most popular online poker sites, serving a global poker community of more than 50 million registered members. Since it launched in 2001, PokerStars has become the first choice of the world’s top players, with more daily tournaments than anywhere else and with the best security online. More than 95 billion hands have been dealt on PokerStars.com, which is more than any other site.
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- Source: www.pokerstars.com
