

PokerStars Announces SCOOP 2010 Schedule with 99 Tournaments and $36M Prize Pool
PokerStars has announced the schedule for the 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), featuring 99 tournaments and a guaranteed prize pool of $36,000,000, a 20% increase from the previous year. The SCOOP 2010 series will run from May 3 to May 16, 2010, with daily tournaments featuring low, medium, and high buy-in levels.
The series will conclude with two-day main events featuring guaranteed prize pools of $1,000,000, $3,000,000, and $5,000,000. Russian players Amke and Maks Katc achieved notable results in the 2009 SCOOP series. Amke won the Limit Triple Draw 2-7 Lowball tournament with a $2,100 buy-in, securing $60,000 in prize money. Maks Katc finished second in the No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max tournament with a $55 buy-in, earning $40,467 in prize money.
The full schedule for SCOOP 2010 can be viewed on the PokerStars blog.
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