If you need another reason to play on PokerStars, check out the site’s 13 Regional Championships of Online Poker, or RCOOPs. Announced this week, 13 RCOOP series will run on the world’s largest online poker site and offer up over $7 million in total guaranteed prize money. The site already hosts its annual Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) and World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP).
RCOOP tournaments will play out in October, November, December, and February on PokerStars. The Russian Open Championship of Online Poker will see 11 events occur between October 31st and November 7th with a guarantee of $200,000. If you’re an online poker player in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, or Uzbekistan, this tournament series is for you.
Running from November 4th to 14th is the Nordic Championship of Online Poker. Eleven events comprise this series, which is open to PokerStars players in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Aland Islands, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland, and at least $700,000 will be up for grabs. Running concurrently will be the Baltics Championship of Online Poker, which also offers 11 events and includes $43,000 in guaranteed prize money. The Baltics series is open to PokerStars members living in Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia.
For players in the United States, the USA Championship of Online Poker will pan out between November 21st and 28th. The U.S. RCOOP has the largest guaranteed prize pool at $3.3 million and offers 11 events. Only players in the United States and Virgin Islands are eligible to enter and the series concludes with a $530 buy-in Main Event that will have at least $1 million on the line.
Also running from November 21st to 28th is the Canadian Championship of Online Poker, whose 11 events will offer up $580,000 in guaranteed prize money. For players in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, and Liechtenstein, the PokerStars Germanics Championship of Online Poker will pony up a guarantee of €828,000.
A host of players will be able to partake in the Asia Pacific Championship of Online Poker, which takes place from November 21st to 28th. In the region, $100,000 will be up for grabs for players from three-dozen countries. On the other side of the world, PokerStars players from Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Lebanon, and Malta can play in the Mediterranean Championship of Online Poker, which runs from November 18th to 28th.
The U.K. and Ireland Championship of Online Poker, which also welcomes members from the Isle of Man, will run from December 5th to 12th and dish out more than $500,000. Starting one day later is the Central and Eastern European Championship of Online Poker, whose 11 events will award at least $150,000.
Latin American players aren’t left out in the cold as part of the PokerStars RCOOP promotion. The Latin American Championship of Online Poker will be held from December 5th to 12th and $160,000 in guaranteed cash will be up for grabs. Rounding out the RCOOP schedule are the Iberian Championship of Online Poker and Benelux Championship of Online Poker. The former will take place from February 13th to 20th and offer up €113,000. The Benelux series’ dates haven’t been announced, but its tournaments will be open to PokerStars patrons in Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands and distribute €235,500.
If you’re in the United States or Virgin Islands, here’s the schedule for the USA Championship of Online Poker, the largest RCOOP to be held:
Event #1: November 21st at 17:00 ET
$55 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max with Rebuys
$150,000 Guaranteed
Event #2: November 21st at 20:00 ET
$215 Pot Limit Omaha High/Low
$100,000 Guaranteed
Event #3: November 22nd at 21:30 ET
$215 No Limit Hold’em 2X Turbo
$200,000 Guaranteed
Event #4: November 23rd at 21:30 ET
$320 No Limit Hold’em
$750,000 Guaranteed
Event #5: November 24th at 21:30 ET
$215 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up
$100,000 Guaranteed
Event #6: November 26th at 17:00 ET
$320 HORSE
$150,000 Guaranteed
Event #7: November 26th at 20:00 ET
$320 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
$300,000 Guaranteed
Event #8: November 27th at 17:00 ET
$215 Seven Card Stud High/Low
$75,000 Guaranteed
Event #9: November 27th at 20:00 ET
$215 No Limit Hold’em Cubed
$300,000 Guaranteed
Event #10: November 28th at 17:00 ET
$320 Pot Limit Omaha Cubed
$150,000 Guaranteed
Event #11: November 28th at 20:00 ET
$530 USACOOP Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
No tournaments will be held on November 25th, which is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Visit PokerStars for more details on the 13 RCOOP series.
