PokerStars Sets $800,000 in WCOOP Boot Camp Guarantees
The two Main Events begin August 16 as the warm-up series heads toward September’s WCOOP.
PokerStars has put a combined $800,000 in guarantees behind the two WCOOP Boot Camp Main Events. The lower buy-in tournament costs $109 and carries a $500,000 prize pool guarantee, while the $1,050 version has a $300,000 guarantee.
Both Main Events start at 1:00 p.m. CEST on August 16 and run across two days of play.
PokerNews says the Boot Camp itself runs from August 2-17 and features 65 events across low and high buy-in tiers. The series is advertised with more than $6.5 million in combined guaranteed prize pool, far above the Main Event total on its own.
The schedule covers a broad mix of poker formats. It includes No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha, H.O.R.S.E., No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw and 8-Game, along with progressive knockouts and mystery bounties. The events also vary by table format, with full ring, six-max and heads-up play all on the slate, plus regular, turbo and hyper-turbo blind structures.
Satellites for the opening-night $75 NLHE Progressive KO Sunday Special were already in the PokerStars lobby, with $11 buy-ins available. That event, WCOOP Boot Camp 04-L, carries the biggest guarantee on August 2 at $300,000.
Another $300,000 guaranteed event, WCOOP Boot Camp 32-H, is set for August 9. The wider WCOOP schedule is due to follow from September 6-30.
PokerStars has teamed up with BBZ Poker, founded by Jordan “bigbluffzinc” Drummond. Free sessions are set for every Friday at 1:00 p.m. EST on the BBZ Discord server, ending with a $0.01 buy-in, password-protected tournament at 2:00 p.m. CEST, where up to $1,500 in WCOOP tickets will be awarded.
PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg said the idea behind WCOOP Boot Camp is preparation: reviewing hands, challenging decisions and making small improvements before the main series begins.
