PokerStars SCOOP 2012 Breaks All Records: Richest Online Poker Tournament Series Ever
More than $65 million awarded to players in latest online championship
LONDON, UK –PokerStars has set a new record for hosting the richest online poker tournament series ever with the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) 2012. With registration for all events now closed, the total payout to players for SCOOP will be $65,332,179 across 40 events (120 tournaments), beating the previous record of $64,230,010, which was set during SCOOP 2010.
SCOOP 2012 also broke the record for the highest participation ever in a PokerStars ‘Championship of Online Poker’ series (SCOOP, WCOOP, TCOOP), with a total of 526,154 entries, easily surpassing the previous best of 461,936 in SCOOP 2010. The inaugural PokerStars MicroMillions tournament festival, which took place in March this year, holds the all-time record with a total of 1,294,883 entries.
The fact that this year’s figures have now eclipsed the amount of participants and prize money awarded from before the US market exit, shows the continued growth of poker throughout the world, with 156 countries represented in SCOOP 2012.
The final two events, including the Main Event, play to a conclusion later today at www.pokerstars.com.
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