PokerStars Announces WCOOP-2016 Schedule with 82 Tournaments and New Features

PokerStars has announced the schedule for WCOOP-2016, which will run from September 4 to 26 with 82 tournaments, 12 more than the previous year. The Mini-WCOOP series will have the same schedule as the main events but with lower buy-ins, ranging from $1.10 to $11. The most expensive tournament in the WCOOP-2016 will have a buy-in of $102,000.

WCOOP-2016 will not feature Second Chance tournaments or WCOOP bracelets. Instead, the leaderboard winners will receive $70,000 in cash and tickets to the next major series, TCOOP. The champion of the leaderboard will get a package for the Ultimate Bahamas Experience with a ticket to the main tournament of the PCA in Nassau.

PokerStars is offering tournaments where winners can get a ticket to WCOOP for 5 StarCoins. Additionally, PokerStars allows players to create their own tournaments for 5,000 StarCoins, with customizable settings. PokerKing will host the Sunday Million tournament on September 4 with a $1,000,000 guarantee. 888poker introduced a new feature called Personal Video Statistics, which compiles weekly achievements into a video. Unibet announced a new poker client, Unibet Poker 2.0, which will be presented at the Unibet Open in Copenhagen. PokerDom is celebrating its second anniversary with freerolls totaling 500,000 rubles in prize money.